Abandoned Mines in South Carolina

668Abandoned & Historical

Abandoned Mining in South Carolina

Federal databases record 668 abandoned, sealed, and historically closed mine locations in South Carolina. These include mines officially abandoned under MSHA oversight and past producers documented in the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Abandoned mines are a legacy of centuries of mineral extraction and can pose ongoing environmental and safety concerns for nearby communities.

Safety Warning: Abandoned mines are extremely dangerous. Hazards include cave-ins, toxic gases, flooded shafts, unstable ground, and hidden vertical drops. Never enter an abandoned mine. Many are on private property. If you discover an unsecured abandoned mine, report it to your state mining agency.

Top Counties

County	Abandoned/Historical
Aiken County	65
Cherokee County	54
York County	49
Lancaster County	44
Spartanburg County	37
Chesterfield County	36
Laurens County	33
Richland County	32
Lexington County	28
Greenville County	20
Kershaw County	20
Fairfield County	19
Dorchester County	18
Berkeley County	14
Anderson County	13
Colleton County	13
Marlboro County	13
McCormick County	13
Union County	13
Charleston County	12

Abandoned Mine Sites

Mine	County	Commodity	Status	Source
17 South Pit(jacksonboro Rd Mine)	Charleston	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	MRDS
Acd Mine	Berkeley	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Abercrombie Mine	Laurens	Vermiculite	Past Producer	MRDS
Abernathy and Kehaya/dorn Mine	McCormick		Past Producer	MRDS
Abney Clay Pit	Saluda	Clay	Past Producer	MRDS
Adolphus Hite Kaolin Pit	Lexington	Clay	Past Producer	MRDS
Aiken County Deposit	Aiken	REE	Past Producer	MRDS
Aiken County Mine Number 1	Aiken	Clay	Past Producer	MRDS
Aiken County Mine Number 2	Aiken	Clay	Past Producer	MRDS
Aiken County Mine Number 3	Aiken	Clay	Past Producer	MRDS
Aiken County Pit East	Aiken	Clay	Past Producer	MRDS
Aiken County Pit West	Aiken	Clay	Past Producer	MRDS
Alice Mine	Horry	Limestone, General	Past Producer	MRDS
Allen #1 Mine	Spartanburg	Vermiculite	Past Producer	MRDS
American Vermiculite #1 Pit	Laurens	Vermiculite	Past Producer	MRDS
Anderson Quarry	Fairfield	Granite, Stone, Dimension	Past Producer	MRDS
Arrowwood Mine	York	Gold	Past Producer	MRDS
Ashe Mine	York	Clay	Past Producer	MRDS
Asphalt Products Pit No. 7	Marion	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	MRDS
Broad River Mine	Cherokee	Common Clays NEC	Abandoned	MSHA
Brown # 2	Spartanburg	Vermiculite	Abandoned	MSHA
Brown Sand Mine No. 2	Union	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Banks Sand Pit	Charleston	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	MRDS
Bar Kat Mine	Cherokee	Gold	Past Producer	MRDS
Barite Hill	McCormick	Gold	Past Producer	MRDS
Barite Hill	McCormick	Gold, Barium-Barite	Past Producer	MRDS
Barnett Mine	York	Gold	Past Producer	MRDS
Barnett Mine	York	Gold	Past Producer	MRDS
Barringer Sand	Chesterfield	Sand, Common	Abandoned	MSHA
Bass Quarry	Berkeley	Limestone, Dimension	Past Producer	MRDS
Bear Bluff Materials	Horry	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Becker Sand and Gravel Co., Div. Of	Dorchester	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	MRDS
Bees Creek Mine	Jasper	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Belk Mine	Lancaster	Gold	Past Producer	MRDS
Belk Mine	Lancaster	Gold	Past Producer	MRDS
Ben Martin Mine	Anderson	Mica	Past Producer	MRDS
Ben Martin Mine	Anderson	Mica	Past Producer	MRDS
Blackmon Mine	Lancaster	Gold	Past Producer	MRDS
Blacksburg Mine	Cherokee	Sand, Common	Abandoned	MSHA
Blacksburg Quarry	Cherokee	Marble, Dimension	Past Producer	MRDS
Blake Plateau/charlston Bump		Phosphorus-Phosphates	Past Producer	MRDS
Bledsoe Mine	Lexington	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Blenhein Block Gravel Pit	Marlboro	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	MRDS
Bluff Road Mine	Richland	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	MRDS
Bogan Mine	Union	Gold	Past Producer	MRDS
Bolin Mine	Cherokee	Gold	Past Producer	MRDS
Boling Mine	Greenville	Mica	Past Producer	MRDS
Boling Mine	Greenville	Mica	Past Producer	MRDS
Bradley Mine	Greenwood	Gold	Past Producer	MRDS
Branchville #1 Mine	Orangeburg	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	MRDS
Branham Mine	Richland	Clay	Past Producer	MRDS
Brassington Mine	Lancaster	Gold	Past Producer	MRDS
Brick Plant No. 2	Richland	Clay	Past Producer	MRDS
Brick Plant No. 4	Richland	Clay	Past Producer	MRDS
Brittons Neck #2 Mine	Marion	Sand, Industrial NEC	Abandoned	MSHA
Broad River Pit North	Cherokee	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	MRDS
Broad River Pit South	Cherokee	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	MRDS
Broad River Sericite Mines	Cherokee	Mica	Past Producer	MRDS
Broad River Shale	Richland	Clay	Past Producer	MRDS
Brodie Kaolin Mine	Aiken	Clay	Past Producer	MRDS
Brothers Belk	Lancaster	Gold	Past Producer	MRDS
Brown Mine	York	Gold	Past Producer	MRDS
Brown Mine East	Spartanburg	Vermiculite	Past Producer	MRDS
Brown Mine West	Spartanburg	Vermiculite	Past Producer	MRDS
Brown Pit	Laurens	Vermiculite	Past Producer	MRDS
Browns Quarry	Newberry	Granite, Stone, Dimension	Past Producer	MRDS
Brownsville Mine	Marlboro	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	MRDS
Brownsville Mine	Marlboro	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	MRDS
Brownswood Mine	Charleston	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	MRDS
Brownville Plant	Marlboro	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	MRDS
Buffalo Creek Mine	Cherokee	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	MRDS
Burgess Mine	Anderson	Mica	Past Producer	MRDS
Burgess Mine	Anderson	Mica	Past Producer	MRDS
Burns-Nelson Mine	Laurens	Vermiculite	Past Producer	MRDS
Butler Prospect	McCormick	Barium-Barite, Gold	Past Producer	MRDS
Corley	Lexington	Common Clays NEC	Abandoned	MSHA
Caesar's Head Mine	Greenville	Mica	Past Producer	MRDS
Calais and Douglas Mine	Abbeville	Gold	Past Producer	MRDS
Calais and Douglas Mine	Abbeville	Gold	Past Producer	MRDS
Calhoun Placer	Pickens	Gold	Past Producer	MRDS
Canal Mine	Spartanburg	Vermiculite	Past Producer	MRDS
Candy Branch	Abbeville	Gold Ore	Abandoned	MSHA
Carolina Ceramics Shale Pit	Richland	Clay	Past Producer	MRDS
Carolina Mahogany No.1	Lancaster	Granite, Stone, Dimension	Past Producer	MRDS
Carolina Mahogany Quarry	Kershaw	Granite	Past Producer	MRDS
Carroll Mine	Cherokee	Clay	Past Producer	MRDS
Carroll and Ross Mine	York	Gold	Past Producer	MRDS
Cash Plant	Chesterfield	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	MRDS
Casparis Stone Quarry	Lexington	Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer	MRDS
Cassady Mine	York	Gold	Past Producer	MRDS
Cedar Creek Mine	Richland	Gold	Past Producer	MRDS
Chaingang Kaolin Mine	Aiken	Clay	Past Producer	MRDS
Chaplan Landing Mine	Charleston	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	MRDS
Chapman Sand Plant #6 & #7	Spartanburg	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Charleston Region Deposit	Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester	Phosphorus-Phosphates	Past Producer	MRDS
Cheraw Pit East	Chesterfield	Clay	Past Producer	MRDS
Cheraw Pit West	Chesterfield	Clay	Past Producer	MRDS
Chesterfield Pit	Chesterfield	Clay	Past Producer	MRDS
Chesterfield Pit	Chesterfield	Clay	Past Producer	MRDS
Chesterfield Pit	Chesterfield	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	MRDS

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