Mining Incidents
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Mines in Karnes County, Texas

Karnes County, Texas has 14 mines on MSHA's register: 1 active, 1 intermittent, 12 abandoned. 54 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2024. Inspectors have issued 272 citations.

Every mine MSHA has registered in Karnes 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 Karnes County →

Mines on register
14
Active
1
Fatalities on record
0
Citations issued
272
2 underground · 8 surface · 4 facilities 0 coal · 14 metal and non-metal 1 intermittent 12 abandoned 54 reported accidents, 1983–2024
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.
Karnes County, Texas · Population 14,819
8.7%
Mining share of county employment
$59,103
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
Conoco Inc 2 0 0
B & G Materials, LLC 1 0 0
Chevron Resources Company 1 0 0
Conoco Inc 1 0 0
Custom Crushed Stone 1 0 0
Dahlstrom Corp 1 0 0
Everest Exploration Inc 1 0 0
M & M Crushed Stone Products, Inc. 1 0 0
NM ENERGY LLC 1 1 0
R H Gunn Mine Development 1 0 0
Mines in Karnes County14 on register
  1. Gillett Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · NM ENERGY LLC · MSHA ID 4104938
    Active
  2. Panna Maria Uranium Operations
    Facility metal/non-metal · Chevron Resources Company · MSHA ID 4102746
    Abandoned
  3. BG004
    Surface metal/non-metal · B & G Materials, LLC · MSHA ID 4104176
    Intermittent
  4. HODSON URANIUM PROJECT
    Facility metal/non-metal · Everest Exploration Inc · MSHA ID 4102913
    Abandoned
  5. Pawelekville Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · M & M Crushed Stone Products, Inc. · MSHA ID 4104935
    Abandoned
  6. Falls City Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Custom Crushed Stone · MSHA ID 4104838
    Abandoned
  7. Brazil Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Dahlstrom Corp · MSHA ID 4102815
    Abandoned
  8. Conquista Mill
    Facility metal/non-metal · Conoco Inc · MSHA ID 4101796
    Abandoned
  9. Dixon Underground Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Conoco Inc · MSHA ID 4102789
    Abandoned
  10. E Labus Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · R H Gunn Mine Development · MSHA ID 4102920
    Abandoned
  11. Falls City Plant
    Facility metal/non-metal · Solution Engineering Inc · MSHA ID 4102814
    Abandoned
  12. Karnes County Pits
    Surface metal/non-metal · Conoco Inc · MSHA ID 4102494
    Abandoned
  13. Laskowski Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Sanstone Materials Inc · MSHA ID 4102611
    Abandoned
  14. Portable Crusher #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · South Texas Construction Company · MSHA ID 4103061
    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.