Mines in Transylvania County, North Carolina

Transylvania County, North Carolina has 28 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 5 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is asbestos, with 10 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in Transylvania County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
Penrose Quarry	Crushed, Broken Granite	Surface	Active	MSHA
Whitewater Quarry	Crushed, Broken Granite	Surface	Active	MSHA
Brevard Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Penrose Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Whitewater Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Bee Tree No. 1 Mine	Mica	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Brevard			Occurrence	MRDS
Brevard Deposit		Surface-Underground	Past Producer	MRDS
Burnt Rock Mine	Vermiculite, Corundum	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Chestnut Ridge Mine	Mica	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Farlow Gap Mine	Mica	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
J H Picklesimer Prospect	Molybdenum		Prospect	MRDS
Jennings No. 1 Asbestos Mine	Asbestos		Past Producer	MRDS
Jennings No. 1 Asbestos Mine	Asbestos		Past Producer	MRDS
Kilpatrick Asbestos Mine	Asbestos		Past Producer	MRDS
Kilpatrick Asbestos Mine	Asbestos		Past Producer	MRDS
Lobdell Property	Manganese		Past Producer	MRDS
Miller Asbestos Mine	Asbestos		Past Producer	MRDS
Miller Asbestos Mine	Asbestos		Past Producer	MRDS
Oakland Asbestos Mine	Asbestos		Past Producer	MRDS
Oakland Asbestos Mine	Asbestos		Past Producer	MRDS
Penrose Quarry	Granite		Past Producer	MRDS
Rosman			Occurrence	MRDS
Socrates Corundum Mine	Corundum		Past Producer	MRDS
Walnut Cove Creek Mine	Asbestos		Past Producer	MRDS
Walnut Cove Creek Mine	Asbestos		Past Producer	MRDS
West Fork No. 1			Occurrence	MRDS
West Fork No. 2			Occurrence	MRDS