Mining Incidents
MSHA mine register by county

Mines in Cooper County, Missouri

Cooper County, Missouri has 11 mines on MSHA's register: 2 active, 9 abandoned. 1 are coal mines and 10 metal or non-metal. 32 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2021. Inspectors have issued 223 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Cooper 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 Cooper County →

Mines on register
11
Active
2
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
223
0 underground · 11 surface · 0 facilities 1 coal · 10 metal and non-metal 9 abandoned 32 reported accidents, 1983–2021
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.
Cooper County, Missouri · Population 16,835
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$67,548
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
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. 2 1 0
Albin Driilling & Quarrying Company 1 0 0
Apac-Missouri Inc 1 0 0
Capital Materials, LLC 1 0 0
Cooper County Road Commission 1 0 0
Cooper County Road Department 1 0 0
Higgins Materials, LLC 1 1 0
Missouri Leasing & Investment Company Inc 1 0 0
Missouri River Sand Company 1 0 0
Ozark Mining Corp 1 0 0
Mines in Cooper County11 on register
  1. Boonville Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · MSHA ID 2300097
    Active
  2. Otterville Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Higgins Materials, LLC · MSHA ID 2302496
    Active
  3. PRESTAGE QY & MAT INC
    Surface metal/non-metal · Apac-Missouri Inc · MSHA ID 2301911
    Abandoned
  4. Tipton Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · MSHA ID 2301586
    Abandoned
  5. Blackwater Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Capital Materials, LLC · MSHA ID 2302497
    Abandoned
  6. PLANT #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Cooper County Road Department · MSHA ID 2301769
    Abandoned
  7. Rebecca Jean
    Surface coal · Missouri Leasing & Investment Company Inc · MSHA ID 2301807
    Abandoned and Sealed
  8. Albin Quarry & Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Albin Driilling & Quarrying Company · MSHA ID 2300761
    Abandoned
  9. Blackeagle Pit & Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ozark Mining Corp · MSHA ID 2301720
    Abandoned
  10. Creek Plant No 1 East
    Surface metal/non-metal · Cooper County Road Commission · MSHA ID 2301768
    Abandoned
  11. Daniel Boone Dredge
    Surface metal/non-metal · Missouri River Sand Company · MSHA ID 2300580
    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.