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Mines in Union County, North Carolina

Union County, North Carolina has 3 mines on MSHA's register: 1 active, 2 abandoned. 1 miner has died and 18 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2016. Inspectors have issued 145 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Union 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 Union County →

Mines on register
3
Active
1
Fatalities on record
1
Citations issued
145
1 underground · 2 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 3 metal and non-metal 2 abandoned 18 reported accidents, 1983–2016
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.
Union County, North Carolina · Population 244,975
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$99,243
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
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. 1 1 1
Meridian Brick LLC 1 0 0
Pacific Mine Search (Usa) Ltd 1 0 0
Mines in Union County3 on register
  1. BAKERS QUARRY
    Surface metal/non-metal · Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · MSHA ID 3100071
    Active
  2. Union Cty
    Surface metal/non-metal · Meridian Brick LLC · MSHA ID 3100144
    Abandoned
  3. Howie
    Underground metal/non-metal · Pacific Mine Search (Usa) Ltd · MSHA ID 3101958
    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.