Elk Creek Pit Metal/Non-Metal
Horne Developers Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Horne Robert I
Watauga County,
NC
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3101234
MSHA record for Elk Creek Pit (mine ID 3101234). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
- —
Ownership history
- Horne Developers Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Elk Creek Pit sits in Watauga County, North Carolina, where the Census mining category is 0.1% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.Watauga County, North Carolina · Population 54,607
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$51,367
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.