Mining Incidents
MSHA mine register by county

Mines in Polk County, Georgia

Polk County, Georgia has 8 mines on MSHA's register: 2 active, 6 abandoned. 39 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2026. Inspectors have issued 142 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Polk 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 Polk County →

Mines on register
8
Active
2
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
142
0 underground · 7 surface · 1 facilities 0 coal · 8 metal and non-metal 6 abandoned 39 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.
Polk County, Georgia · Population 43,365
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$55,308
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
On the map 
Loading map…
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
Lone Star Industries Inc 3 0 0
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC 2 1 0
Big River Industries Inc 1 0 0
Chattahoochee Brick Company Inc 1 0 0
Rockmart Slate Corp 1 1 0
Mines in Polk County8 on register
  1. Blue Hole Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Rockmart Slate Corp · MSHA ID 0901104
    Active
  2. Aragon
    Surface metal/non-metal · Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · MSHA ID 0901214
    Active
  3. ROCKMART QUARRY
    Surface metal/non-metal · Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · MSHA ID 0901045
    Abandoned
  4. Galite #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Big River Industries Inc · MSHA ID 0900022
    Abandoned
  5. Braswell Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lone Star Industries Inc · MSHA ID 0900049
    Abandoned
  6. Rockmart Mill
    Facility metal/non-metal · Lone Star Industries Inc · MSHA ID 0900144
    Abandoned
  7. Rockmart Shale Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lone Star Industries Inc · MSHA ID 0900450
    Abandoned
  8. Taylorsville Clay Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Chattahoochee Brick Company Inc · MSHA ID 0900118
    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.

Other counties in GeorgiaAll counties →
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.