Gem Mountain Metal/Non-Metal
Potentate Mining LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Keith Barron
Philipsburg,
Granite County,
MT
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 2402696
Gem Mountain has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
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Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2018
20
citations
5
significant & substantial
$2,957
proposed penalties
$2,957
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2018
13
inspections on record
210
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 210 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Gem Mountain has $3K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$3K
proposed penalties
$3K
current assessed
$3K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
20 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-10-02.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 4,336 | 6 | 1 | 1383.8 |
| 2025 Q3 | 10,076 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 4,157 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q2 | 2,384 | 1 | 0 | 419.5 |
| 2024 Q1 | 3,136 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 4,685 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 11,482 | 1 | 0 | 87.1 |
| 2023 Q2 | 5,616 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q4 | 5,265 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 10,437 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 1,410 | 1 | 1 | 709.2 |
| 2022 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q4 | 4,080 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 8,494 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 6,227 | 2 | 0 | 321.2 |
| 2021 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q4 | 1,634 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 7,154 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 1,201 | 4 | 2 | 3330.6 |
| 2020 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q4 | 4,332 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 8,425 | 1 | 0 | 118.7 |
| 2019 Q2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q4 | 1,738 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 2,394 | 4 | 1 | 1670.8 |
| 2018 Q2 | 1,384 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 4,424 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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.
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The full compliance file on Gem Mountain
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.