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Mines in Houston County, Minnesota

Houston County, Minnesota has 39 mines on MSHA's register: 4 intermittent, 34 abandoned. 3 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1985 and 1988. Inspectors have issued 273 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Houston 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 Houston County →

Mines on register
39
Active
0
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
273
0 underground · 39 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 39 metal and non-metal 4 intermittent 34 abandoned 3 reported accidents, 1985–1988
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.
Houston County, Minnesota · Population 18,768
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$77,087
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
Hector Construction Company Inc 11 0 0
Botcher Construction Company 4 0 0
Kruckow Rock & Ready Mix 4 0 0
Roverud Construction Inc 4 0 0
Comstock Trucking 2 0 0
Kruckow Construction Company 2 0 0
Kruckow Rock Products 2 0 0
Croell,Inc. 1 0 0
Denstad Construction LLC 1 0 0
Hector Construction Company Inc 1 0 0
Mines in Houston County39 on register
  1. Portable Crusher #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Kruckow Rock & Ready Mix · MSHA ID 2102694
    Abandoned
  2. Abnet Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · La Crescent Rock Products Inc · MSHA ID 2103171
    Intermittent
  3. Portable Crusher
    Surface metal/non-metal · Botcher Const Inc · MSHA ID 2103333
    Intermittent
  4. Screening Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Kruckow Rock & Ready Mix · MSHA ID 2103442
    Intermittent
  5. Richards Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Comstock Trk, Inc. · MSHA ID 2103328
    Abandoned
  6. Houston County Quarries
    Surface metal/non-metal · Patterson Quarries-Div/Mathy Construction Co · MSHA ID 2102820
    Abandoned
  7. Lonning Sand & Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Croell,Inc. · MSHA ID 2103058
    Abandoned
  8. Plant 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · VanGundy Excavating LLP · MSHA ID 2103746
    Temporarily Idled
  9. Hector Houston County Quarries
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hector Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 2100037
    Abandoned
  10. Wash Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Kruckow Rock & Ready Mix · MSHA ID 2103441
    Abandoned
  11. Houston County Sand Pull
    Surface metal/non-metal · Houston County Highway Department · MSHA ID 2103324
    Intermittent
  12. Portable Crusher #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Kruckow Rock & Ready Mix · MSHA ID 2103440
    Abandoned
  13. BIRKLAND
    Surface metal/non-metal · BOTCHER CONST. CO., INC. · MSHA ID 2103315
    Abandoned
  14. Brownsville Site
    Surface metal/non-metal · Denstad Construction LLC · MSHA ID 2103698
    Abandoned
  15. Conniff Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Kruckow Construction Company · MSHA ID 2102633
    Abandoned
  16. Doblar Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hector Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 2100121
    Abandoned
  17. Gap Hill Quarry And Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Botcher Construction Company · MSHA ID 2101720
    Abandoned
  18. Gillan Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hector Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 2100181
    Abandoned
  19. Graf Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Kruckow Construction Company · MSHA ID 2100712
    Abandoned
  20. Guberud Quarry And Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hector Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 2100036
    Abandoned
  21. Heinz Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Comstock Trucking · MSHA ID 2102666
    Abandoned
  22. Holty-Badger Quarry And Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hector Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 2101649
    Abandoned
  23. Horn Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hector Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 2101748
    Abandoned
  24. Houston County Quarries
    Surface metal/non-metal · Quarve & Anderson Company · MSHA ID 2100092
    Abandoned
  25. Kelly Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Botcher Construction Company · MSHA ID 2100008
    Abandoned
  26. Muhly Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Roverud Construction Inc · MSHA ID 2102469
    Abandoned
  27. Oak Ridge Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Roverud Construction Inc · MSHA ID 2101391
    Abandoned
  28. Ostreng Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ostreng Construction Company · MSHA ID 2100185
    Abandoned
  29. Portable Crusher #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Kruckow Rock Products · MSHA ID 2103043
    Abandoned
  30. Portable No. 2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Orval Sorum & Sons · MSHA ID 2103463
    Abandoned
  31. Portable Rip Rap Plant #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Roverud Construction Inc · MSHA ID 2101395
    Abandoned
  32. Portable Screening Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Kruckow Rock Products · MSHA ID 2103044
    Abandoned
  33. Thiele Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Roverud Construction Inc · MSHA ID 2101394
    Abandoned
  34. Tippery Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hector Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 2102608
    Abandoned
  35. Two By Four Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hector Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 2100040
    Abandoned
  36. Vehrenkamp Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hector Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 2100042
    Abandoned
  37. Winnebago Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hector Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 2100043
    Abandoned
  38. Yucatan Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hector Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 2101650
    Abandoned
  39. Zaiger Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hector Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 2100039
    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.