Mine · Cherokee County, South Carolina, United States
Sericite Mine
Sericite Mine is a mine in Cherokee County, South Carolina, United States, operated by Taylor Clay Products.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Cherokee County | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (intermittent) | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Commodities | mica (mainly mica) | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Taylor Clay Products | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Employees | 2 people (annual average, in 2025) | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Mine type | Surface | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 35.0775, -81.4347 | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Request researchHow its operator compares
Taylor Clay Products operates 6 of the 2,675 mines in the United States in our data with a named owner; 54 owners have more. Counts cover the mines in our data that name an owner, holder or operator; an asset with several owners counts for each.
| Operator in United States | Rank | Mines | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc | 1st | 56 | 2.1% |
| Sev.en Global Investments a.s. | 2nd | 50 | 1.9% |
| Rosebud Mining Company | 3rd | 40 | 1.5% |
| Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. | 4th | 29 | 1.1% |
| Metinvest B V | 4th | 29 | 1.1% |
| Taylor Clay Products | 55th | 6 | 0.22% |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this mine: 8 power plants (6 operating, 7,005 MW) and 6 data centers, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 6, up to 3 per kind.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Creek (SC) | Power plant | 799 MW | Operating | 9.1 km |
| Cleveland Cnty Generating Facility | Power plant | 736 MW | Operating | 10 km |
| Broad River Energy Center | Power plant | 985 MW | Operating | 13 km |
| T5 Charlotte Campus | Data center | — | — | 20 km |
| Meta | Data center | — | — | 44 km |
| Flexential Charlotte - South | Data center | — | — | 46 km |
Operator and place
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Data on this page
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- MSHA Mines Data Set. MSHA Mines Data Set, Public domain.
- © OpenStreetMap contributors. OpenStreetMap data centers, ODbL 1.0.