# Silver Creek Mtn Mine Operation

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3608716
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Anthracite)
- **Location:** Schuylkill, PA
- **Operator:** Tuscarora Mines & Minerals Corp
- **Controller:** Ronald J  Kuperavage
- **Public source rows linked:** 482
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Ronald J  Kuperavage (0062869) → Tuscarora Mines & Minerals Corp (P15263) → Silver Creek Mtn Mine Operation (3608716)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Waldermar T  Fetterolf Jr et al → Triple T Mining Company L P:** 1998-02-01 through 2009-06-17; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608716; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Ronald J  Kuperavage → Tuscarora Mines & Minerals Corp:** 2009-06-18 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608716; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Leonard  Zukes Sr → Tuscarora Mines & Minerals Corp:** 2009-06-18 through 2006-08-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 3608716; 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 2 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 17 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 18 violation rows across the full record; 2 carry an S&S flag and $1,738 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 122 samples:** Occupational health samples 80 coal dust; 1 coal quartz; 41 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 1 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 — 3K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 864 employee hours and 2 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 2 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 1 contested-violation rows, 1 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 0 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 2 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 65 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 71.501 — Sanitary toilet facilities; maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-F/section-71.501
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605
- **30 CFR 77.1102 — Warning signs; smoking and open flame.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1102
- **30 CFR 71.400 — Bathing facilities; change rooms; sanitary flush toilet facilities.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.400
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 77.1110 — Examination and maintenance of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1110
- **30 CFR 77.1109 — Quantity and location of firefighting equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-L/section-77.1109
- **30 CFR 71.403 — Waiver of surface facilities requirements; posting of waiver.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-71/subpart-E/section-71.403
- **30 CFR 77.1600 — Loading and haulage; general.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1600
- **30 CFR 77.1607 — Loading and haulage equipment; operation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1607

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 2 rows; 2012-06-01 through 2013-10-23; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2019-09-18 through 2019-09-18; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 18 rows; 2004-11-08 through 2017-05-31; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 1 rows; 2011-05-03 through 2011-05-03; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 80 rows; 2000-01-19 through 2017-10-10; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Contested Violations:** 1 rows; 2010-03-16 through 2010-03-16; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 180 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 41 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 1998-02-01 through 2009-06-18; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 65 rows; 2000-01-13 through 2019-09-17; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 12 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 17 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 41 rows; 2000-03-14 through 2017-10-11; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 1 rows; 2001-06-18 through 2001-06-18; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 18 rows; 2004-11-08 through 2017-05-31; 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/silver-creek-mtn-mine-operation-3608716`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/silver-creek-mtn-mine-operation-3608716`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3608716/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3608716/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3608716/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`