Mines

Mines in North Carolina

Rare Context lists 43 mines in North Carolina, United States. The largest is Lee Creek Mine, with 349 employees in 2025.

All mines

By primary commodity, most mines first, then by employees within each commodity.

Mine	Commodity	County	Owner or operator	Employees
Merry Oaks Mine	Clay	Chatham County	Roeben Company	6 2025
Hammill Pit	Clay	Cabarrus County	Hammill Construction Company Inc	4 2025
Iredell Mine	Clay	Iredell County	Statesville Brick Company	3 2025
Moncure #2	Clay	Chatham County	Wienerberger AG	3 2025
Candor	Clay	Montgomery County	Taylor Clay Products	2 2025
Pine Hall Brick Company Inc	Clay	Rockingham County	Pine Hall Brick	2 2025
Beck Mine	Clay	Chatham County	Wienerberger AG	1 2025
Clearwater	Clay	Rowan County	Taylor Clay Products	—
421 Sand	Industrial sand	New Hanover County	421 Sand	25 2025
Daurity Springs Quarry	Industrial sand	Chatham County	Blue Water Industries Holdings 2 LLC	14 2025
Broad River Mine	Industrial sand	Cleveland County	Glenn Forest Products Inc	2 2025
Spout Springs Pit	Industrial sand	Harnett County	R. L. Bradsher Contracting, Inc.	2 2025
Prevette	Industrial sand	Wilkes County	Tarheel Sand & Stone, Inc.	1 2025
Morton Mine	Industrial sand	Onslow County	Morton Trucking, Inc.	—
Wiseman Sullins/Chalk	Feldspar	Mitchell County	Imerys S A; Norsk Mineral AS	9 2025
Hawkins Mine	Feldspar	Mitchell County	S C R-Sibelco Nv	7 2025
Pete Lawson/Beaver Creek Mine	Feldspar	Mitchell County	Imerys S A; Norsk Mineral AS	3 2025
Buna Mine	Feldspar	Mitchell County	S C R-Sibelco Nv	1 2025
Duncan Tailings Facility	Feldspar	Mitchell County	Imerys S A; Norsk Mineral AS	1 2025
Haw Branch	Refractory clay	Moore County	Taylor Clay Products	2 2025
Salisbury Plant and Pits	Refractory clay	Rowan County	Wienerberger AG	2 2025
Stokes County Mine	Refractory clay	Stokes County	Pine Hall Brick	2 2025
Catawba Clay Mine	Refractory clay	Catawba County	Taylor Clay Products	1 2023
Rockingham Quarry	Crushed granite	Richmond County	Vulcan Materials Company	86 2025
Knightdale Quarry	Crushed granite	Wake County	Vulcan Materials Company	64 2025
Butner Quarry	Crushed granite	Granville County	Sunrock Group Holdings Corp	52 2025
Wadesboro Mine	Fire clay	Anson County	Roeben Company	8 2025
Lee Brick	Fire clay	Lee County	Lee Brick & Tile Company Incorporated	1 2025
Moss Mill & Mines	Mica	Cleveland County	Imerys S A	15 2025
Battleground Mill	Mica	Cleveland County	Imerys S A	4 2025
Chalk Mountain Mine	Quartz	Mitchell County	Imerys S A; Norsk Mineral AS	—
Pine Mountain Mine	Quartz	Mitchell County	Imerys S A; Norsk Mineral AS	—
Schoolhouse Quartz Plant	Quartz crystal	Avery County	S C R-Sibelco Nv	140 2025
Crystal Plant	Quartz crystal	Mitchell County	S C R-Sibelco Nv	92 2025
Carolina Stalite Company -Aquadale Mill	Shale	Stanly County	Carolina Stalite Company LP	19 2025
Gold Hill Mine	Shale	Rowan County	Statesville Brick Company	3 2025
Hillsborough Mine	Alumina	Orange County	Resco Products Inc	6 2025
Flat Rock Plant	Crushed mica	Surry County	Luck Stone Corporation	5 2025
Alexander Quarry	Emerald	Alexander County	Martin Marietta Materials Inc	—
Lee Creek Mine	Phosphate	Beaufort County	Nutrien LTD	349 2025
Standard Mineral Division	Pyrophyllite	Moore County	RSP Minerals	35 2025
Marston Plant	Silica	Richmond County	Covia Holdings LLC	45 2025
Cannon Road Mine	Soapstone	Mcdowell County	Quality Stone LLC	1 2025

Every mine in North Carolina, with owners.All 43 in one file, each with its owner, commodity, resources and permit status. We research what the public sources leave out.

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Data on this page

MSHA Mines Data Set. MSHA Mines Data Set, Public domain.