Mining Incidents

Penasco River Quarry Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Pete Lien & Sons Inc
Chaves County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2901910

MSHA record for Penasco River Quarry (mine ID 2901910). 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. Colorado Lien Company 1983 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Penasco River Quarry sits in Chaves County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 2.9% 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.
Chaves County, New Mexico · Population 64,446
2.9%
Mining share of county employment
$52,029
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.