Mines in Gaston County, North Carolina

Gaston County, North Carolina has 184 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 16 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is sand and gravel, construction, with 24 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in Gaston County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
Bessemer City Quarry	Crushed, Broken Granite	Surface	Active	MSHA
Bessemer City Operations	Lithium	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Bessemer City Quarry & Plant	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Charlotte Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Cramerton Sand Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Gaston Cnty Dredge	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Hallman-Beam Mill	Lithium	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Hallman-Beam Mine	Lithium	Surface	Producer	MRDS
High Shoals Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Huffman Bean Mine	Lithium		Producer	MRDS
Murphy-Houser Spodumene Deposit	Lithium		Producer	MRDS
River Sand Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Sand Pit Number 20	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Gold Mine	Gold		Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Gold Mine and Placer	Gold		Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Stone Quarry Fk-045	Stone		Producer	MRDS
All Healing Springs Northern Barite Prospect	Barium-Barite		Occurrence	MRDS
All Healing Springs Prospect	Barium-Barite	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
All Healing Springs Southern Barite Prospect	Barium-Barite		Occurrence	MRDS
Allen Prospect		Surface-Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Allen and Baldwin Tin Prospects	Tin, Lithium		Occurrence	MRDS
Barite Mine	Barium-Barite		Past Producer	MRDS
Bessemer City	Lithium, Feldspar, Mica, Beryllium		Prospect	MRDS
Bessemer City Quarry	Granite		Past Producer	MRDS
Big Bess Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Boyce Foy and Julia Ann Starnes Mn Occurrence			Occurrence	MRDS
Boyce Foy and Julia Ann Starnes P			Occurrence	MRDS
Burrell Mine and Placer	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Carpenter and Hastings Tin Mine	Tin, Lithium		Past Producer	MRDS
Charles Falls Manganese Occurrence			Occurrence	MRDS
Charles Falls Property			Occurrence	MRDS
Chimney Barite Place Main Shaft	Barium-Barite		Past Producer	MRDS
Chimney Barite Place Northern Workings	Barium-Barite		Past Producer	MRDS
Chimney Barite Place Southern Workings	Barium-Barite		Past Producer	MRDS
Chimney Place Prospect	Barium-Barite	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Claude Beam Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Clubb Mountain Kyanite Prospects			Occurrence	MRDS
Cole Farm Property		Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Cole Farm Tin Occurrence	Tin, Lithium		Occurrence	MRDS
Costner Mine	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Costner Ore Bank Iron Mine	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Craig Barite Property Northern Workings	Barium-Barite		Past Producer	MRDS
Craig Barite Property Southern Workings	Barium-Barite		Past Producer	MRDS
Craig Prospect	Barium-Barite	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Crowder Mountain Prospects	Iron		Prospect	MRDS
Crowder's Mountain Mine	Copper, Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Crowders Mountain Iron Prospect	Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
Crowders Mountain Kyanite Prospects	Kyanite, Quartz		Occurrence	MRDS
Crowders Mtn Deposit	Kyanite		Occurrence	MRDS
Derr Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Duffie Mine	Gold, Silver, Copper		Past Producer	MRDS
E R Self Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
E. A. Berry Property		Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
E. A. Berry Tin Prospect	Tin, Lithium		Occurrence	MRDS
Ellison Mine	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Ellison Ore Bank Mine	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Farrar Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Ferguson Iron Mine	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Ferguson Mine	Iron	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Fred Mauney and Gus Clark Farms P		Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Froneberger		Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Fulenwider Mine	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Fulenwider Ore Bank Mine	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
G. Cloninger and O. Mason Propert			Occurrence	MRDS
Gaston County Mines	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Gaston County Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gaston County Pegmatite	Niobium (Columbium)		Unknown	MRDS
Gastonia Area-A	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
George Cloninger and Oscar Mason Prospects	Manganese, Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
Hallman-Beam Mine	Lithium		Past Producer	MRDS
Holland Prospect		Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Holland Tin Prospect	Tin, Lithium		Occurrence	MRDS
Huskins Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
J. A. Ormond Property		Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
J. A. Ormond Tin Prospect	Tin, Lithium		Occurrence	MRDS
J. C. Horton Shaft		Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
J. C. Horton Tin Mine	Tin, Lithium		Past Producer	MRDS
J.e. Fletcher Mine		Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
J.m.l. Carpenter-Paul Hastings Pr		Surface-Underground	Prospect	MRDS
J.w.whitesides Prospect		Surface-Underground	Prospect	MRDS
James Adams Manganese Occurrence			Occurrence	MRDS
James Adams Property			Occurrence	MRDS
John E. Jenkins Quarry	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
John Plonk Farm Property		Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
John Plonk Farm Tin Occurrence	Tin, Lithium		Occurrence	MRDS
Jones Tin Mine	Tin, Lithium		Past Producer	MRDS
Jones Tin Mine		Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Julia Weathers Property		Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Julia Weathers Tin Occurrence	Tin, Lithium		Occurrence	MRDS
Kizer-Mauney Farm Property		Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Kizer-Mauney Tin Occurrence	Tin, Lithium		Occurrence	MRDS
Knox Sillimanite Deposit	Kyanite		Occurrence	MRDS
L. A. Wolff Manganese Occurrence			Occurrence	MRDS
L.a. Wolfe Property		Surface	Occurrence	MRDS
Lawton Barite Property Mid-Southern Workings	Barium-Barite		Past Producer	MRDS
Lawton Barite Property Northern Shaft	Barium-Barite		Past Producer	MRDS
Lawton Barite Property Northern Workings	Barium-Barite		Past Producer	MRDS
Lawton Barite Property Southern Shaft	Barium-Barite		Past Producer	MRDS
Lawton Barite Property Southern Workings	Barium-Barite		Past Producer	MRDS
Lawton Prospect	Barium-Barite	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Lithium Mine	Lithium		Past Producer	MRDS
Little Mountain Mine	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Long Creek Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Long Creek Mine	Lead	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
M. Ormond Farm Property		Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
M. Ormond Farm Tin Occurrence	Tin, Lithium		Occurrence	MRDS
M. V. Hovis Prospect		Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
M. V. Hovis Tin Prospect	Tin, Lithium		Occurrence	MRDS
Manganese Outcrop Occurrence	Manganese, Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
Manganese Outcrop Occurrence	Manganese, Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
Manganese Outcrop Occurrence	Manganese, Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
Manganese Schist Outcrop	Manganese, Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
Manganese Schist Outcrop	Manganese, Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
Manganese Schist Outcrop	Manganese, Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
Manganese Schist Outcrop	Manganese, Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
Mauney and Clark Tin Occurrences	Lithium, Tin		Occurrence	MRDS
McLean Deposit	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Metcalf Prospect		Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Metcalf Tin Prospect	Lithium, Tin		Occurrence	MRDS
Mountain Ore Bank Mine	Iron, Manganese		Past Producer	MRDS
Oliver Mine	Gold, Lead		Past Producer	MRDS
Oliver Mine	Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Ormond Ore Bank Mine	Iron, Manganese		Past Producer	MRDS
Ormond-Carr Prospect		Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Ormond-Carr Tin Prospect	Tin, Lithium		Occurrence	MRDS
Patterson Mine	Gold, Copper		Past Producer	MRDS
Pink Wright Property		Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Pink Wright Tin Occurrence	Tin, Lithium		Occurrence	MRDS
Ramseur Mill Prospect		Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Ramseur Tin Prospect	Tin, Lithium		Occurrence	MRDS
Rea-Gaston County Mines	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Rhodes Mine	Gold, Lead		Past Producer	MRDS
Rhyne Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Robinson Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Ryan-Purcley Sillimanite Deposit	Kyanite		Occurrence	MRDS
S E Peeler Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Sand Pit Number 18	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Sand Pit Number 19	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Sand Pit Number 2	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Sand Pit Number 2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Sand Pit Number 20	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Sand Pit Number 26	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Sand Pit Number 26	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Sand Pit Number 27	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Sand Pit Number 27	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Sand Pit Pit Number 19	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Sand Pits Numbers 13 and 14	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Sand Pits Numbers 13 and 14	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Sand Pits Numbers 9, 12, and 16	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Sand Pits Numbers 9, 12, and 16	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Seaman Prospect		Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Seaman Tin Prospect	Tin, Lithium		Occurrence	MRDS
Shelton Deposit	Kyanite		Occurrence	MRDS
Shelton Kyanite Property			Occurrence	MRDS
Spencer Mountain Kyanite Occurrence			Occurrence	MRDS
Spencer Mountain Quartzite Quarry	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Spencer Mtn Occurrence	Lithium		Occurrence	MRDS
T. F. Fletcher, Manganese Prospect			Occurrence	MRDS
T. S. Hastings Mine	Tin, Lithium		Past Producer	MRDS
T.s. Hastings Property		Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
The Pinnacle Deposit	Kyanite		Occurrence	MRDS
The Pinnacle Kyanite Prospects			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 Prospect	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Gold Prospect	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Iron Ore Prospect Fl - 003			Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Manganese Outcrop Fk - 043			Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Property 1550 Ft N70w Fro		Surface-Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Prospect 2225 Ft N70w Of		Surface-Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Prospect In Vicinity of J		Surface-Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Tin Occurrence Fk-006	Tin, Lithium		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Tin Occurrences	Tin, Lithium		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Tin Occurrences Fk-012	Tin, Lithium		Occurrence	MRDS
Walter and Gerard Manganese Mine	Manganese		Past Producer	MRDS
Walter and Gerard Pesaur Property		Surface-Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Whitesides and Kizer Mines	Lithium, Tin		Past Producer	MRDS
Will Knox Sillimanite Property			Occurrence	MRDS
Yellow Ridge Mine	Iron	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Yellow Ridge Ore Bank Mine	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS