Mines in Avery County, North Carolina
Avery County, North Carolina has 12 mines on MSHA's register: 1 active, 11 abandoned. 1 miner has died and 66 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2026. Inspectors have issued 173 citations.
Every mine MSHA has registered in Avery 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.
- Mines on register
- 12
- Active
- 1
- Fatalities on record
- 1
- Citations issued
- 173
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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.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.
| Operator | Mines | Active | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Stone Company Inc | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sibelco North America Inc. | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Cranberry Magnetite Corp | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Elbert D Watson | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Framco | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Grassy Creek Construction Company Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Harris Mining Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| International Minerals & Chemical Corp | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pat Watson | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Troitino Construction Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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Schoolhouse Quartz PlantActive 1 fatal 173 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Sibelco North America Inc. · MSHA ID 3100375
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LENVILLEAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Clark Stone Company Inc · MSHA ID 3100369
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Cranberry Mine & MillAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsFacility metal/non-metal · Cranberry Magnetite Corp · MSHA ID 3100209
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Exploration Drill Site #5Abandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Framco · MSHA ID 3101744
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Frank MineAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · International Minerals & Chemical Corp · MSHA ID 3101976
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FRANK MINEAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Grassy Creek Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 3101499
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Grandfather Mtn QuarryAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Troitino Construction Company · MSHA ID 3100191
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Gushers Knob MineAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Harris Mining Company · MSHA ID 3101112
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Henson Creek Aquamarine MineAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsUnderground metal/non-metal · Elbert D Watson · MSHA ID 3101725
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Henson Creek Garnet MineAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Pat Watson · MSHA ID 3101726
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PUTNAM MINEAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Clark Stone Company Inc · MSHA ID 3102139
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Schoolhouse Research & DevelopmentAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Unimin Corp · MSHA ID 3102001
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.
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.