Mine · Louisa County, Virginia, United States
R. E. Sansom Mine & Mill
R. E. Sansom Mine & Mill is a mine in Louisa County, Virginia, United States, operated by Virginia Vermiculite LLC.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Name in the source | R. E. SANSOM MINE & MILL | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Louisa County | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Operating (active) | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Commodities | vermiculite (mainly vermiculite) | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Virginia Vermiculite LLC | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Employees | 25 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 | 38.0597, -78.1483 | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Within 50 km of this mine: 8 power plants (4 operating, 4,077 MW) and 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louisa Generation Facility | Power plant | 546 MW | Operating | 8.7 km |
| Two Oaks Solar and Storage LLC | Power plant | 168 MW | Planned | 20 km |
| Tenaska Virginia Generating Station | Power plant | 1,011 MW | Operating | 30 km |
| Equinix CU2 | Data center | — | — | 46 km |
| Equinix, LLC - CU 1-4 | Data center | — | — | 46 km |
| Amazon Data Services Inc - DCA-060 | Data center | — | — | 49 km |
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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.
- Virginia DEQ issued data center air permits. Virginia DEQ issued data center air permits, Public records.