# Bald Mountain Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 2601842
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Gold Ore
- **Location:** White Pine, NV
- **Operator:** KG Mining (Bald Mountain) Inc.
- **Controller:** Kinross Gold Corporation
- **Public source rows linked:** 14,080
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Kinross Gold Corporation (M10062) → KG Mining (Bald Mountain) Inc. (0143153) → Bald Mountain Mine (2601842)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Placer Dome Ltd → Placer Dome U. S. Inc.:** 1983-05-01 through 2006-01-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 2601842; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Barrick Gold Corp → Barrick Gold U S Inc:** 2006-01-20 through 2016-01-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 2601842; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kinross Gold Corporation → KG Mining (Bald Mountain) Inc.:** 2016-01-11 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 2601842; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 9
- 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 — 42 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 215 historical accident/injury rows; 2 coded fatalities and 3,512 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 179 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 695 violation rows across the full record; 128 carry an S&S flag and $314,874 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 120 samples:** Occupational health samples 115 personal; 5 area. 2 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 197K employee hours and 556 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 234 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 90 contested-violation rows, 91 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 53 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 55 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 — 54 since 2021:** Inspections 169 inspection events and 7K 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 56.14132 — Horns and backup alarms.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14132
- **30 CFR 56.6132 — Magazine requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-E/section-56.6132
- **30 CFR 56.11002 — Handrails and toeboards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-J/section-56.11002
- **30 CFR 56.14100 — Safety defects; examination, correction and records.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14100
- **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 56.14101 — 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 47.54 — Availability of an MSDS.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-F/section-47.54
- **30 CFR 56.20001 — Intoxicating beverages and narcotics.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-S/section-56.20001

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 215 rows; 2000-01-21 through 2026-09-03; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1984-07-19 through 1984-07-19; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Metal and Nonmetal Area Samples:** 5 rows; 2021-09-29 through 2021-09-29; source ID `msha-area-samples`
- **Assessed Violations:** 681 rows; 2001-04-02 through 2026-07-23; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 91 rows; 2002-10-29 through 2021-10-01; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 53 rows; 2001-06-22 through 2026-09-23; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 90 rows; 2005-09-21 through 2026-04-23; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 9,633 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 1,967 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 1983-05-01 through 2016-01-11; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 169 rows; 2000-05-10 through 2026-09-05; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 287 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 74 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:** 115 rows; 2003-05-28 through 2026-07-28; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 695 rows; 2001-04-02 through 2026-09-03; 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/bald-mountain-mine-2601842`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/bald-mountain-mine-2601842`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/2601842/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/2601842/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://2601842/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`