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Mines in Lancaster County, Virginia

Lancaster County, Virginia has 4 mines on MSHA's register: 1 active, 3 abandoned. Inspectors have issued 21 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Lancaster 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 Lancaster County →

Mines on register
4
Active
1
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
21
0 underground · 4 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 4 metal and non-metal 3 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.
Lancaster County, Virginia · Population 10,876
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$67,169
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
Earth Resources, Inc. 1 1 0
Holly Farm Pit 1 0 0
J W Beane Sand Pit 1 0 0
Theodore Fischer & Sons 1 0 0
Mines in Lancaster County4 on register
  1. Earth Resources Inc
    Surface metal/non-metal · Earth Resources, Inc. · MSHA ID 4407339
    Active
  2. Mine No 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Holly Farm Pit · MSHA ID 4402894
    Abandoned
  3. Pit No 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · J W Beane Sand Pit · MSHA ID 4403542
    Abandoned
  4. Theodore Fisher & Sons Weems Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Theodore Fischer & Sons · MSHA ID 4402895
    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.