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Mines in Charles Mix County, South Dakota

Charles Mix County, South Dakota has 14 mines on MSHA's register: 1 active, 4 intermittent, 9 abandoned. Inspectors have issued 169 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Charles Mix 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 Charles Mix County →

Mines on register
14
Active
1
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
169
0 underground · 14 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 14 metal and non-metal 4 intermittent 9 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.
Charles Mix County, South Dakota · Population 9,281
0.1%
Mining share of county employment
$64,850
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
Opperman, Inc. 2 0 0
Blaha Gravel 1 0 0
Boyden Construction 1 0 0
Charles Mix County Highway Department 1 0 0
Greenwood Colony 1 0 0
H Vanderpol 1 0 0
John A Carlson Inc 1 0 0
Lake Andes Ready-Mix 1 0 0
Ringling Gravel & Construction LLC 1 0 0
Schultz Redi Mix LLC 1 0 0
Mines in Charles Mix County14 on register
  1. RAVINIA SAND PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Wagner Building & Supply Company Inc · MSHA ID 3900288
    Active
  2. Van Zee Gravel Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Van Zee Gravel & Construction Inc · MSHA ID 3900458
    Abandoned
  3. Opperman Portable #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Opperman Inc · MSHA ID 3900277
    Intermittent
  4. Vanderpol Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ringling Gravel & Construction LLC · MSHA ID 3901636
    Intermittent
  5. Opperman Portable QA441
    Surface metal/non-metal · Opperman, Inc. · MSHA ID 3901665
    Intermittent
  6. Blaha Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Blaha Gravel · MSHA ID 3901578
    Abandoned
  7. Standy Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Standy Rock & Gravel · MSHA ID 3901646
    Intermittent
  8. Portable Screener (Unit)
    Surface metal/non-metal · Boyden Construction · MSHA ID 3900813
    Abandoned
  9. Bill Burtz Pit No 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · John A Carlson Inc · MSHA ID 3901146
    Abandoned
  10. Conzemous Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Charles Mix County Highway Department · MSHA ID 3900845
    Abandoned
  11. Greenwood Colony Sand Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Greenwood Colony · MSHA ID 3900834
    Abandoned
  12. Nelson Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lake Andes Ready-Mix · MSHA ID 3901220
    Abandoned
  13. Soakup Pit No 2
    Surface metal/non-metal · H Vanderpol · MSHA ID 3901132
    Abandoned
  14. Wynia Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Schultz Redi Mix LLC · MSHA ID 3901596
    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.