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Mines in Mitchell County, North Carolina

Mitchell County, North Carolina has 41 mines on MSHA's register: 10 active, 3 intermittent, 27 abandoned. 3 miners have died and 608 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2026. Inspectors have issued 1,514 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Mitchell 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 Mitchell County →

Mines on register
41
Active
10
Fatalities on record
3
Citations issued
1,514
1 underground · 28 surface · 11 facilities 0 coal · 41 metal and non-metal 3 intermittent 27 abandoned 608 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.
Mitchell County, North Carolina · Population 14,973
6.2%
Mining share of county employment
$58,089
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
TQC USA 9 7 1
Sibelco North America, Inc. 5 1 0
Boone Stone Company 2 0 0
Buechel Stone Corp. 2 1 0
Feldspar Corp 2 0 0
Unimin Corporation 2 0 0
Mayland Stone Company Inc 1 0 1
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC 1 1 1
Appalachian Stone Company 1 0 0
Applied Industrial Materials Corp (Aimcor) 1 0 0
Mines in Mitchell County41 on register
  1. The Feldspar Plant
    Facility metal/non-metal · The Quartz Corp USA · MSHA ID 3100354
    Active
  2. Wiseman Sullins/Chalk
    Surface metal/non-metal · The Quartz Corp USA · MSHA ID 3100117
    Active
  3. K-T Feldspar Plant
    Facility metal/non-metal · The Quartz Corp USA · MSHA ID 3101334
    Active
  4. Spruce Pine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · MSHA ID 3101840
    Active
  5. Hawkins Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Sibelco North America, Inc · MSHA ID 3100362
    Active
  6. KT Mica
    Facility metal/non-metal · The Quartz Corp USA · MSHA ID 3101955
    Active
  7. Pine Mountain Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · The Quartz Corp USA · MSHA ID 3102373
    Active
  8. Duncan Tailings Facility
    Surface metal/non-metal · TQC USA · MSHA ID 3102358
    Active
  9. Chalk Mountain Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · The Quartz Corp. USA · MSHA ID 3102374
    Active
  10. Steel Gray Quarry #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Buechel Stone Corp. · MSHA ID 3102330
    Active
  11. Quartz / Feldspar Operation
    Facility metal/non-metal · Sibelco North America, Inc · MSHA ID 3100673
    Intermittent
  12. Pine Mountain
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mayland Stone Company Inc · MSHA ID 3100363
    Abandoned
  13. Crystal Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Sibelco North America, Inc. · MSHA ID 3102012
    Abandoned
  14. Sibelco Red Hill IOTA
    Facility metal/non-metal · Sibelco North America, Inc. · MSHA ID 3102119
    Abandoned
  15. PLANT NO.2
    Facility metal/non-metal · Feldspar Corp · MSHA ID 3100793
    Abandoned
  16. CHALK MOUNTAIN MINE
    Surface metal/non-metal · Feldspar Corp · MSHA ID 3100100
    Abandoned
  17. Plant 2
    Facility metal/non-metal · Unimin Corporation · MSHA ID 3101416
    Abandoned
  18. Bear Creek Mica Plant
    Facility metal/non-metal · The Quartz Corp USA · MSHA ID 3101928
    Abandoned
  19. Downtown Clay Operation
    Facility metal/non-metal · Unimin Corp · MSHA ID 3101077
    Abandoned
  20. Pete Lawson/Beaver Creek Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · The Quartz Corp USA · MSHA ID 3102182
    Intermittent
  21. Poplar Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Horizon 30 LLC · MSHA ID 3102365
    Abandoned
  22. Crabtree
    Surface metal/non-metal · Crabtree · MSHA ID 3102226
    Abandoned
  23. Mitchell County Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Rogers Group Inc. · MSHA ID 3102295
    Abandoned
  24. Steel Gray Mine A and B
    Surface metal/non-metal · Steel Gray Stone · MSHA ID 3102216
    Abandoned
  25. Steel Gray
    Surface metal/non-metal · Buechel Stone Corp. · MSHA ID 3102315
    Abandoned
  26. Black Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Appalachian Stone Company · MSHA ID 3102323
    Abandoned
  27. Big Crabtree Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Crabtree Emerald Mine Inc · MSHA ID 3100679
    Abandoned
  28. Boone Quarries No 1 And Yard
    Surface metal/non-metal · Boone Stone Company · MSHA ID 3100254
    Abandoned
  29. Buna Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Sibelco North America, Inc · MSHA ID 3100364
    Intermittent
  30. BUTNER QUARRY AND YARD
    Surface metal/non-metal · Tri-County Stone Company · MSHA ID 3101896
    Abandoned
  31. Falspar
    metal/non-metal · AMC, Inc · MSHA ID 3102236
    New Mine
  32. Gem Mountain
    Surface metal/non-metal · Gem Mountain · MSHA ID 3102235
    Abandoned
  33. Henredon Quarry And Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Williams Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 3101729
    Abandoned
  34. Kona Mill
    Facility metal/non-metal · Applied Industrial Materials Corp (Aimcor) · MSHA ID 3100674
    Abandoned
  35. Ledford'S Mines
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mineral City Mining Company · MSHA ID 3101929
    Abandoned
  36. Mitchell Stone
    Surface metal/non-metal · Earl Ponder Trucking · MSHA ID 3102346
    Abandoned
  37. Nanney Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Deneen Mica Company Inc · MSHA ID 3101879
    Abandoned
  38. Pink Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Boone Stone Company · MSHA ID 3101378
    Abandoned
  39. Spruce Pine Mill
    Facility metal/non-metal · Diamond Mica Company · MSHA ID 3100639
    Abandoned
  40. Unimin/The Quartz Corp
    Surface metal/non-metal · Tri-County Co Inc · MSHA ID 3102324
    Abandoned
  41. Wise Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Spruce Pine Olivine Company · MSHA ID 3101909
    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.