Mines in New Hanover County, North Carolina

25Total

12Active

New Hanover County, North Carolina has 25 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 12 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is sand and gravel, construction, with 10 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in New Hanover County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
421 Sand	Sand, Industrial NEC	Surface	Active	MSHA
Castle Hayne Quarry	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Surface	Active	MSHA
New Hanover County Pits	Sand, Common	Surface	Active	MSHA
A. D. Royal Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Armstrong Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Castle Hayne Mill	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Processing Plant	Producer	MRDS
Castle Hayne Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Castle Hayne Quarry Ideal Basic	Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Davis Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Edwards Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Lennon Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Webb Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
A.d. Royal Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Allied-Kennecott Titanium Corp.			Occurrence	MRDS
Cameron Pit	Sand, Common	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Castle Hayne Quarry	Limestone, General		Past Producer	MRDS
Castle Hayne Quarry	Limestone, General, Clay		Past Producer	MRDS
Davis Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Diamond Shamrock,castle Hyne Plant	Chromium	Processing Plant	Unknown	MRDS
New Hanover			Occurrence	MRDS
New Hanover County Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
River Road Sand Mine	Sand, Common	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Uss Agri-Chemical Corp/willmington	Fluorine-Fluorite	Processing Plant	Unknown	MRDS
Wilmington Mines	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Wilmington Sand	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA