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Mines in Decatur County, Tennessee

Decatur County, Tennessee has 9 mines on MSHA's register: 2 active, 7 abandoned. 129 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1984 and 2024. Inspectors have issued 345 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Decatur 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 Decatur County →

Mines on register
9
Active
2
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
345
0 underground · 9 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 9 metal and non-metal 7 abandoned 129 reported accidents, 1984–2024
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.
Decatur County, Tennessee · Population 11,499
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$46,190
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 1 0
Decatur County Highway Department 1 0 0
Herbert Materials Inc 1 0 0
Jones Bros. Contractors, LLC 1 1 0
Pevahouse Farms 1 0 0
Tinker-Watkins Sand & Gravel Inc 1 0 0
Volunteer Rock Products Inc 1 0 0
West Tennessee Gravel Co. 1 0 0
Mines in Decatur County9 on register
  1. Parsons Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · MSHA ID 4000106
    Active
  2. Jones Parsons Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Jones Bros. Contractors, LLC · MSHA ID 4003546
    Active
  3. Decatur County
    Surface metal/non-metal · Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P. · MSHA ID 4002558
    Abandoned
  4. Perryville Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Tinker-Watkins Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 4000818
    Abandoned
  5. West Tennessee Gravel Co.
    Surface metal/non-metal · West Tennessee Gravel Co. · MSHA ID 4002546
    Abandoned
  6. Pevahouse Farms
    Surface metal/non-metal · Pevahouse Farms · MSHA ID 4003340
    Abandoned
  7. HOLLADAY PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Volunteer Rock Products Inc · MSHA ID 4003138
    Abandoned
  8. Dredge Herbert
    Surface metal/non-metal · Herbert Materials Inc · MSHA ID 4000816
    Abandoned
  9. Gibson Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Decatur County Highway Department · MSHA ID 4002719
    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.