Mines in New Hanover County, North Carolina
New Hanover County, North Carolina has 12 mines on MSHA's register: 3 active, 9 abandoned. 44 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2025. Inspectors have issued 313 citations.
Every mine MSHA has registered in New Hanover 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 New Hanover County →
- Mines on register
- 12
- Active
- 3
- Fatalities on record
- 0
- Citations issued
- 313
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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. | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 421 Sand | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 421 Sand Mine LLC | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Concrete Service Company Of Jacksonville | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Davis Sand Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hanover Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ideal Basic Industries-Cement Division | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| N C Dept Of Transportation-Div Of Highways | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| S.T. Wooten Corporation | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sand Products | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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Castle Hayne QuarryActive 0 fatal 146 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Martin Marietta Materials Inc · MSHA ID 3100063
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421 SandActive 0 fatal 21 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · 421 Sand · MSHA ID 3102306
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New Hanover County PitsActive 0 fatal 17 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · S.T. Wooten Corporation · MSHA ID 3102213
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Wilmington SandAbandoned 0 fatal 110 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · MSHA ID 3101308
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Cameron PitAbandoned 0 fatal 19 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · 421 Sand Mine LLC · MSHA ID 3102184
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Armstrong PitAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Concrete Service Company Of Jacksonville · MSHA ID 3101801
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Castle Hayne Quarry & PlantAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsFacility metal/non-metal · Ideal Basic Industries-Cement Division · MSHA ID 3100582
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Davis Sand PitAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Davis Sand Company · MSHA ID 3101306
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Industrial Sand PlantAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsFacility metal/non-metal · Sand Products · MSHA ID 3101988
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New Hanover County MineAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · N C Dept Of Transportation-Div Of Highways · MSHA ID 3100973
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River Road Sand MineAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Sanford Contractors, Inc. · MSHA ID 3102292
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Wilmington MinesAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Hanover Company · MSHA ID 3101741
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.