Mining Incidents

Sunset No 17 Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Panhandle Eastern Corp
Crook County, WY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4800813

MSHA record for Sunset No 17 Pit (mine ID 4800813). 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. Federal Bentonite Div/Aurora Metal Company 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Sunset No 17 Pit sits in Crook County, Wyoming, where the Census mining category is 7.1% 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.
Crook County, Wyoming · Population 7,339
7.1%
Mining share of county employment
$71,209
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.