Mines in Ontonagon County, Michigan
Ontonagon County, Michigan has 12 mines on MSHA's register: 3 intermittent, 9 abandoned. 3 miners have died and 1,203 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2000. Inspectors have issued 73 citations.
Every mine MSHA has registered in Ontonagon 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 Ontonagon County →
- Mines on register
- 12
- Active
- 0
- Fatalities on record
- 3
- Citations issued
- 73
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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.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.
| Operator | Mines | Active | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Range Company | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| A Lindberg & Sons Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Flint Steel Stone Products MMXIX, Inc. | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fox Valley Construction Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| George Hocking Construction Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Globe Sand & Gravel Company | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hilborns Custom Timber Management | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nordine Contracting Co. | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ontonagon County Raod Commission | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pestka Construction Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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WHITE PINE MINEAbandoned 3 fatal 0 citationsUnderground metal/non-metal · Copper Range Company · MSHA ID 2000371
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Nordine PortableIntermittent 0 fatal 58 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Nordine Contracting Co. · MSHA ID 2003433
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Mass City PitIntermittent 0 fatal 12 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Flint Steel Stone Products MMXIX, Inc. · MSHA ID 2003709
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CaledoniaAbandoned 0 fatal 3 citationsUnderground metal/non-metal · Red Metal Explorations, Inc. · MSHA ID 2002731
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Ontonagon County PitsAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Fox Valley Construction Company · MSHA ID 2002462
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Ontonagon County PitsAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Schinella-Mottes Construction Company · MSHA ID 2002613
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Ontonagon County PitsAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Globe Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 2002678
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Ontonagon County PitsAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · A Lindberg & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 2002711
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Ontonagon County Pits - Amber LakeAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Ontonagon County Raod Commission · MSHA ID 2000677
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Pestka Construction Incorporated PitsAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Pestka Construction Inc · MSHA ID 2002681
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Terex 400 CrusherIntermittent 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Hilborns Custom Timber Management · MSHA ID 2003648
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White Pine QuarryAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · George Hocking Construction Company · MSHA ID 2000994
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.
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.