Section 8 Group Mines Metal/Non-Metal
Cr Minerals Corp
· Surface
Controlled by
Canyon Resources Corp
Lyon County,
NV
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2600678
MSHA record for Section 8 Group Mines (mine ID 2600678). 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
- Cyprus Diatomite Company 1950 to 1980
- Cyprus Mines Corp 1980 to 1987
- Cr Minerals Corp 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Section 8 Group Mines sits in Lyon County, Nevada, where the Census mining category is 2.2% 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.Lyon County, Nevada · Population 60,630
2.2%
Mining share of county employment
$73,460
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.