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Mines in Van Buren County, Tennessee

Van Buren County, Tennessee has 28 mines on MSHA's register: 1 intermittent, 27 abandoned. 18 are coal mines and 10 metal or non-metal. 1 accident has been reported at these mines in 1988. Inspectors have issued 125 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Van Buren 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 Van Buren County →

Mines on register
28
Active
0
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
125
3 underground · 25 surface · 0 facilities 18 coal · 10 metal and non-metal 1 intermittent 27 abandoned 1 reported accidents, 1988
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.
Van Buren County, Tennessee · Population 6,293
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$60,281
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
Big Fork Mining Company Inc 2 0 0
R3M Quarries, LLC 2 0 0
Walden Ridge Coal Company 2 0 0
Waters Coal & Construction Company 2 0 0
Brown's Stone 1 0 0
C B Stone 1 0 0
Clear Spring Farm Inc 1 0 0
Crab Orchard Stone 1 0 0
Cumberland Mining Inc 1 0 0
Dunlap Coal Company 1 0 0
Mines in Van Buren County28 on register
  1. Fire Tower Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Crab Orchard Stone · MSHA ID 4003420
    Intermittent
  2. Van Buren Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · R3M Quarries, LLC · MSHA ID 4003377
    Abandoned
  3. Gomez Mountain Stone
    Surface metal/non-metal · Gomez Mountain Stone · MSHA ID 4003520
    Abandoned
  4. Brown's Stone
    Surface metal/non-metal · Brown's Stone · MSHA ID 4003278
    Abandoned
  5. COUNTY QUARRY
    Surface metal/non-metal · Van Buren County Highway Department · MSHA ID 4001467
    Abandoned
  6. Bickford Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · R3M Quarries · MSHA ID 4003448
    Abandoned
  7. C B Stone
    Surface metal/non-metal · C B Stone · MSHA ID 4003378
    Abandoned
  8. SR 111, Van Buren County
    Surface metal/non-metal · Jones Bros., Inc · MSHA ID 4003456
    Abandoned
  9. #1 Mine
    Underground coal · Dunwoody Coal Company · MSHA ID 4000694
    Abandoned
  10. Area No 4
    Surface coal · Hitchcock Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002895
    Abandoned
  11. Big Fork Mining Area #11
    Surface coal · Big Fork Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4002805
    Abandoned
  12. Big Fork Mining Area No 12
    Surface coal · Big Fork Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4002815
    Abandoned
  13. J W Pit No 1
    Surface coal · J W Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002754
    Abandoned
  14. No 1
    Underground coal · Stockwell Brothers Mining · MSHA ID 4002632
    Abandoned and Sealed
  15. No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · Clear Spring Farm Inc · MSHA ID 4002092
    Abandoned
  16. No 1 Strip Mine
    Surface coal · Walden Ridge Coal Company · MSHA ID 4000508
    Abandoned
  17. No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · Van Buren Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4002020
    Abandoned
  18. No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · Dunlap Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002190
    Abandoned
  19. No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · Cumberland Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4002330
    Abandoned
  20. No 3
    Underground coal · Skiles Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4002813
    Abandoned and Sealed
  21. No 3 Strip
    Surface coal · Paul Cole Coal Company · MSHA ID 4000676
    Abandoned
  22. No 3 Surface
    Surface coal · O & B Mining Company · MSHA ID 4001970
    Abandoned
  23. No 6-B Strip
    Surface coal · Waters Coal & Construction Company · MSHA ID 4000501
    Abandoned
  24. No 6a Mine Strip
    Surface coal · Waters Coal & Construction Company · MSHA ID 4000509
    Abandoned
  25. P-800 Strip
    Surface coal · Tenn-Anderson Mining Company · MSHA ID 4001966
    Abandoned
  26. ROCKY RIVER PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · White County Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 4003044
    Abandoned
  27. Van Buren Quarry And Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Van Buren Stone Company · MSHA ID 4002096
    Abandoned
  28. Walden Ridge No 3 Strip Mine
    Surface coal · Walden Ridge Coal Company · MSHA ID 4000673
    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.