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Mines in Sullivan County, Tennessee

Sullivan County, Tennessee has 14 mines on MSHA's register: 5 active, 1 intermittent, 7 abandoned. 42 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2016. Inspectors have issued 228 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Sullivan 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 Sullivan County →

Mines on register
14
Active
5
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
228
0 underground · 12 surface · 2 facilities 0 coal · 14 metal and non-metal 1 intermittent 7 abandoned 42 reported accidents, 1983–2016

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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.
Sullivan County, Tennessee · Population 159,693
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$56,802
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
Dixie Cement Company Inc 2 0 0
General Shale Brick, Inc. 2 0 0
Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC 2 2 0
Baker's Construction Services, Inc. 1 0 0
General Shale Products Corp 1 0 0
Judd Farms 1 0 0
LM Rock & Dirt Co. 1 1 0
Martin Marietta Southeast Agg Operations, LLC 1 1 0
Mines in Sullivan County14 on register
  1. TRI-CITIES AIRPORT QUARRY
    Surface metal/non-metal · Martin Marietta Southeast Agg Operations, LLC · MSHA ID 4001657
    Active
  2. Kingsport Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · MSHA ID 4000116
    Active
  3. Bristol Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · MSHA ID 4002872
    Active
  4. Wolfe Property
    Surface metal/non-metal · LM Rock & Dirt Co. · MSHA ID 4003654
    Active
  5. May Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mulch & More of Bluff City · MSHA ID 4003663
    Active
  6. Industry Drive
    Surface metal/non-metal · General Shale Brick, Inc. · MSHA ID 4000192
    Abandoned
  7. 394 Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Judd Farms · MSHA ID 4003509
    Temporarily Idled
  8. Bowling Alley, Mine #21
    Surface metal/non-metal · General Shale Brick, Inc. · MSHA ID 4003291
    Abandoned
  9. 394 Shale
    Surface metal/non-metal · Baker's Construction Services, Inc. · MSHA ID 4003585
    Intermittent
  10. 394 Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · LM Rock & Dirt Co. · MSHA ID 4003661
    Abandoned
  11. 394 Shale
    Surface metal/non-metal · Baker's Construction Services, Inc. · MSHA ID 4003511
    Abandoned
  12. BLOOMINGDALE
    Surface metal/non-metal · General Shale Products Corp · MSHA ID 4000743
    Abandoned
  13. Kingsport Cement Mill
    Facility metal/non-metal · Dixie Cement Company Inc · MSHA ID 4002034
    Abandoned
  14. Kingsport Shale Quarry And Mill
    Facility metal/non-metal · Dixie Cement Company Inc · MSHA ID 4000202
    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.