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Mines in Butte County, South Dakota

Butte County, South Dakota has 21 mines on MSHA's register: 2 active, 2 intermittent, 16 abandoned. 157 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2024. Inspectors have issued 367 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Butte 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 Butte County →

Mines on register
21
Active
2
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
367
0 underground · 18 surface · 3 facilities 0 coal · 21 metal and non-metal 2 intermittent 16 abandoned 157 reported accidents, 1983–2024
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.
Butte County, South Dakota · Population 10,538
5.5%
Mining share of county employment
$67,692
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
American Colloid Company Minerals Group 3 1 0
Black Hills Clay Products Company 2 0 0
Belle Fourche Irrigation District 1 0 0
BOOM CONCRETE INC 1 1 0
Boom Silo & Equipment Company Inc 1 0 0
Clausen Construction Inc 1 0 0
Colloid Environmental Technologies Company 1 0 0
Dakota Sand & Gravel Inc 1 0 0
Fisher Sand & Gravel Company 1 0 0
Homestead Maintenance 1 0 0
Mines in Butte County21 on register
  1. BELLE FOURCHE MILL
    Facility metal/non-metal · American Colloid Company · MSHA ID 3900049
    Active
  2. VANDERBOOM PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · BOOM CONCRETE INC · MSHA ID 3901543
    Active
  3. Fisher Industries Plant #34
    Surface metal/non-metal · Fisher Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 3200099
    Intermittent
  4. BELLE FOURCHE CETCO PLANT
    Facility metal/non-metal · Colloid Environmental Technologies Company · MSHA ID 3901413
    Abandoned
  5. Crusher #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Tri State Construction LLC · MSHA ID 3901437
    Abandoned
  6. J & H Crushing
    Surface metal/non-metal · Woelber Excavating, Inc. · MSHA ID 3901545
    Abandoned
  7. Roughrider Ranch
    Surface metal/non-metal · Roughrider Construction, LLC · MSHA ID 3901650
    Intermittent
  8. Homestead Maintenance Plant #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Homestead Maintenance · MSHA ID 3901399
    Abandoned
  9. Crusher
    Surface metal/non-metal · J & W Construction · MSHA ID 3901329
    Temporarily Idled
  10. BFID
    Surface metal/non-metal · Belle Fourche Irrigation District · MSHA ID 3901457
    Abandoned
  11. Black Hills Clay Products Belle Fou
    Facility metal/non-metal · Black Hills Clay Products Company · MSHA ID 3900050
    Abandoned
  12. Bonato Pit No 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Black Hills Clay Products Company · MSHA ID 3900051
    Abandoned
  13. Broadhurst Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · American Colloid Company Minerals Group · MSHA ID 3901312
    Abandoned
  14. Clausen Construction Incorporated
    Surface metal/non-metal · Clausen Construction Inc · MSHA ID 3901404
    Abandoned
  15. DAKOTA SAND AND GRAVEL
    Surface metal/non-metal · Dakota Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 3901378
    Abandoned
  16. Kindsfater Pit #1 Or Durr Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Liming Construction · MSHA ID 3900524
    Abandoned
  17. L&R PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lewis Reinhardt Gravel Llc · MSHA ID 3901465
    Abandoned
  18. Poor Farm Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lake County Highway Department · MSHA ID 3900701
    Abandoned
  19. Ridge Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · American Colloid Company Minerals Group · MSHA ID 3900844
    Abandoned
  20. Vale Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Boom Silo & Equipment Company Inc · MSHA ID 3901124
    Abandoned
  21. Vearl Norman Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Northern Improvement Company · MSHA ID 3901187
    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.