Mines in California

43,637Total

4,691Active

23,022Gold

4Coal

12,185Surface

6,573Underground

Map

Counties

San Bernardino County4,253 mines189 active Calaveras County2,978 mines223 active El Dorado County2,759 mines47 active Siskiyou County2,547 mines211 active Nevada County2,301 mines72 active Inyo County1,973 mines143 active Kern County1,615 mines268 active Placer County1,561 mines185 active Trinity County1,558 mines58 active Mariposa County1,509 mines126 active Riverside County1,472 mines144 active Tuolumne County1,281 mines209 active Amador County1,169 mines114 active Sierra County1,129 mines160 active Shasta County1,113 mines132 active San Diego County1,079 mines220 active Plumas County932 mines69 active Butte County896 mines66 active Mono County796 mines80 active Los Angeles County770 mines89 active Fresno County635 mines98 active Imperial County608 mines94 active San Luis Obispo County553 mines109 active Madera County536 mines26 active Del Norte County491 mines60 active Humboldt County484 mines109 active Tulare County467 mines37 active Sonoma County440 mines110 active Lake County434 mines63 active Santa Clara County383 mines89 active Monterey County379 mines70 active Napa County330 mines40 active Mendocino County320 mines84 active Alameda County298 mines98 active Modoc County298 mines33 active Lassen County278 mines34 active San Benito County277 mines60 active Contra Costa County235 mines45 active Stanislaus County224 mines52 active Yuba County212 mines38 active Santa Barbara County196 mines47 active Alpine County192 mines12 active Tehama County188 mines52 active Ventura County187 mines39 active Sacramento County179 mines68 active Orange County135 mines31 active Marin County134 mines20 active San Mateo County133 mines59 active Glenn County122 mines43 active San Joaquin County111 mines41 active Merced County98 mines27 active Colusa County88 mines16 active Santa Cruz County80 mines23 active Yolo County62 mines21 active Kings County50 mines5 active Solano County44 mines11 active Sutter County13 mines8 active San Francisco County8 mines1 active Sierra, Nevada County6 mines Butte, Yuba County3 mines El Dorado, Placer County3 mines Shasta, Tehama County3 mines3 active Nevada, Sierra County2 mines Nevada, Yuba County2 mines Yuba, Butte County2 mines Alameda, San Mateo County1 mines Amador, Calaveras, San Joaquin County1 mines Calaveras, Amador County1 mines1 active Calaveras, Tuolumne County1 mines Fresno, San Benito County1 mines1 active Kern, San Bernardino County1 mines Lake, Napa County1 mines1 active Lake, Napa, Yolo County1 mines Merced, San Benito, Santa Clara County1 mines Napa, Yolo County1 mines1 active Placer, El Dorado County1 mines Placer, Nevada County1 mines Placer, Yuba County1 mines Plumas, Yuba County1 mines San Benito, Merced County1 mines1 active Shasta, Trinity County1 mines Yolo, Napa, Lake County1 mines1 active

Notable Mines

Mine	County	Commodity	Type	Status
Mt Pass Mine & Mill	San Bernardino	Rare Earths Ore	Surface	Active
Boron Operations	Kern	Boron Minerals	Surface	Active
Mesquite	Imperial	Gold Ore	Surface	Active
Imerys Lompoc Plant	Santa Barbara	Diatomaceous Earth (Diatomite)	Surface	Active
Soledad Mountain Project	Kern	Gold Ore	Surface	Active
Cushenbury Plant	San Bernardino	Cement	Facility	Active
Oro Grande Quarry	San Bernardino	Cement	Facility	Active
Mojave Plant & Quarry	Kern	Cement	Facility	Active
Black Mountain Quarry	San Bernardino	Cement	Facility	Active
Victorville Cement Plant	San Bernardino	Cement	Facility	Active
A R Wilson Quarry	San Benito	Crushed, Broken Granite	Surface	Active
Lebec Cement Plant	Kern	Cement	Facility	Active
Tehachapi Cement, Llc.	Kern	Cement	Facility	Active
3m	Riverside	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active
Lucerne Valley Plant And Quarry	San Bernardino	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Surface	Active
Maricopa Plant	Kern	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Active
3m Corona Plant	Riverside	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Active
Specialty Granules (ione) Llc	Amador	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active
Redding Plant	Shasta	Cement	Surface	Active
Natividad Plant	Monterey	Lime	Surface	Active
Lake Herman Quarry	Solano	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Active
Omya California	San Bernardino	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Surface	Active
Stevens Creek Quarry	Santa Clara	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Active
Taft Production Company & Mines	Kern	Common Clays NEC	Surface	Active
Upland Pit And Mill	San Bernardino	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active