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Mines in Durham County, North Carolina

Durham County, North Carolina has 6 mines on MSHA's register: 1 active, 5 abandoned. 47 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2010. Inspectors have issued 147 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Durham 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 Durham County →

Mines on register
6
Active
1
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
147
0 underground · 5 surface · 1 facilities 0 coal · 6 metal and non-metal 5 abandoned 47 reported accidents, 1983–2010
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.
Durham County, North Carolina · Population 329,405
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$79,501
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
Borden Brick & Tile Company 2 0 0
Heidelberg Materials Southeast, LLC 2 1 0
Benchmark Carolina Aggregates Inc 1 0 0
Triangle Brick Company 1 0 0
Mines in Durham County6 on register
  1. Rougemont Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Heidelberg Materials Southeast, LLC · MSHA ID 3102045
    Active
  2. DURHAM SALES YARD
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hanson Aggregates Southeast, LLC · MSHA ID 3100076
    Abandoned
  3. Durham Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Triangle Brick Company · MSHA ID 3100155
    Abandoned
  4. CENTRAL QUARRY SHOP
    Surface metal/non-metal · Benchmark Carolina Aggregates Inc · MSHA ID 3101567
    Abandoned
  5. Cook-Stone Pits
    Surface metal/non-metal · Borden Brick & Tile Company · MSHA ID 3100128
    Abandoned
  6. Grinding Plant
    Facility metal/non-metal · Borden Brick & Tile Company · MSHA ID 3100735
    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.