Mining Incidents

Sunchief Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Sunchief Mines · Facility
Controlled by Richard Neslund
Gila County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0202031

MSHA record for Sunchief Mine (mine ID 0202031). 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. Sunchief Mines 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Sunchief Mine sits in Gila County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 5.8% 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.
Gila County, Arizona · Population 53,610
5.8%
Mining share of county employment
$59,089
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.