Mines in Pitkin County, Colorado
Pitkin County, Colorado has 15 mines on MSHA's register: 15 abandoned. 9 are coal mines and 6 metal or non-metal. 4 miners have died and 803 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 1992. Inspectors have issued 20 citations.
Every mine MSHA has registered in Pitkin 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.
- Mines on register
- 15
- Active
- 0
- Fatalities on record
- 4
- Citations issued
- 20
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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.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.
| Operator | Mines | Active | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid-Continent Resources Inc | 6 | 0 | 4 |
| Snowmass Coal Company | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Crystal Valley Alabaster | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Elam Construction Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lenado Exploration | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Morrison-Knudsen Company Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mystic Eagle Group, LLC | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Smuggler Consolidated Mines Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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Dutch CreekAbandoned 2 fatal 0 citationsUnderground coal · Mid-Continent Resources Inc · MSHA ID 0500301
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Dutch Creek No 2Abandoned 1 fatal 0 citationsUnderground coal · Mid-Continent Resources Inc · MSHA ID 0500469
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Coal Creek Prep PlantAbandoned 1 fatal 0 citationsFacility coal · Mid-Continent Resources Inc · MSHA ID 0503644
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L S WoodAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsUnderground coal · Mid-Continent Resources Inc · MSHA ID 0500300
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Thompson Creek No 1Abandoned and Sealed 0 fatal 0 citationsUnderground coal · Snowmass Coal Company · MSHA ID 0502658
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Coal BasinAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsUnderground coal · Mid-Continent Resources Inc · MSHA ID 0502342
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Mystic Eagle QuarryAbandoned 0 fatal 20 citationsUnderground metal/non-metal · Mystic Eagle Group, LLC · MSHA ID 0504553
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Bear CreekAbandoned and Sealed 0 fatal 0 citationsUnderground coal · Mid-Continent Resources Inc · MSHA ID 0500351
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Down Under MineAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsUnderground metal/non-metal · Lenado Exploration · MSHA ID 0501545
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Jaffee PitAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Elam Construction Inc · MSHA ID 0502139
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Pitkin Iron MineAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Morrison-Knudsen Company Inc · MSHA ID 0500398
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Smuggler Tunnel #2Abandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsUnderground metal/non-metal · Smuggler Consolidated Mines Company · MSHA ID 0504017
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Thompson Creek No 3Abandoned and Sealed 0 fatal 0 citationsUnderground coal · Snowmass Coal Company · MSHA ID 0502662
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Unit Train Loadout FacilityAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsFacility coal · Snowmass Coal Company · MSHA ID 0503502
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White BanksAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Crystal Valley Alabaster · MSHA ID 0504486
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.
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.