Mines in Richmond County, Georgia

Richmond County, Georgia has 45 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 20 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is sand and gravel, construction, with 26 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in Richmond County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
Augusta Quarry	Crushed, Broken Sandstone	Surface	Active	MSHA
Hephzibah Plant	Kaolin and Ball Clay	Surface	Active	MSHA
Southeast Sand and Aggregates Llc	Sand, Common	Surface	Active	MSHA
Albion Kaolin Mine	Kaolin	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Albion Kaolin Mine, Pit B	Kaolin	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Albion Pit	Kaolin		Producer	MRDS
Augusta Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Barton-Chapel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Bel Air Mine Ga Vitr Brick	Clay	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Davis Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Duffie Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Heard No 1 Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
James Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Karleen Road Pit Vb James Sand	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Merry Companies Mine	Clay	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Merry Pit 4	Clay	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Simmons Septic Tank Service	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Southern Aggregates Sand	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Wheatley Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Wren Pit No. 3	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Augusta Sand Mine	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Augusta Mines	Fire Clay	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Barton Chaple Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Occurrence	MRDS
Belair Pit	Brick Clay		Occurrence	MRDS
Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Occurrence	MRDS
Clay Preparation Plant	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Processing Plant	Past Producer	MRDS
Dixon Airline Recycling and Disposal Llc	Sand, Common	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Dixon Airline Road Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Occurrence	MRDS
Foster's Lane Pit	Brick Clay		Occurrence	MRDS
Gate 5 Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Occurrence	MRDS
Highway 56 Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
James Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Occurrence	MRDS
Kellos Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Kellos Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Occurrence	MRDS
Knox-Rivers Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Occurrence	MRDS
Morgan Road Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Occurrence	MRDS
No. 2 Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Occurrence	MRDS
Payton & Wren Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Richmond County Mine	Clay	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Occurrence	MRDS
Simmons Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Occurrence	MRDS
Starrette Sand Products, Inc	Sand, Common	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Tappan Place	Clay	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
U.s. Duffie Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Occurrence	MRDS
Wheatley Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Occurrence	MRDS