# Niblack Project LLC

- **MSHA mine ID:** 5001857
- **Status:** Abandoned
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Gold Ore
- **Location:** Ketchikan Gateway, AK
- **Operator:** Niblack Project LLC
- **Controller:** Heatherdale Resources
- **Public source rows linked:** 746
- **Source coverage:** 14 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Heatherdale Resources (0089093) → Niblack Project LLC (0105325) → Niblack Project LLC (5001857)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Niblack Mining Corp → Abacus Alaska Inc:** 2008-03-12 through 2008-09-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 5001857; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Committee Bay Resources Ltd → Abacus Alaska Inc:** 2008-10-01 through 2009-07-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 5001857; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Heatherdale Resources → Niblack Project LLC:** 2009-08-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 5001857; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 8
- 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 1 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 2 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 5 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 27 violation rows across the full record; 9 carry an S&S flag and $9,103 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 0 samples:** Occupational health samples No published samples. 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 285 employee hours and 6 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 3 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 1 contested-violation rows, 1 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 1 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 1 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 — 2 since 2021:** Inspections 33 inspection events and 658 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 49.9 — Mine emergency notification plan.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-49/subpart-A/section-49.9
- **30 CFR 57.18002 — Examination of working places.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-Q/section-57.18002
- **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 57.11002 — Handrails and toeboards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-J/section-57.11002
- **30 CFR 57.20032 — Two-way communication equipment for underground operations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-S/section-57.20032
- **30 CFR 57.12010 — Isolation or insulation of communication conductors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-K/section-57.12010
- **30 CFR 57.4360 — Underground alarm systems.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-C/section-57.4360
- **30 CFR 57.12030 — Correction of dangerous conditions.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-K/section-57.12030
- **30 CFR 57.16012 — Storage of incompatible substances.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-O/section-57.16012
- **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 56.12006 — Distribution boxes.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-K/section-56.12006
- **30 CFR 56.14100 — Safety defects; examination, correction and records.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-56/subpart-M/section-56.14100

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 1 rows; 2008-02-25 through 2008-02-25; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 2024-10-01 through 2024-10-01; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Assessed Violations:** 27 rows; 2008-11-20 through 2021-03-25; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 1 rows; 2011-04-12 through 2011-04-12; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 1 rows; 2009-01-22 through 2009-01-22; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 1 rows; 2008-11-20 through 2008-11-20; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 368 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 96 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 2008-03-12 through 2009-08-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 33 rows; 2008-03-10 through 2022-02-08; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 149 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 37 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Violations:** 27 rows; 2008-11-20 through 2021-03-25; 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/niblack-project-llc-5001857`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/niblack-project-llc-5001857`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/5001857/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/5001857/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://5001857/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`