Socorro Pit Metal/Non-Metal
Mountain Gravel & Construction Company
· Surface
Controlled by
Richard Tibbits
Socorro County,
NM
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 2901888
MSHA record for Socorro Pit (mine ID 2901888). 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
- Colaska Production Company 1982 to 1989
- Mountain Gravel & Construction Company 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Socorro Pit sits in Socorro County, New Mexico, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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.Socorro County, New Mexico · Population 16,308
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$47,556
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.