Mines in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

Mecklenburg County, North Carolina has 100 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 19 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is gold, with 55 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in Mecklenburg County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
Arrowood	Crushed, Broken Granite	Surface	Active	MSHA
Charlotte Quarry	Crushed, Broken Granite	Surface	Active	MSHA
Clear Creek Quarry	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Active	MSHA
Mallard Creek Quarry	Crushed, Broken Granite	Surface	Active	MSHA
Matthews Quarry	Crushed, Broken Granite	Surface	Active	MSHA
Pineville	Crushed, Broken Granite	Surface	Active	MSHA
Arrowood Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken		Producer	MRDS
Arrowood Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Charlotte Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken		Producer	MRDS
Charlotte Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Davidson Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Matthews Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken		Producer	MRDS
Matthews Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Mecklenburgh County Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Pineville Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken		Producer	MRDS
Pineville Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Pinewood Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken		Producer	MRDS
Sand Pit Number 28	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Sand Pit Number 30	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
A. J. Wilson Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Alexander Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Arlington Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Beaver Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Black Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Bradford and Ellington Mines	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Brawley Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Capps Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Cathey Mine	Gold, Copper		Past Producer	MRDS
Cathey Mine		Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Chapman Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Clark Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Dan Milton Moly Occurrence	Molybdenum		Occurrence	MRDS
Davidson Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Dunn Mine	Gold, Copper		Past Producer	MRDS
Elliotte Brothers Prospects	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Ferguson Hill Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Ferris Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Florida Steel/ Charlotte, N.c.	Iron	Processing Plant	Unknown	MRDS
Frank Wilson Prospect	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
G.c. Cathey Mine	Gold, Copper		Past Producer	MRDS
General Electric/ Wilmington, N.c.	Thorium	Processing Plant	Unknown	MRDS
Gibson Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Henderson Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Hopewell Mine	Gold, Copper		Past Producer	MRDS
Hovey Prospect	Gold		Occurrence	MRDS
Howell Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Hunter Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Isenhour Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
John P. Hunter Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
John P. Hunter Mine, Elwood Vein	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Kearns Copper Mine		Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Lt106-003	Crushed, Broken Granite	Surface	Temporarily Idled	MSHA
McCorkle Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
McDonald Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
McGinn Mine	Gold, Copper		Past Producer	MRDS
McLeary Mine		Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Means Mine	Gold, Copper		Past Producer	MRDS
Neal Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Parks Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Point Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Poplin Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Prison Camp Quarry	Granite		Past Producer	MRDS
Ray Mine	Copper, Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Ray Mine		Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Rudisil Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Sand Pit Number 28	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Sand Pit Number 30	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Shaffer Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Simpson Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Sloan Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Smith and Palmer Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
St. Catherine Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Stephen Wilson Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Surface Hill Mine	Gold	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Taylor Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Todd Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Tom Ferris Mine		Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Tredinick Mine	Gold, Copper		Past Producer	MRDS
Trotter 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 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 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 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 Dk-023	Granite		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Gravel Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Gravel Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Hematite Occurrence			Occurrence	MRDS
Unnamed Stone Quarry Ck-018	Stone		Past Producer	MRDS
Willard Lead/ Charlotte, N.c.	Lead	Processing Plant	Past Producer	MRDS