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Mines in Mecosta County, Michigan

Mecosta County, Michigan has 16 mines on MSHA's register: 4 intermittent, 12 abandoned. 1 miner has died and 1 accident has been reported at these mines in 1992. Inspectors have issued 80 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Mecosta 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 Mecosta County →

Mines on register
16
Active
0
Fatalities on record
1
Citations issued
80
0 underground · 16 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 16 metal and non-metal 4 intermittent 12 abandoned 1 reported accidents, 1992
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.
Mecosta County, Michigan · Population 40,321
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$57,774
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
Cousineau Gravel Inc 3 0 0
Paris Gravel Company Inc 2 0 0
Switzer Sand & Gravel, Inc. 2 0 0
CHIPPEWA STONE & GRAVEL INC 1 0 1
Barber Creek Sand and Gravel 1 0 0
Granger Aggregates, Inc. 1 0 0
Gummer Peat Company Inc 1 0 0
Halliday Sand & Gravel Inc 1 0 0
Rieth-Riley Construction Company Inc 1 0 0
Rockafellow Excavating, LLC 1 0 0
Mines in Mecosta County16 on register
  1. PIONEER PLANT
    Surface metal/non-metal · CHIPPEWA STONE & GRAVEL INC · MSHA ID 2002798
    Intermittent
  2. Telsmith Plant #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Switzer Sand & Gravel, Inc. · MSHA ID 2002979
    Abandoned
  3. Blanchard Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Rockafellow Excavating, LLC · MSHA ID 2003500
    Intermittent
  4. Pioneer Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Switzer Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 2003444
    Intermittent
  5. Washplant II
    Surface metal/non-metal · Barber Creek Sand and Gravel · MSHA ID 2003678
    Intermittent
  6. Allis Chalmers Plant #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Cousineau Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 2001753
    Abandoned
  7. Allis Chalmers Plant #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Cousineau Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 2001741
    Abandoned
  8. Gillies Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Rieth-Riley Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 2002586
    Abandoned
  9. Gummers Pit & Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Gummer Peat Company Inc · MSHA ID 2000402
    Abandoned
  10. Mecosta County Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Wiggins & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 2002432
    Abandoned
  11. Mecosta County Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Williams Brothers Asphalt Paving Company Inc · MSHA ID 2002527
    Abandoned
  12. Mecosta County Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Halliday Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 2002587
    Abandoned
  13. Mecosta Wash Plant #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Cousineau Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 2002534
    Abandoned
  14. Mitchell Creek Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Granger Aggregates, Inc. · MSHA ID 2003139
    Abandoned
  15. Pit No 1-Big Rapids Operation
    Surface metal/non-metal · Paris Gravel Company Inc · MSHA ID 2000809
    Abandoned
  16. Pit No 2-Paris Operation
    Surface metal/non-metal · Paris Gravel Company Inc · MSHA ID 2001330
    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.