# Pogo Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 5001642
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Gold Ore
- **Location:** Southeast Fairbanks, AK
- **Operator:** Northern Star (Pogo) LLC
- **Controller:** Northern Star Resources Ltd
- **Public source rows linked:** 12,745
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Northern Star Resources Ltd (0143661) → Northern Star (Pogo) LLC (L16072) → Pogo Mine (5001642)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Teck Corp → Northern Star (Pogo) LLC:** 1998-06-01 through 2009-07-06; derived from co-tenure at mine 5001642; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Sumitomo Metal Mining Co Ltd et al → Northern Star (Pogo) LLC:** 2009-07-07 through 2018-09-27; derived from co-tenure at mine 5001642; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Northern Star Resources Ltd → Northern Star (Pogo) LLC:** 2018-09-28 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 5001642; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 7
- 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 — 148 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 380 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 7,020 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 386 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 1,627 violation rows across the full record; 322 carry an S&S flag and $640,605 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 497 samples:** Occupational health samples 437 personal; 60 area. 30 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 124K employee hours and 725 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 445 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 165 contested-violation rows, 165 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 115 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 51 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 — 98 since 2021:** Inspections 248 inspection events and 18K 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 57.9315 — Dust control.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-H/section-57.9315
- **30 CFR 57.14107 — Moving machine parts.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-M/section-57.14107
- **30 CFR 57.4104 — Combustible waste.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-C/section-57.4104
- **30 CFR 57.4101 — Warning signs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-C/section-57.4101
- **30 CFR 57.4201 — Inspection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-C/section-57.4201
- **30 CFR 56.11001 — Safe access.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-J/section-56.11001
- **30 CFR 57.16006 — Protection of gas cylinder valves.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-O/section-57.16006
- **30 CFR 57.20003 — Housekeeping.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-S/section-57.20003
- **30 CFR 57.8531 — Construction and maintenance of ventilation doors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-G/section-57.8531
- **30 CFR 57.20011 — Barricades and warning signs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-S/section-57.20011
- **30 CFR 57.12028 — Testing grounding systems.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-K/section-57.12028

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 380 rows; 2000-02-12 through 2026-09-14; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2006-01-17 through 2006-01-17; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Metal and Nonmetal Area Samples:** 60 rows; 2012-07-02 through 2026-09-20; source ID `msha-area-samples`
- **Assessed Violations:** 1,572 rows; 2000-05-31 through 2026-07-19; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 165 rows; 2005-03-09 through 2024-04-12; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 115 rows; 2000-06-28 through 2026-06-16; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 165 rows; 2004-08-20 through 2023-09-06; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 6,287 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 1,185 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 1998-06-01 through 1998-06-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 248 rows; 2000-01-18 through 2026-10-07; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 396 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 103 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:** 437 rows; 2005-02-05 through 2026-08-18; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 1,627 rows; 2000-05-31 through 2026-08-18; 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/pogo-mine-5001642`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/pogo-mine-5001642`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/5001642/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/5001642/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://5001642/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`