# New Mexico Salt & Minerals LLC

- **MSHA mine ID:** 2901785
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Salt, Brine Evaporated
- **Location:** Eddy, NM
- **Operator:** New Mexico Salt & Minerals LLC
- **Controller:** Chase Clark Wilson
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,144
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Chase Clark Wilson (0113861) → New Mexico Salt & Minerals LLC (L06884) → New Mexico Salt & Minerals LLC (2901785)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Edward N  Siebert → S P N Dismantling Inc:** 1979-09-01 through 1983-09-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 2901785; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Wesley L  Watts → New Mexico Salt & Minerals LLC:** 1983-09-24 through 2014-06-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 2901785; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Chase Clark Wilson → New Mexico Salt & Minerals LLC:** 2014-06-12 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 2901785; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 8
- 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: 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615908+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 6 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 7 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 5 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 155 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 357 violation rows across the full record; 106 carry an S&S flag and $313,177 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 21 samples:** Occupational health samples 21 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 17K employee hours and 37 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 43 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 19 contested-violation rows, 19 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 5 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 — 35 since 2021:** Inspections 108 inspection events and 1K 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 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 56.9300 — Berms or guardrails.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-H/section-56.9300
- **30 CFR 56.14100 — Safety defects; examination, correction and records.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14100
- **30 CFR 56.14112 — Construction and maintenance of guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14112
- **30 CFR 56.12013 — Splices and repairs of power cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12013
- **30 CFR 56.15005 — Safety belts and lines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-N/section-56.15005
- **30 CFR 56.14132 — Horns and backup alarms.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14132
- **30 CFR 56.14205 — Machinery, equipment, and tools.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14205
- **30 CFR 56.16006 — Protection of gas cylinder valves.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-O/section-56.16006
- **30 CFR 41.11 — Notification by operator.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-41/subpart-B/section-41.11
- **30 CFR 56.15006 — Protective equipment and clothing for hazards and irritants.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-N/section-56.15006

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 7 rows; 2015-08-03 through 2026-09-22; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2005-09-28 through 2005-09-28; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 341 rows; 2001-05-09 through 2026-07-29; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 19 rows; 2011-06-06 through 2015-07-20; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 5 rows; 2003-10-24 through 2008-08-22; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 19 rows; 2009-08-31 through 2026-07-13; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 1979-09-01 through 1983-09-24; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 108 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2026-10-06; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 208 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:** 21 rows; 2011-03-03 through 2023-10-31; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 357 rows; 2001-05-09 through 2026-10-09; 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/new-mexico-salt-minerals-llc-2901785`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/new-mexico-salt-minerals-llc-2901785`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/2901785/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/2901785/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://2901785/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`