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Black Spring Mine: 41 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Black Spring Mine is an active misc. nonmetallic mnls. surface mine in Sandoval County, New Mexico, operated by Menefee Mining Corp with 7 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 2902107). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 41 citations and orders there with $8,203 in proposed penalties, and 0 accident reports were filed there, with no injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 2902107
- Status
- Active since February 13, 2026
- Main commodity
- Misc. nonmetallic mnls.
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Sandoval County, New Mexico
- Nearest town
- Cuba
- Operator
- Menefee Mining Corp
- Parent company
- Humic Growth Solutions LLC DBA HGS BioScience
- Employees
- 7
- MSHA field office
- Albuquerque NM Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 41
- Significant and substantial
- 10 (24.4%)
- Closure orders
- 1
- High negligence or reckless
- 6
- Proposed penalties
- $8,203
- Amount paid so far
- $8,203
- Inspections
- 12
- Inspector hours on site
- 117
- Citations per inspection
- 3.42 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 0
- Injury and illness cases
- 0
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- October 26, 2026
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 | 1 | 0 | $133 | 0 |
| 2023 | 5 | 2 | $1,018 | 0 |
| 2024 | 17 | 2 | $3,477 | 0 |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | $835 | 0 |
| 2026 | 15 | 6 | $2,740 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Black Spring Mine
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 56.14107 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.12032 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.14100 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 56.9300 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.12030 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.12004 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.12028 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.11012 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.20003 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 2 |
| 30 CFR 56.12005 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14211 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.4100 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.11002 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.4130 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.14206 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
Other open mines in Sandoval County, New Mexico
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mesa Verde Humates, LLC | Mesa Verde Humates, LLC | Sandoval County, NM | Misc. nonmetallic mnls. | 8 | 39 |
| Horizon Ag Products | Horizon Ag Products | Sandoval County, NM | Chem. and fertil. mnls. | 3 | 33 |
| White Mesa | American Gypsum Company LLC | Sandoval County, NM | Gypsum | 7 | 9 |
| Pena Blanca | CalMat Co | Sandoval County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 1 | 9 |
| Placitas | CalMat Co | Sandoval County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 11 | 7 |
| Eagle Mesa Mine | Rammsco Operations Inc. | Sandoval County, NM | Leonardite | 2 | 6 |
| Baca Pit | CalMat Co | Sandoval County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 6 | 1 |
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.