# Active Minerals Kaolin Division

- **MSHA mine ID:** 0900959
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Common Clays NEC
- **Location:** Wilkinson, GA
- **Operator:** Active Minerals International LLC
- **Controller:** J M Huber Corp
- **Public source rows linked:** 3,363
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**J M Huber Corp (M00950) → Active Minerals International LLC (0083424) → Active Minerals Kaolin Division (0900959)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **J Barry  Sellers → Wilkinson Kaolin Associates Ltd:** 1983-12-01 through 2003-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 0900959; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James H  Sparks → WKA, LLC:** 2004-01-01 through 2008-03-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 0900959; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Active Minerals Inc → Active Minerals International LLC:** 2008-03-08 through 2023-03-07; derived from co-tenure at mine 0900959; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Golden Gate Capital → Active Minerals International LLC:** 2023-03-08 through 2024-06-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 0900959; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **J M Huber Corp → Active Minerals International LLC:** 2024-06-04 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 0900959; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 13
- 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 — 16 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 63 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 2,613 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 35 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 253 violation rows across the full record; 42 carry an S&S flag and $48,275 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 63 samples:** Occupational health samples 63 personal. 7 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 32K employee hours and 64 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 45 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 19 contested-violation rows, 19 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 7 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 15 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 — 24 since 2021:** Inspections 99 inspection events and 2K 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 56.20003 — Housekeeping.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-S/section-56.20003
- **30 CFR 56.12004 — Electrical conductors.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12004
- **30 CFR 56.12018 — Identification of power switches.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12018
- **30 CFR 56.16005 — Securing gas cylinders.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-O/section-56.16005
- **30 CFR 56.12032 — Inspection and cover plates.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12032
- **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 62.130 — Permissible exposure level.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-62/section-62.130

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 63 rows; 2001-02-20 through 2026-08-03; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1983-12-13 through 1983-12-13; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 251 rows; 2000-08-16 through 2026-06-04; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 19 rows; 2006-10-16 through 2015-06-30; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 7 rows; 2004-04-20 through 2005-12-13; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 19 rows; 2005-10-18 through 2014-08-13; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,820 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 432 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 1983-12-01 through 2008-03-08; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 99 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2026-08-18; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 268 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 62 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:** 63 rows; 2001-04-17 through 2024-02-14; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 253 rows; 2000-08-16 through 2026-06-04; 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/active-minerals-kaolin-division-0900959`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/active-minerals-kaolin-division-0900959`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/0900959/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/0900959/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://0900959/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`