Mines in Clay County, North Carolina

30Total
4Active

Clay County, North Carolina has 30 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System and MSHA. 4 are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is sand and gravel, construction, with 9 sites.

By Status

Prospect · 12Past Producer · 10Producer · 3Occurrence · 3Active · 1Abandoned · 1

Top Commodities

Sand and Gravel, Construction · 9Vermiculite · 2Titanium, Metal · 1Stone, Crushed/Broken · 1Silica · 1Molybdenum · 1Manganese · 1Dimension Stone NEC · 1
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Active Mines in Clay County

MineOperatorCommodityTypeStatus
Hayesville QuarryHarrison AggregatesCrushed, Broken GraniteSurfaceActive
Matherson Pit—Stone, Crushed/BrokenSurfaceProducer
Shooting Creek Placer—Titanium, Metal—Producer
Tusquitte Creek Pit—Sand and Gravel, ConstructionSurfaceProducer

All Mines in Clay County

MineCommodityTypeStatusSource
Hayesville QuarryCrushed, Broken GraniteSurfaceActiveMSHA
Matherson PitStone, Crushed/BrokenSurfaceProducerMRDS
Shooting Creek PlacerTitanium, MetalProducerMRDS
Tusquitte Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionSurfaceProducerMRDS
Buck Creek DepositCorundumPast ProducerMRDS
Buck Creek Olivine DepositSilicaPast ProducerMRDS
Bumgarner ProspectClayProspectMRDS
Fred Enlow FarmSurfaceProspectMRDS
Ira Beadles ProspectSurface-UndergroundProspectMRDS
Jesse Hooper FarmSurfaceProspectMRDS
Jim BradleySurfaceProspectMRDS
Mark Rogers PropertyVermiculiteProspectMRDS
Mission MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerMRDS
Mission MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionSurfacePast ProducerMRDS
Mission QuarryDimension Stone NECSurfaceAbandonedMSHA
Muskrat Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerMRDS
Muskrat Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionSurfacePast ProducerMRDS
Pounding Mill CreekSurfaceProspectMRDS
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerMRDS
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionSurfacePast ProducerMRDS
Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionSurfacePast ProducerMRDS
Shooting CreekOccurrenceMRDS
Tusquitte Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerMRDS
Unnamed ProspectVermiculiteOccurrenceMRDS
Vineyard CreekSurfaceProspectMRDS
Vineyard MountainProspectMRDS
Vineyard Mt. DepositManganeseOccurrenceMRDS
W.e. Kitchens ProspectMolybdenumSurfaceProspectMRDS
Wayne HogsedSurfaceProspectMRDS
Will Hall FarmSurfaceProspectMRDS

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