Oaktown Pit Metal/Non-Metal
Rex Alton & Companies
· Surface
Controlled by
Avery B Alton; R Rex Alton
Knox County,
IN
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1201707
MSHA record for Oaktown Pit (mine ID 1201707). 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
- Rex Alton & Companies 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Oaktown Pit sits in Knox County, Indiana, where the Census mining category is 2.0% 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.Knox County, Indiana · Population 36,108
2.0%
Mining share of county employment
$58,863
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.