Mining Incidents

Golden Bells Metal/Non-Metal

Rio Corp · Underground
Controlled by Durango Metals Inc
Boulder County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0503849

MSHA record for Golden Bells (mine ID 0503849). 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. Fatima Minerals Inc 1983 to 1992
  2. Rio Corp 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Golden Bells sits in Boulder County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.
Boulder County, Colorado · Population 328,317
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$102,772
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.