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Mines in Richland County, South Carolina

Richland County, South Carolina has 15 mines on MSHA's register: 5 active, 10 abandoned. 1 miner has died and 158 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2026. Inspectors have issued 565 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Richland 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 Richland County →

Mines on register
15
Active
5
Fatalities on record
1
Citations issued
565
0 underground · 11 surface · 4 facilities 0 coal · 15 metal and non-metal 10 abandoned 158 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.
Richland County, South Carolina · Population 418,725
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$61,699
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
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC 2 2 1
Lone Star Industries Inc 2 0 0
Richtex Corp 2 0 0
Carolina Ceramics Inc 1 0 0
Cherokee Sand & Fill Inc 1 0 0
General Shale Brick, Inc. 1 1 0
Guignard Brick Works 1 0 0
Hardaway Concrete Company Inc 1 0 0
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. 1 1 0
T N T Sands Inc 1 0 0
Mines in Richland County15 on register
  1. COLUMBIA QUARRY
    Surface metal/non-metal · Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · MSHA ID 3800013
    Active
  2. North Columbia Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · MSHA ID 3800146
    Active
  3. DREYFUS QUARRY
    Surface metal/non-metal · Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · MSHA ID 3800258
    Active
  4. Richland County Mines
    Surface metal/non-metal · General Shale Brick, Inc. · MSHA ID 3800039
    Active
  5. USB Columbia (Mobley-Koon/Dry Branch))
    Surface metal/non-metal · US Brick, LLC · MSHA ID 3800033
    Active
  6. Hardaway Sand Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hardaway Concrete Company Inc · MSHA ID 3800591
    Abandoned
  7. CENTRAL MAINTENANCE SHOP
    Facility metal/non-metal · Tarmac Mid-Atlantic Inc · MSHA ID 3800644
    Abandoned
  8. Congaree Sand Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Cherokee Sand & Fill Inc · MSHA ID 3800599
    Abandoned
  9. Bluff Road Sand Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lone Star Industries Inc · MSHA ID 3800531
    Abandoned
  10. Brick Plant 2
    Facility metal/non-metal · Richtex Corp · MSHA ID 3800199
    Abandoned
  11. Brick Plant 4
    Facility metal/non-metal · Richtex Corp · MSHA ID 3800200
    Abandoned
  12. Grinding Plant
    Facility metal/non-metal · Carolina Ceramics Inc · MSHA ID 3800207
    Abandoned
  13. Laborde Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Guignard Brick Works · MSHA ID 3800549
    Abandoned
  14. Pontiac Sand Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lone Star Industries Inc · MSHA ID 3800137
    Abandoned
  15. TNT MINE
    Surface metal/non-metal · T N T Sands Inc · MSHA ID 3800656
    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.