# Starvation Canyon

- **MSHA mine ID:** 2602634
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Gold Ore
- **Location:** Elko, NV
- **Operator:** Jerritt Canyon Gold, LLC
- **Controller:** First  Majestic Silver Corporation
- **Public source rows linked:** 271
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**First  Majestic Silver Corporation (0161961) → Jerritt Canyon Gold, LLC (0139513) → Starvation Canyon (2602634)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Veris Gold Corp. → Queenstake Resources U.S.A., Inc.:** 2008-04-14 through 2012-11-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 2602634; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Queenstake Resources Ltd → Queenstake Resources U.S.A., Inc.:** 2008-04-14 through 2007-09-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 2602634; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Keith  Jones → Small Mine Development LLC:** 2012-11-11 through 2016-08-14; derived from co-tenure at mine 2602634; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ronald W  Guill → Small Mine Development LLC:** 2012-11-11 through 2011-01-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 2602634; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Eric  Sprott et al → Jerritt Canyon Gold, LLC:** 2016-08-15 through 2021-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 2602634; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **WBOX 2014-1 LTD et al → Jerritt Canyon Gold, LLC:** 2016-08-15 through 2021-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 2602634; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **First  Majestic Silver Corporation → Jerritt Canyon Gold, LLC:** 2021-04-30 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 2602634; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 7
- Typed edges: 16
- Interval anomalies: 2
- 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 3 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 229 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 46 violation rows across the full record; 14 carry an S&S flag and $8,992 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 18 samples:** Occupational health samples 15 personal; 3 area. 1 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 3K employee hours and 13 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 1 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 1 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 20 inspection events and 347 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 57.18002 — 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 57.5005 — Control of exposure to airborne contaminants.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-D/section-57.5005
- **30 CFR 57.11016 — Snow and ice on walkways and travelways.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-J/section-57.11016
- **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 57.14107 — Moving machine parts.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-M/section-57.14107
- **30 CFR 57.14100 — Safety defects; examination, correction and records.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-M/section-57.14100
- **30 CFR 57.6102 — Explosive material storage practices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-E/section-57.6102
- **30 CFR 57.6202 — Vehicles.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-E/section-57.6202
- **30 CFR 57.20011 — Barricades and warning signs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-S/section-57.20011
- **30 CFR 57.14131 — Seat belts for surface haulage trucks.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-M/section-57.14131

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 3 rows; 2014-04-18 through 2015-11-29; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2016-04-29 through 2016-04-29; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Metal and Nonmetal Area Samples:** 3 rows; 2013-05-02 through 2013-05-02; source ID `msha-area-samples`
- **Assessed Violations:** 46 rows; 2012-08-01 through 2015-12-08; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2015-03-03 through 2015-03-03; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 60 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 14 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 7 rows; 2008-04-14 through 2016-08-15; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 20 rows; 2012-07-30 through 2016-04-06; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 44 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 10 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:** 15 rows; 2013-05-02 through 2016-03-02; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 46 rows; 2012-08-01 through 2015-12-08; 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/starvation-canyon-2602634`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/starvation-canyon-2602634`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/2602634/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/2602634/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://2602634/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`