Mines in Burke County, North Carolina

Burke County, North Carolina has 79 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 19 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is mica, with 18 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in Burke County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
Burke County Sand Pit	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active	MSHA
Morganton	Crushed, Broken Granite	Surface	Active	MSHA
Bailey Fork Placer	Gold, REE		Producer	MRDS
Carolina Queen Mine	Gold		Producer	MRDS
Catawba River Dredge & Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Causby Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Clear Creek Placer	REE, Gold		Producer	MRDS
Double Branch Placer	Gold, REE		Producer	MRDS
Hall Creek Placer	REE, Gold		Producer	MRDS
Hancock Placer	Gold, REE		Producer	MRDS
Henry River Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
J. C. Mills Property	REE, Gold		Producer	MRDS
James C. Chapman Mine	Gold, REE		Producer	MRDS
Little Silver Creek Placer	Gold		Producer	MRDS
Muddy Creek Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Silver Creek Placer	Gold, REE		Producer	MRDS
Tweedy Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Fluorite-Specularite-Gneiss Quarry	Stone, Dimension		Producer	MRDS
York Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Burke Quarry	Crushed, Broken Granite	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Brindletown Placers-Mills	REE, Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Brown Mountain Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Burkmont Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Buzzard Roost Knob Prospect	Mica	Surface-Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Cannon Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Carroll Creek Gold Placer Prospect	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Causby Quarry	Granite		Past Producer	MRDS
Causby Sand Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Processing Plant	Plant	MRDS
Floyd Brittan Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Gneiss Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gneiss Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Great Lakes Carbon,morganton Plant	Graphite	Processing Plant	Past Producer	MRDS
Grill Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Haywood Hoyle Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Henry Young Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Hossfeld Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Hudson Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Hunting Creek Tributary Placer	Gold, REE		Past Producer	MRDS
Joel Walker Beryl Prospect	Gemstone, Beryllium		Occurrence	MRDS
Keller Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Lead-Zinc Prospect	Lead		Prospect	MRDS
Lytle Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Newton Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Noah Young Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Pax Hill Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Pearcey Creek Gold Placer	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Pearcey Creek Placer	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Pilot Mountain Mine	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Pilot Mt. Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Puette Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Quarry	Granite		Past Producer	MRDS
Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Reed Mine	Mica	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Scott Hill Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Spake Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Tweedy Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Unamed Granite Gneiss Quarry Hi-012	Stone, Dimension		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Fluorite Occurrence Hi-012	Fluorine-Fluorite		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Gneiss Quarry Gi-022	Stone, Dimension		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Gneiss Quarry Hi-032	Stone, Dimension		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Gold Placer	REE, Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Gold Prospect	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Granite Gneiss Quarry Hi-011	Stone, Crushed/Broken		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Limonite Occurrence	Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Limonite Occurrence	Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Mica Prospect	Mica		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Mica Prospect	Gemstone		Prospect	MRDS
Unnamed Quartzite Quarry Hi-028	Stone, Crushed/Broken		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Sandstone Quarry Hi - 008	Stone, Crushed/Broken		Past Producer	MRDS
Wheeler Daniels Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
White Mill Creek Placer	REE, Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Williams Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Williams Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Williams Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Williams Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Yancey Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
York Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS