Octopus Mines Metal/Non-Metal
Buckeye Mining Enterprises Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Pontius Lorin J
Pershing County,
NV
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2601550
MSHA record for Octopus Mines (mine ID 2601550). 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
- Buckeye Mining Enterprises Inc 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Octopus Mines sits in Pershing County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 20.4% 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.Pershing County, Nevada · Population 6,505
20.4%
Mining share of county employment
$72,007
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.