Mining Incidents

Mormon Basin Metal/Non-Metal

Veta Gold Inc · Surface
Malheur County, OR  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3502897

MSHA record for Mormon Basin (mine ID 3502897). 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. Mormon Basin Placer Mines 1979 to 1981
  2. Veta Gold Inc 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Mormon Basin sits in Malheur County, Oregon, where the Census mining category is 0.8% 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.
Malheur County, Oregon · Population 31,701
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$49,902
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.