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Mines in Columbus County, North Carolina

Columbus County, North Carolina has 7 mines on MSHA's register: 1 intermittent, 6 abandoned. Inspectors have issued 108 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Columbus 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 Columbus County →

Mines on register
7
Active
0
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
108
0 underground · 7 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 7 metal and non-metal 1 intermittent 6 abandoned
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.
Columbus County, North Carolina · Population 50,453
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$48,184
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
Crowell Constructors Inc 2 0 0
N C Dept Of Transportation-Div Of Highways 2 0 0
B & M Prince Development Corporation 1 0 0
Boardman Sand 1 0 0
Columbus Sand Company 1 0 0
Mines in Columbus County7 on register
  1. Boardman Sand Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Boardman Sand · MSHA ID 3102249
    Abandoned
  2. Prince Development Borrow Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · B & M Prince Development Corporation · MSHA ID 3102271
    Intermittent
  3. Columbus County East Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · N C Dept Of Transportation-Div Of Highways · MSHA ID 3100837
    Abandoned
  4. Columbus County West Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · N C Dept Of Transportation-Div Of Highways · MSHA ID 3100836
    Abandoned
  5. Columbus Sand Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Columbus Sand Company · MSHA ID 3101999
    Abandoned
  6. Fields Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Crowell Constructors Inc · MSHA ID 3101867
    Abandoned
  7. Leonards Crossroads Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Crowell Constructors Inc · MSHA ID 3101619
    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.