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Mines in Buena Vista County, Iowa

Buena Vista County, Iowa has 11 mines on MSHA's register: 1 intermittent, 10 abandoned. 1 accident has been reported at these mines in 1999. Inspectors have issued 85 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Buena Vista 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 Buena Vista County →

Mines on register
11
Active
0
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
85
0 underground · 11 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 11 metal and non-metal 1 intermittent 10 abandoned 1 reported accidents, 1999
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.
Buena Vista County, Iowa · Population 20,684
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$66,564
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
Buena Vista County Highway Department 5 0 0
Wetherell Sand & Gravel Inc. 2 0 0
Clay County Highway Department 1 0 0
Lundell Const Co Inc 1 0 0
Wernimont Gravel 1 0 0
Wetherell Excavating & Trucking Inc 1 0 0
Mines in Buena Vista County11 on register
  1. Oatman Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lundell Const Co Inc · MSHA ID 1301118
    Abandoned
  2. Wetherell Sand & Gravel Inc.
    Surface metal/non-metal · Wetherell Sand & Gravel Inc. · MSHA ID 1302274
    Intermittent
  3. Angier Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Buena Vista County Highway Department · MSHA ID 1301786
    Abandoned
  4. Goldsmith Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Buena Vista County Highway Department · MSHA ID 1301785
    Abandoned
  5. Hallett Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Buena Vista County Highway Department · MSHA ID 1301787
    Abandoned
  6. Sturchler Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Buena Vista County Highway Department · MSHA ID 1301789
    Abandoned
  7. Wernimont Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Wernimont Gravel · MSHA ID 1302013
    Abandoned
  8. Wetherell Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Wetherell Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 1301956
    Abandoned
  9. Wetherell-Bjorklund Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Wetherell Excavating & Trucking Inc · MSHA ID 1301733
    Abandoned
  10. Whitney Or Angier Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Buena Vista County Highway Department · MSHA ID 1301788
    Abandoned
  11. Whitney Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Clay County Highway Department · MSHA ID 1301806
    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.