Mining Incidents
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Mines in Chesapeake city, Virginia

Chesapeake city, Virginia has 11 mines on MSHA's register: 2 active, 9 abandoned. 96 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2026. Inspectors have issued 344 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Chesapeake city, 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 Chesapeake city →

Mines on register
11
Active
2
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
344
0 underground · 10 surface · 1 facilities 0 coal · 11 metal and non-metal 9 abandoned 96 reported accidents, 1983–2026
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.
Chesapeake city, Virginia · Population 251,153
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$94,189
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
Biernot'S Landscaping 1 0 0
Deep Creek Enterprises 1 0 0
E & T Associates Inc 1 0 0
Elbow Farm 1 0 0
G D Old 1 0 0
Higgerson Buchanan Inc 1 0 0
Imerys Norfolk, Inc. 1 1 0
M T Corp 1 0 0
Thrasher Sand Company 1 0 0
United States Gypsum Company 1 0 0
Mines in Chesapeake city11 on register
  1. Chesapeake Plant
    Facility metal/non-metal · Imerys Norfolk, Inc. · MSHA ID 4405046
    Active
  2. Southern Pines Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Vico Construction Corporation · MSHA ID 4407346
    Active
  3. Daniel L Thrasher Jr
    Surface metal/non-metal · Thrasher Sand Company · MSHA ID 4403592
    Abandoned
  4. Biernot'S Landscaping Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Biernot'S Landscaping · MSHA ID 4403979
    Abandoned
  5. Deep Creek Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Deep Creek Enterprises · MSHA ID 4402913
    Abandoned
  6. Gd Old Sand Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · G D Old · MSHA ID 4402912
    Abandoned
  7. Higgerson Buchanan Inc Chesapeake P
    Surface metal/non-metal · Higgerson Buchanan Inc · MSHA ID 4402909
    Abandoned
  8. Norfolk Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · United States Gypsum Company · MSHA ID 4405060
    Abandoned
  9. Pit No 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Elbow Farm · MSHA ID 4403980
    Abandoned
  10. Pit No 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · M T Corp · MSHA ID 4404438
    Abandoned
  11. Pit No One
    Surface metal/non-metal · E & T Associates Inc · MSHA ID 4403777
    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.