Mining Incidents
MSHA mine register by county

Mines in Franklin County, Virginia

Franklin County, Virginia has 5 mines on MSHA's register: 1 active, 3 abandoned. 26 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1985 and 2025. Inspectors have issued 153 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Franklin 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 Franklin County →

Mines on register
5
Active
1
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
153
0 underground · 3 surface · 1 facilities 0 coal · 5 metal and non-metal 3 abandoned 26 reported accidents, 1985–2025
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.
Franklin County, Virginia · Population 54,958
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$68,348
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
Blue Ridge Talc Company Inc 1 0 0
Rocky Mount Ready Mix Concrete Inc 1 0 0
Rogers Group Inc. 1 1 0
Virginia Asphalt Paving Company Inc 1 0 0
Mines in Franklin County5 on register
  1. Jacks Mountain Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Rogers Group Inc. · MSHA ID 4406847
    Active
  2. King Ramsey
    Facility metal/non-metal · Blue Ridge Talc Company Inc · MSHA ID 4402219
    Abandoned
  3. Carroll Hill Pit
    metal/non-metal · Dale and Joey · MSHA ID 4407443
    New Mine
  4. No 2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Virginia Asphalt Paving Company Inc · MSHA ID 4404820
    Abandoned
  5. ROCKY MOUNT READY MIX SAND MINE
    Surface metal/non-metal · Rocky Mount Ready Mix Concrete Inc · MSHA ID 4406834
    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.