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Mines in Knox County, Tennessee

Knox County, Tennessee has 31 mines on MSHA's register: 8 active, 22 abandoned. 1 are coal mines and 30 metal or non-metal. 11 miners have died and 1,208 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2026. Inspectors have issued 2,531 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Knox 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 Knox County →

Mines on register
31
Active
8
Fatalities on record
11
Citations issued
2,531
4 underground · 20 surface · 6 facilities 1 coal · 30 metal and non-metal 22 abandoned 1,208 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.
Knox County, Tennessee · Population 487,401
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$71,662
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
Martin Marietta Southeast Agg Operations, LLC 3 3 1
American Limestone Company Inc 3 0 0
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC 3 2 0
Claiborne Hauling, LLC 2 0 0
Vulcan Materials Company 2 0 0
Williams Lime Manufacturing Company 2 0 0
Crucible ETN LLC 1 1 5
Asarco Inc 1 0 2
CEMEX Construction Materials Atlantic, LLC 1 1 2
Savage Zinc Inc 1 0 1
Mines in Knox County31 on register
  1. Immel Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Crucible ETN LLC · MSHA ID 4000170
    Active
  2. Knoxville Cement Plant
    Facility metal/non-metal · CEMEX Construction Materials Atlantic, LLC · MSHA ID 4000840
    Active
  3. I-75 QUARRY
    Surface metal/non-metal · Martin Marietta Southeast Agg Operations, LLC · MSHA ID 4001247
    Active
  4. Forks of the River Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Martin Marietta Southeast Agg Operations, LLC · MSHA ID 4001610
    Active
  5. Dixie Lee Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · MSHA ID 4001427
    Active
  6. MIDWAY QUARRY
    Surface metal/non-metal · Martin Marietta Southeast Agg Operations, LLC · MSHA ID 4001169
    Active
  7. Riverside Drive Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · MSHA ID 4002187
    Active
  8. Walker's Dirt Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Walker's Truck Contractors, Inc. · MSHA ID 4003485
    Active
  9. NEW MARKET MINE
    Underground metal/non-metal · Asarco Inc · MSHA ID 4000606
    Abandoned
  10. JEFFERSON CITY MILL
    Facility metal/non-metal · Savage Zinc Inc · MSHA ID 4000866
    Abandoned
  11. MOSSY CREEK MINING, LLC
    Underground metal/non-metal · Mossy Creek Mining Llc · MSHA ID 4000607
    Abandoned
  12. Knoxville Shop
    Surface metal/non-metal · Vulcan Materials Company · MSHA ID 4001293
    Abandoned
  13. GRANOX QUARRY
    Surface metal/non-metal · Tennessee Marble Company · MSHA ID 4003154
    Abandoned
  14. Mine Road Operations
    Surface metal/non-metal · Claiborne Hauling, LLC · MSHA ID 4003445
    Abandoned
  15. Forks Of River
    Surface metal/non-metal · Tenn Luttrell Company · MSHA ID 4000012
    Abandoned
  16. Millertown
    Surface metal/non-metal · General Shale Brick, Inc. · MSHA ID 4000191
    Abandoned
  17. Midway Quarry - Tunnel Project
    Underground metal/non-metal · Blue Water Industries · MSHA ID 4003570
    Abandoned
  18. STRIPPING CREW
    Surface metal/non-metal · Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P. · MSHA ID 4003071
    Abandoned
  19. ASBURY QUARRY
    Surface metal/non-metal · Marbledale Crushed Stone · MSHA ID 4003050
    Abandoned
  20. Cemex USA
    Surface metal/non-metal · R. Lafferty & Son, LLC · MSHA ID 4003589
    Abandoned
  21. Creswell Brothers Dredge
    Surface metal/non-metal · Creswell Sand & Gravel Ltd · MSHA ID 4002124
    Abandoned
  22. East Plant
    Facility metal/non-metal · Claiborne Hauling LLC · MSHA ID 4003324
    Abandoned
  23. Georgetown Road Quarry
    metal/non-metal · Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P · MSHA ID 4003310
    New Mine
  24. Mascot Sand Plant
    Facility metal/non-metal · American Limestone Company Inc · MSHA ID 4000942
    Abandoned
  25. Plant No 1
    Facility metal/non-metal · Williams Lime Manufacturing Company · MSHA ID 4001805
    Abandoned
  26. Plant No 2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Williams Lime Manufacturing Company · MSHA ID 4000129
    Abandoned
  27. Sand Dredge And Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · American Limestone Company Inc · MSHA ID 4000800
    Abandoned
  28. Sand Machine No 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · American Limestone Company Inc · MSHA ID 4000776
    Abandoned
  29. Shalite Corp Shalite Mine & Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Shalite Corp · MSHA ID 4000203
    Abandoned
  30. Transfer Terminal 1
    Facility coal · Burkhart Quarry & Supplies Inc · MSHA ID 4002483
    Abandoned
  31. Vulcan Materials Co City Qy & Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Vulcan Materials Company · MSHA ID 4000111
    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.