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Chino Mine, Grant County, New Mexico: 6 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Chino Mine is an active magnetite surface mine in Grant County, New Mexico, operated by Southern Minerals Group with 6 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 2902562). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 6 citations and orders there with $906 in proposed penalties, and 1 accident report was filed there, with 1 injury or illness case.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 2902562
- Status
- Active since February 11, 2025
- Main commodity
- Magnetite
- Mine type
- Surface
- County
- Grant County, New Mexico
- Nearest town
- Hanover
- Operator
- Southern Minerals Group
- Parent company
- Strategic Minerals PLC
- Employees
- 6
- MSHA field office
- Albuquerque NM Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 6
- Significant and substantial
- 0 (0.0%)
- Closure orders
- 0
- High negligence or reckless
- 0
- Proposed penalties
- $906
- Amount paid so far
- $906
- Inspections
- 5
- Inspector hours on site
- 24
- Citations per inspection
- 1.20 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 1
- Injury and illness cases
- 1
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- May 19, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 0 | $906 | 1 |
Standards cited most at Chino 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 56.1000 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.4104 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.4130 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 56.4101 | Surface metal and nonmetal mines | 1 |
| 30 CFR 47.41 | Hazard communication | 1 |
| 30 CFR 50.30 | Reporting of accidents, injuries and illnesses | 1 |
Injury and illness cases at Chino Mine
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 1 |
What the accident reports at Chino Mine describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Stepping or kneeling on object | 1 |
Other open mines in Grant County, New Mexico
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chino Mines Co Mine | Freeport-McMoRan Chino Mines Company | Grant County, NM | Copper ore | 322 | 239 |
| Tyrone Mine | Freeport-McMoRan Tyrone Inc | Grant County, NM | Copper ore | 585 | 55 |
| Fisher Industries Plant 38 | Fisher Sand & Gravel Company | Grant County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 5 | 21 |
| Limestone Quarry/Fabtec 3 | T.G. McCauley Construction | Grant County, NM | Crushed, broken stone | 5 | 20 |
| Portable Plant | Fowler Brothers Inc | Grant County, NM | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 19 |
| Summit Mine Site | HD Mining LLC | Grant County, NM | Gold ore | 0 | 4 |
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.