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Mines in Cherokee County, Texas

Cherokee County, Texas has 8 mines on MSHA's register: 1 active, 7 abandoned. 63 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1987 and 2025. Inspectors have issued 241 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Cherokee 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 Cherokee County →

Mines on register
8
Active
1
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
241
0 underground · 7 surface · 1 facilities 0 coal · 8 metal and non-metal 7 abandoned 63 reported accidents, 1987–2025
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.
Cherokee County, Texas · Population 51,143
2.3%
Mining share of county employment
$59,830
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
RECLAMATION CONTRACTORS OF TEXAS 2 0 0
Covia Clay LLC 1 1 0
General Refractories Company 1 0 0
Green Rock Company Inc 1 0 0
Henderson Brick 1 0 0
Jack Alexander Ltd 1 0 0
New Birmingham Resources, LLC 1 0 0
Mines in Cherokee County8 on register
  1. TROUP PLANT
    Facility metal/non-metal · Covia Clay LLC · MSHA ID 4103483
    Active
  2. 1109
    Surface metal/non-metal · Reclamation Contractors of Texas · MSHA ID 4104613
    Abandoned
  3. GREEN ROCK CO INC #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Green Rock Company Inc · MSHA ID 4103952
    Abandoned
  4. 1115
    Surface metal/non-metal · RECLAMATION CONTRACTORS OF TEXAS · MSHA ID 4105319
    Abandoned
  5. Dialville Red
    Surface metal/non-metal · New Birmingham Resources, LLC · MSHA ID 4104683
    Abandoned
  6. PENDER ROCK PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Jack Alexander Ltd · MSHA ID 4104072
    Abandoned
  7. Troup Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Henderson Brick · MSHA ID 4101481
    Abandoned
  8. W A White
    Surface metal/non-metal · General Refractories Company · MSHA ID 4101874
    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.