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Mines in Laurens County, South Carolina

Laurens County, South Carolina has 8 mines on MSHA's register: 4 active, 4 abandoned. 159 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2024. Inspectors have issued 557 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Laurens 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 Laurens County →

Mines on register
8
Active
4
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
557
0 underground · 8 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 8 metal and non-metal 4 abandoned 159 reported accidents, 1983–2024
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.
Laurens County, South Carolina · Population 67,904
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$55,517
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
Ashmore Brothers Inc 1 0 0
Carolina Vermiculite Company Inc 1 0 0
Heidelberg Materials Southeast Agg., LLC 1 1 0
Lopke Quarries, Inc. 1 1 0
Patterson Vermiculite Company 1 0 0
Specialty Vermiculite LLC 1 1 0
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC 1 1 0
W R Grace & Company 1 0 0
Mines in Laurens County8 on register
  1. Enoree Operations
    Surface metal/non-metal · Specialty Vermiculite LLC · MSHA ID 3800085
    Active
  2. GRAY COURT QUARRY
    Surface metal/non-metal · Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · MSHA ID 3800068
    Active
  3. Lopke Quarries : Clinton, SC Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lopke Quarries, Inc. · MSHA ID 3800749
    Active
  4. Clinton Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Heidelberg Materials Southeast Agg., LLC · MSHA ID 3800731
    Active
  5. LAURENS COUNTY MINE
    Surface metal/non-metal · Patterson Vermiculite Company · MSHA ID 3800086
    Abandoned
  6. Laurens County Mines
    Surface metal/non-metal · W R Grace & Company · MSHA ID 3800259
    Abandoned
  7. 418 SAND PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ashmore Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 3800645
    Abandoned
  8. Parson Mines
    Surface metal/non-metal · Carolina Vermiculite Company Inc · MSHA ID 3800597
    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.