Mines in Smith County, Tennessee
Smith County, Tennessee has 13 mines on MSHA's register: 2 active, 10 abandoned. 4 miners have died and 809 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2025. Inspectors have issued 2,922 citations.
Every mine MSHA has registered in Smith 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
- 13
- Active
- 2
- Fatalities on record
- 4
- Citations issued
- 2,922
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jersey Miniere Zinc Company | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Mid-South Stone Inc | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Crucible MTN, LLC | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Cowin & Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Greystone Materials LLC | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lojac Enterprises Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nyrstar Gordonsville, LLC | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rogers Group Inc. | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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Middle Tennessee MineActive 4 fatal 2,227 citationsUnderground metal/non-metal · Crucible MTN, LLC · MSHA ID 4000864
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Gordonsville PlantActive 0 fatal 131 citationsFacility metal/non-metal · Mid-South Stone Inc · MSHA ID 4002816
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Cumberland MineAbandoned 0 fatal 559 citationsUnderground metal/non-metal · Nyrstar Gordonsville, LLC · MSHA ID 4002213
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Elmwood-Gordonsville MillAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsFacility metal/non-metal · Jersey Miniere Zinc Company · MSHA ID 4001749
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LOJAC SMITH COUNTY QUARRYAbandoned 0 fatal 2 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Lojac Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 4003174
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Aggregate Operations ShopAbandoned 0 fatal 3 citationsFacility metal/non-metal · Rogers Group Inc. · MSHA ID 4003247
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Carthage Mine And MillAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Mid-South Stone Inc · MSHA ID 4000842
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Elmwood PlantAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsFacility metal/non-metal · Mid-South Stone Inc · MSHA ID 4002820
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Gordonsville ProjectAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsUnderground metal/non-metal · Cowin & Company · MSHA ID 4001750
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Gordonsville ProjectAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsUnderground metal/non-metal · Jersey Miniere Zinc Company · MSHA ID 4002381
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Gordonsville Surface And MillAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsFacility metal/non-metal · Jersey Miniere Zinc Company · MSHA ID 4002382
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GREYSTONE MATERIALS LLCNew Mine 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Greystone Materials LLC · MSHA ID 4003650
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South Carthage Service ShaftAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsUnderground metal/non-metal · Jersey Miniere Zinc Company · MSHA ID 4002080
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.