Mining Incidents

Buckhorn Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Eureka County Road Department · Surface
Controlled by Eureka County-Nv
Eureka County, NV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2601486

MSHA record for Buckhorn Pit (mine ID 2601486). 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. Eureka County Road Department 1978 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Buckhorn Pit sits in Eureka County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 30.5% 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.
Eureka County, Nevada · Population 1,660
30.5%
Mining share of county employment
$73,095
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.