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Mines in Wright County, Iowa

Wright County, Iowa has 9 mines on MSHA's register: 1 intermittent, 8 abandoned. 25 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1989 and 2025. Inspectors have issued 273 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Wright 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 Wright County →

Mines on register
9
Active
0
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
273
0 underground · 9 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 9 metal and non-metal 1 intermittent 8 abandoned 25 reported accidents, 1989–2025
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.
Wright County, Iowa · Population 12,817
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$64,033
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
Weaver Construction Company 4 0 0
Central Iowa Dirt & Demo LLC 1 0 0
Giese Construction Company Inc 1 0 0
Wright County Highway Department 1 0 0
Wright Materials Company 1 0 0
Wright Materials Company 1 0 0
Mines in Wright County9 on register
  1. Belmond Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Wright Materials Company · MSHA ID 1300736
    Intermittent
  2. Portable Plant #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Wright Materials Company · MSHA ID 1301208
    Abandoned
  3. Augustine Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Weaver Construction Company · MSHA ID 1301849
    Abandoned
  4. Denger Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Weaver Construction Company · MSHA ID 1301167
    Abandoned
  5. Lesher Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Weaver Construction Company · MSHA ID 1301850
    Abandoned
  6. Meinecke Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Weaver Construction Company · MSHA ID 1301809
    Abandoned
  7. Nielsen Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Giese Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 1301958
    Abandoned
  8. White Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Wright County Highway Department · MSHA ID 1301902
    Abandoned
  9. Woolstock
    Surface metal/non-metal · Central Iowa Dirt & Demo LLC · MSHA ID 1302445
    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.