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Mines in Houghton County, Michigan

Houghton County, Michigan has 24 mines on MSHA's register: 6 intermittent, 17 abandoned. 6 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1989 and 1998. Inspectors have issued 311 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Houghton 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 Houghton County →

Mines on register
24
Active
0
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
311
3 underground · 20 surface · 1 facilities 0 coal · 24 metal and non-metal 6 intermittent 17 abandoned 6 reported accidents, 1989–1998
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.
Houghton County, Michigan · Population 37,428
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$56,573
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
Valley View Quarry 5 0 0
George Hocking Construction Company 4 0 0
Superior Sand & Gravel, Inc. 2 0 0
A Lindberg & Sons Inc 1 0 0
B & B Contracting Calumet, Inc. 1 0 0
Haltunen Sand & Gravel Inc 1 0 0
Harris Contracting 1 0 0
Houghton County Road Commission 1 0 0
Hyrkas Gravel 1 0 0
Leroy Haltunen 1 0 0
Mines in Houghton County24 on register
  1. Crushing Plant #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Superior Sand & Gravel, Inc. · MSHA ID 2003057
    Intermittent
  2. Valley View Quarry - Pioneer Crusher
    Surface metal/non-metal · Valley View Quarry · MSHA ID 2003368
    Intermittent
  3. Superior Wash Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Superior Sand & Gravel, Inc. · MSHA ID 2001047
    Intermittent
  4. Valley View Quarry - Wash Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Valley View Quarry · MSHA ID 2002930
    Intermittent
  5. VVQ - Terex Finlay Portable Jaw Crusher
    Surface metal/non-metal · Valley View Quarry · MSHA ID 2003495
    Intermittent
  6. Screen Machine II
    Surface metal/non-metal · Harris Contracting · MSHA ID 2003298
    Abandoned
  7. Centennial No 6 & 3
    Underground metal/non-metal · Michcan Copper Company Ltd · MSHA ID 2002827
    Abandoned
  8. B & B Sand and Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · B & B Contracting Calumet, Inc. · MSHA ID 2003614
    Temporarily Idled
  9. Great Lakes Mineral - #623 Screen Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Valley View Quarry · MSHA ID 2003473
    Intermittent
  10. WSG Sandvik Cone Crusher
    Surface metal/non-metal · WUEBBEN SAND & GRAVEL Inc · MSHA ID 2003651
    Abandoned
  11. Extec 5000 Screen Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hyrkas Gravel · MSHA ID 2003329
    Abandoned
  12. CHAMPION #1 SHAFT
    Underground metal/non-metal · Mc Kana Mines & Minerals · MSHA ID 2002945
    Abandoned
  13. Gedvillas Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Schinella-Mottes Construction Company · MSHA ID 2002455
    Abandoned
  14. George Hocking Construction Company
    Surface metal/non-metal · George Hocking Construction Company · MSHA ID 2000607
    Abandoned
  15. Great Lakes Mineral #645 Rip Rap Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Valley View Quarry · MSHA ID 2003632
    Abandoned
  16. Haltunen Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Haltunen Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 2001807
    Abandoned
  17. HALTUNEN SAND & GRAVEL
    Surface metal/non-metal · Leroy Haltunen · MSHA ID 2002936
    Abandoned
  18. Houghton County Crushed Stone
    Surface metal/non-metal · George Hocking Construction Company · MSHA ID 2002247
    Abandoned
  19. Houghton County Sand & Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · George Hocking Construction Company · MSHA ID 2001197
    Abandoned
  20. Michigan Tech University Expermenta
    Underground metal/non-metal · Michigan Technological University · MSHA ID 2002271
    Abandoned
  21. No 6 Road Mine Waste Rock
    Facility metal/non-metal · Houghton County Road Commission · MSHA ID 2000267
    Abandoned
  22. Plant #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · George Hocking Construction Company · MSHA ID 2001196
    Abandoned
  23. Rob Roy Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · A Lindberg & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 2002779
    Abandoned
  24. Screen Plant #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ziemnick Excavating, Inc. · MSHA ID 2003603
    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.