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Mines in Cottonwood County, Minnesota

Cottonwood County, Minnesota has 11 mines on MSHA's register: 1 active, 2 intermittent, 8 abandoned. 4 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1987 and 2026. Inspectors have issued 527 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Cottonwood 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 Cottonwood County →

Mines on register
11
Active
1
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
527
0 underground · 11 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 11 metal and non-metal 2 intermittent 8 abandoned 4 reported accidents, 1987–2026
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.
Cottonwood County, Minnesota · Population 11,458
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$68,239
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
GCC Ready Mix 2 0 0
Riddell Construction Inc 2 0 0
Amundson Dig 1 0 0
Jeffers Dray Line Inc 1 0 0
L & S Construction Corp 1 0 0
Red Rock Quarry 1 1 0
Roadways Construction Inc 1 0 0
SVE LLC 1 0 0
Therkelsen Construction Company 1 0 0
Mines in Cottonwood County11 on register
  1. Portable #1 (Red Rock Quarry)
    Surface metal/non-metal · Red Rock Quarry · MSHA ID 2103454
    Active
  2. CRUSHER #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · L & S Construction Corp · MSHA ID 2103095
    Intermittent
  3. Caldwell Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · GCC Ready Mix · MSHA ID 2100651
    Abandoned
  4. Bloch Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Amundson Dig · MSHA ID 2103148
    Abandoned
  5. #2 PLANT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Riddell Construction Inc · MSHA ID 2100450
    Abandoned
  6. PORTABLE #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Jeffers Dray Line Inc · MSHA ID 2103182
    Abandoned
  7. RIDDELL CONSTRUCTION CO.
    Surface metal/non-metal · Riddell Construction Inc · MSHA ID 2101827
    Abandoned
  8. Windom & Buhlers
    Surface metal/non-metal · GCC Ready Mix · MSHA ID 2100650
    Abandoned
  9. Screen 01
    Surface metal/non-metal · SVE LLC · MSHA ID 2103920
    Intermittent
  10. Cottonwood County Pits
    Surface metal/non-metal · Roadways Construction Inc · MSHA ID 2102368
    Abandoned
  11. Sykora Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Therkelsen Construction Company · MSHA ID 2102846
    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.