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Mines in Columbia County, Georgia

Columbia County, Georgia has 5 mines on MSHA's register: 2 active, 1 intermittent, 2 abandoned. 86 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2026. Inspectors have issued 147 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Columbia 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 Columbia County →

Mines on register
5
Active
2
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
147
0 underground · 5 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 5 metal and non-metal 1 intermittent 2 abandoned 86 reported accidents, 1983–2026
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.
Columbia County, Georgia · Population 159,638
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$96,122
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
Georgia Vitrified Clay Corp 1 0 0
H B Mellott Estate Inc 1 0 0
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. 1 1 0
Sample & Son Inc 1 0 0
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC 1 1 0
Mines in Columbia County5 on register
  1. Augusta Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · MSHA ID 0900907
    Active
  2. Appling Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · MSHA ID 0901083
    Active
  3. Sample
    Surface metal/non-metal · Sample & Son Inc · MSHA ID 0901209
    Intermittent
  4. HBME-Appling
    Surface metal/non-metal · H B Mellott Estate Inc · MSHA ID 0901134
    Abandoned
  5. Campania
    Surface metal/non-metal · Georgia Vitrified Clay Corp · MSHA ID 0900132
    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.