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Mines in Forsyth County, North Carolina

Forsyth County, North Carolina has 10 mines on MSHA's register: 3 active, 7 abandoned. 1 miner has died and 143 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2026. Inspectors have issued 165 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Forsyth 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 Forsyth County →

Mines on register
10
Active
3
Fatalities on record
1
Citations issued
165
0 underground · 9 surface · 1 facilities 0 coal · 10 metal and non-metal 7 abandoned 143 reported accidents, 1983–2026
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.
Forsyth County, North Carolina · Population 386,740
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$65,541
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
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC 4 2 1
Bill Vogler Sand Company 1 0 0
Carolina Sand Inc 1 0 0
Martin Marietta Materials Inc 1 1 0
N C Dept Of Transportation-Div Of Highways 1 0 0
Slate Grading & Limestone Company 1 0 0
Vulcan Materials Company 1 0 0
Mines in Forsyth County10 on register
  1. East Forsyth
    Surface metal/non-metal · Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · MSHA ID 3101919
    Active
  2. NORTH QUARRY
    Surface metal/non-metal · Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · MSHA ID 3100087
    Active
  3. Salem Stone
    Surface metal/non-metal · Martin Marietta Materials Inc · MSHA ID 3102038
    Active
  4. CENTRAL SERVICE
    Facility metal/non-metal · Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · MSHA ID 3102179
    Abandoned
  5. Carolina Sand Inc Idols Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Carolina Sand Inc · MSHA ID 3102192
    Abandoned
  6. Forsyth County Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · N C Dept Of Transportation-Div Of Highways · MSHA ID 3100316
    Abandoned
  7. Forsyth County Mines
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bill Vogler Sand Company · MSHA ID 3101228
    Abandoned
  8. Piedmont Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Vulcan Materials Company · MSHA ID 3100086
    Abandoned
  9. Slate River Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Slate Grading & Limestone Company · MSHA ID 3101939
    Abandoned
  10. South Fork
    Surface metal/non-metal · Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P. · MSHA ID 3101980
    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.