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Mines in Sutter County, California

Sutter County, California has 6 mines on MSHA's register: 1 active, 5 abandoned. 1 miner has died and 24 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1987 and 2012. Inspectors have issued 241 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Sutter 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 Sutter County →

Mines on register
6
Active
1
Fatalities on record
1
Citations issued
241
0 underground · 6 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 6 metal and non-metal 5 abandoned 24 reported accidents, 1987–2012
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.
Sutter County, California · Population 98,971
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$75,450
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
Butte Sand & Gravel 3 1 0
Bihlman Butte Rock 2 0 1
Baldwin Contracting Company Inc 1 0 0
Mines in Sutter County6 on register
  1. Morehead Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Butte Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 0401712
    Active
  2. Bihlman Butte Rock
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bihlman Butte Rock · MSHA ID 0403955
    Abandoned
  3. West Butte Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Butte Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 0405284
    Abandoned
  4. Butte Ranch Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Butte Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 0404856
    Abandoned
  5. Meyer Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bihlman Butte Rock · MSHA ID 0403874
    Abandoned
  6. Nevis Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Baldwin Contracting Company Inc · MSHA ID 0404279
    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.