# Sterling Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 2601503
- **Status:** Intermittent
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Gold Ore
- **Location:** Nye, NV
- **Operator:** AngloGold Ashanti Sterling Inc.
- **Controller:** AngloGold Ashanti Ltd
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,546
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**AngloGold Ashanti Ltd (0173920) → AngloGold Ashanti Sterling Inc. (0151894) → Sterling Mine (2601503)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Imperial Metals Corp → Sterling Gold Mining Corp:** 1978-12-01 through 2017-05-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 2601503; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Northern Empire Resources Corp → AngloGold Ashanti Sterling Inc.:** 2017-05-30 through 2018-10-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 2601503; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Coeur Mining, Inc. → AngloGold Ashanti Sterling Inc.:** 2018-10-04 through 2022-11-03; derived from co-tenure at mine 2601503; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **AngloGold Ashanti Ltd → AngloGold Ashanti Sterling Inc.:** 2022-11-04 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 2601503; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 10
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 9 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 256 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 10 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 236 violation rows across the full record; 39 carry an S&S flag and $65,716 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 39 samples:** Occupational health samples 39 personal. 6 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 1K employee hours and 3 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 21 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 9 contested-violation rows, 9 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 3 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 6 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 — 14 since 2021:** Inspections 78 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 48.3 — Training plans; time of submission; where filed; information required; time for approval; method for disapproval; commencement of training; approval of instructors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-A/section-48.3
- **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 56.20014 — Prohibited areas for food and beverages.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-S/section-56.20014
- **30 CFR 56.14101 — Brakes.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14101
- **30 CFR 56.4101 — Warning signs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4101
- **30 CFR 41.30 — Address of record and telephone number.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-41/subpart-C/section-41.30
- **30 CFR 56.1000 — Notification of commencement of operations and closing of mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-A/section-56.1000
- **30 CFR 56.4100 — Smoking and use of open flames.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4100
- **30 CFR 50.30 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30
- **30 CFR 56.12004 — Electrical conductors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12004
- **30 CFR 56.16012 — Storage of incompatible substances.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-O/section-56.16012

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 9 rows; 2001-06-02 through 2015-02-25; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2025-06-04 through 2025-06-04; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 235 rows; 2000-06-21 through 2025-11-25; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 9 rows; 2013-04-02 through 2013-08-30; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 3 rows; 2012-05-08 through 2014-06-24; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 9 rows; 2011-12-14 through 2011-12-21; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 715 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 125 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 1978-12-01 through 2017-05-30; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 78 rows; 2000-06-21 through 2025-11-24; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 18 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 64 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:** 39 rows; 2007-06-21 through 2024-12-17; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 236 rows; 2000-06-21 through 2025-11-25; 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/sterling-mine-2601503`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/sterling-mine-2601503`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/2601503/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/2601503/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://2601503/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`