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Mines in Sanborn County, South Dakota

Sanborn County, South Dakota has 8 mines on MSHA's register: 8 abandoned.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Sanborn 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 Sanborn County →

Mines on register
8
Active
0
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
0
0 underground · 8 surface · 0 facilities 0 coal · 8 metal and non-metal 8 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.
Sanborn County, South Dakota · Population 2,370
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$69,870
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
Sanborn County Highway 3 0 0
E L Lien & Sons Inc 2 0 0
Beadle County Highway Department 1 0 0
Rupp Construction Company Inc 1 0 0
Weelborg Brothers Inc 1 0 0
Mines in Sanborn County8 on register
  1. Clay Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · E L Lien & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 3900940
    Abandoned
  2. Higman Pit & Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Weelborg Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 3901056
    Abandoned
  3. Peterson Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Rupp Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 3901103
    Abandoned
  4. PORTABLE NO 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Sanborn County Highway · MSHA ID 3901428
    Abandoned
  5. S 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Beadle County Highway Department · MSHA ID 3900446
    Abandoned
  6. Sanborn County Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Sanborn County Highway · MSHA ID 3900136
    Abandoned
  7. Scott Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Sanborn County Highway · MSHA ID 3901102
    Abandoned
  8. Senska Pit No 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · E L Lien & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 3900941
    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.