Data / Mines / Nevada / Cortez District
Cortez District, Lander County, Nevada: 188 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Cortez District is an active gold ore surface mine in Lander County, Nevada, operated by Nevada Gold Mines LLC with 974 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 2600827). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 188 citations and orders there with $138,270 in proposed penalties, and 65 accident reports were filed there, with 61 injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 2600827
- Status
- Active since September 27, 1988
- Main commodity
- Gold ore
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Lander County, Nevada
- Nearest town
- Crescent Valley
- Operator
- Nevada Gold Mines LLC
- Employees
- 974
- MSHA field office
- Elko NV Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 188
- Significant and substantial
- 17 (9.0%)
- Closure orders
- 7
- High negligence or reckless
- 5
- Proposed penalties
- $138,270
- Amount paid so far
- $101,000
- Inspections
- 79
- Inspector hours on site
- 1,294
- Citations per inspection
- 2.38 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 65
- Injury and illness cases
- 61
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- October 27, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 28 ($9,529 proposed)
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 34 | 1 | $67,745 | 18 |
| 2023 | 41 | 8 | $15,872 | 5 |
| 2024 | 34 | 4 | $23,903 | 14 |
| 2025 | 35 | 3 | $14,189 | 16 |
| 2026 | 44 | 1 | $16,561 | 8 |
Standards cited most at Cortez District
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 56.14100 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 26 |
| 30 CFR 56.4104 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 23 |
| 30 CFR 56.4102 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 14 |
| 30 CFR 56.20003 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 11 |
| 30 CFR 56.11001 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 9 |
| 30 CFR 56.14107 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 8 |
| 30 CFR 56.14112 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 8 |
| 30 CFR 56.12032 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 7 |
| 30 CFR 47.41 | Hazard communication | 5 |
| 30 CFR 56.15001 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 5 |
| 30 CFR 56.4201 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 5 |
| 30 CFR 56.14205 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 56.16005 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 56.11002 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 56.4130 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
Injury and illness cases at Cortez District
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 41 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 20 |
What the accident reports at Cortez District describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Slip or fall of person | 18 |
| Handling of materials | 17 |
| Machinery | 7 |
| Powered haulage | 7 |
| Disorders (repeated trauma) | 4 |
| Handtools (nonpowered) | 4 |
| Fire | 3 |
| Dust disease of lungs | 1 |
| Exploding vessels under pressure | 1 |
| Striking or bumping | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Cortez District
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Trucks | 5 |
| Ore haulage trucks - off highway trucks | 5 |
| Hand tools (not powered) | 4 |
| Carriage-mounted drills | 4 |
| Shovel | 3 |
| Crane | 3 |
| Hand tools (powered) | 2 |
| Classifier | 1 |
| Pump | 1 |
| Front-end loader | 1 |
Other open mines in Lander County, Nevada
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix Mine | Nevada Gold Mines LLC | Lander County, NV | Gold ore | 495 | 169 |
| Battle Mountain Grinding Plant | M-I L L C | Lander County, NV | Barite barium ore | 13 | 25 |
| Telesmith Jaw Crusher S/N 5314 | H E Hunewill Construction Company Inc | Lander County, NV | Construction sand and gravel | 5 | 12 |
| Greystone Mine | M-I L L C | Lander County, NV | Barite barium ore | 2 | 10 |
| Cove Underground Project | Au-Reka Gold LLC | Lander County, NV | Gold ore | 25 | 8 |
| Mountain Springs Beneficiation Plant | M-I L L C | Lander County, NV | Barite barium ore | 17 | 6 |
| Jci 1400ra Cone Crusher SN 99c02f1400ra | H E Hunewill Construction Company Inc | Lander County, NV | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 0 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.