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Mines in Cocke County, Tennessee

Cocke County, Tennessee has 10 mines on MSHA's register: 5 active, 5 abandoned. 22 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1987 and 2023. Inspectors have issued 639 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Cocke 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 Cocke County →

Mines on register
10
Active
5
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
639
0 underground · 10 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 10 metal and non-metal 5 abandoned 22 reported accidents, 1987–2023
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.
Cocke County, Tennessee · Population 36,503
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$48,416
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
Hommel Concrete Company 2 2 0
Charles Blalock & Sons Inc 1 0 0
Cocke County Highway Dept 1 1 0
Hommel Construction Company 1 0 0
Kellems Excavating Inc 1 0 0
Newport Sand & Gravel 1 1 0
Squirrel Mountain Stone 1 0 0
Thomas Rathbone Logging 1 0 0
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC 1 1 0
Mines in Cocke County10 on register
  1. Hommel Concrete Co. Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hommel Concrete Company · MSHA ID 4003352
    Active
  2. Smith Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Cocke County Highway Dept · MSHA ID 4000018
    Active
  3. Pit #1 & Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Newport Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 4003016
    Active
  4. Newport Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · MSHA ID 4003270
    Active
  5. Clear Creek Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hommel Concrete Company · MSHA ID 4003610
    Active
  6. Kellems/Newport
    Surface metal/non-metal · Kellems Excavating Inc · MSHA ID 4003334
    Abandoned
  7. SQUIRREL MOUNTAIN STONE
    Surface metal/non-metal · Squirrel Mountain Stone · MSHA ID 4003182
    Abandoned
  8. Boyer Island Sand Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hommel Construction Company · MSHA ID 4003326
    Abandoned
  9. Rathbone Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Thomas Rathbone Logging · MSHA ID 4003457
    Abandoned
  10. Charles Blalock & Sons Inc
    Surface metal/non-metal · Charles Blalock & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 4003299
    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.