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Mines in Le Sueur County, Minnesota

Le Sueur County, Minnesota has 29 mines on MSHA's register: 1 active, 8 intermittent, 20 abandoned. 2 miners have died and 297 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2024. Inspectors have issued 604 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Le Sueur 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 Le Sueur County →

Mines on register
29
Active
1
Fatalities on record
2
Citations issued
604
0 underground · 29 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 29 metal and non-metal 8 intermittent 20 abandoned 297 reported accidents, 1983–2024
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.
Le Sueur County, Minnesota · Population 28,936
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$90,218
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
Ed Swartout Inc 3 0 0
Johnson Aggregates Incorporated 3 0 0
James Bros. Construction, Inc. 2 0 0
Southern Minnesota Construction 2 0 0
Covia Solutions LLC 1 1 2
Babcock Stone Company 1 0 0
Carlson Brothers Inc 1 0 0
Covia Holdings Corporation 1 0 0
Darin Hanks Trucking & Excavating LLC 1 0 0
Duininck Brothers & Gilchrist 1 0 0
Mines in Le Sueur County29 on register
  1. Ottawa Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Covia Solutions LLC · MSHA ID 2100790
    Active
  2. Kasota Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Covia Holdings Corporation · MSHA ID 2102836
    Abandoned
  3. KASOTA PLANT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hanson Pipe & Products Minnesota Inc · MSHA ID 2101406
    Abandoned
  4. Vetter Stone Co North Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Vetter Stone Company · MSHA ID 2100772
    Abandoned
  5. Johnson Aggregates
    Surface metal/non-metal · Johnson Aggregates Incorporated · MSHA ID 2100517
    Intermittent
  6. MOLLENHAUER GRAVEL PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Traxler Construction Inc · MSHA ID 2103089
    Intermittent
  7. James Bros Wash Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · James Bros. Construction, Inc. · MSHA ID 2103436
    Intermittent
  8. Dave Ton Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Darin Hanks Trucking & Excavating LLC · MSHA ID 2103380
    Intermittent
  9. PSG Screen
    Surface metal/non-metal · Southern Minnesota Construction · MSHA ID 2103343
    Abandoned
  10. WLC-2
    Surface metal/non-metal · W Lorentz & Sons Construction, Inc. · MSHA ID 2104017
    Intermittent
  11. Kasota Davis Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Martin Marietta Materials Inc. · MSHA ID 2103741
    Intermittent
  12. James Bros. Sand & Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · James Bros. Construction, Inc. · MSHA ID 2103381
    Intermittent
  13. CRUSHER
    Surface metal/non-metal · MAX JOHNSON TRUCKING, INC. · MSHA ID 2103311
    Intermittent
  14. Johnson Portable
    Surface metal/non-metal · Johnson Aggregates Incorporated · MSHA ID 2103090
    Abandoned
  15. 01976 W
    Surface metal/non-metal · Southern Minnesota Construction · MSHA ID 2103742
    Abandoned
  16. Portable
    Surface metal/non-metal · Johnson Aggregates Inc. · MSHA ID 2103825
    Abandoned
  17. 636 R
    Surface metal/non-metal · Max Johnson Construction · MSHA ID 2103025
    Abandoned
  18. Boreke Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Carlson Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 2102425
    Abandoned
  19. Brown Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ed Swartout Inc · MSHA ID 2101824
    Abandoned
  20. Caroline & Moses Qy
    Surface metal/non-metal · Babcock Stone Company · MSHA ID 2100769
    Abandoned
  21. Cone Crushing
    Surface metal/non-metal · Wacker Brothers Construction & Son · MSHA ID 2103002
    Abandoned
  22. Henroy Komatz Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Komatz Construction Inc · MSHA ID 2101562
    Abandoned
  23. Mollenaheur Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Duininck Brothers & Gilchrist · MSHA ID 2102696
    Abandoned
  24. Pettis Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · River Bend Asphalt Company · MSHA ID 2102952
    Abandoned
  25. State Pit No 3118-A
    Surface metal/non-metal · Minnesota State Dept Of Transportat · MSHA ID 2102604
    Abandoned
  26. Swartout Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ed Swartout Inc · MSHA ID 2100728
    Abandoned
  27. Swenson Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ed Swartout Inc · MSHA ID 2102682
    Abandoned
  28. TH169 Kasota Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Landwehr Construction, Inc. · MSHA ID 2103865
    Abandoned
  29. Vetters North Quarry Waste Pile
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lundin Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 2100770
    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.