Mines

Mines in California

Rare Context lists 98 mines in California, United States. The largest is Mt Pass Mine & Mill, with 822 employees in 2025.

All mines

By primary commodity, most mines first, then by employees within each commodity.

MineCommodityCountyOwner or operatorEmployees
Soledad Mountain ProjectGoldKern CountySoledad Holdings Inc293 2025
MesquiteGoldImperial CountyEquinox Gold Corp289 2025
Castle Mountain MineGoldSan Bernardino CountyEquinox Gold Corp33 2025
Big Seam mineGoldPlacer CountyFocused Mining Enterprises LLC8 2025
Colombo MineGoldSierra CountySierra Resources, LLC8 2022
Lincoln Mine ProjectGoldAmador CountyPrimat Mining PTY LTD8 2025
Washington MineGoldShasta CountyFrench Gulch (Nevada) Mining Corp7 2025
Sixteen To One MineGoldSierra CountyQuartzview Corporation5 2025
Telegraph MineGoldSierra CountyTelegraph LLC5 2023
Blue Eagle Lode MineGoldKern CountyBlue Eagle Lode Mining Co.3 2021
Mt VernonGoldSierra CountyThanks Elon LLC; Lazarus Mining LLC3 2022
BaronGoldKern County—1 2023
Dredge 17GoldYuba CountyJemco LLC1 2024
Colorado QuartzGoldMariposa CountyColorado Quartz Gold Corp—
Colosseum Rare Metals Inc.GoldSan Bernardino CountyColosseum Rare Metals Inc.—
Milkmaid MineGoldShasta CountyG & S Mining Company—
Persistence MineGoldSan Bernardino CountyGold Discovery Group LLC—
Red Ledge MineGoldNevada CountyRed Ledge Mining Company—
Red Ledge Mining Co.GoldNevada CountyRed Ledge Mining Company—
Ruby MineGoldNevada CountyCirrus Holdings LLC—
Taber MineGoldSierra CountyBig Pine Mining LLC—
Canyon Rock PlantIndustrial sandVentura CountyCeline L Gillibrand Trust68 2025
Orange County OperationIndustrial sandOrange CountyCeline L Gillibrand Trust43 2025
Vernalis PlantIndustrial sandSan Joaquin CountyGranite Construction Inc24 2025
Sierra Silica ResourcesIndustrial sandButte CountyMorris Ravine Industrial Minerals LLC; Pinnacle Aggregates LLC; Mining a22 2025
Big Rock Creek QuarryIndustrial sandLos Angeles CountyGranite Construction Inc21 2025
Napa QuarryIndustrial sandNapa CountyVulcan Materials Company16 2025
Latona AggregatesIndustrial sandShasta CountyTullis Inc.10 2025
Sanger Aggregate PlantIndustrial sandFresno CountyMartin Marietta Materials Inc10 2025
Packway PortableIndustrial sandShasta CountyPackway Materials Inc8 2025
Portable OperationIndustrial sandSan Diego CountyDS, Inc.5 2023
Ellwood PitIndustrial sandSanta Barbara CountySanta Barbara Sand & Top Soil4 2025
Fort Independence QuarryIndustrial sandInyo CountyFort Independence Tribe4 2025
Sheridan QuarryIndustrial sandAlameda CountyStevens Creek Quarry Inc4 2025
Greenwood AggregatesIndustrial sandMendocino CountyGreenwood Aggregates Inc3 2025
Estrella Sand PitIndustrial sandSan Luis Obispo CountyViborg Sand & Gravel, Inc.2 2025
Goss PitIndustrial sandPlumas County—2 2022
Ione Track PlantIndustrial sandMadera CountyCustom Crushing Industries, Inc2 2022
Pedrotti MaterialsIndustrial sandShasta CountyPedrotti Materials LLC2 2023
1000 Springs PitIndustrial sandLassen County——
Marina LandfillIndustrial sandMonterey CountyThe Don Chapin Company—
RUC QuarryIndustrial sandHumboldt County——
USMC Ione PlantSand and gravelAmador CountyUS Mine Corp109 2025
Specialty Granules (Ione) LLCSand and gravelAmador CountySpecialty Granules LLC91 2025
3MSand and gravelRiverside CountyFST Sand & Gravel Inc81 2025
Vernalis PlantSand and gravelSan Joaquin CountyTeichert Inc77 2025
Perkins PlantSand and gravelSacramento CountyTeichert Inc71 2025
Upland Pit and MillSand and gravelSan Bernardino CountyHolliday Rock Company Inc63 2025
Pleasanton PlantSand and gravelAlameda CountyVulcan Materials Company59 2025
Irwindale PlantSand and gravelLos Angeles CountyColas S A53 2025
Pacific Aggregates PitsSand and gravelRiverside CountyDavid Murdock Living Trust52 2025
Lytle Creek PitSand and gravelSan Bernardino CountyCemex S A50 2025
All American AggregatesSand and gravelRiverside CountyAll American Aggregates42 2025
Baxter MineIron oreSan Bernardino CountyTaiheiyo Cement Corp5 2025
Beck MineIron oreInyo CountyHudbay Minerals Inc5 2025
Iron Age MineIron oreSan Bernardino CountyUS Iron Holdings LLC5 2025
Silver Lake MineIron oreSan Bernardino CountyJames Gang Enterprises INC.4 2025
Rosemary's Mountain QuarryIron oreSan Diego CountyKeeley RMQ LLC; Horizon Hill Materials RMQ LLC2 2025
Lucerne Valley Plant and QuarryCrushed limestoneSan Bernardino CountyMinerals Technologies Inc87 2025
Blue Mountain MineralsCrushed limestoneTuolumne CountyPortola Minerals Company73 2025
Omya CaliforniaCrushed limestoneSan Bernardino CountyOmya Industries Inc61 2025
Natividad PlantCrushed limestoneMonterey CountyMartin Marietta Materials Inc42 2025
Maricopa PlantCrushed stoneKern CountyNestle S A129 2025
3M Corona PlantCrushed stoneRiverside CountyMinnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company99 2025
Stevens Creek QuarryCrushed stoneSanta Clara CountyStevens Creek Quarry Inc51 2025
Lake Herman QuarryCrushed stoneSolano CountyVulcan Materials Company44 2025
Plaster City QuarryGypsumImperial CountyUSG Corporation29 2025
Lost Hills MiningGypsumKern CountyLost Hills Mining LLC19 2025
Ventucopa QuarryGypsumVentura CountyH Lima Company Inc11 2024
The Standard MineGypsumRiverside CountyDouble D Mining LLC3 2025
Glass Mountain PumicePumiceModoc CountyQuikrete Holdings Inc.7 2025
MakaylaPumiceInyo CountyGlobal Pumice, LLC5 2025
Echo MountainPumiceModoc CountyCRH plc3 2023
Frank Sam Mine (U S Pumice Mine)PumiceMono CountyUnited States Pumice Company2 2021
Taft Production Company & MinesClayKern CountyOil Dri Corporation Of America88 2025
Hector MineClaySan Bernardino CountyElementis Plc8 2025
Pacific Clay PitsClayRiverside CountyPacific Clay Products Inc3 2025
Arcosa Frazier Park Plant# 1603Refractory clayVentura CountyArcosa, Inc27 2025
Acton Clay QuarriesRefractory clayLos Angeles CountyNorth Star Minerals Inc10 2025
California Hectorite PitRefractory clayInyo CountyAltana Group (Germany)1 2024
Imerys Lompoc PlantDiatomiteSanta Barbara CountyImerys S A203 2025
Dicalite MineralsDiatomiteShasta CountyDicalite Management Group LLC70 2025
Capital Rock LLCGraphitePlacer CountyCapital Rock LLC9 2025
FredericksburgGraphiteAlpine CountyTahoe Asphalt, inc.4 2023
Lind Marine IncorporatedOther industrial mineralsSolano CountyLind Marine Incorporated23 2025
Oceanview MineOther industrial mineralsSan Diego CountyOcean View Mines LLC3 2025
Boron OperationsBoronKern CountyRio Tinto Group729 2025
Redding PlantCementShasta CountyTaiheiyo Cement Corp113 2025
A R Wilson QuarryCrushed graniteSan Benito CountyGranite Rock Co99 2025
GMcB Lincoln Pits & MillFire clayPlacer CountyPacific Coast Building Products Inc7 2025
Tourmaline King MineGemstonesSan Diego CountySan Diego Mining Corp6 2024
Lawyer Borrow PitOther metalsEl Dorado County—1 2022
Fish Springs QuarryPerliteInyo CountyAmerican Perlite Company8 2025
Mt Pass Mine & MillRare earthsSan Bernardino CountyMP Materials Corporation822 2025
Valley SaltSaltSan Bernardino CountyWest Coast Aggregate Supply Inc.7 2025
Owens Lake MineTronaInyo CountyRio Tinto Group6 2025
Blue Moon Underground MineZincMariposa CountySmall Mine Development12 2025
Ione PlantZirconiumAmador CountyTwin Pines Minerals LLC45 2024

Every mine in California, with owners.All 98 in one file, each with its owner, commodity, resources and permit status. We research what the public sources leave out.

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