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Mines in Colleton County, South Carolina

Colleton County, South Carolina has 14 mines on MSHA's register: 3 active, 11 abandoned. 1 miner has died and 28 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1984 and 2025. Inspectors have issued 362 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Colleton 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 Colleton County →

Mines on register
14
Active
3
Fatalities on record
1
Citations issued
362
0 underground · 14 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 14 metal and non-metal 11 abandoned 28 reported accidents, 1984–2025
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.
Colleton County, South Carolina · Population 38,623
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$48,779
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
Becker Sand & Gravel Company Inc 2 0 0
Palmetto Sand Company Inc 2 1 0
Murray Mines Inc. 1 0 1
American Materials Company LLC 1 1 0
Banks Construction Company 1 0 0
BCC Mining, LLC 1 0 0
Colleton Sand Plant 1 0 0
M2-Sandworks, LLC 1 1 0
Nettles Sand Company 1 0 0
South Carolina Minerals Inc. 1 0 0
Mines in Colleton County14 on register
  1. Palmetto Sand Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Palmetto Sand Co., Inc. · MSHA ID 3800710
    Active
  2. Sandworks
    Surface metal/non-metal · M2-Sandworks, LLC · MSHA ID 3800755
    Active
  3. Edisto Sand Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · American Materials Company LLC · MSHA ID 3800745
    Active
  4. Murray Mines Inc.
    Surface metal/non-metal · Murray Mines Inc. · MSHA ID 3800136
    Abandoned
  5. Sandy Run
    Surface metal/non-metal · South Carolina Minerals Inc. · MSHA ID 3800558
    Abandoned
  6. Colleton Sand Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Colleton Sand Plant · MSHA ID 3800544
    Abandoned
  7. Pierce Road Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · BCC Mining, LLC · MSHA ID 3800744
    Abandoned
  8. PALMETTO SAND CO. INC.
    Surface metal/non-metal · Palmetto Sand Company Inc · MSHA ID 3800389
    Abandoned
  9. Coastal Concrete Charleston Sand Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Coastal Concrete Southeast, LLC · MSHA ID 3800726
    Abandoned
  10. County Mines
    Surface metal/non-metal · Banks Construction Company · MSHA ID 3800390
    Abandoned
  11. Edisto Mine And Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Becker Sand & Gravel Company Inc · MSHA ID 3800269
    Abandoned
  12. Edisto Plant No 2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Becker Sand & Gravel Company Inc · MSHA ID 3800539
    Abandoned
  13. Green Pond Mine And Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · United States Peat Corp · MSHA ID 3800092
    Abandoned
  14. Nettles Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Nettles Sand Company · MSHA ID 3800178
    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.