# SSX Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 2602299
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Gold Ore
- **Location:** Elko, NV
- **Operator:** Jerritt Canyon Gold LLC
- **Controller:** First  Majestic Silver Corporation
- **Public source rows linked:** 5,827
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**First  Majestic Silver Corporation (0161961) → Jerritt Canyon Gold LLC (0139513) → SSX Mine (2602299)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Independence Mining Co Inc et al → Independence Mining Company Inc:** 1996-06-01 through 1999-09-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 2602299; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Anglogold Ltd & Meridian Gold Company → Anglogold (Jerritt Canyon) Corp:** 1999-09-28 through 2003-06-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 2602299; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Queenstake Resources Ltd → Veris Gold U.S.A., Inc.:** 2003-06-25 through 2007-09-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 2602299; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Veris Gold Corp. → Veris Gold U.S.A., Inc.:** 2007-10-01 through 2014-06-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 2602299; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Keith  Jones → SMALL MINE DEVELOPMENT L.L.C.:** 2014-06-11 through 2023-07-24; derived from co-tenure at mine 2602299; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ronald W  Guill → SMALL MINE DEVELOPMENT L.L.C.:** 2014-06-11 through 2011-01-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 2602299; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **WBOX 2014-1 LTD et al → Jerritt Canyon Gold LLC:** 2023-07-25 through 2021-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 2602299; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Eric  Sprott et al → Jerritt Canyon Gold LLC:** 2023-07-25 through 2021-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 2602299; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **First  Majestic Silver Corporation → Jerritt Canyon Gold LLC:** 2023-07-25 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 2602299; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 9
- Typed edges: 22
- Interval anomalies: 3
- 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 — 4 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 81 historical accident/injury rows; 1 coded fatalities and 662 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 33 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 860 violation rows across the full record; 218 carry an S&S flag and $462,167 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 214 samples:** Occupational health samples 204 personal; 10 area. 69 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 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 147 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 50 contested-violation rows, 53 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 44 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 16 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 — 25 since 2021:** Inspections 198 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 49.6 — Equipment and maintenance requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-49/subpart-A/section-49.6
- **30 CFR 57.14100 — Safety defects; examination, correction and records.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-M/section-57.14100
- **30 CFR 57.4102 — Spillage and leakage.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-C/section-57.4102
- **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 57.4160 — Underground electric substations and liquid storage facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-C/section-57.4160
- **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 57.8520 — Ventilation plan.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-G/section-57.8520

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 81 rows; 2000-01-24 through 2022-12-05; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2026-04-15 through 2026-04-15; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Metal and Nonmetal Area Samples:** 10 rows; 2013-04-03 through 2022-02-16; source ID `msha-area-samples`
- **Assessed Violations:** 832 rows; 2000-01-27 through 2026-07-22; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 53 rows; 2001-05-14 through 2017-05-03; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 44 rows; 2000-02-25 through 2026-06-26; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 50 rows; 2007-05-03 through 2016-11-30; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 2,658 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 531 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 9 rows; 1996-06-01 through 2023-07-25; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 198 rows; 2000-01-11 through 2026-07-17; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 241 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 54 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:** 204 rows; 2002-05-30 through 2026-07-14; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 860 rows; 2000-01-11 through 2026-07-22; 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/ssx-mine-2602299`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/ssx-mine-2602299`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/2602299/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/2602299/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://2602299/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`