Mining Incidents
MSHA mine register by county

Mines in Franklin County, Tennessee

Franklin County, Tennessee has 13 mines on MSHA's register: 6 active, 1 intermittent, 6 abandoned. 2 miners have died and 116 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2026. Inspectors have issued 1,438 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Franklin 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 Franklin County →

Mines on register
13
Active
6
Fatalities on record
2
Citations issued
1,438
1 underground · 10 surface · 2 facilities 0 coal · 13 metal and non-metal 1 intermittent 6 abandoned 116 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.
Franklin County, Tennessee · Population 43,478
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$61,553
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
Marquette Cement Manufacturing Company 3 0 0
SRM Materials, LLC 2 2 0
Lhoist North America Of Tennessee, LLC 1 1 2
Franklin County Highway Department 1 0 0
Jump Off Sand Corp 1 0 0
Martin Marietta Aggregates 1 0 0
Rogers Group Inc 1 1 0
Sherwood Mining Company, LLC 1 1 0
Tinsley Limestone LLC 1 1 0
Mines in Franklin County13 on register
  1. Anderson Mine and Mill
    Underground metal/non-metal · Lhoist North America Of Tennessee, LLC · MSHA ID 4000022
    Active
  2. SRM Monteagle Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · SRM Materials, LLC · MSHA ID 4002981
    Active
  3. Cowan Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Rogers Group Inc · MSHA ID 4000021
    Active
  4. Sherwood Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Sherwood Mining Company, LLC · MSHA ID 4003292
    Active
  5. Tinsley Limestone LLC
    Surface metal/non-metal · Tinsley Limestone LLC · MSHA ID 4003553
    Active
  6. Cowan Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · SRM Materials · MSHA ID 4003566
    Active
  7. Bostick Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Franklin County Highway Department · MSHA ID 4000034
    Intermittent
  8. Anderson
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lhoist North America · MSHA ID 4003586
    Abandoned
  9. Cowan Cement Plant
    Facility metal/non-metal · Marquette Cement Manufacturing Company · MSHA ID 4000839
    Abandoned
  10. Cowan Quarry & Crushing Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Marquette Cement Manufacturing Company · MSHA ID 4000069
    Abandoned
  11. Marquette Clay Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Marquette Cement Manufacturing Company · MSHA ID 4001084
    Abandoned
  12. Mine No 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Jump Off Sand Corp · MSHA ID 4002531
    Abandoned
  13. Sewanee Plant
    Facility metal/non-metal · Martin Marietta Aggregates · MSHA ID 4000742
    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.