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Mines in Catawba County, North Carolina

Catawba County, North Carolina has 9 mines on MSHA's register: 2 active, 7 abandoned. 15 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1988 and 2025. Inspectors have issued 192 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Catawba 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 Catawba County →

Mines on register
9
Active
2
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
192
0 underground · 8 surface · 1 facilities 0 coal · 9 metal and non-metal 7 abandoned 15 reported accidents, 1988–2025
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.
Catawba County, North Carolina · Population 162,051
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$64,544
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
Dooley Sand Company 1 0 0
Ford E Setzer Company 1 0 0
Harsil Sand Company 1 0 0
Kerr Sand Company 1 0 0
N C Dept Of Transportation-Div Of Highways 1 0 0
Smith Setzer & Sons Inc 1 0 0
Taylor Clay Products, Inc. 1 0 0
Mines in Catawba County9 on register
  1. HICKORY QUARRY
    Surface metal/non-metal · Martin Marietta Materials Inc · MSHA ID 3100043
    Active
  2. MAIDEN QUARRY
    Surface metal/non-metal · Martin Marietta Materials Inc · MSHA ID 3102125
    Active
  3. Catawba Clay Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Taylor Clay Products, Inc. · MSHA ID 3102300
    Abandoned
  4. Catawba County Pits
    Surface metal/non-metal · N C Dept Of Transportation-Div Of Highways · MSHA ID 3101788
    Abandoned
  5. Dooley Sand Company Lake Lookout
    Surface metal/non-metal · Dooley Sand Company · MSHA ID 3100415
    Abandoned
  6. Jacobs Fork Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Kerr Sand Company · MSHA ID 3101251
    Abandoned
  7. Mc Lin Creek Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ford E Setzer Company · MSHA ID 3101538
    Abandoned
  8. Oakwood Farms Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Harsil Sand Company · MSHA ID 3100483
    Abandoned
  9. Washing Plant
    Facility metal/non-metal · Smith Setzer & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 3101997
    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.