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Mines in Lumpkin County, Georgia

Lumpkin County, Georgia has 5 mines on MSHA's register: 1 active, 4 abandoned. 11 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1985 and 2021. Inspectors have issued 79 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Lumpkin 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 Lumpkin County →

Mines on register
5
Active
1
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
79
0 underground · 5 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 5 metal and non-metal 4 abandoned 11 reported accidents, 1985–2021
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.
Lumpkin County, Georgia · Population 33,931
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$72,388
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
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC 2 1 0
Briarpatch Mining Company 1 0 0
Cherokee Mining & Exploration Company Inc 1 0 0
Chestatee Minerals Inc 1 0 0
Mines in Lumpkin County5 on register
  1. Dahlonega Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · MSHA ID 0901105
    Active
  2. DAHLONEGA QUARRY
    Surface metal/non-metal · Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P. · MSHA ID 0900690
    Abandoned
  3. Briarpatch Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Briarpatch Mining Company · MSHA ID 0900984
    Abandoned
  4. C & M NO 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Chestatee Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 0901091
    Abandoned
  5. Long Branch Sand & Gravel Div
    Surface metal/non-metal · Cherokee Mining & Exploration Company Inc · MSHA ID 0900968
    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.