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Mines in Suffolk city, Virginia

Suffolk city, Virginia has 13 mines on MSHA's register: 3 active, 1 intermittent, 9 abandoned. 1 accident has been reported at these mines in 2024. Inspectors have issued 115 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Suffolk 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 Suffolk city →

Mines on register
13
Active
3
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
115
0 underground · 13 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 13 metal and non-metal 1 intermittent 9 abandoned 1 reported accidents, 2024
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.
Suffolk city, Virginia · Population 96,638
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$90,089
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
Art-Ray Corp 4 0 0
Paxton Contractors Corporation 3 2 0
Blair Brothers Inc 1 0 0
Harry Lee Joyner Jr Sand Pit 1 0 0
Holland Materials, LLC 1 0 0
Suffolk Materials LLC 1 0 0
T H Wiggins Company Inc 1 0 0
TLW Materials, LLC 1 1 0
Mines in Suffolk city13 on register
  1. Crittenden Sand Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · TLW Materials, LLC · MSHA ID 4407333
    Active
  2. Chuckatuck Sand Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Paxton Contractors Corp · MSHA ID 4407335
    Active
  3. Audubon Sand Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Paxton Contractors Corporation · MSHA ID 4407398
    Active
  4. Byrum Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Suffolk Materials LLC · MSHA ID 4407376
    Abandoned
  5. Holland Materials, LLC
    Surface metal/non-metal · Holland Materials, LLC · MSHA ID 4407332
    Abandoned
  6. Hill Point Farm-Dragline
    Surface metal/non-metal · Art-Ray Corp · MSHA ID 4406347
    Abandoned
  7. Joyner Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Art-Ray Corp · MSHA ID 4406354
    Abandoned
  8. Lassiter Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Art-Ray Corp · MSHA ID 4405810
    Abandoned
  9. Mine No 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Harry Lee Joyner Jr Sand Pit · MSHA ID 4403982
    Abandoned
  10. No 1 Open Fill Burrow Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · T H Wiggins Company Inc · MSHA ID 4403150
    Abandoned
  11. No 1 Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Art-Ray Corp · MSHA ID 4404244
    Abandoned
  12. No 1 Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Blair Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 4404265
    Abandoned
  13. Wyanoke Sand Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Paxton Contractors Corporation · MSHA ID 4407432
    Intermittent

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.