MSHA DATABASEMSHA records · 15 contributing sources · snapshot Oct 18, 2026

MINE DETAILS

Moss Mine

ActiveSurfaceGold Ore
MSHA MINE ID0202367
LOCATIONMohave, AZ
PUBLIC RECORD4,486 linked rows

LOCATION

Mine location

1 of 1 mine with usable MSHA coordinates. Select a marker to open a mine.

Mine coordinates

2025-01-01 – 2026-10-18Applies to production, safety and portfolio metrics. Silica samples have separate filters.

Violations

41

7 significant & substantial (S&S)

  1. 2025 Q17
  2. 2025 Q22
  3. 2025 Q30
  4. 2025 Q47
  5. 2026 Q13
  6. 2026 Q20
  7. 2026 Q322
  8. 2026 Q4 *0

Accident records

3

0 records classified as fatality

  1. 2025 Q10
  2. 2025 Q20
  3. 2025 Q30
  4. 2025 Q41
  5. 2026 Q10
  6. 2026 Q22
  7. 2026 Q30
  8. 2026 Q4 *0

Proposed penalties · USD

4,516.00

26 of 41 violations with amounts

  1. 2025 Q11,173
  2. 2025 Q2487
  3. 2025 Q3—
  4. 2025 Q41,346
  5. 2026 Q1453
  6. 2026 Q2—
  7. 2026 Q31,057
  8. 2026 Q4 *—

On-site inspection hours

227.00

20 inspections · 20 with hours

  1. 2025 Q149.00
  2. 2025 Q229.00
  3. 2025 Q311.50
  4. 2025 Q445.50
  5. 2026 Q116.75
  6. 2026 Q25.75
  7. 2026 Q369.50
  8. 2026 Q4 *—
Quarterly safety data
QuarterViolationsS&SProposed USDAccident recordsFatality recordsInspectionsOn-site hours
2025-Q1711,173.0000549.0
2025-Q220487.0000129.0
2025-Q300—00111.5
2025-Q4711,346.0010245.5
2026-Q130453.0000516.8
2026-Q200—2015.8
2026-Q32251,057.0000569.5
2026-Q4 *00—000—

Most cited CFR sections

All violations issued in the selected period. Counts combine subsections.

Safety activity

  1. violation5103979

    56.5001(a)/56.5005 · $151.00 proposed

  2. inspectionF03F6B4

    Verbal Hazard Complaint Inspections · 10.0 on-site hours

  3. accident220261900029

    HANDLING OF MATERIALS · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY

    Accident narrative

    While inspecting equipment at the crusher a foreign object entered left eye. Taken to ER and material was removed.

  4. accident220261490018

    ELECTRICAL · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY

    Accident narrative

    EE was troubleshooting a motor on the autosampler. While attempting to actuate the brake, wires arced, causing an arc flash.

  5. inspectionF023EF4

    Verbal Hazard Complaint Inspections · 5.8 on-site hours

  6. inspectionF023EED

    Compliance Follow-up Inspection · 1.5 on-site hours

  7. inspectionF0170A1

    Verbal Hazard Complaint Inspections · 1.5 on-site hours

  8. violation5103062

    50.20(a) · $151.00 proposed

  9. inspectionF023EE3

    Verbal Hazard Complaint Inspections · 5.8 on-site hours

  10. inspectionF023EDD

    Verbal Hazard Complaint Inspections · 7.0 on-site hours

  11. inspectionF023EDE

    Spot Inspection · 1.0 on-site hours

  12. violation5103050

    56.14100(b) · $151.00 proposed

  13. violation5103049

    56.14100(c) · $151.00 proposed

  14. accident220253450006

    HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) · NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT

    Accident narrative

    Employee was attempting to remove an old tooth from a 988K CAT loader. Employee struck the tooth of the 988K with a hammer causing a sliver of metal to enter the employee's leg.

  15. violation5103025

    45.4(b) · $151.00 proposed

  16. violation5103023

    56.14107(a) · S&S · $398.00 proposed

  17. violation5103020

    56.14100(b) · $151.00 proposed

  18. inspectionF023ED2

    Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 40.3 on-site hours

  19. inspectionF023ED3

    103 (g) Written Notification Hazard Complaint Inspectio · 5.3 on-site hours

  20. violation5103433

    56.14207 · $193.00 proposed

  21. violation5103024

    56.14100(b) · $151.00 proposed

  22. violation5103022

    56.14207 · $151.00 proposed

  23. violation5103021

    56.4101 · $151.00 proposed

  24. inspectionF012E11

    Compliance Follow-up Inspection · 11.5 on-site hours

  25. violation9680661

    56.5001(a)/56.5005 · $336.00 proposed

Safety sources and definitions

MSHA Violations (issue date), Accidents (accident date), and Inspections (begin date). Snapshot 2026-10-18.

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.

CURRENT HIERARCHYMako Mining Corp → Golden Vertex Corp → Moss Mine
HISTORY RECORDS715 relationships
INTERVAL CHECK2 REVIEWcontroller/operator overlap
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Elevation Gold Mining CorporationcontrolsGolden Vertex CorpoperatesMoss Mine

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 0202367
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Mako Mining CorpcontrolsGolden Vertex CorpoperatesMoss Mine

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 0202367
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Mako Mining CorpcontrolsGolden Vertex CorpoperatesMoss Mine

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 0202367
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E G AcquisitionscontrolsGolden Vertex LLCoperatesMoss Mine

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 0202367
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Elevation Gold Mining CorporationcontrolsGolden Vertex CorpoperatesMoss Mine

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 0202367
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Laraine Griesel et alcontrolsHarrison MiningoperatesMoss Mine

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 0202367
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Earl D Harrison et alcontrolsHarrison MiningoperatesMoss Mine

msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 0202367
Other 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

21 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 47 lost days across the published record.

ACCIDENT + INJURY RECORD8 since 2021
accidentsmine-production-quarterly
02 / COMPLIANCEwatch

Violations and penalties

149 violation rows across the full record; 32 carry an S&S flag and $39,689 appears in current assessed amounts.

ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY96 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsassessed-violationsorders-107a
03 / HEALTHwatch

Occupational health samples

40 personal. 6 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 EXPOSURE40 samples
personal-health-samples
04 / PRODUCTIONcontext

Quarterly production and employment

37K employee hours and 91 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.

2026-Q20 tons
mine-production-quarterlymine-production-yearly
05 / LEGALwatch

Contests, conferences and decisions

2 contested-violation rows, 4 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 2 conference records linked by issuance number.

POST-ISSUANCE LIFECYCLE8 linked rows
conferencescontested-violationscivil-penalty-dockets-decisions
06 / 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 CONTEXT18 linked entities
contractor-production-quarterlycontractor-production-yearlyaccidentsviolations
07 / INSPECTIONScontext

Inspections

83 inspection events and 2K published inspection hours across the historical record.

OVERSIGHT COVERAGE49 since 2021
inspectionsviolations

HEALTH SAMPLING

Silica and quartz

Matching records20 coal · 2 personal · 0 area
Sample status0 not voided0 voided · 2 status not reported
Personal samples with C/E > 112 published ratios · not a citation count
2026 · Jul 14, 2026–Sep 9, 2026
Date / sampleDataset / analyteOccupation / areaMeasurementSample statusPublished action
000000202603706600Metal/nonmetal personalQuartz, respirable, >1% QtzMechanic0.66× published limitConcentration: 0000.45 · limit: 0000.68Source unit unspecifiedNot reportedNO ACTIONInspection F03F6C1
000000202602835400Metal/nonmetal personalQuartz, respirable, >1% QtzCleanup Man2.44× published limitConcentration: 0001.49 · limit: 0000.61Source unit unspecifiedNot reportedCITATION/ORDER ISSUEDInspection F03F6B4
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.

RECENT PUBLIC RECORDS

Recent violations and samples

Latest records retained for inspection; aggregates above use the full source history.

VIOLATIONS12 latest shown
510831956.12023Citation
510831856.15005S&S
5108317—Order
510399548.26(b)Order
510399448.23(c)(3)Citation
510399356.14207Citation
510390056.14103(b)S&S
510389956.14130(c)Citation
OTHER HEALTH SAMPLES3 latest shown

Coal dust, noise and other contaminants. Silica records above ↑

Respirable dust, <.1mgTruck Driver
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgCrusher Oper/Worker
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgUtility Man
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified

SOURCE COVERAGE

Reporting dates and coverage

15 datasets contain linked records. Missing datasets are listed below.

DATASETROWSWINDOWSTATUS
Accident, Injuries, and Illnessessafety · contractors21Jul 25, 2013—Jun 28, 2026mine-keyed
Addresses of Recordidentity · logistics1Nov 16, 2017—Nov 16, 2017mine-keyed
Assessed Violationscompliance · legal133Jul 2, 2013—Sep 8, 2026mine-keyed
Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisionscompliance · legal4Apr 12, 2022—Feb 16, 2026mine-keyed
Coal Dust Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Conferencescompliance · legal2Feb 27, 2017—Dec 21, 2023mine-keyed
Contested Violationscompliance · legal2Apr 28, 2021—Jun 16, 2025mine-keyed
Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterlycontractors · production · safety3,204Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Contractor Employment and Production — Yearlycontractors · production · safety675Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Controller and Operator Historyidentity · compliance7Apr 1, 1987—Apr 22, 2025mine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Quarterlyproduction · safety · compliance128Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Yearlyproduction · safety · compliance36Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Inspectionssafety · compliance83Jul 2, 2013—Sep 29, 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 · safety40Jan 18, 2017—Sep 9, 2026mine-keyed
Noise Sampleshealth · safety · equipment—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Quartz Samples — Coalhealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Violationscompliance · safety · legal149Jul 2, 2013—Sep 9, 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.