Mines in Surry County, North Carolina
Surry County, North Carolina has 13 mines on MSHA's register: 4 active, 9 abandoned. 3 miners have died and 229 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2024. Inspectors have issued 575 citations.
Every mine MSHA has registered in Surry 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
- 13
- Active
- 4
- Fatalities on record
- 3
- Citations issued
- 575
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luck Stone Corporation | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Tarheel Sand & Stone Inc. | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| The N. C. Granite Corp | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Ararat Rock Products Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Rose & Sons Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carolina Sand Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mount Airy Sand & Gravel | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| N C Dept Of Transportation-Div Of Highways | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sams Welding & Crane Service | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Slate Sand Mining, LLC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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Mount Airy PlantActive 0 fatal 176 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Luck Stone Corporation · MSHA ID 3100002
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ElkinActive 0 fatal 34 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · MSHA ID 3100092
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Slate SandActive 0 fatal 29 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Slate Sand Mining, LLC · MSHA ID 3101989
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Benchmark Mine 1Active 0 fatal 11 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Tarheel Sand & Stone Inc. · MSHA ID 3102307
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Mt Airy Mine And MillAbandoned 3 fatal 283 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · The N. C. Granite Corp · MSHA ID 3100037
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Surry County PitsAbandoned 0 fatal 20 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Carl Rose & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 3101174
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Aaron Sand Mine #61Abandoned 0 fatal 8 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Tarheel Sand & Stone Inc. · MSHA ID 3102260
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MIKE STANLEY MINEAbandoned 0 fatal 8 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Mount Airy Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 3102150
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Flat Rock PlantAbandoned 0 fatal 5 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Luck Stone Corporation · MSHA ID 3102354
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SURRY PIT NO 1Abandoned 0 fatal 1 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Carolina Sand Inc · MSHA ID 3102156
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Burch Sand PitAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Sams Welding & Crane Service · MSHA ID 3101322
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Pit #1Abandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Ararat Rock Products Company · MSHA ID 3101962
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Yadkin County MineAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · N C Dept Of Transportation-Div Of Highways · MSHA ID 3100287
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.