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Mines in Buchanan County, Iowa

Buchanan County, Iowa has 26 mines on MSHA's register: 26 abandoned. Inspectors have issued 40 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Buchanan 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 Buchanan County →

Mines on register
26
Active
0
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
40
0 underground · 26 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 26 metal and non-metal 26 abandoned
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.
Buchanan County, Iowa · Population 20,645
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$78,430
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
Paul Niemann Construction Company 16 0 0
Gaffney Quarries Inc 2 0 0
B L Anderson Inc 1 0 0
Basic Materials Corp 1 0 0
Bruening Rock Products Inc 1 0 0
Bunker Hill Stone Company 1 0 0
Maudlin Construction Company 1 0 0
O Brien Quarry Company 1 0 0
Quality Ready Mix Company 1 0 0
Zupke Sand & Gravel 1 0 0
Mines in Buchanan County26 on register
  1. ZUPKE CRUSHER #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Zupke Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 1302226
    Abandoned
  2. Aurora
    Surface metal/non-metal · Paul Niemann Construction Company · MSHA ID 1300854
    Abandoned
  3. Aurora Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Gaffney Quarries Inc · MSHA ID 1301758
    Abandoned
  4. Bloom Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Paul Niemann Construction Company · MSHA ID 1300133
    Abandoned
  5. Brooks Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bruening Rock Products Inc · MSHA ID 1300151
    Abandoned
  6. Bunker Hill Stone Co Quarry & Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bunker Hill Stone Company · MSHA ID 1301428
    Abandoned
  7. Burns Sand Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Paul Niemann Construction Company · MSHA ID 1300961
    Abandoned
  8. Cook Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Maudlin Construction Company · MSHA ID 1301823
    Abandoned
  9. Greenley Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Quality Ready Mix Company · MSHA ID 1301456
    Abandoned
  10. Hazleton Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Paul Niemann Construction Company · MSHA ID 1301755
    Abandoned
  11. Hertzberg Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Paul Niemann Construction Company · MSHA ID 1300363
    Abandoned
  12. Hoffman Sand Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Paul Niemann Construction Company · MSHA ID 1301799
    Abandoned
  13. Hullerman Sand Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Paul Niemann Construction Company · MSHA ID 1301829
    Abandoned
  14. Kiler Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · B L Anderson Inc · MSHA ID 1301394
    Abandoned
  15. Levendusky Quarry And Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Paul Niemann Construction Company · MSHA ID 1300135
    Abandoned
  16. Miller Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Paul Niemann Construction Company · MSHA ID 1301759
    Abandoned
  17. Miller Sand Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Paul Niemann Construction Company · MSHA ID 1301967
    Abandoned
  18. Mulneaux Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Paul Niemann Construction Company · MSHA ID 1300136
    Abandoned
  19. Obrien Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · O Brien Quarry Company · MSHA ID 1301739
    Abandoned
  20. Oelwein Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Paul Niemann Construction Company · MSHA ID 1300054
    Abandoned
  21. Rassmussen Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Paul Niemann Construction Company · MSHA ID 1300131
    Abandoned
  22. Sells Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Paul Niemann Construction Company · MSHA ID 1300309
    Abandoned
  23. Sullivan Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Paul Niemann Construction Company · MSHA ID 1301800
    Abandoned
  24. Ward Sand Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Paul Niemann Construction Company · MSHA ID 1300964
    Abandoned
  25. Wards Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Gaffney Quarries Inc · MSHA ID 1300316
    Abandoned
  26. Widger Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Basic Materials Corp · MSHA ID 1302015
    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.