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Mines in Gem County, Idaho

Gem County, Idaho has 26 mines on MSHA's register: 1 active, 6 intermittent, 19 abandoned. 44 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2025. Inspectors have issued 238 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Gem 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 Gem County →

Mines on register
26
Active
1
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
238
1 underground · 24 surface · 1 facilities 0 coal · 26 metal and non-metal 6 intermittent 19 abandoned 44 reported accidents, 1983–2025
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.
Gem County, Idaho · Population 19,854
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$66,245
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
Joe Vaitkevick 3 0 0
Premier LLC 3 0 0
All American Excavating 1 0 0
Bright Enterprises Inc 1 0 0
Brownlee Mountain Gravel 1 0 0
Church Enterprises 1 0 0
City Transfer Redi-Mix 1 0 0
City Transfer Redimix Inc 1 0 0
CMCI 1 0 0
Covia Solutions LLC 1 1 0
Mines in Gem County26 on register
  1. Emmett Plant
    Facility metal/non-metal · Covia Solutions LLC · MSHA ID 1000318
    Active
  2. Portable Plant #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Church Enterprises · MSHA ID 1002029
    Abandoned
  3. Lacey Rock & Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lacey Rock & Gravel · MSHA ID 1002062
    Abandoned
  4. Brownlee Mountain Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Brownlee Mountain Gravel · MSHA ID 1002109
    Abandoned
  5. Brights Portable Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bright Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 1002022
    Abandoned
  6. Justice
    Surface metal/non-metal · Premier LLC · MSHA ID 1002367
    Intermittent
  7. City Transfer
    Surface metal/non-metal · Granite Excavation Inc. · MSHA ID 1002317
    Intermittent
  8. Pearl Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · City Transfer Redi-Mix · MSHA ID 1001637
    Abandoned
  9. 1A/1B
    Surface metal/non-metal · Universal Construction Inc · MSHA ID 1001970
    Abandoned
  10. Cram Quarry LLC
    Surface metal/non-metal · Cram Quarry LLC · MSHA ID 1002306
    Intermittent
  11. Ferguson
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ferguson and Sons Construction · MSHA ID 1002181
    Abandoned
  12. Hawk Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hawk Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 1002245
    Abandoned
  13. WASH PLANT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Superior Construction & Excavating Inc. · MSHA ID 1002266
    Abandoned
  14. Patriot Wash Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Premier LLC · MSHA ID 1002388
    Intermittent
  15. Rental Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Premier LLC · MSHA ID 1002383
    Intermittent
  16. Barnes Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · City Transfer Redimix Inc · MSHA ID 1001367
    Abandoned
  17. Fr 52-S Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · H-K Contractors Inc · MSHA ID 1001304
    Abandoned
  18. Idaho Rock Products
    Surface metal/non-metal · All American Excavating · MSHA ID 1002108
    Abandoned
  19. King
    Surface metal/non-metal · King 2070 Mining LLC · MSHA ID 1002158
    Abandoned
  20. Longhair Mine No 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Joe Vaitkevick · MSHA ID 1001319
    Abandoned
  21. Longhair Mine No 2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Joe Vaitkevick · MSHA ID 1001320
    Abandoned
  22. Pearl Au Project
    Surface metal/non-metal · Morning Star Mining, LLC · MSHA ID 1002201
    Abandoned
  23. Pearl Silver Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Moneca Mine Development Ltd · MSHA ID 1001435
    Abandoned
  24. Pretty Patty
    Surface metal/non-metal · Joe Vaitkevick · MSHA ID 1001321
    Abandoned
  25. Spring Creek
    Surface metal/non-metal · CMCI · MSHA ID 1002362
    Abandoned
  26. Success Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Taylor Morgan Inc dba Gem Rock & Trkng · MSHA ID 1002361
    Intermittent

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.