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Mines in Polk County, Minnesota

Polk County, Minnesota has 28 mines on MSHA's register: 11 intermittent, 17 abandoned. 1 miner has died and 21 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1989 and 2020. Inspectors have issued 451 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Polk 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 Polk County →

Mines on register
28
Active
0
Fatalities on record
1
Citations issued
451
0 underground · 28 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 28 metal and non-metal 11 intermittent 17 abandoned 21 reported accidents, 1989–2020
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.
Polk County, Minnesota · Population 30,905
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$69,136
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
Donarski Brothers Inc 5 0 0
Strata Corporation 3 0 1
RJ Zavoral Paving 3 0 0
Spring Gravel Company 2 0 0
ANDERSON BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION Co of Brainerd LLC 1 0 0
Anderson Brothers Construction Company 1 0 0
Bakken Trucking 1 0 0
D&B Construction & Landscaping 1 0 0
Dux Washed Aggregate 1 0 0
Erling Olson Trucking 1 0 0
Mines in Polk County28 on register
  1. Portable Crushing Plant #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Strata Corporation · MSHA ID 2102843
    Intermittent
  2. Northern Sand & Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Strata Corp · MSHA ID 2100576
    Intermittent
  3. R.J. Zavoral Paving, Inc.
    Surface metal/non-metal · R.J. Zavoral Paving, Inc. · MSHA ID 2103319
    Intermittent
  4. 218 Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Strata Corp · MSHA ID 2101638
    Intermittent
  5. SP-1
    Surface metal/non-metal · ANDERSON BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION Co of Brainerd LLC · MSHA ID 2102372
    Intermittent
  6. Crusher1
    Surface metal/non-metal · RJ Zavoral Paving · MSHA ID 2103908
    Intermittent
  7. Fabtec Wash Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · J & S Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 2102894
    Abandoned
  8. Plant 2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ottesen Sand and Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 2103785
    Abandoned
  9. Portable Crusher #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Donarski Bros., Inc. · MSHA ID 2101635
    Intermittent
  10. Portable Crusher #3
    Surface metal/non-metal · Donarski Bros Inc · MSHA ID 2103638
    Intermittent
  11. RipRap1
    Surface metal/non-metal · RJ Zavoral Paving · MSHA ID 2103909
    Intermittent
  12. Portable Crusher #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Donarski Bros., Inc. · MSHA ID 2103329
    Intermittent
  13. Portable 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Evenson Gravel LLC · MSHA ID 2103823
    Abandoned
  14. Qualley Pit East
    Surface metal/non-metal · D&B Construction & Landscaping · MSHA ID 2104109
    Intermittent
  15. Gray Screen
    Surface metal/non-metal · Garry Gravel · MSHA ID 2103542
    Abandoned
  16. Black Gold Pit And Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Thorson Inc · MSHA ID 2101646
    Abandoned
  17. Dux Aggregate Pit And Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Dux Washed Aggregate · MSHA ID 2102762
    Abandoned
  18. East Polk County Pit And Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ikel Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 2102632
    Abandoned
  19. Lloyd Bruce Pit & Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Donarski Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 2102551
    Abandoned
  20. Mac Adams Pit & Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Spring Gravel Company · MSHA ID 2102690
    Abandoned
  21. Polk County Pits
    Surface metal/non-metal · Anderson Brothers Construction Company · MSHA ID 2102907
    Abandoned
  22. Power Screen
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lindberg Enterprises, LLC · MSHA ID 2103706
    Abandoned
  23. Ruben Olson Pit & Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Donarski Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 2102521
    Abandoned
  24. Sam Taylor Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Wm D Scepaniak Inc · MSHA ID 2102858
    Abandoned
  25. Spring Gravel Wash Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Spring Gravel Company · MSHA ID 2100618
    Abandoned
  26. Thorson Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bakken Trucking · MSHA ID 2102649
    Abandoned
  27. Weberg Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Erling Olson Trucking · MSHA ID 2101644
    Abandoned
  28. Weberg Pit And Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Marlin Hammer Company · MSHA ID 2101450
    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.