Mining Incidents

Villa Grove Turquoise Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Musick & Musick · Surface
Saguache County, CO  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0501893

MSHA record for Villa Grove Turquoise Mine (mine ID 0501893). 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. Musick & Musick 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Villa Grove Turquoise Mine sits in Saguache County, Colorado, where the Census mining category is 2.0% 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.
Saguache County, Colorado · Population 6,511
2.0%
Mining share of county employment
$54,283
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.