# Galena

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1000082
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Silver Ore
- **Location:** Shoshone, ID
- **Operator:** U.S. Silver-Idaho, Inc.
- **Controller:** Americas Gold and Silver Corporation
- **Public source rows linked:** 9,512
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Americas Gold and Silver Corporation (0151001) → U.S. Silver-Idaho, Inc. (L16955) → Galena (1000082)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Asarco Inc → Asarco Inc:** 1950-01-01 through 1994-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1000082; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Coeur Mining, Inc. → U.S. Silver-Idaho, Inc.:** 1995-01-01 through 2006-06-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 1000082; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **U S Silver Corporation → U.S. Silver-Idaho, Inc.:** 2006-06-12 through 2012-10-01; derived from co-tenure at mine 1000082; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **U S Silver & Gold Inc → U.S. Silver-Idaho, Inc.:** 2012-10-02 through 2019-09-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 1000082; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Americas Gold and Silver Corporation → U.S. Silver-Idaho, Inc.:** 2019-09-10 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1000082; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 5
- Typed edges: 12
- 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 — 110 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 780 historical accident/injury rows; 4 coded fatalities and 4,158 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 419 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 1,983 violation rows across the full record; 490 carry an S&S flag and $1,338,845 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 363 samples:** Occupational health samples 326 personal; 37 area. 44 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 107K employee hours and 231 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 1,059 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 471 contested-violation rows, 464 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 124 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 21 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 — 101 since 2021:** Inspections 365 inspection events and 28K 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 57.4104 — Combustible waste.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-C/section-57.4104
- **30 CFR 57.12030 — Correction of dangerous conditions.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-K/section-57.12030
- **30 CFR 57.20013 — Waste receptacles.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-S/section-57.20013
- **30 CFR 57.11001 — Safe access.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-J/section-57.11001
- **30 CFR 57.20003 — Housekeeping.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-S/section-57.20003
- **30 CFR 57.8528 — Unventilated areas.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-G/section-57.8528
- **30 CFR 57.5002 — Exposure monitoring.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-D/section-57.5002
- **30 CFR 57.5001 — Exposure limits for airborne contaminants.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-D/section-57.5001
- **30 CFR 47.41 — Requirement for container labels.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-E/section-47.41

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 780 rows; 2000-02-18 through 2026-09-14; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1995-04-25 through 1995-04-25; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Metal and Nonmetal Area Samples:** 37 rows; 2001-10-24 through 2026-09-04; source ID `msha-area-samples`
- **Assessed Violations:** 1,925 rows; 2000-03-14 through 2026-07-27; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 464 rows; 2008-03-11 through 2025-06-06; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 124 rows; 2000-04-14 through 2023-11-21; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 471 rows; 2006-12-12 through 2026-06-17; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 2,042 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 456 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 5 rows; 1950-01-01 through 1995-01-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 365 rows; 2000-02-22 through 2026-10-05; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 424 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 108 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:** 326 rows; 2001-06-29 through 2026-09-22; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 1,983 rows; 2000-03-14 through 2026-10-07; 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/galena-1000082`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/galena-1000082`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1000082/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1000082/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1000082/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`