Cortez Pit Metal/Non-Metal
Jake Diel Dirt & Paving Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Lawson Warner
De Baca County,
NM
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2901544
MSHA record for Cortez Pit (mine ID 2901544). 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
- Jake Diel Dirt & Paving Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Cortez Pit sits in De Baca County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 1.5% 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.De Baca County, New Mexico · Population 1,580
1.5%
Mining share of county employment
$40,804
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.