# Avatar Crystal Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 0301682
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Gemstones
- **Location:** Montgomery, AR
- **Operator:** Fantasia Mining, Inc.
- **Controller:** Jessica  Suit
- **Public source rows linked:** 134
- **Source coverage:** 11 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Jessica  Suit (0107101) → Fantasia Mining, Inc. (0125913) → Avatar Crystal Mine (0301682)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Tony Ray Thacker → Mauldin Crystal Mining Company:** 1989-10-01 through 1994-10-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 0301682; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Tony Ray Thacker → Tony Thacker Mine:** 1994-10-05 through 1999-11-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 0301682; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Matthew  Price  et al → Crystal Mtn Gems:** 1999-11-17 through 2005-10-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 0301682; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David  Huffman  et al → Crystal Mtn Gems:** 1999-11-17 through 2005-10-18; derived from co-tenure at mine 0301682; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Matthew V  Price → Matthew Price:** 2005-10-19 through 2012-12-16; derived from co-tenure at mine 0301682; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Jessica  Suit et al → Fantasia Mining, Inc.:** 2012-12-17 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 0301682; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 16
- 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 — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 207 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 16 violation rows across the full record; 8 carry an S&S flag and $3,613 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 1 samples:** Occupational health samples 1 personal. 0 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 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 5 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 5 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 0 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 — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 24 inspection events and 233 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 41.12 — Changes; notification by operator.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-41/subpart-B/section-41.12
- **30 CFR 45.4 — Independent contractor register.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-45/section-45.4
- **30 CFR 50.30 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30
- **30 CFR 56.14206 — Securing movable parts.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14206
- **30 CFR 56.3131 — Pit or quarry wall perimeter.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-B/section-56.3131
- **30 CFR 56.3200 — Correction of hazardous conditions.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-B/section-56.3200
- **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 56.14101 — Brakes.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14101

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2001-04-22 through 2001-04-22; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2012-10-25 through 2012-10-25; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 13 rows; 2001-05-08 through 2011-08-18; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 5 rows; 2003-03-06 through 2003-07-02; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 1989-10-01 through 2012-12-17; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 24 rows; 2001-04-23 through 2013-04-10; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 53 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 13 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:** 1 rows; 2009-06-17 through 2009-06-17; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 16 rows; 2001-04-23 through 2011-11-21; 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/avatar-crystal-mine-0301682`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/avatar-crystal-mine-0301682`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/0301682/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/0301682/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://0301682/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`