MINE DETAILS
FOIDEL CREEK MINE
MSHA MINE ID0503836
LOCATION
Mine location
1 of 1 mine with usable MSHA coordinates. Select a marker to open a mine.
Mine coordinates
- FOIDEL CREEK MINE40.35194, -107.05722Open map ↗
Quarterly trends
2025 Q1 – 2026 Q4
Database snapshot · 2026-10-13. MSHA quarterly production and employment reports.
Coal production
2,992,271reported short tons
Hours worked
761,262reported employee hours
Tons per hour
3.93production ÷ hours worked
Missing values appear as —. Totals use available reports. Tons per hour requires production and hours for the same quarters and a nonzero hours total. * Striped bars mark partial mine coverage or an incomplete quarter. See the table for coverage.
Quarterly data and reporting coverage
| Quarter | Coal (short tons) | Hours worked | Tons / hour | Avg. employees | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q1 | 601,850 | 157,293 | 3.83 | 214 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q2 | 264,265 | 143,989 | 1.84 | 227 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q3 | 454,780 | 176,089 | 2.58 | 232 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q4 | 478,984 | 122,917 | 3.90 | 223 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q1 | 613,343 | 72,051 | 8.51 | 149 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q2 | 579,049 | 88,923 | 6.51 | 140 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q3 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q4 | — | — | — | — | No report |
Safety and enforcement
2025-01-01 – 2026-10-13
Violations
51054 significant & substantial (S&S)
Accident records
140 records classified as fatality
Proposed penalties · USD
439,407.00486 of 510 violations with amounts
On-site inspection hours
3,138.7524 inspections · 24 with hours
Counts are published records, including contractor records. * The quarter was incomplete at the snapshot date; recent counts may rise as reports arrive. — means no reported amount or hours. Portfolio totals use current membership.
Quarterly safety data
| Quarter | Violations | S&S | Proposed USD | Accident records | Fatality records | Inspections | On-site hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-Q1 | 57 | 4 | 37,176.00 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 342.8 |
| 2025-Q2 | 101 | 8 | 85,393.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 493.5 |
| 2025-Q3 | 101 | 18 | 105,391.00 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 659.8 |
| 2025-Q4 | 104 | 13 | 88,127.00 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 564.0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 56 | 4 | 45,149.00 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 377.5 |
| 2026-Q2 | 37 | 3 | 32,500.00 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 338.5 |
| 2026-Q3 | 52 | 4 | 45,671.00 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 362.8 |
| 2026-Q4 * | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 |
Most cited CFR sections
All violations issued in the selected period. Counts combine subsections.
Safety activity
48.9(a)
50.10(d)
Non-Fatal Accident Investigation · 0.0 on-site hours
Verbal Hazard Complaint Inspections · 0.0 on-site hours
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 0.0 on-site hours
75.400
75.400
75.1101-10
75.1729 · S&S
77.404(a)
FALL OF ROOF OR BACK · ACCIDENT ONLY
Accident narrative
The supported roof in the #3 entry of 11 east longwall section outby the #2,3,4 shield fell above anchorage at x-cut 61+75. The cave area was 20' long by 11' wide and appeared to be approximately 11' high. The layers of roof strata in the fall area went in every direction.
Non-Injury Accident Investigation · 8.5 on-site hours
75.202(a)
Description not reported
77.402
77.1605(b)
77.1103(d)
77.1110
77.404(a)
75.1100-3
75.1725(a)
75.1722(a) · S&S
77.1110
77.216-3(b)(1)
77.404(a)
Safety sources and definitions
MSHA Violations (issue date), Accidents (accident date), and Inspections (begin date). Snapshot 2026-10-13.
Counts describe published rows, including contractor records; accident records are not distinct incidents or numbers of people injured.
Zero means no matching records in the imported sources, not proof of no events. Historical coverage differs by source; absence before a source begins reporting is not a zero incident rate. Invalid or absent dates and records after the snapshot are excluded.
S&S means SIG_SUB=Y. Fatality records use DEGREE_INJURY_CD=01. Proposed penalties are not final assessed or paid amounts; missing dollar values are omitted.
Inspection hours are SUM_TOTAL_ON_SITE_HOURS attributed to the inspection start date, without supervisor/trainee hours. Missing hours are omitted; a started inspection may still be open.
Portfolio totals use current mine membership, including events before the current owner or operator's tenure.
CFR headings link to the current Title 30 index; they are not historical legal determinations.
EIA-923 · COAL RECEIPTS
Coal shipments and quality
Receipts reported by power plants and terminals, matched by MSHA mine ID.
Quarterly receipts and quality
| Quarter | Short tons | Heat · Btu/lb | Sulfur % | Ash % | Delivered USD/ton | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-Q3 * | 258,328 | 11,036 | 0.45 | 11.56 | 49.70 | |
| 2025-Q4 | 230,057 | 10,949 | 0.45 | 11.79 | 50.35 | |
| 2026-Q1 | 108,758 | 11,092 | 0.40 | 11.30 | 51.84 | |
| 2026-Q2 | 328,015 | 11,057 | 0.42 | 11.03 | 51.37 | |
| 2026-Q3 * | 81,897 | 11,196 | 0.42 | 11.70 | 52.13 |
| Month / source | Receiving plant / supplier | Short tons | Delivered USD/ton | Heat · Btu/lb | Sulfur % | Ash % | Purchase | Transport |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07EIA row 11396 · preliminary | Hayden525 · CO · COALSALES LLC | 81,897 | 52.13 | 11,196 | 0.42 | 11.70 | ContractBIT | Rail |
| 2026-06EIA row 9496 · preliminary | Hayden525 · CO · COALSALES | 123,052 | 51.46 | 11,077 | 0.42 | 11.40 | ContractBIT | Rail |
| 2026-05EIA row 7695 · preliminary | Hayden525 · CO · COALSALES | 95,842 | 51.07 | 10,984 | 0.41 | 10.60 | ContractBIT | Rail |
| 2026-04EIA row 5884 · preliminary | Hayden525 · CO · COALSALES LLC | 109,121 | 51.52 | 11,100 | 0.42 | 11.00 | ContractBIT | Rail |
| 2026-03EIA row 4031 · preliminary | Hayden525 · CO · COALSALES LLC | 108,758 | 51.84 | 11,092 | 0.40 | 11.30 | ContractBIT | Rail |
| 2025-11EIA row 30883 · final | Hayden525 · CO · COALSALES LLC | 107,812 | 49.67 | 10,887 | 0.43 | 11.90 | ContractBIT | Rail |
| 2025-10EIA row 27914 · final | Hayden525 · CO · COALSALES LLC | 122,245 | 50.95 | 11,004 | 0.46 | 11.70 | ContractBIT | Rail |
| 2025-09EIA row 24830 · final | Hayden525 · CO · COAL SALES | 122,414 | 49.25 | 11,038 | 0.45 | 11.40 | ContractBIT | Rail |
| 2025-08EIA row 21670 · final | Hayden525 · CO · COALSALES LLC | 135,914 | 50.10 | 11,035 | 0.45 | 11.70 | ContractBIT | Rail |
Delivered cost includes transport and is not mine revenue. Missing prices remain blank. * Fewer than three months are published in the selected quarter. Receipts reflect the months EIA has published; an unfinished quarter is not comparable with a full quarter. Portfolio matches use current ownership.
Coverage, sources and calculations
- Reported coal receipts at EIA-923 power plants/terminals; this is not a census of mine shipments, exports or metallurgical sales.
- Matches use only the published MSHA ID, normalized to seven digits. Unidentified mine origins remain in the source table but are not assigned to a mine.
- Portfolio attribution uses current MSHA ownership, not ownership at the shipment date. Receipts and production can differ because of timing, stocks and coverage.
- Quality means are weighted by positive reported tons with that measurement. Delivered cost uses only rows with published cost, positive heat and positive tons; missing/withheld costs are never zero-filled.
- USD/ton = (cents/MMBtu ÷ 100) × MMBtu/ton. This is plant delivered cost, not mine sales price or revenue.
- Receipt month is as published, including records supplied by annual respondents. Recent months are preliminary and subject to revision. Missing rows do not prove zero shipments.
Imported releases start 2008-01. This window includes 12 published months. EIA releases · Survey instructions
- 2026 · preliminary · EIA923_Schedules_2_3_4_5_M_07_2026_21SEP2026.xlsx · Page 5 Fuel Receipts and Costs
- 2025 · final · EIA923_Schedules_2_3_4_5_M_12_2025_Final.xlsx · Page 5 Fuel Receipts and Costs
EIA ANNUAL COAL REPORT · 2024
Coal prices and estimated revenue
Annual county prices and a production-based allocation of county coal sales.
The estimate assumes each eligible mine receives its county-average price and shares county sales in proportion to production. Actual sales and prices can differ substantially. Unavailable estimates are excluded; this is not a total for the whole portfolio. Annual price data uses a separate window from the MSHA charts.
| Mine / county | Annual production · tons | County FOB · USD/ton | Est. sales · tons | Est. coal revenue · USD | Basis / availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foidel Creek Mine0503836 · Routt, Colorado | 995,706 | — | — | — | County sales or price not published1 eligible mines / 1 sales respondents |
Method, assumptions and source records
- This is an annual county-sales allocation, not reported mine or company revenue. Currency is nominal USD in the source year; quantities are short tons.
- Mine share = same-year annual mine production / eligible same-county production. Estimated sales = published county sales × share. Estimated coal revenue = estimated sales × published county average FOB price.
- The model assumes eligible mines share county sales in proportion to production and receive the county-average price. Matching mine counts is a check, not proof of identical respondents. Mine quality, contracts and sales timing can differ substantially. No statistical confidence interval is implied.
- FOB excludes transport and insurance. EIA-923 delivered costs do not enter this model. No grade premium, state/national fallback, quarterly apportionment or carry-forward to a later year is applied.
- Eligibility follows the source's production threshold and excludes preparation-only and refuse operations. Withheld values, inconsistent county counts and missing/ambiguous locations produce no estimate.
- County sales are published in thousands of tons and prices to cents. Calculations retain precision, but the inputs are rounded and the allocation is approximate.
- Portfolio attribution uses current MSHA ownership, not ownership during the sales year. Covered-mine sums exclude unavailable estimates and must not be read as whole-company revenue. Coverage denominators use the annual EIA mine-production release.
Sales-reporting threshold: 50,000 short tons per mine in 2024. Withheld sales or prices stay unavailable.
EIA Table 30 · county sales and FOB prices · EIA annual mine production · Release index
Annual report released November 19, 2025. Method: county-sales-allocation-v1. JSON and CSV preserve source row numbers and file checksums.
OWNERSHIP
Operator and controller history
Current ownership comes from MSHA Mines. Historical start and end dates come from MSHA Controller and Operator History.
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Peabody Energy CorporationcontrolsPeabody Twentymile Mining LLCoperatesFOIDEL CREEK MINE
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 0503836—
Rag AktiengesellschaftcontrolsPeabody Twentymile Mining LLCoperatesFOIDEL CREEK MINE
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 0503836—
Cyprus Amax Minerals CompanycontrolsTwentymile Coal CompanyoperatesFOIDEL CREEK MINE
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 0503836—
Texaco InccontrolsPlateau Mining CompanyoperatesFOIDEL CREEK MINE
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 0503836Other historical summaries · source-specific periods
RECORD SUMMARY
Production, safety and enforcement
These summaries use the periods stated on each card, independently of the reporting period above.
01 / SAFETYwatch
Accidents and injuries
597 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 14,030 lost days across the published record.
ACCIDENT + INJURY RECORD30 since 2021
accidentsmine-production-quarterly02 / COMPLIANCEwatch
Violations and penalties
6,368 violation rows across the full record; 843 carry an S&S flag and $4,266,670 appears in current assessed amounts.
ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY1,475 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsassessed-violationsorders-107a03 / HEALTHwatch
Occupational health samples
10,638 coal dust; 627 coal quartz; 620 noise. 0 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 179 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.
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE12K samples
coal-dust-samplesquartz-samplesnoise-samples04 / PRODUCTIONcontext
Quarterly production and employment
89K employee hours and 140 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
2026-Q2579K tons
mine-production-quarterlymine-production-yearly05 / LEGALwatch
Contests, conferences and decisions
951 contested-violation rows, 970 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 107 conference records linked by issuance number.
POST-ISSUANCE LIFECYCLE2,028 linked rows
conferencescontested-violationscivil-penalty-dockets-decisions06 / CONTRACTORScontext
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.
ENTITY-LEVEL CONTEXT52 linked entities
contractor-production-quarterlycontractor-production-yearlyaccidentsviolations07 / INSPECTIONScontext
Inspections
1,003 inspection events and 76K published inspection hours across the historical record.
OVERSIGHT COVERAGE208 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsHEALTH SAMPLING
Silica and quartz
Coal quartz, metal/nonmetal personal samples and area samples. Snapshot Oct 13, 2026. 627 silica records across the mine’s published history.
Coal quartz concentration
Quarterly mean · µg/m³ · not-voided samples
— No eligible measurements. * Quarter in progress. Means describe the available samples, not average exposure across the mine.
Quartz % is the sample’s quartz content; µg/m³ is its reported concentration. Personal C/E is the ratio to the limit published with that sample. Personal and area concentration units and void status are not specified in those source files.
| Date / sample | Dataset / analyte | Occupation / area | Measurement | Sample status | Published action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58516623 / lab 2026036796 | Coal quartzQuartz | OCCUPATION CODE NOT FOUNDDESIGNATED AREA | 18 µg/m³4.5% quartz | Not voided | Not reported |
| 58517094 / lab 2026036790 | Coal quartzQuartz | MECHANICNON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION | 2 µg/m³1.6% quartz | Not voided | Not reported |
| 58516618 / lab 2026036794 | Coal quartzQuartz | JACK SETTER (LONGWALL)NON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION | 143 µg/m³20.4% quartz | Not voided | Not reported |
| 58516637 / lab 2026036789 | Coal quartzQuartz | LONGWALL OPERATOR (TAILGATE SIDE)DESIGNATED OCCUPATION | 188 µg/m³22.7% quartz | Not voided | Not reported |
| 58517144 / lab 2026036793 | Coal quartzQuartz | AUGER (JACK SETTER) (RETURN SIDE)NON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION | 40 µg/m³10.9% quartz | Not voided | Not reported |
| 58542255 / lab 2026019238 | Coal quartzQuartz | MECHANICNON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION | 12 µg/m³2.5% quartz | Not voided | Not reported |
| 58542488 / lab 2026019239 | Coal quartzQuartz | LONGWALL OPERATOR (TAILGATE SIDE)DESIGNATED OCCUPATION | 12 µg/m³3.2% quartz | Not voided | Not reported |
| 58542256 / lab 2026019241 | Coal quartzQuartz | AUGER (JACK SETTER) (RETURN SIDE)NON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION | 12 µg/m³4.5% quartz | Not voided | Not reported |
| 58542244 / lab 2026019240 | Coal quartzQuartz | JACK SETTER (LONGWALL)NON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION | 11 µg/m³2.9% quartz | Not voided | Not reported |
| 58544586 / lab 2026010648 | Coal quartzQuartz | JACK SETTER (LONGWALL)NON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION | 27 µg/m³3.6% quartz | Not voided | Not reported |
| 58544914 / lab 2026010645 | Coal quartzQuartz | MECHANICNON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION | 6 µg/m³3.7% quartz | Not voided | Not reported |
| 58544897 / lab 2026010647 | Coal quartzQuartz | AUGER (JACK SETTER) (RETURN SIDE)NON DESIGNATED OCCUPATION | 18 µg/m³3.2% quartz | Not voided | Not reported |
Sources and interpretation
- Coal means use numeric concentrations from samples marked not voided, excluding control/invalid sample types and dates after the snapshot. Missing values remain null; reported zeroes remain zero.
- Quarterly means describe available samples, not mine-wide or worker-average exposure. Quarters with no eligible measurements remain empty; the current quarter is partial.
- Personal C/E is MSHA's published concentration-to-limit ratio. A value above 1 is not by itself a citation or a determination under the 2024 silica rule. Personal and area files do not publish a void-status field.
- Area records include bulk-dust analyses and are kept separate from personal exposure results. Their concentration units are not specified in the source dictionary.
- Missing samples do not establish safe conditions. Coal quartz percentage and concentration are separate measures. No compliance threshold is inferred for coal samples.
Coal quartz field definitions ↗Metal/nonmetal personal field definitions ↗Metal/nonmetal area field definitions ↗
EIA + TITLE 30
EIA production and cited regulations
EIA annual figures are reported separately from MSHA. Regulation links use the current eCFR snapshot.
ANNUAL COAL PRODUCTION995,706short tons
- LABOR HOURS
- 618,434
- AVG EMPLOYEES
- 215
- SUPPLY REGION
- Uinta Region
- UNION
- No union code published
- OPERATION
- Mine and Preparation Plant
- COMPANY TYPE
- Operating Subsidiary
1 published EIA row aggregated under this MSHA ID. Components remain available in JSON.
30 CFR 48.9Records of training.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 50.10Immediate notification.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 75.400Accumulation of combustible materials.2 recent rows ↗30 CFR 75.1101-10Water sprinkler systems; fire warning devices at belt drives.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 75.1729Welding operations.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 77.404Machinery and equipment; operation and maintenance.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 75.202Protection from falls of roof, face and ribs.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 77.402Hand-held power tools; safety devices.1 recent row ↗
RECENT PUBLIC RECORDS
Recent violations and samples
Latest records retained for inspection; aggregates above use the full source history.
503260348.9(a)Citation
503260250.10(d)Citation
503616075.400Citation
503615975.400Citation
503615875.1101-10Citation
503615775.1729S&S
503174777.404(a)Citation
503149575.202(a)Citation
Coal dust, noise and other contaminants. Silica records above ↑
Coal dustLONGWALL OPERATOR (TAILGATE SIDE)
.154 mg/m³Not voided
Coal dustLONGWALL OPERATOR (TAILGATE SIDE)
.153 mg/m³Voided
Coal dustLONGWALL OPERATOR (TAILGATE SIDE)
.213 mg/m³Not voided
Coal dustMECHANIC
.288 mg/m³Voided
Coal dustMECHANIC
.182 mg/m³Not voided
Coal dustMECHANIC
.137 mg/m³Not voided
Coal dustMECHANIC
.079 mg/m³Voided
Coal dustMECHANIC
.033 mg/m³Voided · INVALID PRODUCTION
SOURCE COVERAGE
Reporting dates and coverage
17 datasets contain linked records. Missing datasets are listed below.
DATASETROWSWINDOWSTATUS
Accident, Injuries, and Illnessessafety · contractors597Jan 16, 2000—Sep 9, 2026mine-keyed
Addresses of Recordidentity · logistics1Sep 11, 1985—Sep 11, 1985mine-keyed
Assessed Violationscompliance · legal6,284Jan 4, 2000—Aug 26, 2026mine-keyed
Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisionscompliance · legal970Dec 6, 2000—Aug 14, 2026mine-keyed
Coal Dust Sampleshealth · safety10,638Jan 5, 2000—Oct 6, 2026mine-keyed
Conferencescompliance · legal107Mar 21, 2000—Jul 16, 2024mine-keyed
Contested Violationscompliance · legal951Jun 16, 2000—Jul 21, 2026mine-keyed
Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterlycontractors · production · safety9,595Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Contractor Employment and Production — Yearlycontractors · production · safety2,021Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Controller and Operator Historyidentity · compliance4Mar 1, 1983—Jun 30, 1999mine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Quarterlyproduction · safety · compliance424Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Yearlyproduction · safety · compliance108Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Inspectionssafety · compliance1,003Jan 4, 2000—Oct 5, 2026mine-keyed
Minesidentity · production · logistics1Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Metal and Nonmetal Area Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Metal and Nonmetal Personal Health Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Noise Sampleshealth · safety · equipment620Oct 18, 2000—Sep 15, 2026mine-keyed
Quartz Samples — Coalhealth · safety627Jan 31, 2000—Sep 2, 2026mine-keyed
Violationscompliance · safety · legal6,368Jan 4, 2000—Oct 6, 2026mine-keyed
107(a) Orders Issuedsafety · compliance—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
NOTES
Limitations
- Contractor production is entity-level and is never represented as mine-attributable.
- Missing rows can mean no event, publication delay, identity mismatch, or inapplicability.