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Mines in Amherst County, Virginia

Amherst County, Virginia has 6 mines on MSHA's register: 6 abandoned.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Amherst 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 Amherst County →

Mines on register
6
Active
0
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
0
0 underground · 6 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 6 metal and non-metal 6 abandoned
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.
Amherst County, Virginia · Population 31,385
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$67,298
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
Boral Bricks Inc 2 0 0
Amlite Corp 1 0 0
Concrete Ready-Mix Of Lynchburg Inc 1 0 0
Hall Sand Company 1 0 0
Locher Brick Works Inc 1 0 0
Mines in Amherst County6 on register
  1. Dredge No 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Concrete Ready-Mix Of Lynchburg Inc · MSHA ID 4402419
    Abandoned
  2. Flippin Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Boral Bricks Inc · MSHA ID 4405325
    Abandoned
  3. Marstela Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Boral Bricks Inc · MSHA ID 4406513
    Abandoned
  4. No 2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hall Sand Company · MSHA ID 4404535
    Abandoned
  5. Snowden Plant Or No 1 Mine & Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Amlite Corp · MSHA ID 4402227
    Abandoned
  6. Tinsley Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Locher Brick Works Inc · MSHA ID 4406120
    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.