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Mines in Caldwell County, North Carolina

Caldwell County, North Carolina has 10 mines on MSHA's register: 3 active, 7 abandoned. 34 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2026. Inspectors have issued 468 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Caldwell 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 Caldwell County →

Mines on register
10
Active
3
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
468
0 underground · 10 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 10 metal and non-metal 7 abandoned 34 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.
Caldwell County, North Carolina · Population 80,618
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$55,401
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
Martin Marietta Materials Inc 2 2 0
Miller Sand Company 2 0 0
N C Dept Of Transportation-Div Of Highways 2 0 0
Hartley Gravel Company 1 0 0
Maymead Materials, Inc. 1 0 0
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC 1 1 0
Wagner Sand & Stone 1 0 0
Mines in Caldwell County10 on register
  1. Lenoir
    Surface metal/non-metal · Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · MSHA ID 3101094
    Active
  2. CALDWELL QUARRY
    Surface metal/non-metal · Martin Marietta Materials Inc · MSHA ID 3101869
    Active
  3. Greensboro Portable Plant 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Martin Marietta Materials Inc · MSHA ID 3102336
    Active
  4. North 321 Stone
    Surface metal/non-metal · Maymead Materials, Inc. · MSHA ID 3102165
    Abandoned
  5. CLOVER HILL MINE AND MILL
    Surface metal/non-metal · Wagner Sand & Stone · MSHA ID 3101893
    Abandoned
  6. Caldwell County Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · N C Dept Of Transportation-Div Of Highways · MSHA ID 3101863
    Abandoned
  7. Little River Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · N C Dept Of Transportation-Div Of Highways · MSHA ID 3100332
    Abandoned
  8. Lower Creek Pit & Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Miller Sand Company · MSHA ID 3101263
    Abandoned
  9. Miller Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Miller Sand Company · MSHA ID 3100495
    Abandoned
  10. Mulberry Mine And Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hartley Gravel Company · MSHA ID 3101505
    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.