Mines in Polk County, Tennessee
Polk County, Tennessee has 14 mines on MSHA's register: 1 active, 13 abandoned. 4 miners have died and 145 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 1992. Inspectors have issued 375 citations.
Every mine MSHA has registered in Polk 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.
- Mines on register
- 14
- Active
- 1
- Fatalities on record
- 4
- Citations issued
- 375
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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.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.
| Operator | Mines | Active | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Chemical Company | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| Cherokee Resources Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cities Service Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cumberland Sand & Gravel | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P. | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wright Brothers Const. Co., Inc. | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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Copperhill QuarryActive 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Cumberland Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 4003620
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Cherokee MineAbandoned 3 fatal 0 citationsUnderground metal/non-metal · Tennessee Chemical Company · MSHA ID 4000704
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RailroadAbandoned 1 fatal 0 citationsFacility metal/non-metal · Tennessee Chemical Company · MSHA ID 4002633
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Old Fort QuarryAbandoned 0 fatal 332 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Wright Brothers Const. Co., Inc. · MSHA ID 4003000
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Central ServicesAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsFacility metal/non-metal · Tennessee Chemical Company · MSHA ID 4002040
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Iron RoastersAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsFacility metal/non-metal · Tennessee Chemical Company · MSHA ID 4002039
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London MillAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsFacility metal/non-metal · Tennessee Chemical Company · MSHA ID 4000603
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Polk County QuarryAbandoned 0 fatal 43 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P. · MSHA ID 4003178
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Calloway MineAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsUnderground metal/non-metal · Tennessee Chemical Company · MSHA ID 4000707
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Mine ShopsAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsFacility metal/non-metal · Tennessee Chemical Company · MSHA ID 4000706
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Cherokee Open PitAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Tennessee Chemical Company · MSHA ID 4002074
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Boyd MineAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsUnderground metal/non-metal · Tennessee Chemical Company · MSHA ID 4000708
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Pelletizing Plant And Metals RecoveryAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsFacility metal/non-metal · Cities Service Company · MSHA ID 4002202
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Petty QuarryAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Cherokee Resources Inc · MSHA ID 4003007
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.
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.