Mines in Cleveland County, North Carolina

Cleveland County, North Carolina has 314 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 27 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is mica, with 147 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in Cleveland County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
Battleground Mill	Mica	Surface	Active	MSHA
Broad River Mine	Sand, Industrial NEC	Surface	Active	MSHA
Kings Mountain Plant	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Surface	Active	MSHA
Moss Mine & Mill	Mica	Surface	Active	MSHA
Patterson Mine and Mill	Mica	Facility	Active	MSHA
Beason Creek Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Buffalo Creek Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Buffalo Creek-McBrayer Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Cleveland County Dredge	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Cleveland County Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Double Shoals Dredge	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Offshore	Producer	MRDS
First Broad River Dredge	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Offshore	Producer	MRDS
Foote Mineral Reclamation Mill	Lithium	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Hawkins-Cleveland County Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Kings Mountain Concentrator	Lithium	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Kings Mountain Crushed Rock Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken		Producer	MRDS
Kings Mountain Lithium Mine and Plonk Tin Prospect	Lithium		Producer	MRDS
Kings Mountain Mica Mine	Mica		Producer	MRDS
Kings Mountain Mine	Mica	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Kings Mountain Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Kings Mountain Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Kings Mountain Silica Inc Mill	Quartz, Mica, Feldspar, Clay	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Kings Mtn Grinding Plant	Mica	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Moss Kaolin and Mica Mine	Kaolin, Mica		Producer	MRDS
Moss Mine	Mica	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Patterson Mine & Mill	Mica	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Shelby-Cleveland County Mines	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
A F Hoyle Mine	Mica	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Alma Cabaniss Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Anthony Prospects	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Archie Norman Mines	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Atlas Tin Shaft	Tin, Lithium		Past Producer	MRDS
B H Gregg Deposit	Mica		Occurrence	MRDS
B T Gant Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Bailey Mauney Mine	Mica	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Baker Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Beason Creek Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Beaverdam Creek Cassiterite Occurrence E Trib	Tin		Occurrence	MRDS
Big Knob Creek Monazite Placer E Trib	Thorium		Past Producer	MRDS
Big Knob Creek Monazite Placer Ne Trib	Thorium		Past Producer	MRDS
Blanton Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Blue Ridge Mine and Placer	Tin, Lithium		Past Producer	MRDS
Bobby Mine	Mica	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Bonnet Split Mine	Mica	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Borders Mine	Mica	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Bowen Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Bowen Southeast Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Broad River Cassiterite Occurrence N Trib	Tin		Occurrence	MRDS
Broad River Cassiterite Occurrence W Trib	Tin		Occurrence	MRDS
Buffalo Creek Monazite Placer	Thorium		Past Producer	MRDS
Buffalo Creek-McBrayer Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Bumgarner Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
C B McSwain Mine	Mica	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
C Robert Blanton Mine	Mica	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Cabaniss-Story No. 1 Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Cabiness-Story No. 2 Mine	Mica	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Camp Creek Monazite Placer S Tributary	REE, Thorium		Past Producer	MRDS
Campbell Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Caraniss Prospect	Mica	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Carson Prospect	Mica	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Casar Sillimanite Deposits	Kyanite		Occurrence	MRDS
Cassiterite Occurrence Nw of Hawkins Branch	Tin		Occurrence	MRDS
Charles Cornwell Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Chrysolite Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Cleveland County Pe	Niobium (Columbium)		Unknown	MRDS
Cleveland County Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Cliff Blanton Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Clippard Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Clyde Warlick Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Coleman Blanton Mine	Mica	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Cooke Mine	Mica	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
D H Spangler Prospects	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
D M Falls Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Durham Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
E C Hambrick Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
E R Ellis Mine	Mica	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
East Fork Monazite Placer Ne Trib	Thorium		Past Producer	MRDS
Eli Glover Mine	Mica	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Ellis North Prospects	Mica		Occurrence	MRDS
Ellis Prospect	Mica	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
English Monazite Mine	Thorium		Past Producer	MRDS
Eskridge Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Eskridge Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
F G McGinnis Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Faires Tin Mine	Tin, Lithium		Past Producer	MRDS
Faires Tin Mine		Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Falls Prospect		Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Falls Tin Prospect	Tin, Lithium		Past Producer	MRDS
Fallston Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Foster Monazite Mine	Thorium		Past Producer	MRDS
Frank Cornwall Mine	Mica	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Frank Summers Farm Property		Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Frank Summers Tin Occurrence	Tin, Lithium		Occurrence	MRDS
Fraser-English Prospect	Mica	Surface-Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Fred Falls Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Fulton Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
George Cooke Prospect	Mica	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Gettys No. 1 Mine	Mica	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gettys No. 2 Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Greer Prospect	Mica	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Griggs Mines	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Grog Creek Cassiterite Occurrence W Trib	Tin		Occurrence	MRDS
Harris Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Hastings Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Hawkins Branch Cassiterite Occurrence	Tin		Occurrence	MRDS
Hawkins Branch Cassiterite Occurrence E Trib	Tin		Occurrence	MRDS
Hawkins Branch Cassiterite Occurrence W Trib	Tin		Occurrence	MRDS
Herndon Mine	Mica	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Horne Prospect	Mica	Surface-Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Howell Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Hunt Mine	Mica	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Indian Graveyard Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Indiantown Mine	Mica	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Ira London Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
J A Beam Prospect	Mica	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
J A Lovelace Nos 1, 2, & 3 Mines	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
J F Green Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
J L Foster Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
J North Smith Prospect	Silica		Prospect	MRDS
J T Martin Prospects	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
J W Cornwell Deposit	Feldspar		Occurrence	MRDS
J. A. Stewart Manganese Property	Manganese		Past Producer	MRDS
J. Patterson Farm Property		Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
J. Patterson Tin Prospect	Tin, Lithium		Occurrence	MRDS
J.a. Stewart Property		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Jake Hoyle Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
James S. Parker Manganese Property	Manganese		Past Producer	MRDS
James S. Parker Property		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Jim Blanton Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Jim King Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Job P77-100 Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Joe E Humphries Mine	Mica	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Johnson Deposit	Mica		Occurrence	MRDS
Jolly Branch Cassiterite Occurrence	Tin		Occurrence	MRDS
Jones Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Kings Mountain	Lithium, Feldspar, Mica, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, Beryllium, Tin		Prospect	MRDS
Kings Mountain	Lithium	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Kings Mountain Mine	Mica		Past Producer	MRDS
Kings Mountain Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Kings Mountain Mine		Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Kings Mountain Plant	Clay	Processing Plant	Past Producer	MRDS
Kings Mountain Plant No 1	Clay	Processing Plant	Past Producer	MRDS
Kings Mountain Quarry	Limestone, General		Past Producer	MRDS
Kings Mountain Tin Mine	Tin, Lithium		Past Producer	MRDS
Kings Mountain-Catawba Mine	Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Kings Mtn Silica Inc Graphite Mine	Graphite	Processing Plant	Past Producer	MRDS
Knob Creek Monazite Placer Se Trib	Thorium		Past Producer	MRDS
Knob Creek Monazite Placer W Trib	Thorium		Past Producer	MRDS
L R Elliot Mine	Beryllium	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Lail Prospect	Mica	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Lattimore Mine	Mica	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Lawndale Sand Llc Mine	Sand, Common	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Ledford Mine	Mica	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Lee Cornwell Mine	Mica	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Lee Hamrick Mine	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Little Knob Creek Monazite Placer	Thorium		Past Producer	MRDS
Little Knob Creek Monazite Placer N Trib	Thorium		Past Producer	MRDS
Little Knob Creek Monazite Placer Nw Trib	Thorium		Past Producer	MRDS
Lovelace Heirs Mine	Mica	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
M H Gantt Mine	Mica	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
M P Harrelson Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
M V Davis Prospect	Mica		Occurrence	MRDS
Magness Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Maple Creek Monazite Placer	Thorium		Past Producer	MRDS
Martin Mine	Mica	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Marvin King Prospects	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Mary Gold Mine	Mica	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Mauney Carpenter Mine	Mica	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Mauney Park Property		Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Mauney Park Tin Prospect	Tin, Lithium		Occurrence	MRDS
Mayes Prospect	Beryllium		Prospect	MRDS
Maynard Washburn Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
McIntyre Mine	Mica	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
McNeely Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Metcalf Mine	Mica	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Mica Mine	Mica		Past Producer	MRDS
Mica Mine	Mica	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Mike Plonk Prospect		Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Mill Race Mine	Mica	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Mitchem Deposit	Mica		Occurrence	MRDS
Moss Mine	Mica		Past Producer	MRDS
Mull Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Mull Prospect	Tin		Prospect	MRDS
Nebo Prospect	Mica	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Niagara Mine	Mica	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Old Carroll Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Old Ledoux Tin Prospects	Tin, Lithium		Occurrence	MRDS
Old Lutz Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Old Plantation Emerald, Aquamarine and Beryl Mine	Gemstone, Chromium, Beryllium		Past Producer	MRDS
Old Plantation Mine	Gemstone	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
P O Russ Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Patterson Mine	Mica		Past Producer	MRDS
Peeler No. 1 Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Philbeck Mine	Mica	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Plato Scism Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Pleaz Bridges Mine	Mica	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Polkville Sillimanite Deposit	Kyanite		Occurrence	MRDS
Poplar Springs Cassiterite Occurrence	Tin		Occurrence	MRDS
Poplar Springs Cassiterite Occurrence S Trib	Tin		Occurrence	MRDS
Powell Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Putman Mines	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Railroad Prospect	Mica		Occurrence	MRDS
Ralph Gold Mine	Mica	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Randall Mine	Mica	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Rhyne Prospect	Mica		Occurrence	MRDS
Rice Mine	Mica		Past Producer	MRDS
Ross Prospect		Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Ross Tin Prospect	Tin		Occurrence	MRDS
Royster Mine	Mica	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Rudasill Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
S A Green Mine	Mica	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
S J Green Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
S S Mauney Mine	Mica	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Sandy Run Cassiterite Occurrence E Trib	Tin		Occurrence	MRDS
Sandy Run Monazite Placer Nw-Tributary	Thorium		Past Producer	MRDS
Sandy Run Monazite Placer W Trib	Thorium		Past Producer	MRDS
Scism Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Shelby Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Shelby Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Shelby Pit / Grover Pit	Sand, Common	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Shelby Quarry	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Shelby Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Sherrill Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Shiloh Church Property		Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Shiloh Church Tin Occurrence	Tin, Lithium		Occurrence	MRDS
Shorty Prospect	Mica	Surface-Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Smith Cliff Sillimanite Deposit	Kyanite		Occurrence	MRDS
Stice Shoals Dam Granite Gneiss Quarry	Stone, Dimension		Past Producer	MRDS
Sugar Branch Cassiterite Occurrence	Tin		Occurrence	MRDS
Sweezy Mine	Mica	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
T A Beam Deposit	Mica		Occurrence	MRDS
T A Bridges Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
T C Stroud Prospects	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
T N Spangler Prospects	Mica	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
T.f. Fletcher Property		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Tom Cabaniss Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Beryl Occurrence	Gemstone, Beryllium		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Beryl Occurrence	Gemstone, Beryllium		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Beryl Occurrence	Gemstone, Beryllium		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Beryl Prospect	Beryllium, Gemstone		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Clay Pit Fl - 032	Brick Clay		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Corundum Occurrence Gl - 047			Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Corundum Prospect Gl - 046			Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Emerald Occurrence Gl - 032	Gemstone, Beryllium, Chromium		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Emerald Occurrence Gl - 033	Gemstone, Beryllium, Chromium		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Garnet Occurrence Gl - 034			Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Garnet Occurrence Gl - 043			Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Gold Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Gold Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Gold Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Gold Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Granite Quarry Gk-038	Granite		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Granite Quarry Gk-039	Granite		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Granite Quarry Gk-040	Granite		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Iron Ore Prospect Fl - 153	Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed King Mountain Tin Occurrences	Tin, Lithium		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Limestone Prospect Fl-034	Limestone, General		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Limestone Quarry Fl - 046	Limestone, General		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Limestone Quarry Fl - 047	Limestone, General		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Limestone Quarry Fl-035	Limestone, General		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Mica Prospect Fl - 058	Brick Clay		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Pegmatite Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Prospect 1,350 Feet North		Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Prospect 1,475 Feet S 47		Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Prospect 1,675 Feet S 60		Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Prospect 1,825 Feet South		Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Prospect 2,000 Feet S 55		Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Prospect 2,825 Feet S 10		Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Prospect 215 Feet West Of		Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Prospect 3,000 Feet S 64		Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Prospect 3,025 Feet S 3 E		Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Prospect 3,300 Feet Due S		Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Prospect 3,550 Feet From		Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Prospect 435 Feet Northea		Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Quartz Occurrence Gl - 029	Quartz		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Quartz Occurrence Gl - 030			Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Quartz Occurrence Gl - 035			Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Quartz Occurrence Gl - 036			Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Quartz Occurrence Gl - 037			Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Quartz Occurrence Gl - 038			Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Quartz Occurrence Gl - 039			Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Quartz Occurrence Gl - 041			Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Quartz Occurrence Gl - 041			Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Spodumene Prospect and Tin Occurrence	Lithium, Tin		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Tin Float Occurence		Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Tin Float Occurrence Fl-131	Tin		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Tin Occurrence Fl-139	Tin, Lithium		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Tin Occurrence Fl-142	Tin, Lithium		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Tin Occurrence Fl-143	Lithium, Tin		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Tin Occurrence Fl-144	Tin, Lithium		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Tin Occurrence Fl-147	Tin, Lithium		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Tin Prospect Fl-133	Lithium, Tin		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Tin Prospect Fl-136	Tin, Lithium		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Tin Prospect Fl-137	Tin, Lithium		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Tin Prospect Fl-141	Tin, Lithium		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Toluca Granite Quarry Gj-008	Granite		Past Producer	MRDS
Vess Cooke Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
W A Randall Deposit	Mica		Occurrence	MRDS
W H Fortenberry Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
W H Humphries Prospect	Mica	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
W H Wellman Prospects	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Wallace Mine	Mica	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Walter Davis Mine	Mica	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Wards Creek Sillimanite Deposit	Kyanite		Occurrence	MRDS
Weathers Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Webb Mine	Mica	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Wells Barite Property	Barium-Barite		Past Producer	MRDS
Wells Prospect	Barium-Barite	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Wf Gold Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Williamson Mine	Mica	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Woodrow Prospects	Mica	Surface-Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Wright Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Yancy Creek Cassiterite Occurrence	Tin		Occurrence	MRDS
Zoar Green Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS