Mines in Mercer County, North Dakota
Mercer County, North Dakota has 13 mines on MSHA's register: 5 active, 7 abandoned. 5 are coal mines and 8 metal or non-metal. 2 miners have died and 620 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2026. Inspectors have issued 763 citations.
Every mine MSHA has registered in Mercer 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.
- Mines on register
- 13
- Active
- 5
- Fatalities on record
- 2
- Citations issued
- 763
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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.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.
| Operator | Mines | Active | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basin Cooperative Services | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| The Coteau Properties Company | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Antelope Creek Trucking, Inc. | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Asgard Resources | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bellaire Corp | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Coyote Creek Mining Company, L.L.C. | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Energy Sand Solutions LLC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Gravel Products Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Knell Trucking | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| LeeRoy Fischer Construction LLC | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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Freedom MineActive 1 fatal 162 citationsSurface coal · The Coteau Properties Company · MSHA ID 3200595
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Beulah MineActive 0 fatal 261 citationsSurface coal · Westmoreland Beulah Mining LLC · MSHA ID 3200043
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Coyote Creek MineActive 0 fatal 39 citationsSurface coal · Coyote Creek Mining Company, L.L.C. · MSHA ID 3201028
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Buffalo SandsActive 0 fatal 85 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Ramsey Hill Exploration · MSHA ID 3201082
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ENERGY SAND SOLUTIONS-HAZENActive 0 fatal 24 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Energy Sand Solutions LLC · MSHA ID 3201088
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Glenharold MineAbandoned 1 fatal 0 citationsSurface coal · Basin Cooperative Services · MSHA ID 3200042
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Indian Head MineAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface coal · Bellaire Corp · MSHA ID 3200044
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Hazen MineTemporarily Idled 0 fatal 139 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · North Dakota Proppant · MSHA ID 3201086
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Asgard Mobile WashplantAbandoned 0 fatal 22 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Asgard Resources · MSHA ID 3201085
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Knell TruckingAbandoned 0 fatal 17 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Knell Trucking · MSHA ID 3200872
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C-7 HEWITT ROBINS 2142 JAWAbandoned 0 fatal 6 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Gravel Products Inc · MSHA ID 3200668
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Pit 1Abandoned 0 fatal 5 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Antelope Creek Trucking, Inc. · MSHA ID 3200949
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LeesmineAbandoned 0 fatal 3 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · LeeRoy Fischer Construction LLC · MSHA ID 3200998
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.
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.