Mines in Cleveland County, North Carolina
Cleveland County, North Carolina has 27 mines on MSHA's register: 5 active, 1 intermittent, 21 abandoned. 1 miner has died and 194 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2025. Inspectors have issued 376 citations.
Every mine MSHA has registered in Cleveland 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 Cleveland County →
- Mines on register
- 27
- Active
- 5
- Fatalities on record
- 1
- Citations issued
- 376
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Imerys Mica Kings Mountain Inc. | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Chapman Grading & Concrete Company Inc | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Foote Mineral Company | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Asphalt Paving Of Shelby Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bennett Brick & Tile Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Berry Brothers Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Blythe Construction Inc. | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Concrete Supply Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cumberland Gravel & Sand Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cyprus Foote Mineral Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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Moss Mill & MinesActive 0 fatal 142 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Imerys Mica Kings Mountain Inc · MSHA ID 3100273
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Kings Mountain PlantActive 0 fatal 110 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · MSHA ID 3100047
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Patterson Mine and MillActive 0 fatal 31 citationsFacility metal/non-metal · Imerys Mica Kings Mountain Inc. · MSHA ID 3100274
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Battleground MillActive 0 fatal 31 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Imerys Mica Kings Mountain · MSHA ID 3100381
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Broad River MineActive 0 fatal 12 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Glenn Forest Products Inc · MSHA ID 3102193
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Kings Mountain Flotation MillAbandoned 1 fatal 0 citationsFacility metal/non-metal · Foote Mineral Company · MSHA ID 3101122
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Kings Mountain Mine & Mineral PlantAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Cyprus Foote Mineral Company · MSHA ID 3100119
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BUFFALO VALLEY MINEAbandoned 0 fatal 12 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Robert E Lee · MSHA ID 3102099
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ELLIS FERRY DREDGEAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Concrete Supply Company · MSHA ID 3100444
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Lawndale Sand LLC MineIntermittent 0 fatal 27 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Lawndale Sand LLC · MSHA ID 3102232
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Kings Mountain MicaAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · J M Huber Corp · MSHA ID 3102016
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Foote Mineral ReclaimAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsFacility metal/non-metal · Berry Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 3101576
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Sand Division-Cliffside PlantAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Chapman Grading & Concrete Company Inc · MSHA ID 3102065
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CLEVELAND COUNTY DREDGE & PLANTAbandoned 0 fatal 9 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Chapman Grading & Concrete Company Inc · MSHA ID 3101802
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CLEVELAND COUNTY MINESAbandoned 0 fatal 2 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Asphalt Paving Of Shelby Inc · MSHA ID 3101900
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Cleveland County PitsAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · N C Dept Of Transportation-Div Of Highways · MSHA ID 3101791
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DOUBLE SHOALS DREDGEAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Spangler Sand · MSHA ID 3101339
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First Broad River DredgeAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Mc Swain Septic Tank Company · MSHA ID 3101512
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Job #P-77-100Abandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Cumberland Gravel & Sand Company · MSHA ID 3101622
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Kings Mountain Brick Inc Kings MtnAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsFacility metal/non-metal · Kings Mountain Brick Inc · MSHA ID 3100730
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Kings Mountain Plant 1Abandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Bennett Brick & Tile Company · MSHA ID 3100728
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Lavender PitAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Delta Aggregates Inc · MSHA ID 3101854
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Moss Flotation MillAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsFacility metal/non-metal · Kings Mountain Silica Inc · MSHA ID 3100272
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MOSS LAKE MINEAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Delta Aggregates Inc · MSHA ID 3102126
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Sandco MineAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Sandco · MSHA ID 3102112
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Shelby Pit / Grover PitAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Blythe Construction Inc. · MSHA ID 3102322
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Twin Mountain MineAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Rednour Mining Corp · MSHA ID 3102082
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.