Topaz Mountain Gem Mine Metal/Non-Metal
Glacier Peak Mining LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Susan Dorris; Joseph Dorris
Lake George,
Park County,
CO
·
Intermittent
MSHA Mine ID: 0505063
Topaz Mountain Gem Mine has $356 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
- —
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2016
3
citations
0
significant & substantial
$356
proposed penalties
$356
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2016
11
inspections on record
89
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 89 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Topaz Mountain Gem Mine has $356 in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$356
proposed penalties
$356
current assessed
$356
paid to date
$0
outstanding
3 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2019-08-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q3 | 524 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q2 | 247 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 Q4 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 1,158 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 638 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 554 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 665 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 Q4 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q3 | 709 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q2 | 632 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 Q4 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q3 | 1,246 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q2 | 625 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 Q4 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q3 | 1,268 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q2 | 568 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2020 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 Q4 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q3 | 764 | 2 | 0 | 2617.8 |
| 2019 Q2 | 434 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 Q4 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q3 | 1,405 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q2 | 151 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2018 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 Q4 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q3 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q2 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2017 Q1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 Q4 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 62500.0 |
| 2016 Q3 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2016 Q2 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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.
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