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Glacier Creek Mine, Nome, Alaska: 4 MSHA citations

Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.

Glacier Creek Mine is an intermittent gold ore surface mine in Nome, Alaska, operated by Northwest Gold Diggers with 4 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 5001801). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 4 citations and orders there with $4,397 in proposed penalties, and 0 accident reports were filed there, with no injury or illness cases.

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MSHA mine ID
5001801
Status
Intermittent since July 7, 2016
Main commodity
Gold ore
Mine type
Surface
County
Nome, Alaska
Nearest town
Nome
Operator
Northwest Gold Diggers
Employees
4
MSHA field office
Anchorage AK Field Office
Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
4
Significant and substantial
1 (25.0%)
Closure orders
0
High negligence or reckless
2
Proposed penalties
$4,397
Amount paid so far
$4,095
Inspections
6
Inspector hours on site
20
Citations per inspection
0.67 (all mines 2.30)
Accident reports
0
Injury and illness cases
0
Fatalities
0
Latest MSHA record
September 2, 2026

Citations and injury cases by year

Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.

YearCitations and ordersSignificant and substantialProposed penaltiesInjury and illness cases
202411$3,9440
202510$1510
202620$3020

Standards cited most at Glacier Creek Mine

Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.

StandardWhat the part coversCitations
30 CFR 56.18002Surface metal and nonmetal mines2
30 CFR 50.30Reporting of accidents, injuries and illnesses2

Other open mines in Nome, Alaska

MineOperatorCountyMain commodityEmployeesCitations since 2022
Mammoth Valley Mining LLCMammoth Valley Mining, LLCNome, AKGold ore97
Satelite FieldAlaska Gold CompanyNome, AKSand, common43
SwanbergArctic Placer Drilling & Mining LLCNome, AKGold ore52
Knik Crusher #2Knik ConstructionNome, AKCrushed, broken stone22
Kougarok Dredge PitN B Tweet & Sons LLCNome, AKGold ore51
Kiewit Portable UnitKiewit Infrastructure West CoNome, AKConstruction sand and gravel51
Screen DeckSound Quarry Inc.Nome, AKDimension stone51
Lester BenchTumet Industries, LLCNome, AKConstruction sand and gravel41
Dry Gulch LLCDry Gulch LLCNome, AKGold ore31
Sound Quarry Rock SorterSound Quarry Inc.Nome, AKConstruction sand and gravel50
Cape Nome QuarryKiewit Infrastructure West CoNome, AKCrushed, broken stone50
Kiewit Portable UnitKiewit Infrastructure West CoNome, AKCrushed, broken stone50
Nome ScreenerState of Alaska Department Of TransportationNome, AKConstruction sand and gravel40
Tripple Creek MineMetallogeny, Inc.Nome, AKGold ore40
Thunderbird CrusherBoard Of Trade IncNome, AKConstruction sand and gravel20

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.