Mines in Idaho

10,817Total

850Active

3,222Gold

2Coal

3,827Surface

2,174Underground

Map

Counties

Lemhi County1,112 mines38 active Custer County936 mines41 active Valley County917 mines40 active Idaho County909 mines37 active Shoshone County895 mines91 active Blaine County758 mines18 active Bonner County487 mines26 active Boise County468 mines36 active Owyhee County464 mines14 active Cassia County267 mines20 active Elmore County266 mines14 active Bonneville County242 mines50 active Clearwater County214 mines18 active Ada County195 mines27 active Washington County178 mines9 active Adams County174 mines4 active Caribou County173 mines11 active Kootenai County153 mines45 active Boundary County139 mines16 active Camas County137 mines7 active Latah County132 mines23 active Butte County127 mines2 active Bannock County124 mines13 active Twin Falls County121 mines15 active Canyon County109 mines27 active Clark County107 mines18 active Gem County95 mines9 active Bear Lake County92 mines4 active Benewah County83 mines13 active Fremont County81 mines31 active Power County80 mines7 active Bingham County74 mines10 active Nez Perce County74 mines33 active Jefferson County68 mines5 active Jerome County58 mines3 active Teton County57 mines Payette County42 mines8 active Oneida County38 mines7 active Gooding County34 mines6 active Franklin County33 mines8 active Minidoka County27 mines8 active Lewis County25 mines18 active Madison County24 mines8 active Lincoln County11 mines5 active Caribou, Bear Lake County4 mines Camas, Blaine County2 mines1 active Bannock, Bingham County1 mines Bannock, Franklin County1 mines Blaine, Butte County1 mines1 active Blaine, Camas County1 mines1 active Caribou, Bear Lake, Bingham County1 mines Clearwater, Latah County1 mines Gem, Boise County1 mines1 active Idaho, Valley County1 mines1 active Shoshone, Clearwater County1 mines Washington, Adams County1 mines1 active

Notable Mines

Mine	County	Commodity	Type	Status
Lucky Friday	Shoshone	Silver Ore	Underground	Active
Galena	Shoshone	Silver Ore	Underground	Active
Smoky Canyon Mine	Caribou	Phosphate Rock	Surface	Active
Malad Plant	Oneida	Pumice	Facility	Active
Thompson Creek Mine	Custer	Molybdenum Ore	Surface	Active
Golden Chest Mine	Shoshone	Gold Ore	Underground	Active
Bunker Hill Mine	Shoshone	Lead-Zinc Ore	Underground	Active
Bfb & Ballard Mines	Caribou	Phosphate Rock	Surface	Active
Emmett Plant	Gem	Misc. Nonmetallic Mnls. NEC	Facility	Active
Treasure Canyon Mill #2	Franklin	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Facility	Active
Bear River Zeolite Company	Franklin	Zeolites	Surface	Active
Moulton Yard	Cassia	Dimension Stone NEC	Surface	Active
Portable Crusher No. 4	Valley	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active
Plant #2	Nez Perce	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active
Plant #3	Nez Perce	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active
Plant #4	Nez Perce	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active
Crushing Plant #6	Nez Perce	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active
Idavue Minerals Llc	Clark	Dimension Limestone	Surface	Active
Plant #1	Nez Perce	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active
New Jersey Mill	Shoshone	Gold Ore	Facility	Active
Ida-ore	Jerome	Zeolites	Surface	Active
Caldwell Plant	Ada	Common Clays NEC	Surface	Active
Ica Portable Crusher	Kootenai	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active
Plant #1	Bonner	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active
134 Crusher H-k Portable Plant	Bannock	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Active