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Mines in Bent County, Colorado

Bent County, Colorado has 5 mines on MSHA's register: 5 abandoned. 1 are coal mines and 4 metal or non-metal. 5 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1986 and 2016. Inspectors have issued 164 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Bent 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 Bent County →

Mines on register
5
Active
0
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
164
1 underground · 4 surface · 0 facilities 1 coal · 4 metal and non-metal 5 abandoned 5 reported accidents, 1986–2016
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.
Bent County, Colorado · Population 5,524
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$49,194
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
Ascg Inc 1 0 0
Carder Inc 1 0 0
Kirkland Construction LLLP 1 0 0
Riverside Aggregates, LLC 1 0 0
Southway Construction Co. Inc. of Alamosa 1 0 0
Mines in Bent County5 on register
  1. Portable Crushing Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Southway Construction Co. Inc. of Alamosa · MSHA ID 0503922
    Abandoned
  2. Rented Crushing Operation #4
    Surface metal/non-metal · Kirkland Construction LLLP · MSHA ID 0504771
    Abandoned
  3. Verhoeff Pit #2/Friederichs Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Riverside Aggregates, LLC · MSHA ID 0504938
    Abandoned
  4. Earl Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Carder Inc · MSHA ID 0504019
    Abandoned
  5. Kuchicak Research Mine
    Underground coal · Ascg Inc · MSHA ID 0501617
    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.