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Mines in Chatham County, North Carolina

Chatham County, North Carolina has 19 mines on MSHA's register: 5 active, 1 intermittent, 13 abandoned. 2 are coal mines and 17 metal or non-metal. 1 miner has died and 126 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1987 and 2026. Inspectors have issued 654 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Chatham 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 Chatham County →

Mines on register
19
Active
5
Fatalities on record
1
Citations issued
654
0 underground · 17 surface · 2 facilities 2 coal · 17 metal and non-metal 1 intermittent 13 abandoned 126 reported accidents, 1987–2026
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.
Chatham County, North Carolina · Population 78,319
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$88,534
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
General Shale Brick, Inc. 6 1 0
3M Company 1 1 1
Blue Water Industries II LLC 1 1 0
Chatham Brick & Tile Company 1 0 0
Chatham Coal Company 1 0 0
Cherokee Brick Company Of North Carolina Inc 1 0 0
Eagle Mining Inc 1 0 0
G S Materials Inc 1 0 0
Luck Stone Corporation 1 1 0
Martin Marietta Materials Inc 1 0 0
Mines in Chatham County19 on register
  1. 3M Pittsboro
    Facility metal/non-metal · 3M Company · MSHA ID 3102153
    Active
  2. Pittsboro Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Luck Stone Corporation · MSHA ID 3102167
    Active
  3. Daurity Springs Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Blue Water Industries II LLC · MSHA ID 3102311
    Active
  4. Moncure #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · General Shale Brick, Inc. · MSHA ID 3102144
    Active
  5. Merry Oaks Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Triangle Brick Company · MSHA ID 3102080
    Active
  6. Gulf Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Meridian Brick LLC · MSHA ID 3100132
    Abandoned
  7. Moncure 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · General Shale Brick, Inc. · MSHA ID 3100259
    Abandoned
  8. Beck Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · General Shale Brick, Inc. · MSHA ID 3102124
    Intermittent
  9. Goldston Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · General Shale Brick, Inc. · MSHA ID 3102116
    Abandoned
  10. Siler City Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Martin Marietta Materials Inc · MSHA ID 3100044
    Abandoned
  11. Gulf #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · General Shale Brick, Inc. · MSHA ID 3102146
    Abandoned
  12. Chatham Brick & Tile Company
    Surface metal/non-metal · Chatham Brick & Tile Company · MSHA ID 3100150
    Abandoned
  13. Chatham County Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · N C Dept Of Transportation-Div Of Highways · MSHA ID 3101086
    Abandoned
  14. Grinding Plant
    Facility metal/non-metal · Cherokee Brick Company Of North Carolina Inc · MSHA ID 3101076
    Abandoned
  15. Gulf Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Pomona Pipe Products Company · MSHA ID 3100148
    Abandoned
  16. Gulf One
    Surface coal · Chatham Coal Company · MSHA ID 3102003
    Abandoned
  17. Gulf One
    Surface coal · Eagle Mining Inc · MSHA ID 3102007
    Abandoned
  18. HWY. 64
    Surface metal/non-metal · G S Materials Inc · MSHA ID 3102128
    Abandoned
  19. SAND NO. 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · General Shale Brick, Inc. · MSHA ID 3102145
    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.