Mining Incidents

Deep Creek Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Deep Creek Enterprises · Surface
Controlled by Cahoon W B
Chesapeake (City) County, VA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4402913

MSHA record for Deep Creek Pit (mine ID 4402913). 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. Deep Creek Enterprises 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Deep Creek Pit sits in Chesapeake city, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
Chesapeake city, Virginia · Population 251,153
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$94,189
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.