# DEEPWATER SURFACE MINE

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4609105
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Coal (Bituminous)
- **Location:** Fayette, WV
- **Operator:** COAL-MAC MET, LLC
- **Controller:** John Mitch Potter
- **Public source rows linked:** 6,113
- **Source coverage:** 17 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**John Mitch Potter (0144441) → COAL-MAC MET, LLC (0203533) → DEEPWATER SURFACE MINE (4609105)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Jeffery A  Hoops → Frasure Creek Mining LLC:** 2005-06-07 through 2008-10-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609105; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kenneth W  Woodring → Frasure Creek Mining LLC:** 2008-11-01 through 2010-04-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609105; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Essar Minerals Canada Limited → Frasure Creek Mining LLC:** 2010-04-07 through 2017-11-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609105; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **David L  Huffman → Resources Limited, LLC:** 2017-11-29 through 2021-01-28; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609105; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John T  Quintrell → Civil, LLC:** 2021-01-29 through 2025-06-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609105; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **John Mitch Potter → Coal-Mac MET, LLC:** 2025-06-12 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4609105; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 16
- 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 — 9 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 74 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,729 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 119 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 429 violation rows across the full record; 159 carry an S&S flag and $265,780 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 471 samples:** Occupational health samples 348 coal dust; 39 coal quartz; 84 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 13 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 — 68K tons:** Quarterly production and employment 54K employee hours and 85 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 195 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 97 contested-violation rows, 97 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 26 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 — 53 since 2021:** Inspections 154 inspection events and 5K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

- **Reporting year:** 2024
- **Production:** 399,883 short tons
- **Labor hours:** 270,178
- **Average employees:** 116
- **Coal supply region:** Appalachia Central
- **Union code:** Not published
- **Published rows under this MSHA ID:** 1

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 77.1607 — Loading and haulage equipment; operation.** (4 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1607
- **30 CFR 77.404 — Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.404
- **30 CFR 77.410 — Mobile equipment; automatic warning devices.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-E/section-77.410
- **30 CFR 77.1606 — Loading and haulage equipment; inspection and maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1606
- **30 CFR 77.1000 — Highwalls, pits and spoil banks; plans.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-K/section-77.1000
- **30 CFR 77.205 — Travelways at surface installations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-C/section-77.205
- **30 CFR 77.1605 — Loading and haulage equipment; installations.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-O/part-77/subpart-Q/section-77.1605

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 74 rows; 2005-10-01 through 2026-08-20; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2021-12-08 through 2021-12-08; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 414 rows; 2005-09-26 through 2026-08-31; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 97 rows; 2009-10-14 through 2026-03-13; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Coal Dust Samples:** 348 rows; 2005-09-26 through 2026-09-21; source ID `msha-coal-dust-samples`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2022-06-24 through 2022-06-24; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 97 rows; 2007-11-17 through 2026-07-13; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 3,456 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 756 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 2005-06-07 through 2025-06-12; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 154 rows; 2005-07-19 through 2026-09-02; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 128 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 28 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Noise Samples:** 84 rows; 2008-10-27 through 2026-02-10; source ID `msha-noise-samples`
- **Quartz Samples — Coal:** 39 rows; 2014-11-25 through 2026-08-28; source ID `msha-quartz-samples`
- **Violations:** 429 rows; 2005-09-26 through 2026-08-31; 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/deepwater-surface-mine-4609105`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/deepwater-surface-mine-4609105`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4609105/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4609105/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4609105/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`