Mining Incidents
MSHA mine register by county

Mines in Stanly County, North Carolina

Stanly County, North Carolina has 13 mines on MSHA's register: 2 active, 11 abandoned. 84 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2026. Inspectors have issued 418 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Stanly 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 Stanly County →

Mines on register
13
Active
2
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
418
2 underground · 10 surface · 1 facilities 0 coal · 13 metal and non-metal 11 abandoned 84 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.
Stanly County, North Carolina · Population 63,557
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$61,631
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
N C Dept Of Transportation-Div Of Highways 2 0 0
Brantley Earnhardt Jr 1 0 0
Carolina Stalite Company LP 1 1 0
Cherokee Sanford Group Inc 1 0 0
Cotton Patch Gold Mine 1 0 0
Dickerson Inc 1 0 0
Lucky Three Company 1 0 0
NJR Group Inc 1 1 0
Pickett Mining Group 1 0 0
Sellers Construction Company 1 0 0
Mines in Stanly County13 on register
  1. Carolina Stalite Company -Aquadale Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Carolina Stalite Company LP · MSHA ID 3100135
    Active
  2. Riley Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · NJR Group Inc · MSHA ID 3102259
    Active
  3. Pickett Mining Group
    Facility metal/non-metal · Pickett Mining Group · MSHA ID 3102224
    Abandoned
  4. Anson County Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · N C Dept Of Transportation-Div Of Highways · MSHA ID 3101466
    Abandoned
  5. Black Ankle #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Sellers Construction Company · MSHA ID 3101751
    Abandoned
  6. Cabarrus County Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · N C Dept Of Transportation-Div Of Highways · MSHA ID 3100027
    Abandoned
  7. Cotton Patch Mines
    Underground metal/non-metal · Cotton Patch Gold Mine · MSHA ID 3100602
    Abandoned
  8. Lucky Three Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lucky Three Company · MSHA ID 3101907
    Abandoned
  9. NORWOOD PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Cherokee Sanford Group Inc · MSHA ID 3100625
    Abandoned
  10. Old Parker Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Brantley Earnhardt Jr · MSHA ID 3101632
    Abandoned
  11. Stanley County Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Dickerson Inc · MSHA ID 3101856
    Abandoned
  12. Thompson Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Sota Mining Co · MSHA ID 3101716
    Abandoned
  13. YADKIN PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Yadkin Brick Company · MSHA ID 3100159
    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.