# 327 Apex Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 2602675
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Gold Ore
- **Location:** Washoe, NV
- **Operator:** Lake Mountain Mining, LLC
- **Controller:** Daniel C  Sheppard; Alan R  Day
- **Public source rows linked:** 278
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Daniel C  Sheppard; Alan R  Day (0091693) → Lake Mountain Mining, LLC (0108345) → 327 Apex Mine (2602675)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Mitch  Fanning → Target Minerals Inc:** 2009-06-01 through 2010-01-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 2602675; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Daniel C  Sheppard et al → Lake Mountain Mining, LLC:** 2010-01-20 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 2602675; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Alan R  Day et al → Lake Mountain Mining, LLC:** 2010-01-20 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 2602675; 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 — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 62 violation rows across the full record; 6 carry an S&S flag and $10,411 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 6 samples:** Occupational health samples 6 personal. 0 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 — 48 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 18 contested-violation rows, 19 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 11 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 0 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 615 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 57.15001 — First aid materials.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-N/section-57.15001
- **30 CFR 57.15030 — Provision and maintenance of self-rescue devices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-N/section-57.15030
- **30 CFR 57.4361 — Underground evacuation drills.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-C/section-57.4361
- **30 CFR 57.14207 — Parking procedures for unattended equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-M/section-57.14207
- **30 CFR 56.12004 — Electrical conductors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12004
- **30 CFR 57.11017 — Inclined fixed ladders.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-J/section-57.11017
- **30 CFR 57.11003 — Construction and maintenance of ladders.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-J/section-57.11003
- **30 CFR 56.12008 — Insulation and fittings for power wires and cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12008
- **30 CFR 56.18002 — Examination of working places.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-Q/section-56.18002
- **30 CFR 62.110 — Noise exposure assessment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-62/section-62.110
- **30 CFR 56.12028 — Testing grounding systems.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12028
- **30 CFR 62.130 — Permissible exposure level.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-62/section-62.130

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2012-07-20 through 2012-07-20; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2014-01-30 through 2014-01-30; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 61 rows; 2009-06-17 through 2013-05-01; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 19 rows; 2011-10-03 through 2014-04-11; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 11 rows; 2011-02-18 through 2011-02-18; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 18 rows; 2010-12-14 through 2011-07-20; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 2009-06-01 through 2010-01-20; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 20 rows; 2009-06-16 through 2014-01-30; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 63 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 12 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:** 6 rows; 2011-06-08 through 2013-01-15; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 62 rows; 2009-06-17 through 2013-05-01; 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/327-apex-mine-2602675`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/327-apex-mine-2602675`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/2602675/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/2602675/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://2602675/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`