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Mines in Thomas County, Georgia

Thomas County, Georgia has 7 mines on MSHA's register: 1 active, 6 abandoned. 2 miners have died and 687 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2026. Inspectors have issued 710 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Thomas 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 Thomas County →

Mines on register
7
Active
1
Fatalities on record
2
Citations issued
710
0 underground · 7 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 7 metal and non-metal 6 abandoned 687 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.
Thomas County, Georgia · Population 45,696
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$60,140
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
Oil-Dri Georgia LLC 1 1 2
Anschutz Minerals Corp 1 0 0
Dawes Mining Company Inc 1 0 0
Engelhard Corp 1 0 0
Florida Crushed Stone Company 1 0 0
MFM Industries 1 0 0
Montgomery Sand Company 1 0 0
Mines in Thomas County7 on register
  1. Simpson
    Surface metal/non-metal · Oil-Dri Georgia LLC · MSHA ID 0900114
    Active
  2. Waverly Minerals
    Surface metal/non-metal · MFM Industries · MSHA ID 0900157
    Abandoned
  3. ENGELHARD CORP THOR MINE
    Surface metal/non-metal · Engelhard Corp · MSHA ID 0900155
    Abandoned
  4. F C S Montgomery Sand Division Collier P
    Surface metal/non-metal · Florida Crushed Stone Company · MSHA ID 0900967
    Abandoned
  5. Cooper-Groover Mine And Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Anschutz Minerals Corp · MSHA ID 0900879
    Abandoned
  6. Thomasville Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Dawes Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0900277
    Abandoned
  7. Thomasville Mine & Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Montgomery Sand Company · MSHA ID 0900248
    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.