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Mesquite Lake Mine & Mill: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Aspen Mining Corp · Surface
Controlled by Evergreen Resources Inc
Clark County, NV  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2601876

MSHA record for Mesquite Lake Mine & Mill (mine ID 2601876). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1984
Latest incident
May 1984
Ownership history
  1. Aspen Mining Corp 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mesquite Lake Mine & Mill sits in Clark County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 0.2% 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.
Clark County, Nevada · Population 2,293,764
0.2%
Mining share of county employment
$73,845
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1984 · 1 incident

May 11, 1984 NV · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Aspen Mining Corp · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

NEW MAN ON JOB CLIMBED NEAR TANKS WHERE HE SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN AND POSSIBLY BREATHED UNKNOWEN QUANTITY OF HCN GAS, PH WAS 10.3,NACN CONCENTRATINWAS .25%. VICTUM FELT SLIGHTLY SICK TO STOMACH AND LIGHT HEADED AND BECAME VERY FRIGHTENED. NO NOTICEABLE SEVERE PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS WERE NOTED BUT PROPER MEDICAL PROCEEDURE WAS FOLLOWED.