Mining Incidents
MSHA mine register by county

Mines in Nowata County, Oklahoma

Nowata County, Oklahoma has 16 mines on MSHA's register: 2 active, 14 abandoned. 9 are coal mines and 7 metal or non-metal. 26 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1989 and 2017. Inspectors have issued 237 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Nowata 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 Nowata County →

Mines on register
16
Active
2
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
237
0 underground · 16 surface · 0 facilities 9 coal · 7 metal and non-metal 14 abandoned 26 reported accidents, 1989–2017
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.
Nowata County, Oklahoma · Population 9,392
1.6%
Mining share of county employment
$52,679
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
On the map 
Loading map…
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
Nowata County 3 0 0
Brakefield Equipment Inc 2 0 0
APAC-Central, Inc 1 0 0
Fuel Dynamics Inc 1 0 0
G C B Leasing Inc 1 0 0
M J Lee Construction Company 1 0 0
Morton Materials 1 0 0
Peerless Materials Co 1 1 0
Redman Coal Company Inc 1 0 0
Tele-Systems Inc 1 0 0
Mines in Nowata County16 on register
  1. Peerless Materials Co
    Surface metal/non-metal · Peerless Materials Co · MSHA ID 3401111
    Active
  2. Witty Mine #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Witty Materials · MSHA ID 3402150
    Active
  3. H & H
    Surface coal · Brakefield Equipment Inc · MSHA ID 3402081
    Abandoned
  4. Portable #3 4300 Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · APAC-Central, Inc · MSHA ID 3400025
    Abandoned
  5. Nowata County Mine
    Surface coal · Brakefield Equipment Inc · MSHA ID 3401756
    Abandoned
  6. Morton Mine Site 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Morton Materials · MSHA ID 3402099
    Abandoned
  7. Black Diamond
    Surface coal · Fuel Dynamics Inc · MSHA ID 3400904
    Abandoned and Sealed
  8. Hamilton No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · G C B Leasing Inc · MSHA ID 3400995
    Abandoned
  9. Mynal Mine No 1
    Surface coal · Tele-Systems Inc · MSHA ID 3400845
    Abandoned
  10. NOWATA PITS DIST #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Nowata County · MSHA ID 3401230
    Abandoned
  11. NOWATA PITS DIST #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Nowata County · MSHA ID 3401233
    Abandoned
  12. NOWATA PITS DIST #3
    Surface metal/non-metal · Nowata County · MSHA ID 3401182
    Abandoned
  13. Osage No 1 Mine
    Surface coal · M J Lee Construction Company · MSHA ID 3401082
    Abandoned
  14. Panther Creek Mine
    Surface coal · Western Mining Company Of Oklahoma · MSHA ID 3400883
    Abandoned
  15. Parks-Mine
    Surface coal · Western Continental Of Oklahoma Inc · MSHA ID 3400457
    Abandoned
  16. Redman No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · Redman Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3401148
    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.

Other counties in OklahomaAll counties →
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.