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Mines in Lexington County, South Carolina

Lexington County, South Carolina has 33 mines on MSHA's register: 10 active, 1 intermittent, 22 abandoned. 3 miners have died and 259 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2026. Inspectors have issued 1,489 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Lexington 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 Lexington County →

Mines on register
33
Active
10
Fatalities on record
3
Citations issued
1,489
0 underground · 32 surface · 1 facilities 0 coal · 33 metal and non-metal 1 intermittent 22 abandoned 259 reported accidents, 1983–2026
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.
Lexington County, South Carolina · Population 300,370
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$75,014
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
American Materials Company LLC 4 2 0
Bluegrass Materials Company, LLC 3 2 0
B & T Sand Company Inc 2 0 0
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. 1 1 2
Lexington Sand Company 1 0 1
Boral Bricks Inc 1 0 0
Bowers Leasing Company Inc 1 0 0
C. R. Jackson, Inc. 1 0 0
Carolina Materials Corp 1 0 0
Columbia Silica Sand Inc 1 0 0
Mines in Lexington County33 on register
  1. CAYCE QUARRY
    Surface metal/non-metal · Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · MSHA ID 3800016
    Active
  2. COLUMBIA PLANT
    Surface metal/non-metal · U S Silica Company · MSHA ID 3800138
    Active
  3. Columbia Sand
    Surface metal/non-metal · Heidelberg Materials SE Agg., LLC · MSHA ID 3800130
    Active
  4. FRICK MINE
    Surface metal/non-metal · R&T Grading, Inc · MSHA ID 3800141
    Active
  5. DIXIANA MINE
    Surface metal/non-metal · American Materials Company LLC · MSHA ID 3800125
    Active
  6. Lanier Sand
    Surface metal/non-metal · American Materials Company LLC · MSHA ID 3800535
    Active
  7. Lexington Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · MSHA ID 3800752
    Active
  8. Old Charleston Sand
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bluegrass Materials Company, LLC · MSHA ID 3800702
    Active
  9. Calhoun Sand
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bluegrass Materials Company, LLC · MSHA ID 3800716
    Active
  10. I-20 Sand Mine LLC
    Surface metal/non-metal · I-20 Sand Mine LLC · MSHA ID 3800763
    Active
  11. Bowen Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lexington Sand Company · MSHA ID 3800578
    Abandoned
  12. Edmund Sand
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bluegrass Materials Company, LLC · MSHA ID 3800662
    Abandoned
  13. Schuler Plant
    Facility metal/non-metal · American Materials Company LLC · MSHA ID 3800124
    Abandoned
  14. TINDAL MINE
    Surface metal/non-metal · American Materials Company LLC · MSHA ID 3800590
    Abandoned
  15. Lexington County Mines
    Surface metal/non-metal · General Shale Brick, Inc · MSHA ID 3800736
    Intermittent
  16. BOWERS LEASING COMPANY PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bowers Leasing Company Inc · MSHA ID 3800669
    Abandoned
  17. CORLEY
    Surface metal/non-metal · Boral Bricks Inc · MSHA ID 3800175
    Abandoned
  18. Bledsoe Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · B & T Sand Co Inc · MSHA ID 3800659
    Abandoned
  19. Columbia Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Twin Pines Minerals LLC · MSHA ID 3800756
    Abandoned
  20. B & T Sand Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · B & T Sand Company Inc · MSHA ID 3800624
    Abandoned
  21. COTTON BRANCH MINE
    Surface metal/non-metal · J B Rawl Inc · MSHA ID 3800668
    Abandoned
  22. Davis Brothers Sand Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Davis Brothers Paving Company Inc · MSHA ID 3800377
    Abandoned
  23. Foster Dixiana Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Rea Construction Company · MSHA ID 3800661
    Abandoned
  24. Gilbert Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · K E Shealy & Son Company · MSHA ID 3800548
    Abandoned
  25. Lexington County Mines
    Surface metal/non-metal · Richtex Corp · MSHA ID 3800088
    Abandoned
  26. Lexington Mine And Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Guignard Brick Works · MSHA ID 3800298
    Abandoned
  27. RED BANK
    Surface metal/non-metal · Carolina Materials Corp · MSHA ID 3800652
    Abandoned
  28. Ricard Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Wilson Brothers Sand Company Inc · MSHA ID 3800654
    Abandoned
  29. Shuler Mine And Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Columbia Silica Sand Inc · MSHA ID 3800378
    Abandoned
  30. Silica Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Foster-Dixiana Sand Inc · MSHA ID 3800210
    Abandoned
  31. South Congaree Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Congaree Sand Inc · MSHA ID 3800524
    Abandoned
  32. Summit Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Herbert Anderson Construction Inc · MSHA ID 3800211
    Abandoned
  33. Toms Creek
    Surface metal/non-metal · C. R. Jackson, Inc. · MSHA ID 3800734
    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.