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Mines in Currituck County, North Carolina

Currituck County, North Carolina has 14 mines on MSHA's register: 3 active, 11 abandoned. 5 accidents have been reported at these mines between 2008 and 2020. Inspectors have issued 347 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Currituck 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 Currituck County →

Mines on register
14
Active
3
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
347
0 underground · 14 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 14 metal and non-metal 11 abandoned 5 reported accidents, 2008–2020
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.
Currituck County, North Carolina · Population 29,612
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$91,548
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
Outer Banks Contractors Inc 3 0 0
Barnhill Contracting Company 1 0 0
Currituck Sand, Inc. 1 1 0
Dickerson Inc 1 0 0
Elbow Road Farm Inc. 1 1 0
Green Acres Land Development, Inc. 1 0 0
J A Melson Sand Company 1 0 0
James E Riddick Jr Construction 1 0 0
N C Dept Of Transportation-Div Of Highways 1 0 0
Nansemond Sand and Aggregates LLC dba Bay Sand 1 1 0
Mines in Currituck County14 on register
  1. Bluebird #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Currituck Sand, Inc. · MSHA ID 3102188
    Active
  2. Thrasher Mine - Moyock
    Surface metal/non-metal · Elbow Road Farm Inc. · MSHA ID 3102185
    Active
  3. Ballance
    Surface metal/non-metal · Nansemond Sand and Aggregates LLC dba Bay Sand · MSHA ID 3102362
    Active
  4. Griggs Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · R. P. C. Contracting Co., Inc. · MSHA ID 3102200
    Abandoned
  5. Green Acres Land Development, Inc.
    Surface metal/non-metal · Green Acres Land Development, Inc. · MSHA ID 3102234
    Abandoned
  6. McPherson Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Barnhill Contracting Company · MSHA ID 3102195
    Abandoned
  7. Currituck County Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · N C Dept Of Transportation-Div Of Highways · MSHA ID 3100864
    Abandoned
  8. Currituck County Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Dickerson Inc · MSHA ID 3101859
    Abandoned
  9. O B C Mine 2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Outer Banks Contractors Inc · MSHA ID 3101783
    Abandoned
  10. Obc Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Outer Banks Contractors Inc · MSHA ID 3101682
    Abandoned
  11. Roberts Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Raymond Roberts · MSHA ID 3101707
    Abandoned
  12. Sand Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · J A Melson Sand Company · MSHA ID 3101674
    Abandoned
  13. Sand Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · James E Riddick Jr Construction · MSHA ID 3101702
    Abandoned
  14. Woodhouse Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Outer Banks Contractors Inc · MSHA ID 3101981
    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.