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Mines in Washington County, Georgia

Washington County, Georgia has 22 mines on MSHA's register: 10 active, 1 intermittent, 11 abandoned. 5 miners have died and 1,465 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2026. Inspectors have issued 2,202 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Washington 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 Washington County →

Mines on register
22
Active
10
Fatalities on record
5
Citations issued
2,202
0 underground · 18 surface · 4 facilities 0 coal · 22 metal and non-metal 1 intermittent 11 abandoned 1,465 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.
Washington County, Georgia · Population 19,893
3.5%
Mining share of county employment
$44,009
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
Thiele Kaolin Company 6 3 1
KaMin LLC. 3 2 1
Ecc International 2 0 2
Imerys Clays Inc 2 2 1
Southeastern Performance Minerals, LLC 2 1 0
Deepstep Mineral Products LLC 1 1 0
Engelhard Corp 1 0 0
Engelhard Kaolin Corp 1 0 0
Georgia Industrial Minerals Inc 1 0 0
Hamilton Construction Inc 1 0 0
Mines in Washington County22 on register
  1. Sandersville Calcine Plant
    Facility metal/non-metal · Imerys Clays Inc · MSHA ID 0900111
    Active
  2. MAIN PROCESSING PLANT
    Facility metal/non-metal · Thiele Kaolin Company · MSHA ID 0900337
    Active
  3. Deepstep Road Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Thiele Kaolin Company · MSHA ID 0900110
    Active
  4. Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company
    Surface metal/non-metal · Kentucky-Tennessee Clay Company · MSHA ID 0900121
    Active
  5. Sandersville Land and Mines
    Surface metal/non-metal · Imerys Clays Inc · MSHA ID 0900705
    Active
  6. Avant-Ennis Mine & Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Thiele Kaolin Company · MSHA ID 0900486
    Active
  7. Washington County Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · KaMin LLC. · MSHA ID 0900127
    Active
  8. Avant Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Southeastern Performance Minerals, LLC · MSHA ID 0901088
    Active
  9. Sandersville Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · KaMin LLC · MSHA ID 0901128
    Active
  10. Duncan Plant
    Facility metal/non-metal · Deepstep Mineral Products LLC · MSHA ID 0901173
    Active
  11. Buffalo China Clays Company
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ecc International · MSHA ID 0901059
    Abandoned
  12. Sandersville Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · KaMin LLC · MSHA ID 0901127
    Abandoned
  13. Scott Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Engelhard Kaolin Corp · MSHA ID 0900832
    Abandoned
  14. Gardner Plant
    Facility metal/non-metal · Engelhard Corp · MSHA ID 0900473
    Abandoned
  15. Sandersville Clay Company
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ecc International · MSHA ID 0900115
    Abandoned
  16. Avant Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hamilton Construction Inc · MSHA ID 0901030
    Abandoned
  17. Chambers Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Southeastern Performance Minerals · MSHA ID 0901250
    Intermittent
  18. BC Impound
    Surface metal/non-metal · Georgia Industrial Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 0901205
    Abandoned
  19. Butts Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Thiele Kaolin Company · MSHA ID 0900890
    Abandoned
  20. Deepstep Division
    Surface metal/non-metal · Yara Engineering Corp · MSHA ID 0900881
    Abandoned
  21. No 5 Hale Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Thiele Kaolin Company · MSHA ID 0900203
    Abandoned
  22. Thiele Kaolin Co Veal Mine And Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Thiele Kaolin Company · MSHA ID 0900152
    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.