Mines in South Dakota

2,778Total

403Active

502Gold

1Coal

1,520Surface

326Underground

Map

Counties

Custer County633 mines25 active Lawrence County476 mines59 active Pennington County456 mines40 active Fall River County161 mines12 active Harding County106 mines16 active Minnehaha County103 mines23 active Bon Homme County67 mines2 active Codington County49 mines6 active Yankton County49 mines8 active Grant County48 mines23 active Brookings County44 mines13 active Perkins County33 mines11 active Davison County23 mines6 active Hamlin County23 mines4 active Moody County23 mines8 active Mellette County22 mines4 active Brown County20 mines5 active Meade County20 mines4 active Jerauld County19 mines1 active Roberts County18 mines12 active Todd County18 mines1 active Tripp County18 mines3 active Butte County16 mines7 active Charles Mix County16 mines5 active Gregory County16 mines7 active Hanson County16 mines5 active Lake County15 mines4 active Day County14 mines7 active Stanley County14 mines2 active Corson County11 mines3 active Kingsbury County11 mines5 active Union County11 mines8 active Brule County10 mines1 active Hutchinson County10 mines2 active Lyman County10 mines Turner County10 mines3 active Beadle County9 mines1 active Buffalo County9 mines Dewey County9 mines3 active Sanborn County9 mines4 active Campbell County8 mines5 active Deuel County8 mines5 active Potter County8 mines4 active Douglas County7 mines3 active Hughes County7 mines Marshall County7 mines1 active Shannon County7 mines2 active Aurora County6 mines2 active Hand County6 mines4 active Spink County6 mines1 active Clay County5 mines2 active Edmunds County5 mines McCook County5 mines5 active Miner County5 mines3 active Sully County5 mines4 active Walworth County5 mines1 active Clark County4 mines1 active Haakon County4 mines Mccook County4 mines Bennett County3 mines Jackson County3 mines Lincoln County3 mines1 active McPherson County3 mines2 active Mcpherson County3 mines Hyde County2 mines1 active Custer, Pennington County1 mines Faulk County1 mines1 active Ziebach County1 mines1 active

Notable Mines

Mine	County	Commodity	Type	Status
Coeur Wharf	Lawrence	Gold Ore	Surface	Active
Rapid City Quarry & Mill	Pennington	Lime	Surface	Active
Gcc Dacotah Inc	Pennington	Cement	Facility	Active
Sioux Falls Quarry	Minnehaha	Crushed, Broken Quartzite	Surface	Active
Dell Rapids East Quarry	Minnehaha	Crushed, Broken Sandstone	Surface	Active
East Sioux Quarry	Minnehaha	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active
Spencer Quarries Inc.	Hanson	Crushed, Broken Sandstone	Surface	Active
Dell Rapids West Quarry	Minnehaha	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active
Rapid City Quarry	Pennington	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Surface	Active
Summit Sand & Gravel	Roberts	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active
Brookings Sand & Gravel	Brookings	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active
Dakota Mahogany Quarry	Grant	Dimension Stone NEC	Surface	Active
Mitchell Quarry	Hanson	Dimension Quartzite	Surface	Active
Oral Sand Plant	Fall River	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active
Corson Sand Plant / Quarry	Minnehaha	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active
Knife River Portable Plant Sd-1	Minnehaha	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active
Centennial Quarry	Lawrence	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Surface	Active
Carnelian #3 Quarry	Grant	Crushed, Broken Granite	Surface	Active
Belle Fourche Mill	Butte	Bentonite	Facility	Active
Cf & I Pit	Pennington	Iron Ore	Surface	Active
Milbank S&m	Grant	Dimension Granite	Facility	Active
Portable #110	Pennington	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active
Plant 280	Brookings	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active
Superior Crusher #2	Pennington	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active
Carnelian #2 Quarry	Grant	Dimension Granite	Surface	Active