Mines in Dorchester County, South Carolina

Dorchester County, South Carolina has 48 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 14 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is sand and gravel, construction, with 14 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in Dorchester County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
1080 Summers Drive South	Sand, Common	Surface	Active	MSHA
Diamond Mine #3	Ground Silica	Surface	Active	MSHA
Giant Cement Company	Cement	Facility	Active	MSHA
Harleyville Mine & Plant	Cement	Facility	Active	MSHA
Evergreen Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Evergreen Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Producer	MRDS
Giant Portland Marl Pit(harleyville Mine)	Clay, Cement Rock		Producer	MRDS
Gifford Hill Marl Pit(harleyville Quarry)	Limestone, General, Cement Rock		Producer	MRDS
Harleyville Quarry & Cement Plant	Limestone, General	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Harleyville Quarry & Cement Plant	Limestone, General	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Hilton Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Producer	MRDS
Murray Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Offshore	Producer	MRDS
Murray Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Producer	MRDS
Salisbury Mine	Clay	Surface	Producer	MRDS
2021 Rubble Master Impact Crusher	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Temporarily Idled	MSHA
Becker Sand and Gravel Co., Div. Of	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Offshore	Past Producer	MRDS
Big Oak Mine	Sand		Unknown	MRDS
Coastal Mining Company Inc	Sand, Common	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Diam Mine #3	Sand, Common	Surface	Temporarily Idled	MSHA
Dorchester County Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Processing Plant	Past Producer	MRDS
Dorchester Dirt Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Dorchester Mine East	Clay		Unknown	MRDS
Dorchester Mine East	Clay	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Dorchester Mine West	Clay		Unknown	MRDS
Dorchester Mine West	Clay	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Egeria Dirt Pit	Sand, Industrial NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Edisto Oaks	Sand, Common	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Fishburne Creek Mine	Sand		Unknown	MRDS
Giant Clay Pit	Clay		Unknown	MRDS
Gruber Mine	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Harleyville Quarry	Limestone, General		Unknown	MRDS
J.f. Cleckey Mine7	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Unknown	MRDS
Janet Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Knightsville Mine	Clay		Unknown	MRDS
Knightsville Mine	Clay	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Lindstedt Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Middleton Site	Sand, Common	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Newington Mine & Mill	Clay	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Newington Pit	Clay		Unknown	MRDS
Reeves-Edisto	Sand		Unknown	MRDS
Reeves-Edisto	Sand		Unknown	MRDS
Salisbury Brick Mine	Clay		Unknown	MRDS
Sandhill Pit / Ridgeville Pit	Clay, Ceramic, Refractory Mnls.	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Sandpit Road Mine	Sand		Unknown	MRDS
Santee Sand Co. Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Shoofly Mine	Sand, Industrial NEC	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Summerville Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Unknown	MRDS