# Nixon Fork Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 5001782
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Gold Ore
- **Location:** Yukon-Koyukuk, AK
- **Operator:** Mystery Creek Resources Inc
- **Controller:** Titan Resources Limited
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,756
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Titan Resources Limited (0128601) → Mystery Creek Resources Inc (0051580) → Nixon Fork Mine (5001782)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **St Andrew Goldfields LTD → Mystery Creek Resources Inc:** 2003-07-23 through 2009-02-11; derived from co-tenure at mine 5001782; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Pacific North West Capital Corporation → Mystery Creek Resources Inc:** 2009-02-12 through 2009-08-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 5001782; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Fire River Gold → Mystery Creek Resources Inc:** 2009-08-13 through 2015-03-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 5001782; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Titan Resources Limited → Mystery Creek Resources Inc:** 2015-03-31 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 5001782; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 4
- Typed edges: 9
- 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 36 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,096 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 170 violation rows across the full record; 44 carry an S&S flag and $48,609 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 153 samples:** Occupational health samples 150 personal; 3 area. 15 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 — No published quarter:** Quarterly production and employment The source remains registered, but no mine-keyed quarterly production row was published.
5. **LEGAL — 10 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 3 contested-violation rows, 3 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 4 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 5 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 — 1 since 2021:** Inspections 49 inspection events and 2K 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 56.12018 — Identification of power switches.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12018
- **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 57.16005 — Securing gas cylinders.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-O/section-57.16005
- **30 CFR 50.30 — Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-D/section-50.30
- **30 CFR 57.12068 — Locking transformer enclosures.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-K/section-57.12068
- **30 CFR 57.12004 — Electrical conductors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-K/section-57.12004
- **30 CFR 57.12008 — Insulation and fittings for power wires and cables.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-K/section-57.12008
- **30 CFR 57.14105 — Procedures during repairs or maintenance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-M/section-57.14105
- **30 CFR 57.12019 — Access to stationary electrical equipment or switchgear.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-K/section-57.12019

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 36 rows; 2004-05-30 through 2013-06-22; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2021-10-01 through 2021-10-01; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Metal and Nonmetal Area Samples:** 3 rows; 2012-04-21 through 2012-04-21; source ID `msha-area-samples`
- **Assessed Violations:** 155 rows; 2004-02-13 through 2019-08-29; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 3 rows; 2013-06-19 through 2013-06-19; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 4 rows; 2007-04-30 through 2012-06-08; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 3 rows; 2012-04-08 through 2012-04-09; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 984 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 148 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 4 rows; 2003-07-23 through 2003-07-23; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 49 rows; 2004-02-13 through 2021-04-22; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 45 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:** 150 rows; 2004-03-20 through 2017-06-20; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 170 rows; 2004-02-13 through 2019-08-29; 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/nixon-fork-mine-5001782`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/nixon-fork-mine-5001782`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/5001782/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/5001782/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://5001782/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`