Staunton River Sand Pit Metal/Non-Metal
Apac-Virginia Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Ashland Inc
Halifax County,
VA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4403567
MSHA record for Staunton River Sand Pit (mine ID 4403567). 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
- Mc Carty Sand Company 1950 to 1988
- Apac-Virginia Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Staunton River Sand Pit sits in Halifax County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.Halifax County, Virginia · Population 33,811
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$49,244
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.