Mining Incidents

Big Eagle Underground Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Pathfinder Mines Corp · Underground
Controlled by Cogema S A
Fremont County, WY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4801330

MSHA record for Big Eagle Underground Mine (mine ID 4801330). 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
  1. Pathfinder Mines Corp 1980 to 1982
  2. Pathfinder Mines Corp 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Big Eagle Underground Mine sits in Fremont County, Wyoming, where the Census mining category is 3.1% of county employment.

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.
Fremont County, Wyoming · Population 39,472
3.1%
Mining share of county employment
$64,646
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.