# Imerys Ellijay Marble Hill Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 0901038
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Crushed, Broken Marble
- **Location:** Gilmer, GA
- **Operator:** Imerys Carbonates USA, INC
- **Controller:** Imerys S A
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,120
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Imerys S A (M11763) → Imerys Carbonates USA, INC (L17145) → Imerys Ellijay Marble Hill Mine (0901038)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Daniel  Boggs  et al → Boundary Creek Mining:** 1989-09-01 through 1990-03-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 0901038; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James E  Hallam  et al → Boundary Creek Mining:** 1989-09-01 through 1990-03-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 0901038; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John H  Waters → Filler Products Inc:** 1990-03-12 through 1998-08-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 0901038; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Oglebay Norton Company → O-N Minerals (Filler Products) Company:** 1998-09-01 through 2008-02-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 0901038; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Carmeuse Holding SA → O-N Minerals (Filler Products) Company:** 2008-02-13 through 2008-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 0901038; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Oglebay Norton Company → Carmeuse L&S:** 2009-01-01 through 2008-02-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 0901038; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Carmeuse Holding SA → Carmeuse L&S:** 2009-01-01 through 2023-09-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 0901038; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Imerys S A → Imerys Carbonates USA, INC:** 2023-09-25 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 0901038; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 19
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 13 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 237 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 30 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 234 violation rows across the full record; 50 carry an S&S flag and $200,938 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 232 samples:** Occupational health samples 224 personal; 8 area. 20 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 19K employee hours and 37 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 20 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 14 contested-violation rows, 6 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 1 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 — 19 since 2021:** Inspections 166 inspection events and 4K 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 57.11050 — Escapeways and refuges.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-J/section-57.11050
- **30 CFR 57.14107 — Moving machine parts.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-M/section-57.14107
- **30 CFR 57.14103 — Operators' stations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-M/section-57.14103
- **30 CFR 57.12004 — Electrical conductors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-K/section-57.12004
- **30 CFR 57.18002 — Examination of working places.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-Q/section-57.18002
- **30 CFR 57.20003 — Housekeeping.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-S/section-57.20003
- **30 CFR 57.12032 — Inspection and cover plates.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-K/section-57.12032

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 13 rows; 2001-04-07 through 2017-12-21; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2023-12-12 through 2023-12-12; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Metal and Nonmetal Area Samples:** 8 rows; 2008-08-27 through 2021-11-03; source ID `msha-area-samples`
- **Assessed Violations:** 228 rows; 2000-01-13 through 2022-12-15; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 6 rows; 2010-07-14 through 2014-05-14; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Contested Violations:** 14 rows; 2009-01-06 through 2011-12-19; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 61 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 16 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 1989-09-01 through 2023-09-25; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 166 rows; 2000-01-13 through 2023-11-27; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 48 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 92 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:** 224 rows; 2001-12-11 through 2021-11-03; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 234 rows; 2000-01-13 through 2022-12-15; 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/imerys-ellijay-marble-hill-mine-0901038`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/imerys-ellijay-marble-hill-mine-0901038`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/0901038/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/0901038/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://0901038/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`