Mines in Chatham County, North Carolina

Chatham County, North Carolina has 63 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 14 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is copper, with 18 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in Chatham County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
3m Pittsboro	Crushed, Broken Granite	Facility	Active	MSHA
Daurity Springs Quarry	Sand, Industrial NEC	Surface	Active	MSHA
Merry Oaks Mine	Common Clays NEC	Surface	Active	MSHA
Moncure #2	Common Clays NEC	Surface	Active	MSHA
Pittsboro Plant	Crushed, Broken Granite	Surface	Active	MSHA
Brickhaven Clay Mine	Clay	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Brickhaven Shale Mine	Clay	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Chatham County Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Ground Mine	Clay	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Gulf Mine	Clay	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Gulf Mine	Clay	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Gulf Mine Chatham Brick Mine	Clay	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Pittsboro Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken		Producer	MRDS
Pittsboro Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Barringer Phillips Prospect	Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Barringer Phillips Prospect	Copper	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Bear Creek Mine	Copper		Past Producer	MRDS
Bear Creek Mine		Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Beck Mine	Common Clays NEC	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Brickhaven Clay Mine	Clay		Past Producer	MRDS
Brickhaven Shale Mine	Clay		Past Producer	MRDS
Cassana Kid Prospect	Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Cassana Kidd Prospect	Copper	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Chatham Brick Mine	Clay		Past Producer	MRDS
Clay-Shale Pit	Clay		Past Producer	MRDS
Clay-Shale Pit	Clay	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gilmore-Hart Mine	Copper	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gilmore-Hart Prospect	Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Goldston Mine	Fire Clay	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Goldston Quarry	Granite		Past Producer	MRDS
Goldston Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Graham Prospect	Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Graham Prospect	Copper	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Grinding Plant	Clay	Processing Plant	Past Producer	MRDS
Ground Mine	Clay		Past Producer	MRDS
Gulf Mine	Clay		Past Producer	MRDS
Gulf Mine	Clay		Past Producer	MRDS
Gulf Mine	Common Clays NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Gulf One	Coal (Bituminous)	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Gulf One	Coal (Bituminous)	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Hinshaw Prospect	Talc-Soapstone		Occurrence	MRDS
Hinshaw Prospect	Talc-Soapstone	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Hugh Phillips Prospect	Copper	Surface-Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Moncure 1	Common Clays NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
New Hope Quarry	Granite		Past Producer	MRDS
Ore Hill Mine	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Ore Hill Mine	Iron	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Ore Hill Prospect	Talc-Soapstone		Occurrence	MRDS
Phillips Mine	Copper		Past Producer	MRDS
Phillips Mine		Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Roads Prospect	Copper		Prospect	MRDS
Robert Phillips Prospect	Copper	Surface-Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Sand No. 1	Common Clays NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Shale-Clay Pit	Clay		Past Producer	MRDS
Shale-Clay Pit	Clay	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Siler City Quarry	Granite		Past Producer	MRDS
Siler City Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Siler City Quarry	Crushed, Broken Granite	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Sloan Mine	Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Sloan Mine	Copper	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Prospect	Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
W. H. Purvis Prospect	Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
W.h. Purvis Mine	Copper	Surface	Prospect	MRDS