Ambrosia Lake Mining Operations Metal/Non-Metal
Quivira Mining Company
· Underground
Controlled by
Rio Algom Ltd
Mckinley County,
NM
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2900541
Ambrosia Lake Mining Operations has no reportable incidents on file with MSHA.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
- —
Ownership history
- Quivira Mining Company 1950 to 1989
- Quivira Mining Company 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 1991 | 6 |
| 1990 | 5 |
| 1989 | 4 |
| 1988 | 7 |
| 1987 | 14 |
| 1986 | 16 |
| 1985 | 13 |
| 1984 | 13 |
| 1983 | 11 |
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.
Ambrosia Lake Mining Operations sits in McKinley County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 0.7% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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.McKinley County, New Mexico · Population 71,172
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$44,496
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.