Mining Incidents

BORDER MINES INC Metal/Non-Metal

Border Mines Inc · Surface
Fayette County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4103311

MSHA record for BORDER MINES INC (mine ID 4103311). 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. Alpine Bentonite Company 1985 to 1985
  2. Rhodes Industries Inc 1985 to 1993
  3. Border Mines Inc 1993 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

BORDER MINES INC sits in Fayette County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 1.6% 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.
Fayette County, Texas · Population 24,783
1.6%
Mining share of county employment
$76,541
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.