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Mines in McMinn County, Tennessee

McMinn County, Tennessee has 9 mines on MSHA's register: 3 active, 6 abandoned. 24 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2025. Inspectors have issued 90 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in McMinn 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 McMinn County →

Mines on register
9
Active
3
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
90
1 underground · 8 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 9 metal and non-metal 6 abandoned 24 reported accidents, 1983–2025
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.
McMinn County, Tennessee · Population 54,135
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$59,674
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
Bluegrass Materials Company, LLC 1 1 0
Cowin & Company 1 0 0
Hiwassee Sand Company Inc 1 0 0
L O - J A C Barite Company 1 0 0
Mc Minn County Highway Department 1 0 0
Moss Stone Company 1 0 0
Rogers Group Inc 1 1 0
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC 1 1 0
Yates Construction Company Inc 1 0 0
Mines in McMinn County9 on register
  1. Athens Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · MSHA ID 4000125
    Active
  2. Calhoun Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bluegrass Materials Company, LLC · MSHA ID 4003395
    Active
  3. Englewood Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Rogers Group Inc · MSHA ID 4003416
    Active
  4. Mc Minn County Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mc Minn County Highway Department · MSHA ID 4000072
    Abandoned
  5. YATES CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC.
    Surface metal/non-metal · Yates Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 4003021
    Abandoned
  6. Mine No 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Moss Stone Company · MSHA ID 4002515
    Abandoned
  7. Hiwassee Sand Co Inc Athens Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hiwassee Sand Company Inc · MSHA ID 4000796
    Abandoned
  8. No 1 Washing Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · L O - J A C Barite Company · MSHA ID 4002549
    Abandoned
  9. U S Fluorspar Underground Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Cowin & Company · MSHA ID 4002460
    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.