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Mines in Beaufort County, North Carolina

Beaufort County, North Carolina has 9 mines on MSHA's register: 1 active, 8 abandoned. 2 miners have died and 578 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2026. Inspectors have issued 1,527 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Beaufort 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 Beaufort County →

Mines on register
9
Active
1
Fatalities on record
2
Citations issued
1,527
0 underground · 9 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 9 metal and non-metal 8 abandoned 578 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.
Beaufort County, North Carolina · Population 44,597
1.3%
Mining share of county employment
$57,997
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
PCS Phosphate Company Inc 1 1 2
Apac-Carolina Inc 1 0 0
B E Singleton & Sons Inc 1 0 0
Barrus Construction Company 1 0 0
N C Dept Of Transportation-Div Of Highways 1 0 0
North Carolina Phospate Corp 1 0 0
O M Crisp & Sons 1 0 0
Texasgulf Chemicals Company 1 0 0
Whichard Manufacturing Co Inc 1 0 0
Mines in Beaufort County9 on register
  1. Lee Creek Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · PCS Phosphate Company Inc · MSHA ID 3100212
    Active
  2. Lee Creek Dredge
    Surface metal/non-metal · Texasgulf Chemicals Company · MSHA ID 3101975
    Abandoned
  3. North Carolina Phosphate Corporation
    Surface metal/non-metal · North Carolina Phospate Corp · MSHA ID 3101828
    Abandoned
  4. B E Singleton & Sons Inc
    Surface metal/non-metal · B E Singleton & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 3100703
    Abandoned
  5. Beaufort County Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · N C Dept Of Transportation-Div Of Highways · MSHA ID 3100800
    Abandoned
  6. Boyd Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Apac-Carolina Inc · MSHA ID 3101591
    Abandoned
  7. Crisp Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · O M Crisp & Sons · MSHA ID 3101268
    Abandoned
  8. Perkins Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Barrus Construction Company · MSHA ID 3101592
    Abandoned
  9. Talley Bros Talley Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Whichard Manufacturing Co Inc · MSHA ID 3100704
    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.