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Mines in Douglas County, South Dakota

Douglas County, South Dakota has 7 mines on MSHA's register: 1 active, 2 intermittent, 4 abandoned. Inspectors have issued 169 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Douglas 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 Douglas County →

Mines on register
7
Active
1
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
169
0 underground · 7 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 7 metal and non-metal 2 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.
Douglas County, South Dakota · Population 2,823
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$78,125
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
Bitterman Sand Pit 1 0 0
First Rate Excavate 1 0 0
Grosz Sand & Gravel 1 1 0
Lau Gravel LLC 1 0 0
Pro Crush LLC 1 0 0
T F Luke & Sons Inc 1 0 0
Vanderpol Dragline 1 0 0
Mines in Douglas County7 on register
  1. Goetz Pit #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Grosz Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 3900666
    Active
  2. Procrush1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Pro Crush LLC · MSHA ID 3901605
    Intermittent
  3. First Rate Excavate Portable 3
    Surface metal/non-metal · First Rate Excavate · MSHA ID 3901588
    Intermittent
  4. BITTERMAN SAND PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bitterman Sand Pit · MSHA ID 3900677
    Abandoned
  5. Plant 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lau Gravel LLC · MSHA ID 3901639
    Abandoned
  6. Sanders Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · T F Luke & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 3901071
    Abandoned
  7. Vanderpol Dragline
    Surface metal/non-metal · Vanderpol Dragline · MSHA ID 3901221
    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.