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Mines in Chattooga County, Georgia

Chattooga County, Georgia has 7 mines on MSHA's register: 1 intermittent, 6 abandoned. 6 are coal mines and 1 metal or non-metal. Inspectors have issued 17 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Chattooga County, working or not, with the accident, fatality and citation record each one carries on this site. Active mines are listed first, then the rest by the weight of their record.

Abandoned and historical mine features in Chattooga County →

Mines on register
7
Active
0
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
17
0 underground · 7 surface · 0 facilities 6 coal · 1 metal and non-metal 1 intermittent 6 abandoned
Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Chattooga County, Georgia · Population 24,975
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$47,785
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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MSHA-registered mine, any status

Mines plot only where MSHA holds a surveyed coordinate for the site; mines the agency locates to a town, county or state centroid are in the counts and the list above but not drawn. Click a point for the mine's status and record.

Operators with the most mines herecurrent operator of record
Operator Mines Active Fatalities
American Viking Contractors Inc 1 0 0
Gregory Company Inc 1 0 0
K & C Coal Company Inc 1 0 0
L & R Coal Company Inc 1 0 0
Mineral Extractors Inc 1 0 0
Prater Mining Company 1 0 0
William D Patty Construction 1 0 0
Mines in Chattooga County7 on register
  1. Wiliam D Patty Mine #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · William D Patty Construction · MSHA ID 0901178
    Intermittent
  2. Chattooga No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · Gregory Company Inc · MSHA ID 0900534
    Abandoned
  3. K & C No 2
    Surface coal · K & C Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0900949
    Abandoned
  4. L & R No 1
    Surface coal · L & R Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0900953
    Abandoned
  5. Lookout Mountain One Strip
    Surface coal · American Viking Contractors Inc · MSHA ID 0900882
    Abandoned
  6. Mineral No 3 Strip
    Surface coal · Mineral Extractors Inc · MSHA ID 0900853
    Abandoned
  7. Prater Strip
    Surface coal · Prater Mining Company · MSHA ID 0900854
    Abandoned

Status, type and operator are as reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts are MSHA's reportable accident records for the mine; citations are inspector-issued violations on record. Each mine's own page carries the full detail.

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How to read these numbers

The register is MSHA's Mine Data Retrieval System: every operation ever assigned a mine ID, including ones abandoned decades ago, so the count is a history of mining in the county, not a count of working mines. A mine's county is the one its operator reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts start with MSHA's reportable-accident records (1983 onward); citation counts are inspector-issued violations on record. We are an independent research tool, not MSHA.