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This list of mines in the United States is subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and future mines in the country and is organised by the primary mineral output. For practical purposes stone, marble and other quarries may be included in this list.
According to Marble.com, in 2016 there were 276 quarries producing natural stone in 34 states, and states producing the most granite were Texas, Massachusetts, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Georgia. [1] The term "quarry" refers also to sites producing aggregate, molding sand, or other resources besides cut stone.
Quarries in the United States (2 C, 94 P) Pages in category "Surface mines in the United States" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total.
There are tens of thousands of abandoned mines in the United States. Many abandoned mines pose environmental challenges, such as acid mine drainage. In Colorado alone, there are 18,382 abandoned mines. [34] The United States has had many different environmental disasters caused by these mines, such as the 2015 Gold King Mine waste water spill.
Category: Quarries in the United States. 2 languages. ... Stone City, Iowa; Stringfellow Acid Pits; T. Tataga-Matau Fortified Quarry Complex; Tenino Stone Company Quarry;
Mining in the United States by state or territory (41 C) A. American miners (2 C, 94 P) ... National Mining Hall of Fame; National Stone, Sand & Gravel Association;
The interior of SubTropolis. SubTropolis is a business complex located inside of a 55,000,000-square-foot (5,100,000 m 2), 1,260-acre (5.1 km 2) mine in the bluffs north of the Missouri River in Kansas City, Missouri, United States.
Lists of mines in the United States; N. National Mine Map Repository This page was last edited on 2 November 2019, at 16:09 (UTC). ...