Mining Incidents
MSHA mine register by county

Mines in Phillips County, Montana

Phillips County, Montana has 14 mines on MSHA's register: 14 abandoned. 2 miners have died and 103 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 1998. Inspectors have issued 51 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Phillips 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 Phillips County →

Mines on register
14
Active
0
Fatalities on record
2
Citations issued
51
0 underground · 13 surface · 1 facilities 0 coal · 14 metal and non-metal 14 abandoned 103 reported accidents, 1983–1998
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.
Phillips County, Montana · Population 4,224
3.3%
Mining share of county employment
$58,156
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
American Colloid Company Minerals Group 3 0 0
Malta Ready Mix, Inc. 3 0 0
Phillips County 2 0 0
Pegasus Gold Corp 1 0 1
Spectrum Engineering Inc 1 0 1
21 Construction Inc 1 0 0
Bishop, Inc. 1 0 0
Malta Ready Mix 1 0 0
Penhard Resources Inc 1 0 0
Mines in Phillips County14 on register
  1. ZORTMAN MINING INC
    Surface metal/non-metal · Spectrum Engineering Inc · MSHA ID 2401450
    Abandoned
  2. Pegasus Gold Corp/Zortman Mng Inc-Landus
    Surface metal/non-metal · Pegasus Gold Corp · MSHA ID 2401150
    Abandoned
  3. Malta Ready Mix Wash Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Malta Ready Mix, Inc. · MSHA ID 2400463
    Abandoned
  4. Portable Power Screen
    Surface metal/non-metal · Malta Ready Mix, Inc. · MSHA ID 2402700
    Abandoned
  5. Malta Plant
    Facility metal/non-metal · American Colloid Company Minerals Group · MSHA ID 2401437
    Abandoned
  6. SCREENING PLANT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Phillips County · MSHA ID 2401959
    Abandoned
  7. 21 Portable Crusher
    Surface metal/non-metal · 21 Construction Inc · MSHA ID 2402806
    Abandoned
  8. Bishop Crusher
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bishop, Inc. · MSHA ID 2402603
    Abandoned
  9. District B Screen
    Surface metal/non-metal · Phillips County · MSHA ID 2402031
    Abandoned
  10. Malta Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · American Colloid Company Minerals Group · MSHA ID 2401435
    Abandoned
  11. MRM crusher
    Surface metal/non-metal · Malta Ready Mix · MSHA ID 2402702
    Abandoned
  12. PORTABLE CRUSHER
    Surface metal/non-metal · Malta Ready Mix · MSHA ID 2401962
    Abandoned
  13. West Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · American Colloid Company Minerals Group · MSHA ID 2401436
    Abandoned
  14. Zortman Placer
    Surface metal/non-metal · Penhard Resources Inc · MSHA ID 2401627
    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.