Mining Incidents

Blue Mountain Mine Metal/Non-Metal

West Texas Metals Inc · Surface
Controlled by Brannon William
El Paso County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103118

MSHA record for Blue Mountain Mine (mine ID 4103118). 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. West Hueco Corp 1982 to 1987
  2. West Texas Metals Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Blue Mountain Mine sits in El Paso County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 0.8% 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.
El Paso County, Texas · Population 866,275
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$58,859
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.