Mines in Gaston County, North Carolina
Gaston County, North Carolina has 12 mines on MSHA's register: 1 active, 10 abandoned. 2 miners have died and 62 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2025. Inspectors have issued 72 citations.
Every mine MSHA has registered in Gaston 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.
- Mines on register
- 12
- Active
- 1
- Fatalities on record
- 2
- Citations issued
- 72
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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.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.
| Operator | Mines | Active | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| B & J Sand Company Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Blythe Construction Inc. | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fmc - Lithium Division | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| H D Bartlett Sand Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J T Cloninger Sand & Gravel | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John E. Jenkins, Inc. | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lithco | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| N C Dept Of Transportation-Div Of Highways | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rea Construction Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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BESSEMER CITY QUARRYActive 2 fatal 43 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · MSHA ID 3101105
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CHERRYVILLE MINEAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Fmc - Lithium Division · MSHA ID 3100530
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Hallman/Beam MillAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsFacility metal/non-metal · Lithco · MSHA ID 3101121
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John E. Jenkins QuarryAbandoned 0 fatal 29 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · John E. Jenkins, Inc. · MSHA ID 3102294
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GASTON COUNTY MINESAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Blythe Construction Inc. · MSHA ID 3101515
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Gaston County DredgeAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · J T Cloninger Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 3101891
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Gaston County MineAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · N C Dept Of Transportation-Div Of Highways · MSHA ID 3101812
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Gaston County MinesAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Rea Construction Company · MSHA ID 3101833
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H D Barlett Sand Co Charlotte MineAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · H D Bartlett Sand Company · MSHA ID 3100424
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High Shoals DredgeAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · River Sand Company · MSHA ID 3101705
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Johnson MineNew Mine 0 fatal 0 citationsmetal/non-metal · Barringer Sand, LLC · MSHA ID 3102218
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South Fork River Cramerton Pit #1Abandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · B & J Sand Company Inc · MSHA ID 3102086
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.
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.