MINE DETAILS
South Area
MSHA MINE ID2600500
LOCATION
Mine location
1 of 1 mine with usable MSHA coordinates. Select a marker to open a mine.
Mine coordinates
- South Area40.71389, -116.10389Open 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
1,405,427reported 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 | 110,828 | 0.00 | 235 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q2 | 0 | 157,044 | 0.00 | 317 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q3 | 0 | 118,292 | 0.00 | 273 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q4 | 0 | 239,457 | 0.00 | 507 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q1 | 0 | 359,701 | 0.00 | 931 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q2 | 0 | 420,105 | 0.00 | 906 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q3 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q4 | — | — | — | — | No report |
Safety and enforcement
2025-01-01 – 2026-10-13
Violations
12316 significant & substantial (S&S)
Accident records
250 records classified as fatality
Proposed penalties · USD
111,708.00114 of 123 violations with amounts
On-site inspection hours
442.2530 inspections · 30 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 | 46 | 3 | 10,904.00 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 116.8 |
| 2025-Q2 | 1 | 0 | 226.00 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 18.0 |
| 2025-Q3 | 45 | 9 | 69,542.00 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 99.3 |
| 2025-Q4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2.8 |
| 2026-Q1 | 16 | 1 | 20,281.00 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 84.8 |
| 2026-Q2 | 7 | 0 | 3,299.00 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 109.0 |
| 2026-Q3 | 2 | 2 | 7,456.00 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11.8 |
| 2026-Q4 * | 6 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 |
Most cited CFR sections
All violations issued in the selected period. Counts combine subsections.
Safety activity
103 (g) Written Notification Hazard Complaint Inspectio · 0.0 on-site hours
56.11001 · S&S
56.20003(a)
56.4201(a)(2)
56.15001
56.20013
56.4104(b)
Impoundment Spot Inspection · 3.0 on-site hours
POWERED HAULAGE · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Accident narrative
Ee reported right arm and neck pain. Seen at ER, reports pain from driving haul truck, getting loaded, and dumping. NO specific incident identified. Ee diagnosed with cervical radiculopathy and neck injury. Ee released with restriction of no operating equipment. Site cannot offer modified duty at this time.
POWERED HAULAGE · DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Accident narrative
EE spotting haul truck under loader, the loader operator dropped full bucket on left bedrail, jostling the EE in the cab of the haul truck. Seen at clinic, xrays negative for fracture, released to modifed duty, worked one day modified, seen on 8/26, released to full duty.
Verbal Hazard Complaint Inspections · 3.8 on-site hours
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Accident narrative
EE pulling tote from conveyor belt drop chute using rope w/come-along, felt sudden pain in rt shoulder. Reported incident, went home, slept, asked to be seen by provider after they woke up with pain. Diagnosed with strain, referred for MRI, released to modified duty.
HANDLING OF MATERIALS · DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Accident narrative
Ee was gripping rack by the glass tubes and one had a hairline fracture and shattered in EE's hand. Seen at clinic, diagnosed with laceration to left thumb, released to modified duty. On follow-up on 7/20, ee released to full duty.
103 (g) Written Notification Hazard Complaint Inspectio · 5.0 on-site hours
56.18002 · S&S · $5,144.00 proposed
56.12004 · S&S · $2,312.00 proposed
EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE · NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Accident narrative
EE was taking radiator cap of dozer, coolant splashed onto left wrist. 2nd degree burns to left wrist, top of hand, thumb. Seen at ER and clinic, released to modified duty and referred to wound care.
Impoundment Spot Inspection · 8.0 on-site hours
56.12004 · $697.00 proposed
56.12004 · $697.00 proposed
56.4201(a)(5) · $465.00 proposed
56.14107(a) · $697.00 proposed
56.12004 · $151.00 proposed
56.12032 · $592.00 proposed
Regular Safety and Health Inspection · 59.5 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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Barrick Nevada Holding LLC et alcontrolsNevada Gold Mines LLCoperatesSouth Area
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 2600500—
Newmont USA Limited et alcontrolsNevada Gold Mines LLCoperatesSouth Area
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 2600500—
Newmont CorporationcontrolsNewmont USA LimitedoperatesSouth Area
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 2600500Other 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
577 historical accident/injury rows; 3 coded fatalities and 7,343 lost days across the published record.
ACCIDENT + INJURY RECORD82 since 2021
accidentsmine-production-quarterly02 / COMPLIANCEwatch
Violations and penalties
1,547 violation rows across the full record; 274 carry an S&S flag and $1,595,389 appears in current assessed amounts.
ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY271 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsassessed-violationsorders-107a03 / HEALTHwatch
Occupational health samples
146 personal; 40 area. 13 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 EXPOSURE186 samples
personal-health-samplesarea-samples04 / PRODUCTIONcontext
Quarterly production and employment
420K employee hours and 906 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
2026-Q20 tons
mine-production-quarterlymine-production-yearly05 / LEGALwatch
Contests, conferences and decisions
412 contested-violation rows, 413 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 43 conference records linked by issuance number.
POST-ISSUANCE LIFECYCLE868 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 CONTEXT82 linked entities
contractor-production-quarterlycontractor-production-yearlyaccidentsviolations07 / INSPECTIONScontext
Inspections
322 inspection events and 12K published inspection hours across the historical record.
OVERSIGHT COVERAGE88 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsHEALTH SAMPLING
Silica and quartz
Coal quartz, metal/nonmetal personal samples and area samples. Snapshot Oct 13, 2026. 32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No silica records match these filters. Missing samples do not establish safe conditions. | |||||
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 56.11001Safe access.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.20003Housekeeping.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.4201Inspection.2 recent rows ↗30 CFR 56.15001First-aid materials.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.20013Waste receptacles.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.4104Combustible waste.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.18002Examination of working places.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.12004Electrical conductors.3 recent rows ↗
RECENT PUBLIC RECORDS
Recent violations and samples
Latest records retained for inspection; aggregates above use the full source history.
510960056.11001S&S
510959956.20003(a)Citation
510959856.4201(a)(2)Citation
510959756.15001Citation
510959656.20013Citation
510959556.4104(b)Citation
510958056.18002S&S
510957156.12004S&S
Coal dust, noise and other contaminants. Silica records above ↑
Respirable dust, <.1mgFront-end Loader Operator
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgComplete Load-Haul-Dump
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgComplete Load-Haul-Dump
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgComplete Load-Haul-Dump
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgTruck Driver
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgFront-end Loader Operator
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
SOURCE COVERAGE
Reporting dates and coverage
16 datasets contain linked records. Missing datasets are listed below.
DATASETROWSWINDOWSTATUS
Accident, Injuries, and Illnessessafety · contractors577Jan 6, 2000—Sep 2, 2026mine-keyed
Addresses of Recordidentity · logistics1Feb 13, 1990—Feb 13, 1990mine-keyed
Assessed Violationscompliance · legal1,515Jan 12, 2000—Jul 8, 2026mine-keyed
Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisionscompliance · legal413Oct 23, 2002—Jul 26, 2017mine-keyed
Coal Dust Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Conferencescompliance · legal43Mar 20, 2000—May 6, 2026mine-keyed
Contested Violationscompliance · legal412Aug 11, 2004—Mar 19, 2026mine-keyed
Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterlycontractors · production · safety12,502Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Contractor Employment and Production — Yearlycontractors · production · safety2,607Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Controller and Operator Historyidentity · compliance3Jan 1, 1950—Jul 23, 2019mine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Quarterlyproduction · safety · compliance318Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Yearlyproduction · safety · compliance81Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Inspectionssafety · compliance322Jan 7, 2000—Oct 6, 2026mine-keyed
Minesidentity · production · logistics1Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Metal and Nonmetal Area Sampleshealth · safety40Aug 27, 2008—Feb 22, 2021mine-keyed
Metal and Nonmetal Personal Health Sampleshealth · safety146Aug 25, 2003—Jul 15, 2025mine-keyed
Noise Sampleshealth · safety · equipment—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Quartz Samples — Coalhealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Violationscompliance · safety · legal1,547Jan 12, 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.