Lower Charles Metal/Non-Metal
Tayopa Mining Company Inc
· Underground
Controlled by
De Castro Raul F
Grant County,
NM
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2901805
MSHA record for Lower Charles (mine ID 2901805). 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
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Ownership history
- Tayopa Mining Company Inc 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Lower Charles sits in Grant County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 6.7% 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.Grant County, New Mexico · Population 27,856
6.7%
Mining share of county employment
$45,921
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.