McDowell County, NC Mines

Mines in McDowell County, NC

Mine	Owner	Land Status	Work Type	Minerals
211 Quarry	Waycaster Stone Co.	Unknown		Stone, Crushed
226 Quarry	D. J. Wilson Stone Co.	Unknown		Stone, Crushed
Alexander Branch Placer				Gold REE
Alexander Sillimanite Prospect	Grace Co., W. R.	Private		Andalusite-Kyanite-Sillmanite
Armstrong Creek				Iron Titanium
Banks Pit		Private		Sand and Gravel
Banks Pit	Explosives Supply Co., Inc.	Private		Sand and Gravel
Biddix Prospect		National Forest		Copper
Bowman Quarry	O. J Wilson Stone Co.	Private		Flagstone
Burnette Quarry	Ted R Burnette Grading Co	Private		Stone, Crushed
Cane Creek Placer			Surface	Gold REE
Cannon Pit		National Forest		Sand and Gravel
Cannon Pit	O. J. Wilson Stone Co.	National Forest		Sand and Gravel
Clinchfield Lime Quarry	CLINCHFIELD LIME CO.			Iron Stone, Dimension Sulfur
Dolomite Quarry		Private		Stone, Crushed
E.P. Boyd Pit		National Forest		Sand and Gravel
E.P. Boyd Pit	Explosives Supplyco., Inc	National Forest		Sand and Gravel
Greenlee Pit		National Forest		Sand and Gravel
Greenlee Pit	Lyda J. Wilson And Sons Lime And Stone Co.	National Forest		Sand and Gravel
Greenlee Pit Number 1		Private		Sand and Gravel
Greenlee Pit Number 1	B. V. Hedrick Gravel And Sand Co.	Private		Sand and Gravel
Greenlee Pit Number 2		Private		Sand and Gravel
Greenlee Pit Number 2	B. V. Hedrick Gravel And Sand Co.	Private		Sand and Gravel
Greenlee Pit Number 3		Private		Sand and Gravel
Greenlee Pit Number 3	B. V. Hedrick Gravel And Sand Co.	Private		Sand and Gravel
Gruen No. 1 Mine		Private		Mica
High Shoals and South Muddy Creeks Gold Placer Belt				Gold REE
Hoppers Creek Placer				Gold REE
Huntsville Branch Placer				Gold REE
Iredell County Mines	Rea Counstruction Co.	Private		Sand and Gravel
Katy Creek Placer				Gold REE
Long Branch Placer				Gold REE
Marion Bullion Placer				Gold
Marion Pit		Private		Sand and Gravel
Marion Pit	R. L. Johnson And Son Asphalt	Private		Sand and Gravel
Mccormick Pit	Douglas Dirt, Sand And Gravel Co.	Private		Sand and Gravel
North Cove				Manganese
North Cove Manganese Prospect	Greggs, H. G.	Private		Aluminum Barium Calcium Cobalt Iron Manganese Phosphorus Silica Zinc
North Cove Prospect				Copper Zinc
Old Fort Pit		National Forest		Sand and Gravel
Old Fort Pit	Faw Heating And Plumbing	National Forest		Sand and Gravel
Phillips Pit		Private		Sand and Gravel
Phillips Pit	Boyd Stone Co.	Private		Sand and Gravel
Second Broad River Placer				Gold REE
South Muddy Creek Headwater Placer				Gold REE
South Muddy Creek Lower Course Placer				Gold REE
Unnamed Galena Occurrence Hi-026		National Forest		Lead
Unnamed Manganese Prospect Hi-027		National Forest		Manganese
Unnamed Mica Mine Hi-029		National Forest		Feldspar Mica Silica
Unnamed Mica Mine Hi-030		National Forest		Feldspar Mica Silica
Unnamed Zinc Prospect		National Forest		Copper Iron Sulfur Zinc
Vein Mountain Mine				Copper Gold Lead Silver Zinc
Waltons-Neighbors and Caleb Branch Placers				Gold REE
Zinc Prospect		Private		Zinc