# Wiseman Sullins/Chalk

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3100117
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Feldspar
- **Location:** Mitchell, NC
- **Operator:** The Quartz Corp USA
- **Controller:** Imerys S A; Norsk Mineral AS
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,305
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Imerys S A; Norsk Mineral AS (0099849) → The Quartz Corp USA (L18340) → Wiseman Sullins/Chalk (3100117)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Zemex Corp → The Feldspar Corporation:** 1950-01-01 through 2003-03-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 3100117; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Cementos Pacasmayo SSA → The Feldspar Corporation:** 2003-03-03 through 2007-09-04; derived from co-tenure at mine 3100117; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Imerys S A → The Feldspar Corporation:** 2007-09-05 through 2011-03-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 3100117; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Imerys S A  et al → The Feldspar Corporation:** 2011-04-01 through 2012-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 3100117; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Norsk Mineral AS  et al → The Feldspar Corporation:** 2011-04-01 through 2012-12-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 3100117; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Imerys S A  et al → The Quartz Corp USA:** 2013-01-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3100117; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Norsk Mineral AS  et al → The Quartz Corp USA:** 2013-01-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3100117; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Imerys S A → The Quartz Corp USA:** 2013-01-01 through 2011-03-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 3100117; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 8
- Typed edges: 15
- 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 6 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 267 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 39 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 165 violation rows across the full record; 51 carry an S&S flag and $38,570 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 41 samples:** Occupational health samples 34 personal; 7 area. 2 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 572 employee hours and 2 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 62 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 28 contested-violation rows, 29 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 5 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 7 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 — 19 since 2021:** Inspections 84 inspection events and 2K 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 56.14132 — 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 56.14100 — 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 56.3200 — Correction of hazardous conditions.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-B/section-56.3200
- **30 CFR 56.3401 — Examination of ground conditions.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-B/section-56.3401
- **30 CFR 56.11001 — Safe access.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-J/section-56.11001
- **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 56.12030 — Correction of dangerous conditions.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12030
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 6 rows; 2005-09-06 through 2014-12-16; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2017-07-25 through 2017-07-25; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Metal and Nonmetal Area Samples:** 7 rows; 2021-03-11 through 2026-01-21; source ID `msha-area-samples`
- **Assessed Violations:** 162 rows; 2001-03-21 through 2025-01-30; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 29 rows; 2004-02-09 through 2013-11-26; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 5 rows; 2003-03-25 through 2025-03-19; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 28 rows; 2010-01-25 through 2011-10-27; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 454 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 109 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 8 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2013-01-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 84 rows; 2000-09-25 through 2026-06-29; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 181 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 31 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:** 34 rows; 2002-09-10 through 2023-09-27; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 165 rows; 2001-03-21 through 2026-01-29; 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/wiseman-sullins-chalk-3100117`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/wiseman-sullins-chalk-3100117`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3100117/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3100117/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3100117/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`