Mining Incidents

Silver Monument Metal/Non-Metal

Shamrock Mining Resouces · Underground
Sierra County, NM  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2901773

MSHA record for Silver Monument (mine ID 2901773). 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. B & K Mining Corp 1979 to 1981
  2. Fmc Minerals Inc 1981 to 1981
  3. Shamrock Mining Resouces 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Silver Monument sits in Sierra County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 2.0% 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.
Sierra County, New Mexico · Population 11,511
2.0%
Mining share of county employment
$37,840
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.