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Mines in Cherokee County, South Carolina

Cherokee County, South Carolina has 28 mines on MSHA's register: 4 active, 1 intermittent, 22 abandoned. 158 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2020. Inspectors have issued 303 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Cherokee 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 Cherokee County →

Mines on register
28
Active
4
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
303
0 underground · 27 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 28 metal and non-metal 1 intermittent 22 abandoned 158 reported accidents, 1983–2020
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.
Cherokee County, South Carolina · Population 56,299
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$49,047
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
Ameri-Con Materials Inc. 3 2 0
Boren Clay Products 3 0 0
Metromont Materials Corp-Sand Division 2 0 0
Taylor Clay Products, Inc. 2 0 0
Ashe Brick Company 1 0 0
Bennett Brick & Tile Company 1 0 0
Cherokee County 1 0 0
Diversified Machine Products Inc 1 0 0
General Shale Brick, Inc. 1 0 0
Hanson Brick East LLC 1 0 0
Mines in Cherokee County28 on register
  1. BLACKSBURG QUARRY
    Surface metal/non-metal · Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · MSHA ID 3800536
    Active
  2. Blacksburg Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Reeves Construction Company · MSHA ID 3800729
    Active
  3. Blacksburg Plt
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ameri-Con Materials Inc. · MSHA ID 3800663
    Active
  4. Dravo Road Mine at Squaw Valley
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ameri-Con Materials Inc. · MSHA ID 3800762
    Active
  5. Sericite Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Taylor Clay Products, Inc. · MSHA ID 3800388
    Intermittent
  6. Blacksburg Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ameri-con Materials Inc · MSHA ID 3800740
    Abandoned
  7. Blacksburg Mine And Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Jobe Sand Company Inc · MSHA ID 3800133
    Abandoned
  8. Kings Creek Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Industrial Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 3800099
    Abandoned
  9. Martin Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · General Shale Brick, Inc. · MSHA ID 3800637
    Abandoned
  10. BROAD RIVER MINE
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hanson Brick East LLC · MSHA ID 3800031
    Abandoned
  11. Antioch Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · James Carroll Clearing Company · MSHA ID 3800300
    Abandoned
  12. Bennett Brick And Tile Co Gaffney S
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bennett Brick & Tile Company · MSHA ID 3800030
    Abandoned
  13. Blacksburg Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Boren Clay Products · MSHA ID 3800205
    Abandoned
  14. Blacksburg Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Metromont Materials Corp-Sand Division · MSHA ID 3800203
    Abandoned
  15. Blacksburg Quarry And Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Vulcan Materials Company · MSHA ID 3800001
    Abandoned
  16. Broad River Plant No 2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Metromont Materials Corp-Sand Division · MSHA ID 3800204
    Abandoned
  17. BROAD RIVER SAND PLANT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Squaw Valley Sand Company Inc · MSHA ID 3800632
    Abandoned
  18. Buffalo Creek Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Cherokee County · MSHA ID 3800529
    Abandoned
  19. Caveny Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Kings Mountain Brick Inc · MSHA ID 3800553
    Abandoned
  20. Chris Hill Mine And Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Diversified Machine Products Inc · MSHA ID 3800576
    Abandoned
  21. Compton Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Boren Clay Products · MSHA ID 3800569
    Abandoned
  22. Gaffney Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Zupan Sand & Concrete Company Inc · MSHA ID 3800497
    Abandoned
  23. Grover Shale Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Taylor Clay Products · MSHA ID 3800351
    Abandoned
  24. Grover Shale Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Randle Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 3800552
    Abandoned
  25. Hidden Valley Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hidden Valley Sand Company · MSHA ID 3800646
    Abandoned
  26. Manganese
    Surface metal/non-metal · Boren Clay Products · MSHA ID 3800206
    Abandoned
  27. Roberts Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ashe Brick Company · MSHA ID 3800523
    Abandoned
  28. Squaw Valley Road Sand Mine
    metal/non-metal · Ameri-Con Materials Inc. · MSHA ID 3800775
    New Mine

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.