Mines in Rutherford County, North Carolina

Rutherford County, North Carolina has 77 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 13 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is mica, with 24 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in Rutherford County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
Broad River Dredge	Sand, Common	Surface	Active	MSHA
Miller Creek Quarry and Mill	Crushed, Broken Granite	Surface	Active	MSHA
Alta Mine	Gold		Producer	MRDS
Broad River Dredge	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Ellwood Mine	Gold		Producer	MRDS
First Broad River Headwaters Gold Placers	Gold, REE		Producer	MRDS
Leeds Mine	Gold		Producer	MRDS
Miller Creek Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Mountain Creek Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Rutherford County Dredge No. 2	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Offshore	Producer	MRDS
Rutherford County Dredge and P	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Offshore	Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Mica Gneiss Quarries Hj-028	Stone		Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Stone Quarry Hk-004	Granite		Producer	MRDS
221 East Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
221 West Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Allen Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Banks Mine	Mica		Past Producer	MRDS
Bowen Branch Monazite Placer	Thorium		Past Producer	MRDS
Bracketts Creek Cassiterite Occurrence	Tin		Occurrence	MRDS
Cherry Mountain Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Dills Creek Cassiterite Occurrence E Trib	Tin		Occurrence	MRDS
Dills Creek Cassiterite Occurrence Se-Trib	Tin		Occurrence	MRDS
Doc Lovelace Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Dycus Mine	Mica	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Elman Williams Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Flack Mine	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Floyds Creek Cassiterite Occurrence Ne Trib	Tin		Occurrence	MRDS
Floyds Creek Cassiterite Occurrence Nw Trib	Tin		Occurrence	MRDS
Floyds Creek Cassiterite Occurrence W Trib	Tin		Occurrence	MRDS
Forest City Pit	Sand, Industrial NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Goodes Creek Cassiterite Occurrence Nw Trib	Tin		Occurrence	MRDS
Goodes Creek Cassiterite Occurrences Se Trib	Tin		Occurrence	MRDS
Henrietta Quarry	Crushed, Broken Granite	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Hinton Creek Monazite Placer Ssw Trib	Thorium		Past Producer	MRDS
Hinton Creek Monazite Placer Sw Trib	Thorium		Past Producer	MRDS
Hogpen Branch Cassiterite Occurrence	Tin		Occurrence	MRDS
Huckleberry Mountain Mine	Mica	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Isinglass Hill Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
J M Mayes Prospect	Mica	Underground	Prospect	MRDS
J Odom Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Jarretts Creek Cassiterite Occurrence Ne Trib	Tin		Occurrence	MRDS
Joe Lovelace Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Kay Mine	Mica	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Lake Lure			Occurrence	MRDS
Lake Lure Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Offshore	Past Producer	MRDS
Lax Stroud Mine	Mica	Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Lisenberry Mountain Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Lower East Trib Cassiterite Occurrence of Floyds Creek	Tin		Occurrence	MRDS
Lower Goodes Creek Cassiterite Occurrence	Tin		Occurrence	MRDS
Maurice Mine	Mica	Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
McDaniel Mine	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Miller Creek Quarry	Granite		Past Producer	MRDS
Mountain Creek Monazite Placer	Thorium		Past Producer	MRDS
P G McKinney Deposit	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Price Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Richardson Creek Cassiterite Occurrence	Tin		Occurrence	MRDS
Richardson Creek Cassiterite Occurrence W Trib	Tin		Occurrence	MRDS
Richardson Creek Cassiterite Occurrence W Trib	Tin		Occurrence	MRDS
Robinson Creek	Sand, Common	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Sandy Run Monazite Placer	Thorium		Past Producer	MRDS
Sandy Run Monazite Placer N Trib	Thorium		Past Producer	MRDS
Sandy Run Monazite Placer Ne Trib	Thorium		Past Producer	MRDS
Stony Creek Placer	Gold, REE		Past Producer	MRDS
Sunshine Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
T.t. Erwin Mine	REE, Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Thompson Branch Monazite Placer	Thorium		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Clay Pit	Clay		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Sand Pits	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Upper Goodes Creek Cassiterite Occurrence	Tin		Occurrence	MRDS
Vinsant Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
W H Bailey Deposit	Mica		Occurrence	MRDS
W H Marville Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
W T Wilkins Prospect	Mica		Prospect	MRDS
Walter Barnes Deposit	Mica		Occurrence	MRDS
West Branch Monazite Placer E Trib	Thorium		Past Producer	MRDS
Youngs Mtn Deposit	Kyanite		Occurrence	MRDS