Mining Incidents

Valley Forge Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Z M K Mining Company · Underground
Controlled by Zanett Richard G
San Juan County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0503174

MSHA record for Valley Forge Mine (mine ID 0503174). 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. Animas Canyon Mining Company 1978 to 1980
  2. Z M K Mining Company 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Valley Forge Mine sits in San Juan County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 0.0% 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.
San Juan County, Colorado · Population 690
0.0%
Mining share of county employment
$73,889
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.