Mines in Cotton County, Oklahoma
Cotton County, Oklahoma has 4 mines on MSHA's register: 1 active, 3 abandoned. 1 miner has died and 4 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1986 and 2025. Inspectors have issued 167 citations.
Every mine MSHA has registered in Cotton 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
- 4
- Active
- 1
- Fatalities on record
- 1
- Citations issued
- 167
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cotton County | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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Waurika QuarryActive 0 fatal 167 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · MSHA ID 3400362
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Plant #1Abandoned 1 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Cotton County · MSHA ID 3401588
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COTTON COUNTY PITSAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Cotton County · MSHA ID 3401586
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Plant #1Abandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Cotton County · MSHA ID 3401587
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.