Mining Incidents

Salmon Canyon Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Salmon Canyon Copper Co · Underground
Controlled by Schulte James E
Lemhi County, ID  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1000400

MSHA record for Salmon Canyon Mine (mine ID 1000400). 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. Salmon Canyon Copper Co 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Salmon Canyon Mine sits in Lemhi County, Idaho, where the Census mining category is 0.8% 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.
Lemhi County, Idaho · Population 8,166
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$52,057
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.