# EXCALIBAR MINERALS INC

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4103115
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Facility / Barite Barium Ore
- **Location:** Harris, TX
- **Operator:** Excalibar Minerals Inc
- **Controller:** Newpark Resources Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 112
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Newpark Resources Inc (M01658) → Excalibar Minerals Inc (L15402) → EXCALIBAR MINERALS INC (4103115)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Unibar Corp → Uni Minerals Corp:** 1980-11-01 through 1989-05-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 4103115; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Woods Eddie → Global United Industries Inc:** 1989-05-03 through 1991-06-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 4103115; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **T E  Eisenman → Excalibar Minerals Inc:** 1991-07-01 through 1997-08-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 4103115; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Newpark Resources Inc → Excalibar Minerals Inc:** 1997-09-18 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4103115; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 12
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 13 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 7 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 18 violation rows across the full record; 6 carry an S&S flag and $1,749 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 3 samples:** Occupational health samples 3 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 10K employee hours and 16 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 1 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 0 contested-violation rows, 0 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 1 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 11 inspection events and 126 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 56.11012 — Protection for openings around travelways.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-J/section-56.11012
- **30 CFR 56.4402 — Safety can use.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4402
- **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 56.14107 — Moving machine parts.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14107
- **30 CFR 56.12002 — Controls and switches.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12002
- **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 56.14103 — Operators stations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14103
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 13 rows; 2000-02-22 through 2004-07-12; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2004-09-20 through 2004-09-20; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 18 rows; 2001-02-21 through 2003-12-18; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2001-10-17 through 2001-10-17; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 7 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 1980-11-01 through 1997-08-28; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 11 rows; 2000-01-04 through 2003-12-18; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 24 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 10 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:** 3 rows; 2002-01-10 through 2002-01-10; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 18 rows; 2001-02-21 through 2003-12-18; 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/excalibar-minerals-inc-4103115`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/excalibar-minerals-inc-4103115`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4103115/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4103115/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4103115/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`