Mines in Rowan County, North Carolina
Rowan County, North Carolina has 30 mines on MSHA's register: 5 active, 1 intermittent, 24 abandoned. 1 are coal mines and 29 metal or non-metal. 2 miners have died and 527 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2026. Inspectors have issued 1,188 citations.
Every mine MSHA has registered in Rowan 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
- 30
- Active
- 5
- Fatalities on record
- 2
- Citations issued
- 1,188
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hammill Construction Company Inc | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Martin Marietta Materials Inc | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Carolina Sand, Inc. | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Rowan Granite Quarry Inc | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor Clay Products | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Balfour Quarry Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carolina Quarries Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carolina Stalite Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carolina Stalite Company | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Comolli Granite Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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Carolina Stalite Company-Stalite MillActive 0 fatal 334 citationsFacility metal/non-metal · Carolina Stalite Company · MSHA ID 3100136
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Woodleaf QuarryActive 0 fatal 110 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Martin Marietta Materials Inc · MSHA ID 3100069
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KANNAPOLIS QUARRYActive 0 fatal 46 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Martin Marietta Materials Inc · MSHA ID 3100070
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Hannah Ferry Sand PitActive 0 fatal 23 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Carolina Sand Inc · MSHA ID 3101996
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Gold Hill MineActive 0 fatal 8 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Statesville Brick Company · MSHA ID 3100152
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Salisbury ShopAbandoned 1 fatal 90 citationsFacility metal/non-metal · Martin Marietta Materials Inc · MSHA ID 3101235
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SALISBURY PINK QUARRYIntermittent 0 fatal 221 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Carolina Quarries Inc · MSHA ID 3100017
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Panther Point MineAbandoned 1 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Hammill Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 3100539
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Rowan QuarryAbandoned 0 fatal 144 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · MSHA ID 3102103
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Solar White QuarryAbandoned 0 fatal 159 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Rowan Granite Quarry Inc · MSHA ID 3102054
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ROCKWELLAbandoned 0 fatal 40 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Rockwell Granite Company · MSHA ID 3102101
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White Camellia Granite CompanyAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · White Camellia Granite Company · MSHA ID 3102077
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Pink SalisburyAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Rowan Granite Quarry Inc · MSHA ID 3100011
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BALFOUR QUARRYAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Balfour Quarry Inc · MSHA ID 3102091
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ROWAN PINKAbandoned 0 fatal 3 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Nasco-North American Stone Corp Llc · MSHA ID 3102079
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DUNNS QUARRYAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Dunns Mountain Pink Granite Company · MSHA ID 3102110
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ClearwaterAbandoned 0 fatal 4 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Taylor Clay Products · MSHA ID 3101296
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Grants Creek Sand PitAbandoned 0 fatal 3 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Carolina Sand, Inc. · MSHA ID 3102265
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Salisbury Plant and PitsAbandoned 0 fatal 3 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · General Shale Brick, Inc. · MSHA ID 3102350
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East Spencer Mine And MillAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Hammill Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 3100143
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Grinding PlantAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsFacility metal/non-metal · Taylor Clay Products · MSHA ID 3101394
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Herman Pink QuarryAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · L S Starrett Company · MSHA ID 3100193
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IRISA GRANITE QUARRYAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Irisa Granite Quarrying Company Inc · MSHA ID 3102136
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Rowan County MinesAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · N C Dept Of Transportation-Div Of Highways · MSHA ID 3100301
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Rowan County MinesAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Rea Construction Company · MSHA ID 3101517
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Silvertone QuarryAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Comolli Granite Company · MSHA ID 3101894
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Stalite CoalAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsFacility coal · Carolina Stalite Company · MSHA ID 3102032
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Star Pink QuarryAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Dixie Quarrying Inc · MSHA ID 3101913
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Thomas PitAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Hammill Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 3101755
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WithrowAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Corriher Sand & Stone Inc · MSHA ID 3102041
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.