# Cove Quarry

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4104510
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC
- **Location:** Lampasas, TX
- **Operator:** Miller Springs Material L.L.C.
- **Controller:** James Construction Group, LLC
- **Public source rows linked:** 217
- **Source coverage:** 13 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**James Construction Group, LLC (0097653) → Miller Springs Material L.L.C. (0115205) → Cove Quarry (4104510)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Connie  Spiegel et al → Shallow Ford Construction Co., Inc.:** 2005-02-28 through 2012-01-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 4104510; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **James Construction Group, LLC → Miller Springs Material L.L.C.:** 2012-01-10 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4104510; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 2
- Typed edges: 6
- 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: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 0 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 2 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 12 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 44 violation rows across the full record; 7 carry an S&S flag and $5,632 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 8 samples:** Occupational health samples 8 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 1K employee hours and 4 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 23 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 11 contested-violation rows, 11 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 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 — 0 since 2021:** Inspections 22 inspection events and 244 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 56.18010 — First aid.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-Q/section-56.18010
- **30 CFR 56.14100 — Safety defects; examination, correction and records.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14100
- **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 47.32 — HazCom program contents.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-D/section-47.32
- **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 47.41 — Requirement for container labels.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-E/section-47.41
- **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 56.4201 — Inspection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-C/section-56.4201
- **30 CFR 56.12008 — Insulation and fittings for power wires and cables.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12008
- **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:** 2 rows; 2005-11-11 through 2009-03-17; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2014-04-01 through 2014-04-01; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 44 rows; 2005-04-13 through 2014-02-05; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 11 rows; 2013-09-16 through 2014-02-19; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2008-07-29 through 2008-07-29; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 11 rows; 2012-06-28 through 2013-04-02; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 2005-02-28 through 2012-01-10; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 22 rows; 2005-04-13 through 2014-02-05; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 54 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 16 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:** 8 rows; 2006-11-01 through 2008-01-23; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 44 rows; 2005-04-13 through 2014-02-05; 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/cove-quarry-4104510`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/cove-quarry-4104510`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4104510/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4104510/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4104510/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`