Mining Incidents
MSHA mine register by county

Mines in Unicoi County, Tennessee

Unicoi County, Tennessee has 4 mines on MSHA's register: 1 intermittent, 1 abandoned. 22 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2005. Inspectors have issued 40 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Unicoi 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 Unicoi County →

Mines on register
4
Active
0
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
40
0 underground · 4 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 4 metal and non-metal 1 intermittent 1 abandoned 22 reported accidents, 1983–2005
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.
Unicoi County, Tennessee · Population 17,779
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$50,381
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 1 0 0
Unicoi County Highway Department 1 0 0
Mines in Unicoi County4 on register
  1. UNICOI QUARRY
    Surface metal/non-metal · Martin Marietta Southeast Agg Operations, LLC · MSHA ID 4002075
    Intermittent
  2. Nolichucky Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Unicoi County Highway Department · MSHA ID 4000096
    Abandoned
  3. Erwin Stone
    Surface metal/non-metal · Tennessee Aggregates LLC · MSHA ID 4003658
    New Mine
  4. Temple Hill Processing Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Tennessee Aggregates LLC · MSHA ID 4003659
    New Mine

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.