Mines in Buncombe County, North Carolina

Buncombe County, North Carolina has 76 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 16 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is sand and gravel, construction, with 18 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in Buncombe County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
Enka	Crushed, Broken Granite	Surface	Active	MSHA
Grove Stone Quarry	Crushed, Broken Granite	Surface	Active	MSHA
North Buncombe Quarry	Crushed, Broken Granite	Surface	Active	MSHA
Bee Tree Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Bell Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Biltmore Plant	Mica	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Buff Clay Mine	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Dillingham Number 1 Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Enka Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Enka Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Grove Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Grove Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Harmony Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Harrin's Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Moland-Drysdale Brick Corp. Clay Pit	Brick Clay		Producer	MRDS
Northrop Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Alexander Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Arrowood Mine	Kaolin, Mica, Feldspar		Past Producer	MRDS
Arrowood Mine	Feldspar	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Asheville Portable Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Processing Plant	Past Producer	MRDS
Bee Tree Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Black Mountain Prospect	Lead	Surface-Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Burton Mica Prospect			Occurrence	MRDS
Cane Creek	Zirconium, Thorium, Gold, Titanium, Metal		Occurrence	MRDS
Cane Creek-Brush Creek Occurrence			Occurrence	MRDS
Christ School Quarry	Stone, Dimension		Past Producer	MRDS
Democrat Chromite Prospect		Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Democrat Olivine Deposit	Feldspar		Occurrence	MRDS
Dillingham Number 1 Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Enka Quarry	Granite		Past Producer	MRDS
Gravelly Creek Quarry	Marble, Dimension		Past Producer	MRDS
Grove Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Groves Lake Quarrya	Marble, Dimension		Past Producer	MRDS
Groves Lake Quarryb	Marble, Dimension		Past Producer	MRDS
Harrins Sand and Gravel Llc	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Hedrick Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Hedrick Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
I-40 Stockpile & Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Processing Plant	Plant	MRDS
Lake Eden Mine	Feldspar	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Leicester Chromite Prospect	Chromium	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Lovin Feldspar Mine	Feldspar		Past Producer	MRDS
Mica Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Mica Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Mine No. 1	Vermiculite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Mine No. 2	Vermiculite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Morgan Hill Chromite Prospect	Chromium, Olivine		Past Producer	MRDS
Morgan Hill Chromite Prospect	Chromium	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
N. C. Dept. of Transportation Stone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken		Past Producer	MRDS
Newfound Gap Olivine Deposit			Occurrence	MRDS
Newfound Gap Olivine Deposit	Magnesite		Prospect	MRDS
Northrop Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Pinner Creek Quarry	Marble, Dimension		Past Producer	MRDS
Quarry	Granite		Past Producer	MRDS
Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Robinson Creek Quarry	Marble, Dimension		Past Producer	MRDS
Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Sandvick Portable Crush/screen	Crushed, Broken Granite	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Stocksville Mica Mine			Past Producer	MRDS
Swannanoa River			Occurrence	MRDS
Titanium Occurrence			Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Allanite Occurrence			Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Feldspar Mine Southern Nofat Mountain	Feldspar		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Feldspar Prospect Southern Nofat Mountain	Feldspar		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Feldspar Sample Locality			Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Magnetite Occurrence			Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Marble Occurrence			Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Sample Locality	Olivine, Talc-Soapstone, Asbestos, Chromium, Nickel		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Sample Locality & Nearby Trench			Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Vermiculite Prospect	Vermiculite		Prospect	MRDS
Vermiculite Prospect	Vermiculite		Prospect	MRDS
Western No Carolina Nickel Lateri		Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Wilson Road			Occurrence	MRDS