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Mines in Richmond County, Georgia

Richmond County, Georgia has 19 mines on MSHA's register: 3 active, 1 intermittent, 15 abandoned. 1 miner has died and 280 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2025. Inspectors have issued 596 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Richmond 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 Richmond County →

Mines on register
19
Active
3
Fatalities on record
1
Citations issued
596
0 underground · 16 surface · 3 facilities 0 coal · 19 metal and non-metal 1 intermittent 15 abandoned 280 reported accidents, 1983–2025
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.
Richmond County, Georgia · Population 206,040
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$53,197
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
Albion Kaolin Company 2 0 0
Rinker Materials Of Florida Incorporated 1 0 1
Clay Preparation Plant Div Of Merry 1 0 0
Covia Clay LLC 1 1 0
Davis Hauling Company 1 0 0
Dixon Airline Recycling and Disposal, LLC 1 0 0
Duffie U S Sand Company 1 0 0
General Shale Brick, Inc. 1 0 0
Georgia Vitrified Clay Corp 1 0 0
H G James Jr Sand Company 1 0 0
Mines in Richmond County19 on register
  1. Hephzibah Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Covia Clay LLC · MSHA ID 0900149
    Active
  2. Augusta Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · MSHA ID 0900065
    Active
  3. Southeast Sand and Aggregates LLC
    Surface metal/non-metal · Southeast Sand and Aggregates LLC · MSHA ID 0901234
    Active
  4. Augusta Sand Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Rinker Materials Of Florida Incorporated · MSHA ID 0900415
    Abandoned
  5. AUGUSTA MINES
    Surface metal/non-metal · General Shale Brick, Inc. · MSHA ID 0900145
    Intermittent
  6. Starrette Sand Products, Inc
    Surface metal/non-metal · Starrette Sand Products, Inc · MSHA ID 0901207
    Abandoned
  7. KAOLIN MINE
    Surface metal/non-metal · Albion Kaolin Company · MSHA ID 0901071
    Abandoned
  8. SLURRY PLANT
    Facility metal/non-metal · Albion Kaolin Company · MSHA ID 0901070
    Abandoned
  9. Bel Air
    Surface metal/non-metal · Georgia Vitrified Clay Corp · MSHA ID 0900043
    Abandoned
  10. Clay Preparation Plant
    Facility metal/non-metal · Clay Preparation Plant Div Of Merry · MSHA ID 0900464
    Abandoned
  11. Davis Sand Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Davis Hauling Company · MSHA ID 0900849
    Abandoned
  12. Dixon Airline Recycling and Disposal LLC
    Surface metal/non-metal · Dixon Airline Recycling and Disposal, LLC · MSHA ID 0901247
    Abandoned
  13. Duffie Sand Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Duffie U S Sand Company · MSHA ID 0900545
    Abandoned
  14. Heard #1 Sand Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · R C Heard Trucking Company Inc · MSHA ID 0900848
    Abandoned
  15. James Sand Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · H G James Jr Sand Company · MSHA ID 0900847
    Abandoned
  16. Merry Brick Plants And Clay Supply
    Facility metal/non-metal · Merry Companies Inc · MSHA ID 0900466
    Abandoned
  17. Richmond County
    Surface metal/non-metal · Payton & Wren Company · MSHA ID 0900386
    Abandoned
  18. Simmons Septic Tank Service
    Surface metal/non-metal · Simmons Septic Tank Service · MSHA ID 0900388
    Abandoned
  19. V B James Sand & Gravel Company Jam
    Surface metal/non-metal · V B James Sand & Gravel Company Jam · MSHA ID 0900419
    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.