# Storm Exploration Decline

- **MSHA mine ID:** 2602300
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Gold Ore
- **Location:** Eureka, NV
- **Operator:** Barrick Goldstrike Mines Inc
- **Controller:** Barrick Gold Corp
- **Public source rows linked:** 5,893
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Barrick Gold Corp (M06246) → Barrick Goldstrike Mines Inc (L09627) → Storm Exploration Decline (2602300)**

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:** 1996-08-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 2602300; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 1
- Typed edges: 3
- 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 — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 16 historical accident/injury rows; 3 coded fatalities and 521 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 226 violation rows across the full record; 60 carry an S&S flag and $300,394 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 114 samples:** Occupational health samples 114 personal. 13 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 5 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 185 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 69 contested-violation rows, 72 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 44 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 18 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 — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 90 inspection events and 3K 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 57.14100 — Safety defects; examination, correction and records.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-M/section-57.14100
- **30 CFR 57.11051 — Escape routes.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-J/section-57.11051
- **30 CFR 57.20008 — Toilet facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-S/section-57.20008
- **30 CFR 57.18002 — Examination of working places.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-Q/section-57.18002
- **30 CFR 57.3360 — Ground support use.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-B/section-57.3360
- **30 CFR 57.12032 — Inspection and cover plates.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-K/section-57.12032
- **30 CFR 57.4131 — Surface fan installations and mine openings.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-C/section-57.4131
- **30 CFR 57.12028 — Testing grounding systems.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-K/section-57.12028
- **30 CFR 57.4201 — Inspection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-C/section-57.4201
- **30 CFR 57.14101 — Brakes.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-M/section-57.14101
- **30 CFR 57.9101 — Operating speeds and control of equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-H/section-57.9101

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 16 rows; 2000-01-19 through 2013-01-14; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2016-07-20 through 2016-07-20; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 221 rows; 2000-01-11 through 2016-04-05; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 72 rows; 2001-09-18 through 2014-05-07; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 44 rows; 2005-05-25 through 2015-10-20; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 69 rows; 2002-11-06 through 2013-02-12; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 4,068 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 793 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 1 rows; 1996-08-01 through 1996-08-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 90 rows; 2000-01-11 through 2016-07-19; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 150 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 27 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:** 114 rows; 2007-11-06 through 2013-02-13; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 226 rows; 2000-01-11 through 2016-04-05; 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/storm-exploration-decline-2602300`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/storm-exploration-decline-2602300`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/2602300/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/2602300/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://2602300/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`