Mining Incidents
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Mines in Mariposa County, California

Mariposa County, California has 31 mines on MSHA's register: 2 active, 2 intermittent, 27 abandoned. 51 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1987 and 2014. Inspectors have issued 230 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Mariposa County, 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 Mariposa County →

Mines on register
31
Active
2
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
230
18 underground · 12 surface · 1 facilities 0 coal · 31 metal and non-metal 2 intermittent 27 abandoned 51 reported accidents, 1987–2014
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.
Mariposa County, California · Population 17,060
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$65,378
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
Western States Mining Company Inc 3 0 0
Mark Long Tractor Work 2 0 0
A T & E Enterprises Inc 1 0 0
Aurum Technologies Inc 1 0 0
Claro Management 1 0 0
Colorado Quartz Gold Corp 1 0 0
Eagle Rock Inc 1 0 0
Emmett's Excavation Inc 1 0 0
Fred Silva Enterprises 1 0 0
Fremont Gold Mining LLC 1 0 0
Mines in Mariposa County31 on register
  1. MT. GAINES MINE
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mt Gaines Rock · MSHA ID 0404794
    Active
  2. Blue Moon Underground Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Small Mine Development · MSHA ID 0405990
    Active
  3. MARIPOSA AGGREGATES QUARRY
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mariposa Aggregates · MSHA ID 0404785
    Abandoned
  4. Bear Creek Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mariposa Decco Rock, Inc · MSHA ID 0405474
    Abandoned
  5. WILLIAM BROS MINE
    Underground metal/non-metal · A T & E Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 0405146
    Abandoned
  6. Colorado Quartz
    Underground metal/non-metal · Colorado Quartz Gold Corp · MSHA ID 0403828
    Abandoned
  7. Mockingbird Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Emmett's Excavation Inc · MSHA ID 0405781
    Abandoned
  8. Yosemite Slate Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mariposa Yosemite Slate Quarry · MSHA ID 0400357
    Intermittent
  9. LONG DECOMPOSED GRANITE PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mark Long Tractor Work · MSHA ID 0405398
    Intermittent
  10. IRON SPRINGS CONSOLIDATED
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mark Long Tractor Work · MSHA ID 0405381
    Abandoned
  11. NMP Mariposa Operation
    Surface metal/non-metal · Noble Metals Processing LLC · MSHA ID 0405686
    Abandoned
  12. Artru
    Underground metal/non-metal · Fred Silva Enterprises · MSHA ID 0404888
    Abandoned
  13. Bondurant
    Underground metal/non-metal · Grant Exploration Ltd · MSHA ID 0404491
    Abandoned
  14. Diltz Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Lobo Mining Corp · MSHA ID 0404069
    Abandoned
  15. Goods Gulch Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Goods Gulch Mining Company · MSHA ID 0404089
    Abandoned
  16. Grizzly Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Eagle Rock Inc · MSHA ID 0404450
    Abandoned
  17. Hasloe
    Underground metal/non-metal · Gentry Gulch Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0404813
    Abandoned
  18. Horseshoe
    Underground metal/non-metal · Western States Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0404620
    Abandoned
  19. Mariposa Sand & Gravel Pit & Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mariposa Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 0401850
    Abandoned
  20. Mockingbird Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Par Mining & Exploration · MSHA ID 0404757
    Abandoned
  21. Nellie Kahoe Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Texas Hill Mines Company · MSHA ID 0404378
    Abandoned
  22. Penon Blanco Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Western States Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0404436
    Abandoned
  23. Penon Blanco Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Penon Blanco Mineral Resources · MSHA ID 0405566
    Abandoned
  24. Pine Tree-Josephine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Fremont Gold Mining LLC · MSHA ID 0404793
    Abandoned
  25. Princeton Lands
    Underground metal/non-metal · Western States Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0404527
    Abandoned
  26. Quail Mine
    Facility metal/non-metal · Southwind Texas Mining Corp · MSHA ID 0404605
    Abandoned
  27. Red Cloud
    Underground metal/non-metal · G F Phipps Partnership · MSHA ID 0405050
    Abandoned
  28. Red Cloud Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Aurum Technologies Inc · MSHA ID 0404771
    Abandoned
  29. Squantum Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Mono Camp Company · MSHA ID 0404397
    Abandoned
  30. Virginia-Belmont Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Claro Management · MSHA ID 0404497
    Abandoned
  31. Yosemite Slate Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mariposa County Department Of Public Works · MSHA ID 0405136
    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.