Mining Incidents
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Mines in Judith Basin County, Montana

Judith Basin County, Montana has 14 mines on MSHA's register: 1 intermittent, 12 abandoned. 1 miner has died and 4 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1988 and 2012. Inspectors have issued 158 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Judith Basin 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 Judith Basin County →

Mines on register
14
Active
0
Fatalities on record
1
Citations issued
158
3 underground · 11 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 14 metal and non-metal 1 intermittent 12 abandoned 4 reported accidents, 1988–2012
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.
Judith Basin County, Montana · Population 2,053
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$55,417
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
Judith Basin County Road Dept 2 0 0
Yogo Mining Company LLC 1 0 1
Amax Exploration Inc 1 0 0
Antonich Construction & Logging Inc 1 0 0
Carwyn Eierman 1 0 0
Dick Anderson Construction, Inc. 1 0 0
GCC Three Forks, LLC. 1 0 0
Major Rock Supplies 1 0 0
Phillips Construction 1 0 0
Running Wolf Mining 1 0 0
Mines in Judith Basin County14 on register
  1. Vortex Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Yogo Mining Company LLC · MSHA ID 2401835
    Abandoned
  2. YOGO SAPPHIRE MINE
    Underground metal/non-metal · Yogold U.S.A. Corporation · MSHA ID 2400775
    NonProducing
  3. Judith Basin Co Portable Crusher
    Surface metal/non-metal · Judith Basin County Road Dept · MSHA ID 2401987
    Intermittent
  4. ACI
    Surface metal/non-metal · Antonich Construction & Logging Inc · MSHA ID 2402590
    Abandoned
  5. Judith Gap Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Major Rock Supplies · MSHA ID 2402534
    Abandoned
  6. Basin Angus Ranch Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Phillips Construction · MSHA ID 2402429
    Abandoned
  7. Geyser
    Surface metal/non-metal · GCC Three Forks, LLC. · MSHA ID 2402641
    Abandoned
  8. Judith Basin Portable Crusher
    Surface metal/non-metal · Judith Basin County Road Department · MSHA ID 2401597
    Abandoned
  9. Liberty Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Amax Exploration Inc · MSHA ID 2401516
    Abandoned
  10. Montgomery Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Carwyn Eierman · MSHA ID 2401531
    Abandoned
  11. Sir Walter Scott
    Surface metal/non-metal · Running Wolf Mining · MSHA ID 2401774
    Abandoned
  12. Spion-Kop Aggregate
    Surface metal/non-metal · Dick Anderson Construction, Inc. · MSHA ID 2402620
    Abandoned
  13. Vincent Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Scott Vincent Contracting · MSHA ID 2402654
    Abandoned
  14. Yukon Mining, Inc.
    Underground metal/non-metal · Yukon Mining, Inc. · MSHA ID 2402089
    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.