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Mines in Cherokee County, Georgia

Cherokee County, Georgia has 8 mines on MSHA's register: 4 active, 4 abandoned. 46 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2022. Inspectors have issued 332 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Cherokee 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 Cherokee County →

Mines on register
8
Active
4
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
332
0 underground · 8 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 8 metal and non-metal 4 abandoned 46 reported accidents, 1983–2022
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.
Cherokee County, Georgia · Population 274,539
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$105,442
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
Blankinship Sand Company LLC 2 2 0
Blankenship Sand Company 1 0 0
Bluegrass Materials Company, LLC 1 1 0
Jones Mining Co 1 0 0
Lawson & Quarles Inc Sand & Gravel 1 0 0
Sawyer & Mims Company 1 0 0
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC 1 1 0
Mines in Cherokee County8 on register
  1. BALLGROUND MINE SITE
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bluegrass Materials Company, LLC · MSHA ID 0900955
    Active
  2. CHEROKEE QUARRY
    Surface metal/non-metal · Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · MSHA ID 0901112
    Active
  3. Blankinship Sand Company LLC
    Surface metal/non-metal · Blankinship Sand Company LLC · MSHA ID 0900868
    Active
  4. Little River
    Surface metal/non-metal · Blankinship Sand Co LLC · MSHA ID 0901252
    Active
  5. Blankenship Sand Dredge No 2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Blankenship Sand Company · MSHA ID 0900888
    Abandoned
  6. Jones Mining Co Brady Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Jones Mining Co · MSHA ID 0900367
    Abandoned
  7. Lawson And Quarles Sand Dredge
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lawson & Quarles Inc Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 0900716
    Abandoned
  8. Sand And Gravel Division
    Surface metal/non-metal · Sawyer & Mims Company · MSHA ID 0900864
    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.