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Mines in Codington County, South Dakota

Codington County, South Dakota has 15 mines on MSHA's register: 1 active, 3 intermittent, 11 abandoned. 39 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1987 and 2024. Inspectors have issued 333 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Codington 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 Codington County →

Mines on register
15
Active
1
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
333
0 underground · 15 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 15 metal and non-metal 3 intermittent 11 abandoned 39 reported accidents, 1987–2024
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.
Codington County, South Dakota · Population 28,556
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$65,080
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
Brownlee Construction, Inc. 4 0 0
Benthin Blading 1 0 0
Brownlee Construction Company 1 0 0
Codington County Highway Department 1 0 0
F J Mc Laughlin Company 1 0 0
J&J Earth Works, Inc 1 0 0
Koustrup Gravel LLC 1 0 0
Northern Con-Agg Inc 1 0 0
Northern Con-Agg LLP 1 1 0
Oseby Construction 1 0 0
Mines in Codington County15 on register
  1. Rauville
    Surface metal/non-metal · Northern Con-Agg LLP · MSHA ID 3901010
    Active
  2. Mc Laughlin Pit & Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · F J Mc Laughlin Company · MSHA ID 3900233
    Abandoned
  3. Brownlee Construction Inc
    Surface metal/non-metal · Brownlee Construction Inc · MSHA ID 3901318
    Intermittent
  4. SCREENER #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Stromseth Construction · MSHA ID 3901450
    Abandoned
  5. Plant #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Brownlee Construction Inc · MSHA ID 3901093
    Intermittent
  6. Portable 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Benthin Blading · MSHA ID 3901643
    Intermittent
  7. Koustrup Gravel LLC
    Surface metal/non-metal · Koustrup Gravel LLC · MSHA ID 3901542
    Abandoned
  8. Dunn Pit & Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Withrow Sales & Service · MSHA ID 3900291
    Abandoned
  9. Junger Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Oseby Construction · MSHA ID 3901006
    Abandoned
  10. Morehouse Pit And Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Brownlee Construction Company · MSHA ID 3900910
    Abandoned
  11. Plant #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Brownlee Construction Inc. · MSHA ID 3901114
    Abandoned
  12. Schwande Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Codington County Highway Department · MSHA ID 3901113
    Abandoned
  13. Screener
    Surface metal/non-metal · Brownlee Construction, Inc. · MSHA ID 3901462
    Abandoned
  14. Watertown
    Surface metal/non-metal · Northern Con-Agg Inc · MSHA ID 3900242
    Abandoned
  15. Willow Creek Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · J&J Earth Works, Inc · MSHA ID 3901685
    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.