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Mines in Potter County, South Dakota

Potter County, South Dakota has 5 mines on MSHA's register: 5 abandoned. 1 accident has been reported at these mines in 2016. Inspectors have issued 5 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Potter 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 Potter County →

Mines on register
5
Active
0
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
5
0 underground · 5 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 5 metal and non-metal 5 abandoned 1 reported accidents, 2016
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.
Potter County, South Dakota · Population 2,430
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$71,726
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
L.E.C., Inc. 2 0 0
Lake Sand & Gravel Inc 1 0 0
Potter County Highway Department 1 0 0
Potts Trucking & Construction 1 0 0
Mines in Potter County5 on register
  1. Logan Crusher 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · L.E.C., Inc. · MSHA ID 3901602
    Abandoned
  2. Logan Screener 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · L.E.C., Inc. · MSHA ID 3901601
    Abandoned
  3. Hankinson Portable Crusher
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lake Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 3901347
    Abandoned
  4. PORTABLE #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Potts Trucking & Construction · MSHA ID 3901430
    Abandoned
  5. Potter Couty Mines Or Potter Cty Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Potter County Highway Department · MSHA ID 3900135
    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.