Blackhawk Mine Metal/Non-Metal
Stear Mining Company
· Underground
Controlled by
Stear William
Sierra County,
NM
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2901839
MSHA record for Blackhawk Mine (mine ID 2901839). 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
- Black Hawk Mining Company 1980 to 1982
- Stear Mining Company 1982 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Blackhawk Mine sits in Sierra County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 2.0% 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.Sierra County, New Mexico · Population 11,511
2.0%
Mining share of county employment
$37,840
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.