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Mines in Phelps County, Nebraska

Phelps County, Nebraska has 6 mines on MSHA's register: 3 intermittent, 3 abandoned. 2 accidents have been reported at these mines in 1990. Inspectors have issued 56 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Phelps 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 Phelps County →

Mines on register
6
Active
0
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
56
0 underground · 6 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 6 metal and non-metal 3 intermittent 3 abandoned 2 reported accidents, 1990
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.
Phelps County, Nebraska · Population 8,983
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$65,988
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
Paulsen Inc 4 0 0
Southwest Gravel Products LLC 1 0 0
Whitney Sand & Gravel Inc 1 0 0
Mines in Phelps County6 on register
  1. Elm Creek
    Surface metal/non-metal · Paulsen Inc · MSHA ID 2501242
    Intermittent
  2. Overton Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Paulsen Inc · MSHA ID 2500319
    Abandoned
  3. Odessa Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Paulsen Inc · MSHA ID 2500327
    Intermittent
  4. Elizabeth Valley Pit (EV Pit)
    Surface metal/non-metal · Southwest Gravel Products LLC · MSHA ID 2501315
    Intermittent
  5. Elmcreek-S
    Surface metal/non-metal · Paulsen Inc · MSHA ID 2500600
    Abandoned
  6. Overton Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Whitney Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 2500993
    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.