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Mines in Cedar County, Iowa

Cedar County, Iowa has 9 mines on MSHA's register: 1 intermittent, 8 abandoned. Inspectors have issued 55 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Cedar 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 Cedar County →

Mines on register
9
Active
0
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
55
0 underground · 9 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 9 metal and non-metal 1 intermittent 8 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.
Cedar County, Iowa · Population 18,427
0.6%
Mining share of county employment
$79,080
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
Wendling Quarries Inc 3 0 0
B L Anderson Inc 2 0 0
Alpha Crushed Stone Inc 1 0 0
Croell, Inc 1 0 0
Rock Hard Recycling Inc 1 0 0
Wendling Quarries Inc 1 0 0
Mines in Cedar County9 on register
  1. Wash Plant #3-IA
    Surface metal/non-metal · Croell, Inc · MSHA ID 1302395
    Intermittent
  2. Portable #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Rock Hard Recycling Inc · MSHA ID 1302376
    Abandoned
  3. Atalissa Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · B L Anderson Inc · MSHA ID 1301391
    Abandoned
  4. Hunts Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Alpha Crushed Stone Inc · MSHA ID 1300171
    Abandoned
  5. Lime City Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · B L Anderson Inc · MSHA ID 1301389
    Abandoned
  6. Lowden Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Wendling Quarries Inc · MSHA ID 1300223
    Abandoned
  7. Mc Guire Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Wendling Quarries Inc · MSHA ID 1300170
    Abandoned
  8. Peden Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Wendling Quarries Inc · MSHA ID 1301672
    Abandoned
  9. Townsend Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Wendling Quarries Inc · MSHA ID 1300218
    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.