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Mines in Meade County, South Dakota

Meade County, South Dakota has 16 mines on MSHA's register: 2 active, 1 intermittent, 12 abandoned. Inspectors have issued 78 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Meade 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 Meade County →

Mines on register
16
Active
2
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
78
0 underground · 15 surface · 1 facilities 0 coal · 16 metal and non-metal 1 intermittent 12 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.
Meade County, South Dakota · Population 30,297
0.9%
Mining share of county employment
$74,161
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
63 Industries 1 1 0
American Aurum Corp 1 0 0
Anderson Sand and Gravel LLC 1 0 0
Apple Springs Inc 1 0 0
Badinger Sand & Gravel 1 0 0
Citation Oil & Gas Ltd 1 0 0
GCC Dacotah 1 1 0
Highmark, Inc 1 0 0
Hills Materials Company 1 0 0
KLM Exco 1 0 0
Mines in Meade County16 on register
  1. 63 Mobile 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · 63 Industries · MSHA ID 3901656
    Active
  2. KONECHNE MINE
    Surface metal/non-metal · GCC Dacotah · MSHA ID 3901617
    Active
  3. Anderson Sand and Gravel LLC
    Surface metal/non-metal · Anderson Sand and Gravel LLC · MSHA ID 3901522
    Abandoned
  4. Wash Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · KLM Exco · MSHA ID 3901531
    Abandoned
  5. Elk Creek Sand & Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Highmark, Inc · MSHA ID 3901585
    Abandoned
  6. Stripping & Blasting
    Surface metal/non-metal · Simon Contractors · MSHA ID 3901676
    Temporarily Idled
  7. Alverson Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · William Frerichs · MSHA ID 3900979
    Abandoned
  8. Apple Springs (Mobile)
    Surface metal/non-metal · Apple Springs Inc · MSHA ID 3901520
    Abandoned
  9. Black Hawk Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hills Materials Company · MSHA ID 3901154
    Abandoned
  10. Chuck Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Pete Lien & Sons, Inc. · MSHA ID 3901693
    Intermittent
  11. Jerry'S Crusher
    Surface metal/non-metal · Badinger Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 3901229
    Abandoned
  12. Nick Leveque Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · N & M Construction Company · MSHA ID 3900791
    Abandoned
  13. NISSEN GRAVEL
    Surface metal/non-metal · Nissen Gravel · MSHA ID 3901446
    Abandoned
  14. Portable Unit #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Citation Oil & Gas Ltd · MSHA ID 3901321
    Abandoned
  15. Sturgis Mill
    Facility metal/non-metal · American Aurum Corp · MSHA ID 3901293
    Abandoned
  16. Unit #407
    Surface metal/non-metal · Reynolds Construction Company · MSHA ID 3901304
    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.