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Mines in Aurora County, South Dakota

Aurora County, South Dakota has 5 mines on MSHA's register: 1 intermittent, 4 abandoned. Inspectors have issued 32 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Aurora 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 Aurora County →

Mines on register
5
Active
0
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
32
0 underground · 5 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 5 metal and non-metal 1 intermittent 4 abandoned
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.
Aurora County, South Dakota · Population 2,573
0.4%
Mining share of county employment
$74,130
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
Aurora County Highway Department 2 0 0
Brule County Highway Department 1 0 0
GoGo 1 0 0
Shefner Partnership 1 0 0
Mines in Aurora County5 on register
  1. GoGo Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · GoGo · MSHA ID 3901647
    Intermittent
  2. Screener
    Surface metal/non-metal · Shefner Partnership · MSHA ID 3901530
    Abandoned
  3. AURORA
    Surface metal/non-metal · Aurora County Highway Department · MSHA ID 3900087
    Abandoned
  4. Brule County Pits
    Surface metal/non-metal · Brule County Highway Department · MSHA ID 3900870
    Abandoned
  5. Nielson Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Aurora County Highway Department · MSHA ID 3901108
    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.