No 1 Open Pit Silica Sand Metal/Non-Metal
Saltville Silica Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Chadwick William D
Smyth County,
VA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4405975
MSHA record for No 1 Open Pit Silica Sand (mine ID 4405975). 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
- Saltville Silica Inc 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
No 1 Open Pit Silica Sand sits in Smyth County, Virginia, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.Smyth County, Virginia · Population 29,585
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$46,859
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.