Mines in Cherokee County, North Carolina
Cherokee County, North Carolina has 15 mines on MSHA's register: 1 active, 14 abandoned. 20 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1984 and 2022. Inspectors have issued 134 citations.
Every mine MSHA has registered in Cherokee 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
- 15
- Active
- 1
- Fatalities on record
- 0
- Citations issued
- 134
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Marble Company | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Fifth Wheel Materials Inc | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Warner Corp | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Blue Rock Materials, LLC | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Harrison Aggregates | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Harrison Construction Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kerr Sand Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Suzorite Mineral Products Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom R Hay | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Troitino Construction Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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Cherokee Co QuarryActive 0 fatal 58 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Harrison Aggregates · MSHA ID 3102138
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Cherokee PlantAbandoned 0 fatal 9 citationsFacility metal/non-metal · Suzorite Mineral Products Inc · MSHA ID 3102037
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McNabb QuarryAbandoned 0 fatal 67 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Blue Rock Materials, LLC · MSHA ID 3102257
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MillAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsFacility metal/non-metal · Warner Corp · MSHA ID 3100688
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Andrews Plant 2Abandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Fifth Wheel Materials Inc · MSHA ID 3101803
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Andrews QuarryAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Fifth Wheel Materials Inc · MSHA ID 3101574
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Columbia Marble Company Gray MineAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Columbia Marble Company · MSHA ID 3100592
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Junaluska MillAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsFacility metal/non-metal · Tom R Hay · MSHA ID 3101737
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Kerr MillAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsFacility metal/non-metal · Kerr Sand Company · MSHA ID 3101193
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Murphy QuarryAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Harrison Construction Company · MSHA ID 3101575
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Murphy QuarryAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Troitino Construction Company · MSHA ID 3101764
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Nancy Jordan No 5Abandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsUnderground metal/non-metal · Warner Corp · MSHA ID 3100222
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Regal QuarryAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Columbia Marble Company · MSHA ID 3100024
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Rubble MillAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Columbia Marble Company · MSHA ID 3100593
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Young MineAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Fifth Wheel Materials Inc · MSHA ID 3101573
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.