Mining Incidents

Canyon Claims #8 Metal/Non-Metal

Hatfield Mining Inc · Underground
Controlled by Hatfield Herbert
Montrose County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0503853

MSHA record for Canyon Claims #8 (mine ID 0503853). 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. Hatfield Mining Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Canyon Claims #8 sits in Montrose County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 1.1% 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.
Montrose County, Colorado · Population 43,272
1.1%
Mining share of county employment
$66,072
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.