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Mines in Grainger County, Tennessee

Grainger County, Tennessee has 14 mines on MSHA's register: 2 active, 1 intermittent, 11 abandoned. 1 are coal mines and 13 metal or non-metal. 1 miner has died and 50 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1991 and 2024. Inspectors have issued 332 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Grainger 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 Grainger County →

Mines on register
14
Active
2
Fatalities on record
1
Citations issued
332
0 underground · 12 surface · 2 facilities 1 coal · 13 metal and non-metal 1 intermittent 11 abandoned 50 reported accidents, 1991–2024
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.
Grainger County, Tennessee · Population 23,929
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$51,351
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
Claiborne Hauling, LLC 3 0 0
Mossy Creek Mining, LLC. 1 0 1
Carmeuse Lime &Stone 1 0 0
Cherokee Rock, LLC 1 1 0
Clear Development, LLC 1 1 0
Elmer Kincaid Coal Company Inc 1 0 0
Grainger County Highway Department 1 0 0
Howard M Fischer Company 1 0 0
Imperial Black Marble Company 1 0 0
Long Excavating and Hauling LLC 1 0 0
Mines in Grainger County14 on register
  1. Cherokee Rock Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Cherokee Rock, LLC · MSHA ID 4003529
    Active
  2. Thorn Hill Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Clear Development, LLC · MSHA ID 4003526
    Active
  3. Clinch Valley Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mossy Creek Mining, LLC. · MSHA ID 4001627
    Abandoned
  4. Riverbend Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Martin Marietta Southeast Agg Operations, LLC · MSHA ID 4003224
    Abandoned
  5. IMPERIAL BLACK
    Surface metal/non-metal · Imperial Black Marble Company · MSHA ID 4000055
    Abandoned
  6. Grainger County Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · MSHA ID 4003418
    Abandoned
  7. Long Excavating and Hauling LLC
    Facility metal/non-metal · Long Excavating and Hauling LLC · MSHA ID 4003400
    Intermittent
  8. Thornhill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Carmeuse Lime &Stone · MSHA ID 4003288
    Abandoned
  9. Fish Lake
    Surface metal/non-metal · Claiborne Hauling, LLC · MSHA ID 4003474
    Abandoned
  10. Fox Farm
    Surface metal/non-metal · Claiborne Hauling · MSHA ID 4003533
    Abandoned
  11. Grainger County Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Claiborne Hauling LLC · MSHA ID 4003339
    Abandoned
  12. Grainger County Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Grainger County Highway Department · MSHA ID 4000044
    Abandoned
  13. King Hill Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Howard M Fischer Company · MSHA ID 4002196
    Abandoned
  14. No 1 Preparation Plant
    Facility coal · Elmer Kincaid Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4002825
    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.