# Nanuuq Gold Project

- **MSHA mine ID:** 5001850
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Surface / Gold Ore
- **Location:** Nome, AK
- **Operator:** Alaska Gold Company
- **Controller:** Bering Straits Native Corporation
- **Public source rows linked:** 1,049
- **Source coverage:** 15 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Bering Straits Native Corporation (0106687) → Alaska Gold Company (L16502) → Nanuuq Gold Project (5001850)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Novagold Resources Inc → Alaska Gold Company:** 2006-09-26 through 2012-10-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 5001850; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Bering Straits Native Corporation → Alaska Gold Company:** 2012-11-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 5001850; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 2
- Typed edges: 5
- 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 17 historical accident/injury rows; 2 coded fatalities and 75 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 0 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 73 violation rows across the full record; 38 carry an S&S flag and $112,043 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 17 samples:** Occupational health samples 17 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 0 employee hours and 0 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 109 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 36 contested-violation rows, 36 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 37 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 4 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 23 inspection events and 626 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 56.20011 — Barricades and warning signs.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-S/section-56.20011
- **30 CFR 56.5002 — Exposure monitoring.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-D/section-56.5002
- **30 CFR 50.11 — Investigation.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-B/section-50.11
- **30 CFR 56.14107 — Moving machine parts.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14107
- **30 CFR 56.6102 — Explosive material storage practices.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-E/section-56.6102
- **30 CFR 56.14100 — Safety defects; examination, correction and records.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14100
- **30 CFR 56.12030 — Correction of dangerous conditions.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12030
- **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 56.20014 — Prohibited areas for food and beverages.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-S/section-56.20014
- **30 CFR 56.18002 — Examination of working places.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-Q/section-56.18002

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 17 rows; 2007-07-19 through 2011-12-30; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2016-10-02 through 2016-10-02; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 71 rows; 2007-07-11 through 2011-03-10; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 36 rows; 2011-06-29 through 2012-03-02; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 37 rows; 2007-11-02 through 2011-05-03; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 36 rows; 2007-10-04 through 2011-03-10; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 550 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 98 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 2 rows; 2006-09-26 through 2006-09-26; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 23 rows; 2006-12-15 through 2011-07-26; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 69 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 18 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:** 17 rows; 2007-07-13 through 2007-12-20; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 73 rows; 2007-07-11 through 2011-03-10; 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/nanuuq-gold-project-5001850`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/nanuuq-gold-project-5001850`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/5001850/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/5001850/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://5001850/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`