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Mines in Van Buren County, Iowa

Van Buren County, Iowa has 10 mines on MSHA's register: 2 active, 2 intermittent, 6 abandoned. 1 miner has died and 36 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1987 and 2023. Inspectors have issued 391 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Van Buren 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 Van Buren County →

Mines on register
10
Active
2
Fatalities on record
1
Citations issued
391
1 underground · 9 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 10 metal and non-metal 2 intermittent 6 abandoned 36 reported accidents, 1987–2023
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.
Van Buren County, Iowa · Population 7,236
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$60,183
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
Douds Stone, LLC 5 2 1
Douds Stone Inc 2 0 0
Cantera Aggregates 1 0 0
Cessford Construction Company 1 0 0
Van Buren County Highway Department 1 0 0
Mines in Van Buren County10 on register
  1. Crew Two
    Surface metal/non-metal · Douds Stone LLC · MSHA ID 1300019
    Active
  2. Crew One
    Surface metal/non-metal · Douds Stone LLC · MSHA ID 1302158
    Active
  3. Rip Rap Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Douds Stone LLC · MSHA ID 1302266
    Abandoned
  4. Douds Quarry
    Underground metal/non-metal · Douds Stone, LLC · MSHA ID 1300018
    Abandoned
  5. Portable Wash Plant #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Douds Stone LLC · MSHA ID 1302310
    Intermittent
  6. Cantera Stripping Crew
    Surface metal/non-metal · Cantera Aggregates · MSHA ID 1302513
    Intermittent
  7. Camanche Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Cessford Construction Company · MSHA ID 1300221
    Abandoned
  8. Dawson Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Douds Stone Inc · MSHA ID 1301966
    Abandoned
  9. Nedrow Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Douds Stone Inc · MSHA ID 1300283
    Abandoned
  10. Van Buren County Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Van Buren County Highway Department · MSHA ID 1300222
    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.