Mines in Lincoln County, North Carolina

Lincoln County, North Carolina has 81 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 mica, with 29 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in Lincoln County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
Denver Quarry	Crushed, Broken Granite	Surface	Active	MSHA
Lake Norman Quarry	Crushed, Broken Granite	Surface	Active	MSHA
Indian Creek Deposit	Lithium		Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Quartz Monzonite Quarry Ej-022	Stone, Dimension		Producer	MRDS
Abandoned Granite Quarry	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Bailey Place Iron Mine	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Bangle Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Baxter East Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Beam Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Bess Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Big Ore Bank	Iron	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Big Ore Bank Mine	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Biggerstaff Mine	Mica	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Brevard Mine	Iron	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Brevard Ore Bank Mine	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Burton Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
C D Dillinger Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Carl Harrelson Mine	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Cephas Quickel Iron Mine	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Clubb Mtn Deposit	Kyanite		Occurrence	MRDS
D C Heavner Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
David Lackaye Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Dennard Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Doris Eaker Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Ernest Brown Mine	Mica	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Finger Limestone Quarry	Limestone, High Calcium		Past Producer	MRDS
Frank Baxter Mine	Mica	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Graham Mine	Gold, Copper		Past Producer	MRDS
Hallman Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Henry Shaft		Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Henry Tin Mine Shaft	Lithium, Tin		Past Producer	MRDS
Hoke Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Hull Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
I K Wilson Prospect	Mica	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Iron Station Pits	Iron	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
J B Peeler Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
J G Leatherman Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
J M Beam Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
J. E. Gates Property		Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
J. E. Gates Tin Occurrence	Tin, Lithium		Occurrence	MRDS
J. Mostellar Property		Surface-Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
J. Mostellar Tin Mine Cut	Tin, Lithium		Past Producer	MRDS
Jack Baxter Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Ka-Mi Tin Mine Property	Tin, Lithium		Past Producer	MRDS
Ka-Mi-Tin Concentrating Company		Surface-Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Keener Limestone Quarry	Limestone, High Calcium		Past Producer	MRDS
Lawson Bess Prospect	Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
Lincoln County Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Lincoln County Pegmatite	Tantalum		Unknown	MRDS
Lincoln Mine	Mica	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Link-Benedict Mine	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Machpelah Ch Sillimanite Occurrence	Kyanite		Occurrence	MRDS
Machpelah Church Sillimanite Occurrence			Occurrence	MRDS
Major W. A. Graham Iron Prospect	Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
McClure's Knob Iron Occurrence	Iron		Occurrence	MRDS
McGinnis Brothers Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Old Well Shaft		Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Old Well Tin Mine Shaft	Tin, Lithium		Past Producer	MRDS
P. F. Baxter Workings	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Pink Leatherman Mine	Mica	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Plato Houser Mine	Mica	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Plato Houser No. 2 Mine	Mica	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Reese Mountain Sillimanite Occurrence			Occurrence	MRDS
Reese Mtn Sillimanite Deposit	Kyanite		Occurrence	MRDS
Robinson Ore Bank Mine	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
S. T. Carpenter Tin Prospect	Tin, Lithium		Occurrence	MRDS
S.t. Carpenter Property		Surface-Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Shidal Prospect	Mica	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Shull Mine	Mica	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Stonewall Bank	Iron	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Stonewall Ore Bank Mine	Iron		Past Producer	MRDS
Swamp Shaft Number One		Underground	Prospect	MRDS
Unnamed Gneiss Quarry Ej-023	Granite		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Magnetite Occurrence			Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Property 0.3 Mile South O		Underground	Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Tin Mine Shaft	Tin, Lithium		Past Producer	MRDS
Upper Mostellar Cut		Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Upper Mostellar Mine Cut	Lithium, Tin		Past Producer	MRDS
W A Thompson Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
W L C Foster Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Wehunt Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS