Buncombe County, NC Mines

Mines in Buncombe County, NC

Mine	Owner	Land Status	Work Type	Minerals
Alexander Mine		Private		Clays Mica
Arrowood Mine			Surface/Underground	Clays Feldspar Mica
Arrowood Mine		Private		Clays Feldspar
Asheville Portable Plant	Burns And Spangler Inc.	Private		Stone, Crushed
Bee Tree Pit	Cumberland Gravel And Sand Co.	Private		Stone, Crushed
Bee Tree Pit	Cumberland Gravel And Sand Co.	Private		Sand and Gravel
Bell Mine	Bell Sand Co.	Private		Sand and Gravel
Biltmore Plant	Asheville Mica Co	Private		Mica
Black Mountain Prospect		Private		Copper Lead
Burton Mica Prospect			Surface/Underground	Mica
Cane Creek				Gold Thorium Titanium Zirconium
Cane Creek-Brush Creek Occurrence				Stone, Dimension
Christ School Quarry				Stone, Dimension
Democrat Chromite Prospect	Southern Minerals Co. Of Ashville	Private	Surface	Chromium Iron Phosphorus Silica Sulfur
Democrat Olivine Deposit				Chromium Feldspar Nickel Olivine PGE Talc-Soapstone
Dillingham Number 1 Pit		Private		Sand and Gravel
Enka Quarry		Private		Stone
Enka Quarry	Vulcan Materials Co., Mideast Division	Private		Stone, Crushed
Enka Quarry	Vulcan Materials Co.	Private		Stone, Crushed
Gravelly Creek Quarry				Stone, Dimension
Grove Mine		Private		Sand and Gravel
Grove Mine	Grove Stone And Sand Co.	Private		Sand and Gravel
Grove Pit	Grove Stone And Sand Co.	Private		Sand and Gravel
Groves Lake Quarrya				Stone, Dimension
Groves Lake Quarryb				Stone, Dimension
Harmony Mine	Asheville Sand Co.	Private		Sand and Gravel
Harrin's Mine	Harrin'S Sand Co.	Private		Sand and Gravel
Hedrick Pit		Private		Sand and Gravel
Hedrick Pit	B. V. Hedrick Gravel And Sand Co.	Private		Sand and Gravel
I-40 Stockpile & Plant	Grove Stone And Sand Co.	Private		Stone, Crushed
Lake Eden Mine		Private		Feldspar Mica
Leicester Chromite Prospect		Private	Surface	Chromium Iron
Lovin Feldspar Mine			Surface	Feldspar
Mica Prospect		Private		Mica
Mica Prospect		Private		Mica
Mine No. 2		Private		Vermiculite
Moland-Drysdale Brick Corp. Clay Pit				Clays
Morgan Hill Chromite Prospect			Surface/Underground	Asbestos Chromium Nickel Olivine Talc-Soapstone
Morgan Hill Chromite Prospect		Private	Surface	Chromium Iron
N. C. Dept. of Transportation Stone Quarry			Surface	Stone, Crushed
Newfound Gap Olivine Deposit				Chromium Olivine
Newfound Gap Olivine Deposit		Private		Chromium Magnesium
Northrop Mine		Private		Sand and Gravel
Northrop Mine	B. V. Hedrick Gravel And Sand Co.	Private		Sand and Gravel
Pinner Creek Quarry				Stone, Dimension
Quarry		Private		Stone
Quarry	Vulcan Materials Co., Mideast Division	Private		Stone, Crushed
Robinson Creek Quarry				Stone, Dimension
Sand and Gravel Pit		National Forest		Sand and Gravel
Sand and Gravel Pit		Private		Sand and Gravel
Sand and Gravel Pit	Western Stone Co., Inc.	Private		Sand and Gravel
Sand and Gravel Pit	B. V. Hedrick Gravel And Sand Co.	National Forest		Sand and Gravel
Stocksville Mica Mine				Feldspar Mica
Swannanoa River				Iron Thorium Titanium
Titanium Occurrence				Titanium
Unnamed Allanite Occurrence	Dewey Moss			REE
Unnamed Feldspar Mine Southern Nofat Mountain			Surface	Feldspar
Unnamed Feldspar Prospect Southern Nofat Mountain			Surface	Feldspar
Unnamed Feldspar Sample Locality				Feldspar
Unnamed Marble Occurrence				Stone, Dimension
Unnamed Sample Locality				Asbestos Chromium Nickel Olivine Talc-Soapstone
Unnamed Sample Locality & Nearby Trench				Asbestos Chromium Nickel Olivine Talc-Soapstone
Unnamed Sand Pit				Sand and Gravel
Vermiculite Prospect		Private		Vermiculite
Vermiculite Prospect		Private		Vermiculite
Western No Carolina Nickel Lateri		Private	Surface	Chromium Cobalt Iron Nickel
Wilson Road				Iron Thorium Titanium Zirconium