Mining Incidents
MSHA mine register by county

Mines in Southampton County, Virginia

Southampton County, Virginia has 13 mines on MSHA's register: 3 active, 1 intermittent, 9 abandoned. 6 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1985 and 2026. Inspectors have issued 233 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Southampton 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 Southampton County →

Mines on register
13
Active
3
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
233
0 underground · 13 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 13 metal and non-metal 1 intermittent 9 abandoned 6 reported accidents, 1985–2026
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.
Southampton County, Virginia · Population 17,988
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$68,465
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
Melvin E Mann Sand & Gravel 2 0 0
Art-Ray Corp 1 0 0
Blair Sand & Materials, LLC 1 1 0
Coastal Shoals Sand Company Inc 1 0 0
Crowder & White Contracting, LLC 1 0 0
Hunter Darden III 1 0 0
J H Lee & Sons Inc 1 0 0
S & K Equipment Leasing Inc 1 0 0
Southampton Sand Company L C 1 0 0
Titan Mid Atlantic Aggregates, LLC 1 1 0
Mines in Southampton County13 on register
  1. Southeastern Materials
    Surface metal/non-metal · W.P. Taylor & Co. Inc. · MSHA ID 4407336
    Active
  2. Branchville Sand Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Titan Mid Atlantic Aggregates, LLC · MSHA ID 4406591
    Active
  3. Three Creek Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Blair Sand & Materials, LLC · MSHA ID 4407378
    Active
  4. PIT #2 & MILL
    Surface metal/non-metal · Melvin E Mann Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 4406236
    Abandoned
  5. SOUTHAMPTON SAND CO., L.C.
    Surface metal/non-metal · Southampton Sand Company L C · MSHA ID 4406235
    Abandoned
  6. No 1 Pit And Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Melvin E Mann Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 4403765
    Abandoned
  7. Crowder & White Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Crowder & White Contracting, LLC · MSHA ID 4407342
    Intermittent
  8. Branchville Sand & Gravel Co
    Surface metal/non-metal · W R Bishop Jr Inc · MSHA ID 4406070
    Abandoned
  9. Bronco Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · S & K Equipment Leasing Inc · MSHA ID 4406495
    Abandoned
  10. Coastal Shoals Sand
    Surface metal/non-metal · Coastal Shoals Sand Company Inc · MSHA ID 4406562
    Abandoned
  11. Darden Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hunter Darden III · MSHA ID 4406731
    Abandoned
  12. Pit #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · J H Lee & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 4405229
    Abandoned
  13. Southampton Pit & Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Art-Ray Corp · MSHA ID 4406346
    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.