# LUCERO MINE

- **MSHA mine ID:** 2901856
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Dimension Marble
- **Location:** Valencia, NM
- **Operator:** New Mexico Travertine, Inc.
- **Controller:** Vincent J  Lardner III
- **Public source rows linked:** 239
- **Source coverage:** 9 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Vincent J  Lardner III (M01042) → New Mexico Travertine, Inc. (L17324) → LUCERO MINE (2901856)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Vincent J  Lardner III et al → Rocky Mountain Stone Company:** 1981-05-01 through 2011-01-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 2901856; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Vincent J  Lardner III et al → New Mexico Travertine, Inc.:** 2011-01-24 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 2901856; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Timothy J  Lardner → New Mexico Travertine, Inc.:** 2011-01-24 through 2011-01-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 2901856; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 8
- Interval anomalies: 1
- 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 0 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 0 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 1 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 19 violation rows across the full record; 3 carry an S&S flag and $2,743 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 2 samples:** Occupational health samples 2 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 — 0 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 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 — 1 since 2021:** Inspections 44 inspection events and 466 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 56.1000 — Notification of commencement of operations and closing of mines.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-A/section-56.1000
- **30 CFR 56.12032 — Inspection and cover plates.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12032
- **30 CFR 56.11002 — Handrails and toeboards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-J/section-56.11002
- **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 41.12 — Changes; notification by operator.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-G/part-41/subpart-B/section-41.12
- **30 CFR 56.14130 — Roll-over protective structures (ROPS) and seat belts.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14130
- **30 CFR 46.9 — Records of training.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-46/section-46.9
- **30 CFR 46.5 — New miner training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-46/section-46.5
- **30 CFR 46.8 — Annual refresher training.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-46/section-46.8
- **30 CFR 56.14107 — Moving machine parts.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14107
- **30 CFR 56.14101 — Brakes.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14101

## Source coverage

- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2021-08-16 through 2021-08-16; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 19 rows; 2000-01-27 through 2021-08-18; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 1981-05-01 through 2011-01-24; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 44 rows; 2000-01-24 through 2021-08-18; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 127 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 23 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:** 2 rows; 2012-05-16 through 2012-05-16; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 19 rows; 2000-01-27 through 2021-08-18; 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/lucero-mine-2901856`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/lucero-mine-2901856`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/2901856/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/2901856/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://2901856/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`