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Mines in Nelson County, Virginia

Nelson County, Virginia has 7 mines on MSHA's register: 1 active, 6 abandoned. 65 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2018. Inspectors have issued 98 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Nelson 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 Nelson County →

Mines on register
7
Active
1
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
98
0 underground · 7 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 7 metal and non-metal 6 abandoned 65 reported accidents, 1983–2018
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.
Nelson County, Virginia · Population 14,777
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$68,525
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
Piney River Enterprises Inc 3 0 0
International Minerals & Chemical Corp 1 0 0
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. 1 1 0
New Alberene Stone Company Inc 1 0 0
Polycor Virginia Inc 1 0 0
Mines in Nelson County7 on register
  1. Martin Marietta - Piney River Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · MSHA ID 4400035
    Active
  2. Old Dominion Quarry Mine #4
    Surface metal/non-metal · New Alberene Stone Company Inc · MSHA ID 4403002
    Abandoned
  3. Alberene Soapstone Company
    Surface metal/non-metal · Polycor Virginia Inc · MSHA ID 4403170
    Abandoned
  4. Mine No 1 & Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Piney River Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 4404199
    Abandoned
  5. No 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Piney River Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 4405175
    Abandoned
  6. No 2 Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Piney River Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 4404536
    Abandoned
  7. Piney River Aplite Quarry & Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · International Minerals & Chemical Corp · MSHA ID 4402826
    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.