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Mines in Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska

Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska has 15 mines on MSHA's register: 1 active, 2 intermittent, 9 abandoned. 2 miners have died and 817 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1988 and 2026. Inspectors have issued 1,461 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Northwest Arctic Borough, working or not, with the accident, fatality and citation record each one carries on this site. Active mines are listed first, then the rest by the weight of their record.

Abandoned and historical mine features in Northwest Arctic Borough →

Mines on register
15
Active
1
Fatalities on record
2
Citations issued
1,461
0 underground · 15 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 15 metal and non-metal 2 intermittent 9 abandoned 817 reported accidents, 1988–2026
Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska · Population 7,611
6.4%
Mining share of county employment
$81,298
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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MSHA-registered mine, any status

Mines plot only where MSHA holds a surveyed coordinate for the site; mines the agency locates to a town, county or state centroid are in the counts and the list above but not drawn. Click a point for the mine's status and record.

Operators with the most mines herecurrent operator of record
Operator Mines Active Fatalities
Alaska Department of Transportation 2 0 0
NANA Construction LLC 2 0 0
Teck Alaska Inc 1 1 2
Arctec Alaska JV 1 0 0
ASRC Civil Construction LLC 1 0 0
Beehive Mining Inc 1 0 0
Cruz Construction, Inc 1 0 0
Dry Creek Valley LLC 1 0 0
Native Village of Buckland 1 0 0
Native Village of Kiana 1 0 0
Mines in Northwest Arctic Borough15 on register
  1. Red Dog Operations
    Surface metal/non-metal · Teck Alaska Inc · MSHA ID 5001545
    Active
  2. Cruz Kodiak Crusher
    Surface metal/non-metal · Cruz Construction, Inc · MSHA ID 5001910
    Intermittent
  3. NANA Construction Portable
    Surface metal/non-metal · NANA Construction LLC · MSHA ID 5001946
    Temporarily Idled
  4. Gold Run Creek
    Surface metal/non-metal · Dry Creek Valley LLC · MSHA ID 5001440
    Abandoned
  5. Bettles Gravel Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · ASRC Civil Construction LLC · MSHA ID 5002021
    Abandoned
  6. Cape Lisburne Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Arctec Alaska JV · MSHA ID 5001824
    Abandoned
  7. Kotzebue Airport Screener
    Surface metal/non-metal · Alaska Department of Transportation · MSHA ID 5001892
    Abandoned
  8. Bee Hive Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Beehive Mining Inc · MSHA ID 5001536
    Abandoned
  9. Candle 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Triple D Mining, Inc. · MSHA ID 5001845
    Abandoned
  10. Hotham Peak Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Noorvik Native Community · MSHA ID 5002064
    Abandoned
  11. Kanik Creek Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Native Village of Buckland · MSHA ID 5002075
    Abandoned
  12. Kiana A-1 Gravel Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Native Village of Kiana · MSHA ID 5002084
    Temporarily Idled
  13. Noatak River Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · NANA Construction LLC · MSHA ID 5002076
    Intermittent
  14. Nome Airport Screener
    Surface metal/non-metal · Alaska Department of Transportation · MSHA ID 5001891
    Temporarily Idled
  15. Portable # 2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Tamsher Construction Inc. · MSHA ID 5001738
    Abandoned

Status, type and operator are as reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts are MSHA's reportable accident records for the mine; citations are inspector-issued violations on record. Each mine's own page carries the full detail.

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How to read these numbers

The register is MSHA's Mine Data Retrieval System: every operation ever assigned a mine ID, including ones abandoned decades ago, so the count is a history of mining in the county, not a count of working mines. A mine's county is the one its operator reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts start with MSHA's reportable-accident records (1983 onward); citation counts are inspector-issued violations on record. We are an independent research tool, not MSHA.