Barite Mining & Benefaction Facility Metal/Non-Metal
Coastal & Western Minerals
· Surface
Controlled by
South Texas Aggregates Inc & Coastal Uranium Inc
Gila County,
AZ
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0202018
MSHA record for Barite Mining & Benefaction Facility (mine ID 0202018). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
- —
Ownership history
- South Texas Aggregates Inc 1980 to 1981
- Coastal & Western Minerals 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Barite Mining & Benefaction Facility sits in Gila County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 5.8% 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.Gila County, Arizona · Population 53,610
5.8%
Mining share of county employment
$59,089
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.