Mines in South Carolina

1,927Total

399Active

291Gold

0Coal

556Surface

41Underground

Map

Counties

Cherokee County262 mines21 active York County162 mines14 active Aiken County151 mines38 active Chesterfield County114 mines23 active Spartanburg County100 mines27 active Lexington County97 mines38 active Laurens County75 mines19 active Lancaster County73 mines10 active Kershaw County69 mines19 active Richland County69 mines19 active Greenville County54 mines8 active Dorchester County48 mines14 active Oconee County48 mines2 active Charleston County43 mines10 active Anderson County42 mines10 active Horry County39 mines16 active Fairfield County37 mines9 active Marlboro County34 mines10 active Colleton County33 mines12 active Berkeley County30 mines6 active Pickens County28 mines6 active Sumter County26 mines9 active Abbeville County25 mines5 active Georgetown County25 mines4 active Union County23 mines3 active Saluda County22 mines2 active Greenwood County20 mines5 active McCormick County19 mines Orangeburg County18 mines10 active Edgefield County16 mines3 active Newberry County16 mines1 active Chester County15 mines1 active Florence County15 mines6 active Marion County14 mines3 active Jasper County10 mines5 active Calhoun County9 mines2 active Williamsburg County9 mines3 active Darlington County8 mines2 active Bamberg County6 mines2 active Beaufort County6 mines Lee County4 mines1 active Dillon County2 mines1 active Hampton County2 mines Allendale County1 mines Anderson, Greenville County1 mines Barnwell County1 mines Beaufort, Jasper County1 mines Charleston, Berkeley, Dorchester County1 mines Clarendon County1 mines Spartanburg, Cherokee, Laurens County1 mines York, Cherokee County1 mines

Notable Mines

Mine	County	Commodity	Type	Status
Haile Gold Mine	Lancaster	Gold Ore	Underground	Active
Amrize Holly Hill Plant	Orangeburg	Cement	Facility	Active
Giant Cement Company	Dorchester	Cement	Facility	Active
Harleyville Mine & Plant	Dorchester	Cement	Facility	Active
Columbia Plant	Lexington	Sand, Industrial NEC	Surface	Active
Columbia Quarry	Richland	Crushed, Broken Granite	Surface	Active
K-t Clay Company	Aiken	Common Clays NEC	Surface	Active
Vanderbilt Minerals, Llc-dixie Clay Div.	Aiken	Common Clays NEC	Surface	Active
National Kaolin Products	Aiken	Kaolin and Ball Clay	Surface	Active
Pacolet Quarry	Spartanburg	Crushed, Broken Granite	Surface	Active
Berkeley Quarry	Berkeley	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Surface	Active
Jefferson Quarry	Chesterfield	Crushed, Broken Granite	Surface	Active
Osprey Minerals Mine	Chesterfield	Sand, Common	Surface	Active
Piedmont Sand	Chesterfield	Construction Sand and Gravel	Surface	Active
Cayce Quarry	Lexington	Crushed, Broken Granite	Surface	Active
Enoree Operations	Laurens	Vermiculite	Surface	Active
Lakeside Quarry	Greenville	Crushed, Broken Granite	Surface	Active
Liberty Quarry	Pickens	Crushed, Broken Granite	Surface	Active
Georgia Stone, Buckhorn Plant	Chesterfield	Crushed, Broken Granite	Surface	Active
Greenwood Quarry	Greenwood	Crushed, Broken Granite	Surface	Active
North Columbia Quarry	Richland	Crushed, Broken Granite	Surface	Active
Anderson Quarry	Anderson	Crushed, Broken Granite	Surface	Active
Oconee Rock Quarry	Oconee	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Surface	Active
Sandy Flat Quarry	Greenville	Crushed, Broken Granite	Surface	Active
Gray Court Quarry	Laurens	Crushed, Broken Granite	Surface	Active