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Mines in Dare County, North Carolina

Dare County, North Carolina has 4 mines on MSHA's register: 4 abandoned. 1 accident has been reported at these mines in 1985.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Dare 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 Dare County →

Mines on register
4
Active
0
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
0
0 underground · 4 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 4 metal and non-metal 4 abandoned 1 reported accidents, 1985
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.
Dare County, North Carolina · Population 37,534
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$81,214
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 2 0 0
Basnight Construction Company Inc 1 0 0
L W Stetson Jr 1 0 0
Mines in Dare County4 on register
  1. Fearing Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Outer Banks Contractors Inc · MSHA ID 3101899
    Abandoned
  2. East Lake Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · L W Stetson Jr · MSHA ID 3101768
    Abandoned
  3. East Lake Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Basnight Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 3101769
    Abandoned
  4. Kitty Hawk Pits
    Surface metal/non-metal · Outer Banks Contractors Inc · MSHA ID 3101898
    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.