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Mines in Clay County, Iowa

Clay County, Iowa has 15 mines on MSHA's register: 3 intermittent, 12 abandoned. 2 accidents have been reported at these mines in 1984. Inspectors have issued 192 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Clay 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 Clay County →

Mines on register
15
Active
0
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
192
0 underground · 15 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 15 metal and non-metal 3 intermittent 12 abandoned 2 reported accidents, 1984
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.
Clay County, Iowa · Population 16,446
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$64,082
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
Clay County Highway Department 5 0 0
Abel Drainage & Excavating, Inc 1 0 0
BD Construction Services LLC 1 0 0
Carlson Brothers 1 0 0
Dave's Sand & Gravel 1 0 0
Diamond Concrete & Construction, Inc. 1 0 0
Douglas Rutter 1 0 0
NSG, LLC 1 0 0
Sieh Farm Drainage Inc 1 0 0
W Hodgman & Sons Inc 1 0 0
Mines in Clay County15 on register
  1. Sieh Sand & Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Sieh Farm Drainage Inc · MSHA ID 1301626
    Abandoned
  2. Dave's Sand & Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Dave's Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 1301779
    Intermittent
  3. NORGAARD SAND & GRAVEL
    Surface metal/non-metal · NSG, LLC · MSHA ID 1301302
    Intermittent
  4. Diamond Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Diamond Concrete & Construction, Inc. · MSHA ID 1302468
    Abandoned
  5. DeLoss Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · BD Construction Services LLC · MSHA ID 1302480
    Intermittent
  6. Douglas Rutter
    Surface metal/non-metal · Douglas Rutter · MSHA ID 1302326
    Abandoned
  7. Sassman's Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Abel Drainage & Excavating, Inc · MSHA ID 1302458
    Abandoned
  8. Braunschweig Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Clay County Highway Department · MSHA ID 1301807
    Abandoned
  9. Carlson Brothers Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Carlson Brothers · MSHA ID 1300924
    Abandoned
  10. Crusher Plant No 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · W Hodgman & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 1302084
    Abandoned
  11. Lachner Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Clay County Highway Department · MSHA ID 1301803
    Abandoned
  12. Newquist Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Clay County Highway Department · MSHA ID 1301805
    Abandoned
  13. Scharnberg Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Clay County Highway Department · MSHA ID 1301804
    Abandoned
  14. Stellish Pit Or Clay County Pits
    Surface metal/non-metal · Clay County Highway Department · MSHA ID 1301802
    Abandoned
  15. Wernimont Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Weaver Construction Company · MSHA ID 1301890
    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.