Primary-Purgatory Metal/Non-Metal
Nielsons Inc
· Surface
Controlled by
Nielsons Holding Company
Montezuma County,
CO
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0504466
MSHA record for Primary-Purgatory (mine ID 0504466). 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
- Nielsons Inc 1991 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Primary-Purgatory sits in Montezuma County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 2.5% 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.Montezuma County, Colorado · Population 26,204
2.5%
Mining share of county employment
$63,005
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.