Mines in Richland County, South Carolina

Richland County, South Carolina has 69 mine and mineral deposit locations documented in federal records from the USGS and MSHA. 19 of these are currently active mining operations. The most commonly recorded commodity is clay, with 36 sites. The table below lists all recorded mines in the county with links to individual site details.

All Mines in Richland County

Mine	Commodity	Type	Status	Source
Columbia Quarry	Crushed, Broken Granite	Surface	Active	MSHA
Dreyfus Quarry	Crushed, Broken Granite	Surface	Active	MSHA
North Columbia Quarry	Crushed, Broken Granite	Surface	Active	MSHA
Richland County Mines	Common Clays NEC	Surface	Active	MSHA
Usb Columbia (mobley-Koon/dry Branch))	Common Clays NEC	Surface	Active	MSHA
Bluff Road Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Broad River Mine	Clay	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Columbia North Quarry	Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken		Producer	MRDS
Columbia Quarry	Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken		Producer	MRDS
Columbia Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Dreyfus Quarry	Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken		Producer	MRDS
Dreyfus Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Duncan Lakes Mine	Clay	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Laborde Pit	Clay	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Mobley Road Shale Pit	Clay		Producer	MRDS
No. 2 Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Producer	MRDS
North Columbia Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Richland County Mines	Clay	Surface	Producer	MRDS
Trip Construction Co. Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Producer	MRDS
Bluff Road Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Branham Mine	Clay		Unknown	MRDS
Branham Mine	Clay	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Brick Plant No. 2	Clay	Processing Plant	Past Producer	MRDS
Brick Plant No. 4	Clay	Processing Plant	Past Producer	MRDS
Broad River Shale	Clay		Past Producer	MRDS
Carolina Ceramics Shale Pit	Clay		Past Producer	MRDS
Cedar Creek Mine	Gold		Past Producer	MRDS
Coleman Mine	Clay		Unknown	MRDS
Coleman Mine	Clay	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Colonels Creek	Iron, Titanium, Thorium, Zirconium		Unknown	MRDS
Congaree River (sample 1)	Iron, Titanium, Thorium		Unknown	MRDS
Congaree River (sample 2)	Iron, Titanium, Thorium		Unknown	MRDS
Crane Creek Pit	Clay		Unknown	MRDS
Duncan Lakes Mine	Clay		Unknown	MRDS
Green Hole	Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension, Granite		Past Producer	MRDS
Harbison Mine	Clay		Unknown	MRDS
Harbison Mine	Clay	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Harbison Quarry	Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken		Past Producer	MRDS
Harbison Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Hardaway Sand Plant	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Abandoned	MSHA
Haskell Clay Mine	Clay		Past Producer	MRDS
Himnant Mine (hinnant Mine)	Clay		Past Producer	MRDS
Laborde Shale Prospect	Clay		Past Producer	MRDS
Loveless & Loveless Plant #2	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
McMeekin Shale Pit	Clay		Past Producer	MRDS
Myers Creek	Iron, Thorium, Zirconium, Titanium		Unknown	MRDS
Otter Lake	Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium		Unknown	MRDS
Pontiac Mill	Clay	Processing Plant	Past Producer	MRDS
Pontiac Sand Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Richtex Corp, Richland County Mines	Clay	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Route U. S. 601	Iron, Thorium, Zirconium, Titanium		Unknown	MRDS
Sand Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Processing Plant	Past Producer	MRDS
Smith Properties Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction		Past Producer	MRDS
Stork Firebrick Works Pit	Clay		Past Producer	MRDS
Sumters Landing	Iron, Zirconium, Thorium, Titanium		Unknown	MRDS
Taylor Clay Mine	Clay		Unknown	MRDS
Taylor Clay Products Company,	Clay	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Taylor Mine	Clay		Unknown	MRDS
Taylor Mine	Clay	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Trip Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Surface	Past Producer	MRDS
Unidentified Clay Pit	Clay		Unknown	MRDS
Unnamed Clay Pit	Clay		Unknown	MRDS
Unnamed Shale Pit	Clay		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Shale Pit	Clay		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Shale Pit	Clay		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Shale Pit	Clay		Past Producer	MRDS
Unnamed Shale Pit	Clay		Past Producer	MRDS
Wesley Blizzard Pit	Clay		Unknown	MRDS
Westinghouse Elec. Corp--Columbia		Processing Plant	Unknown	MRDS