Mining Incidents
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Mines in Morgan County, Colorado

Morgan County, Colorado has 13 mines on MSHA's register: 3 intermittent, 10 abandoned. 11 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1989 and 2004. Inspectors have issued 80 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Morgan 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 Morgan County →

Mines on register
13
Active
0
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
80
0 underground · 13 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 13 metal and non-metal 3 intermittent 10 abandoned 11 reported accidents, 1989–2004
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.
Morgan County, Colorado · Population 29,186
2.2%
Mining share of county employment
$75,407
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
Morgan County Road & Bridge 5 0 0
Dilley'S Sand & Gravel 2 0 0
4X Gravel, LLC 1 0 0
Builders Aggregate Co 1 0 0
Central Sand & Gravel Co 1 0 0
Colorado Department Of Highways 1 0 0
Dorn Ready Mix Corp 1 0 0
Morgan Sand & Gravel 1 0 0
Mines in Morgan County13 on register
  1. Portable #5 Dredge
    Surface metal/non-metal · Central Sand & Gravel Co · MSHA ID 2501112
    Intermittent
  2. Portable Plant #13
    Surface metal/non-metal · Morgan County Road & Bridge · MSHA ID 0504021
    Intermittent
  3. Builders Aggregate Co
    Surface metal/non-metal · Builders Aggregate Co · MSHA ID 0500950
    Abandoned
  4. DILLEY PORTABLE PLANT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Dilley'S Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 0504029
    Abandoned
  5. #19 Portable Dredge
    Surface metal/non-metal · Morgan County Road & Bridge · MSHA ID 0504575
    Abandoned
  6. Four X Ranch Gravel Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · 4X Gravel, LLC · MSHA ID 0505206
    Intermittent
  7. Barlow Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Dorn Ready Mix Corp · MSHA ID 0504491
    Abandoned
  8. Carlson
    Surface metal/non-metal · Colorado Department Of Highways · MSHA ID 0503380
    Abandoned
  9. Hanson Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Dilley'S Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 0504028
    Abandoned
  10. Leffler Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Morgan County Highway · MSHA ID 0503010
    Abandoned
  11. Morgan County Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Morgan County Highway · MSHA ID 0502939
    Abandoned
  12. PORTABLE PLANT #12
    Surface metal/non-metal · Morgan County Highway · MSHA ID 0504022
    Abandoned
  13. Westhoff Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Morgan Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 0500970
    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.