Mines in Lake County, Minnesota
Lake County, Minnesota has 14 mines on MSHA's register: 3 active, 1 intermittent, 10 abandoned. 430 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2026. Inspectors have issued 4,865 citations.
Every mine MSHA has registered in Lake 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.
- Mines on register
- 14
- Active
- 3
- Fatalities on record
- 0
- Citations issued
- 4,865
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cold Spring Granite Company | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Kasota Stone Fabricators Inc. | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Ulland Brothers Inc | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| August Seliskar | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Edwin E Thoreson Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fall Lake Township | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fox Farm Sand & Gravel | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lake County Highway Department-Mn | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mesabi Nugget, LLC | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| North Shore Ready Mix | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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Northshore Mining CompanyActive 0 fatal 4,731 citationsFacility metal/non-metal · Northshore Mining Company · MSHA ID 2100831
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Mesabi BlackActive 0 fatal 31 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Cold Spring Granite Company · MSHA ID 2103085
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L-231Active 0 fatal 55 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Kasota Stone Fabricators Inc · MSHA ID 2103882
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Lake Superior GreenAbandoned 0 fatal 17 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Cold Spring Granite Company · MSHA ID 2103124
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Lauren PitAbandoned 0 fatal 10 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · North Shore Ready Mix · MSHA ID 2100633
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Mesabi Nugget, LLCAbandoned 0 fatal 13 citationsFacility metal/non-metal · Mesabi Nugget, LLC · MSHA ID 2103340
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L-159Intermittent 0 fatal 8 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Kasota Stone Fabricators Inc. · MSHA ID 2104102
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August Seliskar PitAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · August Seliskar · MSHA ID 2102505
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Fall Lake Township PitAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Fall Lake Township · MSHA ID 2102504
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Fox Farm Sand & GravelAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Fox Farm Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 2104003
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Lake County Highway Department PitsAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Lake County Highway Department-Mn · MSHA ID 2102465
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Lake County Pit No 1Abandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Edwin E Thoreson Inc · MSHA ID 2102811
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Lake County PitsAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Ulland Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 2102951
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Schroeder PitAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Ulland Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 2102810
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.