MINE DETAILS
Gold Bar
MSHA MINE ID2602818
LOCATION
Mine location
1 of 1 mine with usable MSHA coordinates. Select a marker to open a mine.
Mine coordinates
- Gold Bar39.74806, -116.44194Open map ↗
Quarterly trends
2025 Q1 – 2026 Q4
Database snapshot · 2026-10-13. MSHA quarterly production and employment reports.
Coal production
0reported short tons
Hours worked
340,037reported employee hours
Tons per hour
0.00production ÷ 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 | 0 | 48,045 | 0.00 | 102 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q2 | 0 | 50,319 | 0.00 | 104 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q3 | 0 | 51,299 | 0.00 | 117 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q4 | 0 | 51,302 | 0.00 | 116 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q1 | 0 | 52,399 | 0.00 | 113 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q2 | 0 | 86,673 | 0.00 | 117 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q3 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q4 | — | — | — | — | No report |
Safety and enforcement
2025-01-01 – 2026-10-13
Violations
442 significant & substantial (S&S)
Accident records
30 records classified as fatality
Proposed penalties · USD
7,966.0041 of 44 violations with amounts
On-site inspection hours
201.7522 inspections · 22 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 | 5 | 1 | 769.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16.8 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025-Q3 | 21 | 1 | 3,351.00 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 33.5 |
| 2025-Q4 | 2 | 0 | 464.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18.0 |
| 2026-Q1 | 6 | 0 | 755.00 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 48.8 |
| 2026-Q2 | 9 | 0 | 2,314.00 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 77.0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 | 0 | 313.00 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7.8 |
| 2026-Q4 * | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Most cited CFR sections
All violations issued in the selected period. Counts combine subsections.
Safety activity
Compliance Follow-up Inspection · 1.8 on-site hours
Verbal Hazard Complaint Inspections · 6.0 on-site hours
56.4102 · $313.00 proposed
103 (g) Written Notification Hazard Complaint Inspectio · 12.5 on-site hours
56.14103(b) · $336.00 proposed
56.7002 · $504.00 proposed
56.9315 · $366.00 proposed
56.7002 · $504.00 proposed
56.14100(b) · $151.00 proposed
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 16.8 on-site hours
103 (g) Written Notification Hazard Complaint Inspectio · 1.0 on-site hours
56.16005 · $151.00 proposed
56.12068 · $151.00 proposed
Compliance Follow-up Inspection · 24.5 on-site hours
Verbal Hazard Complaint Inspections · 2.0 on-site hours
Non-Chargeable Accident Investigation · 13.3 on-site hours
Description not reported
48.29(a) · $151.00 proposed
OTHER · INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES
Accident narrative
The employee was found unresponsive lying next to a light plant that was not running. The time of the event occurring has an approximate window of 30 minutes prior to discovery.
103 (g) Written Notification Hazard Complaint Inspectio · 2.0 on-site hours
Verbal Hazard Complaint Inspections · 5.0 on-site hours
56.20003(a) · $151.00 proposed
103 (g) Written Notification Hazard Complaint Inspectio · 10.5 on-site hours
56.5001(a)/56.5005
Verbal Hazard Complaint Inspections · 2.8 on-site hours
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.
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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Rob McEwencontrolsMcEwen Mining Nevada, IncoperatesGold Bar
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 2602818Other 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
38 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 551 lost days across the published record.
ACCIDENT + INJURY RECORD19 since 2021
accidentsmine-production-quarterly02 / COMPLIANCEwatch
Violations and penalties
142 violation rows across the full record; 17 carry an S&S flag and $73,267 appears in current assessed amounts.
ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY75 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsassessed-violationsorders-107a03 / HEALTHwatch
Occupational health samples
22 personal; 1 area. 7 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.
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE23 samples
personal-health-samplesarea-samples04 / PRODUCTIONcontext
Quarterly production and employment
87K employee hours and 117 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
2026-Q20 tons
mine-production-quarterlymine-production-yearly05 / LEGALwatch
Contests, conferences and decisions
48 contested-violation rows, 47 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 23 conference records linked by issuance number.
POST-ISSUANCE LIFECYCLE118 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 CONTEXT13 linked entities
contractor-production-quarterlycontractor-production-yearlyaccidentsviolations07 / INSPECTIONScontext
Inspections
64 inspection events and 2K published inspection hours across the historical record.
OVERSIGHT COVERAGE45 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsHEALTH SAMPLING
Silica and quartz
Coal quartz, metal/nonmetal personal samples and area samples. Snapshot Oct 13, 2026. 15 silica records across the mine’s published history.
Personal silica samples · concentration / limit
Quarterly mean · published C/E ratio
— 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000000202601713300 | Metal/nonmetal personalQuartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | Lab Technician | 1.13× published limitConcentration: 0001.62 · limit: 0001.43Source unit unspecified | Not reported | CITATION/ORDER TERMINATEDInspection F037D7B |
| 000000202601596700 | Metal/nonmetal personalQuartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | Lab Technician | 0.22× published limitConcentration: 0000.26 · limit: 0001.18Source unit unspecified | Not reported | NO ACTIONInspection F037D7B |
| 000000202601596800 | Metal/nonmetal personalQuartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | Lab Technician | 0.45× published limitConcentration: 0000.50 · limit: 0001.10Source unit unspecified | Not reported | NO ACTIONInspection F037D7B |
| 000000202601018200 | Metal/nonmetal personalQuartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | Lab Technician | 3.16× published limitConcentration: 0001.80 · limit: 0000.57Source unit unspecified | Not reported | CITATION/ORDER ISSUEDInspection F037D76 |
| 000000202600032800 | Metal/nonmetal personalQuartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | Lab Technician | 2.53× published limitConcentration: 0002.00 · limit: 0000.79Source unit unspecified | Not reported | CITATION/ORDER ISSUEDInspection F021E51 |
| 000000202600032900 | Metal/nonmetal personalQuartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | Lab Technician | 1.03× published limitConcentration: 0000.73 · limit: 0000.71Source unit unspecified | Not reported | EXCEEDS THE PEL BUT NOT THE PEL X ERROR FACTORInspection F021E51 |
| 000000202600033000 | Metal/nonmetal personalQuartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | Sampler, Dust | 0× published limitConcentration: 0000.14 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified | Not reported | NO ACTIONInspection F021E51 |
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.
Not present in the 2024 EIA coal workbook.
This can mean the operation is non-coal, inactive for the annual period, or outside the EIA-7A reporting population.
30 CFR 56.4102Spillage and leakage.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.14103Operators stations.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.7002Equipment defects.2 recent rows ↗30 CFR 56.9315Dust control.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.14100Safety defects; examination, correction and records.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.16005Securing gas cylinders.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.12068Locking transformer enclosures.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 48.29Records of training.1 recent row ↗
RECENT PUBLIC RECORDS
Recent violations and samples
Latest records retained for inspection; aggregates above use the full source history.
510927156.4102Citation
510926456.14103(b)Citation
510926356.7002Citation
510926256.9315Citation
510926156.7002Citation
510925156.14100(b)Citation
510925056.16005Citation
510924956.12068Citation
Coal dust, noise and other contaminants. Silica records above ↑
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% QtzLab Technician
C/E: 01.04Concentration: 0010.41 · limit: 0010.00Source unit unspecified
Lead fumesLab Technician
C/E: 00.38Concentration: 0057.00 · limit: 0150.00Source unit unspecified
Lead fumesLab Technician
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0150.00Source unit unspecified
Nuisance dust, respirable, <1% QtzCrusher Oper/Worker
C/E: 01.27Concentration: 0012.70 · limit: 0010.00Source unit unspecified
SOURCE COVERAGE
Reporting dates and coverage
16 datasets contain linked records. Missing datasets are listed below.
DATASETROWSWINDOWSTATUS
Accident, Injuries, and Illnessessafety · contractors38May 11, 2018—Apr 6, 2026mine-keyed
Addresses of Recordidentity · logistics1Apr 22, 2019—Apr 22, 2019mine-keyed
Assessed Violationscompliance · legal138Mar 26, 2018—Aug 3, 2026mine-keyed
Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisionscompliance · legal47May 15, 2019—Mar 19, 2026mine-keyed
Coal Dust Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Conferencescompliance · legal23Sep 18, 2019—Jul 15, 2026mine-keyed
Contested Violationscompliance · legal48Nov 5, 2018—Aug 12, 2025mine-keyed
Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterlycontractors · production · safety2,142Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Contractor Employment and Production — Yearlycontractors · production · safety473Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Controller and Operator Historyidentity · compliance1Nov 1, 2017—Nov 1, 2017mine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Quarterlyproduction · safety · compliance96Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Yearlyproduction · safety · compliance27Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Inspectionssafety · compliance64Mar 26, 2018—Aug 17, 2026mine-keyed
Minesidentity · production · logistics1Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Metal and Nonmetal Area Sampleshealth · safety1Mar 31, 2026—Mar 31, 2026mine-keyed
Metal and Nonmetal Personal Health Sampleshealth · safety22Jun 19, 2019—Apr 21, 2026mine-keyed
Noise Sampleshealth · safety · equipment—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Quartz Samples — Coalhealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Violationscompliance · safety · legal142Mar 26, 2018—Aug 3, 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.