Mines in McDowell County, North Carolina

McDowell County, North Carolina has 80 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 30 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is sand and gravel, construction, with 21 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in McDowell County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
H&b Mine	Dimension Stone NEC	Surface	Active	MSHA
Honeycutt Mine	Dimension Sandstone	Surface	Active	MSHA
Midnight Blue	Dimension Stone NEC	Surface	Active	MSHA
No 1 Mine	Dimension Stone NEC	Surface	Active	MSHA
South McDowell Quarry	Crushed, Broken Granite	Surface	Active	MSHA
Woodlawn Quarry	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Surface	Active	MSHA
211 Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
226 Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Alexander Branch Placer	Gold, REE		Producer	MRDS
Banks Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Burnette Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Cane Creek Placer	Gold, REE		Producer	MRDS
Cannon Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Greenlee Pit Number 2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Greenlee Pit Number 3	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
High Shoals and South Muddy Creeks Gold Placer Belt	Gold, REE		Producer	MRDS
Hoppers Creek Placer	Gold, REE		Producer	MRDS
Katy Creek Placer	Gold, REE		Producer	MRDS
Long Branch Placer	Gold, REE		Producer	MRDS
Marion Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
McCormick Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Old Fort Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Phillips Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Second Broad River Placer	Gold, REE		Producer	MRDS
South Muddy Creek Headwater Placer	Gold, REE		Producer	MRDS
South Muddy Creek Lower Course Placer	Gold, REE		Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Mica Mine Hi-029	Mica		Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Mica Mine Hi-030	Mica		Producer	MRDS
Vein Mountain Mine	Gold		Producer	MRDS
Waltons-Neighbors and Caleb Branch Placers	Gold, REE		Producer	MRDS
Armstrong Creek			Occurrence	MRDS
Banks Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Biddix Prospect	Copper	Surface	Prospect	MRDS
Black Rock Mine	Dimension Stone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Blue Ridge Mine/hicks Chapel	Dimension Stone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Bowman Quarry	Flagstone	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
C F Mining	Dimension Stone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Cannon Mine	Dimension Sandstone	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Cannon Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Cannon Road Mine	Soapstone, Crushed Dimension	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Canyon	Dimension Stone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Carolina Rose Quarry	Dimension Stone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Clinchfield Lime Quarry	Dolomite		Past Producer	MRDS
Dolomite Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Dove Gray	Dimension Sandstone	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Dove Gray Quarry	Dimension Sandstone	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Dove Gray Quarry #2	Dimension Stone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
E.p. Boyd Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
E.p. Boyd Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Gneiss Quarry	Granite	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Great Acres	Dimension Stone NEC	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Greenlee Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Greenlee Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Greenlee Pit Number 1	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Greenlee Pit Number 1	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Greenlee Pit Number 2	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Greenlee Pit Number 3	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Gruen No. 1 Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Hankins Quarry	Dimension Sandstone	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Huntsville Branch Placer	Gold, REE		Past Producer	MRDS
Marion Bullion Placer	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Marion Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Marion Pit	Crushed, Broken Granite	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Mathews Quarry	Dimension Stone NEC	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Midnight Blue	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Mojave Mine	Dimension Stone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Mountain Cabin	Dimension Stone NEC	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
Nick Waycaster Stone Co.	Dimension Stone NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Norman Mine	Dimension Stone NEC	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
North Cove	Manganese		Past Producer	MRDS
North Cove Manganese Prospect		Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
North Cove Prospect	Zinc, Copper		Occurrence	MRDS
Old Fort Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Phillips Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Pisgah	Dimension Stone NEC	Surface	Intermittent	MSHA
South Muddy Creek Prospect	Titanium		Unknown	MRDS
Unnamed Galena Occurrence Hi-026	Lead		Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Manganese Prospect Hi-027	Manganese		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Zinc Prospect	Zinc		Occurrence	MRDS
Zinc Prospect	Zinc		Prospect	MRDS