# Meikle Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 2602246
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Gold Ore
- **Location:** Eureka, NV
- **Operator:** Nevada Gold Mines LLC
- **Controller:** Barrick Nevada Holding LLC; Newmont USA Limited
- **Public source rows linked:** 25,612
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Barrick Nevada Holding LLC; Newmont USA Limited (0149763) → Nevada Gold Mines LLC (0165474) → Meikle Mine (2602246)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Barrick Gold Corp → Barrick Goldstrike Mines Inc:** 1994-05-01 through 2019-07-22; derived from co-tenure at mine 2602246; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Barrick Nevada Holding LLC et al → Nevada Gold Mines LLC:** 2019-07-23 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 2602246; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Newmont USA Limited et al → Nevada Gold Mines LLC:** 2019-07-23 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 2602246; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 7
- 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 — 53 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 482 historical accident/injury rows; 5 coded fatalities and 4,476 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 1,012 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 3,605 violation rows across the full record; 641 carry an S&S flag and $3,383,702 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 373 samples:** Occupational health samples 353 personal; 20 area. 56 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 322K employee hours and 665 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 1,892 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 747 contested-violation rows, 808 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 337 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 64 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 — 88 since 2021:** Inspections 401 inspection events and 32K 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 57.3360 — Ground support use.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-B/section-57.3360
- **30 CFR 50.10 — Immediate notification.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-B/section-50.10
- **30 CFR 50.11 — Investigation.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-B/section-50.11
- **30 CFR 45.4 — Independent contractor register.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-45/section-45.4
- **30 CFR 57.17001 — Illumination of surface working areas.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-P/section-57.17001
- **30 CFR 57.20003 — Housekeeping.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-S/section-57.20003
- **30 CFR 57.11002 — Handrails and toeboards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-J/section-57.11002
- **30 CFR 57.3200 — Correction of hazardous conditions.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-B/section-57.3200
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 482 rows; 2000-01-18 through 2026-08-08; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2002-01-25 through 2002-01-25; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Metal and Nonmetal Area Samples:** 20 rows; 2004-01-20 through 2025-11-18; source ID `msha-area-samples`
- **Assessed Violations:** 3,465 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2026-09-01; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 808 rows; 2000-12-20 through 2026-09-29; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 337 rows; 2000-01-18 through 2026-04-30; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 747 rows; 2003-09-09 through 2026-03-19; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 12,279 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 2,706 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 1994-05-01 through 2019-07-23; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 401 rows; 2000-01-03 through 2026-10-02; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 333 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 71 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:** 353 rows; 2002-07-24 through 2026-05-28; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 3,605 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2026-10-02; 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/meikle-mine-2602246`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/meikle-mine-2602246`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/2602246/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/2602246/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://2602246/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`