Mines in Clay County, North Carolina

Clay County, North Carolina has 30 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 4 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is sand and gravel, construction, with 9 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in Clay County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
Hayesville Quarry	Crushed, Broken Granite	Surface	Active	MSHA
Matherson Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Shooting Creek Placer	Titanium, Metal		Producer	MRDS
Tusquitte Creek Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Buck Creek Deposit	Corundum		Past Producer	MRDS
Buck Creek Olivine Deposit	Silica		Past Producer	MRDS
Bumgarner Prospect	Clay		Prospect	MRDS
Fred Enlow Farm		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Ira Beadles Prospect		Surface-Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Jesse Hooper Farm		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Jim Bradley		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Mark Rogers Property	Vermiculite		Prospect	MRDS
Mission Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Mission Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Mission Quarry	Dimension Stone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Muskrat Creek Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Muskrat Creek Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Pounding Mill Creek		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Sand and Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Shooting Creek			Occurrence	MRDS
Tusquitte Creek Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Prospect	Vermiculite		Occurrence	MRDS
Vineyard Creek		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Vineyard Mountain			Prospect	MRDS
Vineyard Mt. Deposit	Manganese		Occurrence	MRDS
W.e. Kitchens Prospect	Molybdenum	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Wayne Hogsed		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Will Hall Farm		Surface	Prospect	MRDS