# Pinto Valley Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 0201049
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Copper Ore NEC
- **Location:** Gila, AZ
- **Operator:** Pinto Valley Mining Corp.
- **Controller:** Capstone Copper Corp
- **Public source rows linked:** 20,133
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Capstone Copper Corp (0111145) → Pinto Valley Mining Corp. (0130614) → Pinto Valley Mine (0201049)**

Current identity source: `msha-mines`. This is a current snapshot, not a historical claim.

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Cities Service Company → Cities Service Company:** 1950-01-01 through 1983-03-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 0201049; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Newmont Corporation → Pinto Valley Copper Corp:** 1983-03-10 through 1987-03-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 0201049; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Magma Copper Company → Magma Copper Company:** 1987-03-10 through 1996-04-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 0201049; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Broken Hill Proprietary Company Ltd → BHP Copper Inc:** 1996-04-04 through 2012-08-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 0201049; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **BHP Billiton → BHP Copper Inc:** 2012-08-23 through 2013-10-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 0201049; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Capstone Copper Corp → Pinto Valley Mining Corp.:** 2013-10-11 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 0201049; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 17
- Interval anomalies: 0
- Valid-time bounds: inclusive; date granularity; null end means open-ended in the upstream history row; not independent proof of present control.
- Transaction-time observation: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 88 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 339 historical accident/injury rows; 2 coded fatalities and 5,344 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 513 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 1,817 violation rows across the full record; 435 carry an S&S flag and $1,461,951 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 191 samples:** Occupational health samples 102 personal; 89 area. 21 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 noise rows have an action-level or PEL dose above 100%. These are separate measures, not a silica exceedance count. Silica results and sample status are shown separately.
4. **PRODUCTION — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 408K employee hours and 772 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 501 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 230 contested-violation rows, 225 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 46 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 88 linked entities:** Contractors Contractors are linked through this mine’s violation or accident records. Their production and hours cover all their operations, so they are not included in this mine’s totals.
7. **INSPECTIONS — 69 since 2021:** Inspections 247 inspection events and 12K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

No matched record in the 2024 EIA coal-public workbook. This may be inapplicable for a non-coal operation.

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 56.16003 — Storage of hazardous materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-O/section-56.16003
- **30 CFR 56.20011 — Barricades and warning signs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-S/section-56.20011
- **30 CFR 41.12 — Changes; notification by operator.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-41/subpart-B/section-41.12
- **30 CFR 56.4201 — Inspection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4201
- **30 CFR 56.18002 — Examination of working places.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-Q/section-56.18002
- **30 CFR 56.20003 — Housekeeping.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-S/section-56.20003
- **30 CFR 47.41 — Requirement for container labels.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-E/section-47.41
- **30 CFR 56.4104 — Combustible waste.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4104
- **30 CFR 56.4130 — Electric substations and liquid storage facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4130
- **30 CFR 56.15001 — First-aid materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-N/section-56.15001

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 339 rows; 2000-02-14 through 2026-09-18; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-02-02 through 2026-02-02; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Metal and Nonmetal Area Samples:** 89 rows; 2018-05-02 through 2026-06-11; source ID `msha-area-samples`
- **Assessed Violations:** 1,781 rows; 2000-01-11 through 2026-06-22; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 225 rows; 2001-07-31 through 2024-11-15; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 46 rows; 2004-06-25 through 2021-10-13; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 230 rows; 2007-04-25 through 2025-10-17; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 12,303 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 2,568 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2013-10-11; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 247 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2026-08-31; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 306 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 72 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Metal and Nonmetal Personal Health Samples:** 102 rows; 2006-10-31 through 2026-06-12; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 1,817 rows; 2000-01-11 through 2026-09-01; source ID `msha-violations`

## Caveats

- This is public-record decision support, not legal advice or an official MSHA record.
- Missing data can indicate no event, publication delay, an unresolved identity, or inapplicability.
- Contractor production data is entity-level and is not attributed to this mine.

## Alternate representations

- HTML: `/mines/pinto-valley-mine-0201049`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/pinto-valley-mine-0201049`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/0201049/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/0201049/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://0201049/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`