Mines in Charleston County, South Carolina

43Total

10Active

Charleston County, South Carolina has 43 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 10 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is sand and gravel, construction, with 28 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in Charleston County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
Charleston Ship Yard	Crushed, Broken Granite	Facility	Active	MSHA
Brinson Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Charleston County Mine	REE		Producer	MRDS
Cross Creek Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Edmondson Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Island Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Land Associates Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Shell Point (mt. Pleasant Pit)	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Producer	MRDS
Truluck Pit North	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Ware Brothers Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
(Facility) Charleston Smelter	Chromium	Processing Plant	Plant	MRDS
17 South Pit(jacksonboro Rd Mine)	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Airco Alloys	Iron	Processing Plant	Unknown	MRDS
Banks Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Unknown	MRDS
Banks Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Brinson Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay		Unknown	MRDS
Brownswood Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Chaplan Landing Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Chaplin Landing Fill Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Unknown	MRDS
Cleckley Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Unknown	MRDS
East Copper #1	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Edisto Island Quadrangle	Titanium, Zirconium, Iron		Unknown	MRDS
Edmondson Hauling Pit 1	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Edmondson Hauling Pit 2	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Unknown	MRDS
Folly Beach	Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium		Unknown	MRDS
Fort Moultrie Quadrangle	Zirconium, Titanium, Iron, Thorium		Unknown	MRDS
Island Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay		Unknown	MRDS
Isle of Palms (area 1)	Iron, Titanium, Zirconium		Unknown	MRDS
Isle of Palms (area 2)	Iron, Titanium, Thorium		Unknown	MRDS
Land Associates Mine # 1	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Land Associates Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay		Unknown	MRDS
Mt Pleasant Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Murraywood Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
North Charleston Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Processing Plant	Plant	MRDS
R & L Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Ravenels Quadrangle	Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium		Unknown	MRDS
Sewee Bay Quadrangle	Titanium, Iron, Zirconium		Unknown	MRDS
Truluck Pit North	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Unknown	MRDS
Truluck Pit South	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Unknown	MRDS
Truluck Pit South	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Wadmalaw	Iron, Thorium, Zirconium, Titanium		Unknown	MRDS
Ware Brothers Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Unknown	MRDS
Yaupon Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS