msha_mines_search
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Which mines and quarries operate in a market, and who runs them? Search the MSHA Mines data set — every coal and metal/non-metal mine under MSHA jurisdiction (NAICS-21 operators that are OSHA-exempt and invisible elsewhere) — by operator, mine name, state, county, commodity, canvass, coal_metal, mine type, status, active-only, or status date (since). Returns the mine, its operator (entity-resolved) and controller, commodity, employees, and status. MSHA public-domain records. [price: $0.05/row]
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| operator | string | no | Mine operator/company name — suffix/punctuation-insensitive. |
| mine_name | string | no | Mine name fragment. |
| mine_id | string | no | MSHA mine id(s), CSV. |
| operator_id | string | no | MSHA operator id(s), CSV. |
| controller | string | no | Controlling entity (parent) name fragment. |
| state | string | no | State code(s), CSV. |
| county | string | no | County name fragment. |
| commodity | string | no | Commodity/SIC or canvass fragment. |
| canvass | string | no | Primary canvass (Coal | M/NM | Metal | Nonmetal | Sand & gravel | Stone), CSV. |
| coal_metal | string | no | C = coal, M = metal/non-metal. |
| mine_type | string | no | Surface | Underground | Facility (CSV). |
| status | string | no | Mine status (Active | Abandoned | Intermittent | Temporarily Idled | NonProducing), CSV. |
| active | string | no | true = currently-active mines only. |
| since | string | no | Current-status date on/after this date (YYYY-MM-DD) — surfaces newly-statused mines. |
| entity_id | string | no | Resolved operator entity UUID (pivots to business360). |
| sort | string | no | status_dt | mine_name | employees :asc|:desc. Default status_dt:desc. |
| limit | integer | no | Max rows (default 25, cap 100). |
| offset | integer | no | Rows to skip. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"operator": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Mine operator/company name — suffix/punctuation-insensitive.",
"examples": [
"Peabody"
]
},
"mine_name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Mine name fragment.",
"examples": [
"Quarry"
]
},
"mine_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "MSHA mine id(s), CSV.",
"examples": [
"1202215"
]
},
"operator_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "MSHA operator id(s), CSV.",
"examples": [
"M09902"
]
},
"controller": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Controlling entity (parent) name fragment.",
"examples": [
"Vulcan"
]
},
"state": {
"type": "string",
"description": "State code(s), CSV.",
"examples": [
"WV"
]
},
"county": {
"type": "string",
"description": "County name fragment.",
"examples": [
"Boone"
]
},
"commodity": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Commodity/SIC or canvass fragment.",
"examples": [
"Sand & Gravel"
]
},
"canvass": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Primary canvass (Coal | M/NM | Metal | Nonmetal | Sand & gravel | Stone), CSV.",
"examples": [
"Stone"
]
},
"coal_metal": {
"type": "string",
"description": "C = coal, M = metal/non-metal.",
"examples": [
"M"
]
},
"mine_type": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Surface | Underground | Facility (CSV).",
"examples": [
"Surface"
]
},
"status": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Mine status (Active | Abandoned | Intermittent | Temporarily Idled | NonProducing), CSV.",
"examples": [
"Active"
]
},
"active": {
"type": "string",
"description": "true = currently-active mines only.",
"examples": [
"true"
]
},
"since": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Current-status date on/after this date (YYYY-MM-DD) — surfaces newly-statused mines.",
"examples": [
"2026-01-01"
]
},
"entity_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Resolved operator entity UUID (pivots to business360).",
"examples": [
"b7f3e2d1-4a5c-4e6f-8a9b-0c1d2e3f4a5b"
]
},
"sort": {
"type": "string",
"description": "status_dt | mine_name | employees :asc|:desc. Default status_dt:desc.",
"examples": [
"status_dt:desc"
]
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Max rows (default 25, cap 100).",
"examples": [
25
]
},
"offset": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Rows to skip.",
"examples": [
0
]
}
},
"required": []
}