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Mines in Atascosa County, Texas

Atascosa County, Texas has 22 mines on MSHA's register: 10 active, 3 intermittent, 9 abandoned. 1 are coal mines and 21 metal or non-metal. 6 miners have died and 280 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2026. Inspectors have issued 1,889 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Atascosa 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 Atascosa County →

Mines on register
22
Active
10
Fatalities on record
6
Citations issued
1,889
0 underground · 21 surface · 1 facilities 1 coal · 21 metal and non-metal 3 intermittent 9 abandoned 280 reported accidents, 1983–2026
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.
Atascosa County, Texas · Population 50,058
7.1%
Mining share of county employment
$69,413
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
Palo Alto Silica Sand Inc 2 1 0
Stillman Enterprises, LLC 2 0 0
NACG Texas, Inc. 1 1 2
North American Silica Sand, LLC 1 0 2
SP Silica of Atascosa, LLC 1 1 2
16 Sand, LLC 1 1 0
B & G Materials LLC 1 0 0
Capitol Aggregates, Inc. 1 1 0
Carousel Energy Services 1 0 0
Conoco Inc 1 0 0
Mines in Atascosa County22 on register
  1. San Miguel Lignite Mine
    Surface coal · NACG Texas, Inc. · MSHA ID 4102840
    Active
  2. Signal Peak Silica of Atascosa
    Surface metal/non-metal · SP Silica of Atascosa, LLC · MSHA ID 4105317
    Active
  3. FCI Sand Operations LLC
    Surface metal/non-metal · FCI Sand Operations LLC · MSHA ID 4105429
    Active
  4. Bigfoot Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Iron Oak Eagle Ford LLC · MSHA ID 4105395
    Active
  5. Palo Alto Sand Inc.
    Surface metal/non-metal · Palo Alto Silica Sand Inc · MSHA ID 4101349
    Active
  6. 16 Sand, LLC
    Surface metal/non-metal · 16 Sand, LLC · MSHA ID 4105019
    Active
  7. Poteet Sand Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Martin Marietta Materials Southwest LLC · MSHA ID 4101342
    Active
  8. Poteet Sand and Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Capitol Aggregates, Inc. · MSHA ID 4104401
    Active
  9. Espey Pit and Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Espey Silica Sand Company · MSHA ID 4102319
    Active
  10. Sandy Oak Materials
    Surface metal/non-metal · Sandy Oak Materials, LLC · MSHA ID 4105691
    Active
  11. North American Silica Sand, LLC
    Facility metal/non-metal · North American Silica Sand, LLC · MSHA ID 4105470
    Intermittent
  12. Poteet Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Carousel Energy Services · MSHA ID 4105415
    Intermittent
  13. P-2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Stillman Enterprises, LLC · MSHA ID 4105266
    Abandoned
  14. Stillman Enterprises
    Surface metal/non-metal · Stillman Enterprises LLC · MSHA ID 4105237
    Abandoned
  15. Brazil Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Far South Mining LLC · MSHA ID 4104961
    Intermittent
  16. Fashing Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Schmidt Land Services, Inc. · MSHA ID 4104915
    Abandoned
  17. Campbellton
    Surface metal/non-metal · B & G Materials LLC · MSHA ID 4104681
    Abandoned
  18. PALO ALTO PLANT #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Palo Alto Silica Sand Inc · MSHA ID 4103267
    Abandoned
  19. Applewhite Sand Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Galvan Creek, Inc · MSHA ID 4105444
    Abandoned
  20. Atascosa County Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Conoco Inc · MSHA ID 4102597
    Abandoned
  21. Atascosa Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Valley Caliche Products Inc · MSHA ID 4103050
    Abandoned
  22. Star Pit & Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Star Sand Company Inc · MSHA ID 4101350
    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.