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Mines in Lee County, North Carolina

Lee County, North Carolina has 15 mines on MSHA's register: 2 active, 2 intermittent, 11 abandoned. 64 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1985 and 2026. Inspectors have issued 493 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Lee 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 Lee County →

Mines on register
15
Active
2
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
493
0 underground · 15 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 15 metal and non-metal 2 intermittent 11 abandoned 64 reported accidents, 1985–2026
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.
Lee County, North Carolina · Population 64,565
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$63,060
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
General Shale Brick, Inc. 2 0 0
N C Beal & Sons 2 0 0
Sanford Grading Company 2 0 0
Hancock Sand 1 0 0
Hanford Brick Company Inc 1 0 0
K AND K SAND CO. INC. 1 0 0
Lee Brick & Tile Company Incorporated 1 0 0
Martin Marietta Materials Inc 1 1 0
Mellott Trucking & Supply Company Inc 1 0 0
N C Dept Of Transportation-Div Of Highways 1 0 0
Mines in Lee County15 on register
  1. Lemon Springs Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Martin Marietta Materials Inc · MSHA ID 3101104
    Active
  2. MONCURE QUARRY
    Surface metal/non-metal · Wake Stone Corp · MSHA ID 3101497
    Active
  3. Lee County Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · K AND K SAND CO. INC. · MSHA ID 3102194
    Abandoned
  4. Sanford Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · General Shale Brick, Inc. · MSHA ID 3102143
    Abandoned
  5. Lee Brick
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lee Brick & Tile Company Incorporated · MSHA ID 3100145
    Intermittent
  6. Hancock Sand
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hancock Sand · MSHA ID 3101992
    Abandoned
  7. Lee-Mel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mellott Trucking & Supply Company Inc · MSHA ID 3101799
    Intermittent
  8. Lee County
    Surface metal/non-metal · General Shale Brick, Inc. · MSHA ID 3100127
    Abandoned
  9. 3rd Street Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Sanford Grading Company · MSHA ID 3101752
    Abandoned
  10. Beal Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · N C Beal & Sons · MSHA ID 3101594
    Abandoned
  11. Hanford Brick Co Inc Colon Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hanford Brick Company Inc · MSHA ID 3100139
    Abandoned
  12. Hiway No 1 Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · N C Beal & Sons · MSHA ID 3101595
    Abandoned
  13. Lee County Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · N C Dept Of Transportation-Div Of Highways · MSHA ID 3100953
    Abandoned
  14. Lee Paving Company Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Sanford Grading Company · MSHA ID 3101714
    Abandoned
  15. Sanford Brick & Tile
    Surface metal/non-metal · Sanford Brick & Tile · MSHA ID 3100149
    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.