Abandoned mines in Aleutians East Borough, Alaska

1. Mine openings

   shafts, adits, air shafts, portals and vertical openings: the ways into underground workings
   1 14.3%
2. Prospect pits and trenches

   shallow exploration diggings that never became a mine
   3 42.9%
3. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits

   construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
   3 42.9%

A name is the label printed beside the symbol on the map. "First mapped" is the earliest topographic edition that shows the symbol, which bounds the feature's age from above; it is not the date it was worked. Unnamed features (most prospect pits, adits and shafts carry no label) are in the counts above but not this list.

1. 3 Mi Airport Pit

   Surface metal/non-metal · Martin Construction Inc · MSHA ID 5001609
   Abandoned 1993-09-20
2. 5 Mile Pit

   Surface metal/non-metal · Olsen & Sons Ltd · MSHA ID 5001319
   Abandoned 1985-04-26
3. 6 Mile Zimovia Highway Quarry

   Surface metal/non-metal · Berg Construction Company · MSHA ID 5001178
   Abandoned 1981-09-10
4. 7-Mile Pit-Haines North

   Surface metal/non-metal · Alaska State Department Of Transportation · MSHA ID 5000942
   Abandoned 1978-12-06
5. 8510 No 1 Granite Pit

   Surface metal/non-metal · Larrabee Logging Company · MSHA ID 5001189
   Abandoned 1980-12-02
6. 8515 Shale Pit

   Surface metal/non-metal · Larrabee Logging Company · MSHA ID 5001190
   Abandoned 1979-09-10
7. A & J Pit

   Surface metal/non-metal · Union Oil Company · MSHA ID 5000515
   Abandoned 1979-04-21
8. A-J Mill Reclaim

   Facility metal/non-metal · Bedrock Mining Company · MSHA ID 5000713
   Abandoned 1984-09-21
9. Adl Wrangell Quarry

   Surface metal/non-metal · Associated Sand & Gravel Company Inc · MSHA ID 5001444
   Abandoned 1983-05-21
10. Airport Quarry

    Surface metal/non-metal · City Of Petersburg · MSHA ID 5000497
    Abandoned 1982-08-17
11. AKDOT Cold Bay Sand Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · State of Alaska Department Of Transportation · MSHA ID 5001164
    Abandoned 2024-02-29
12. Barana Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Barana Company · MSHA ID 5001558
    Abandoned 1990-08-22
13. Bloom Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Bloom Logging Company · MSHA ID 5001283
    Abandoned 1980-10-10
14. Bokan Mountain Dotson Claims

    Surface metal/non-metal · Cotter Corp · MSHA ID 5001228
    Abandoned 1978-09-19
15. Bukovich Plant

    Facility metal/non-metal · R B Construction · MSHA ID 5001310
    Abandoned 1981-09-14
16. Carlanna Creek Quarry

    Surface metal/non-metal · Wayne Construction Company · MSHA ID 5000432
    Abandoned 1985-06-13
17. Castle Island Barite Mill

    Facility metal/non-metal · Chromalloy American Corp · MSHA ID 5000260
    Abandoned 1979-06-05
18. Castle Island Barite Mine

    Surface metal/non-metal · Chromalloy American Corp · MSHA ID 5000470
    Abandoned 1982-02-02
19. CEC Minyu Jaw Crusher

    Surface metal/non-metal · BC Contractors Inc · MSHA ID 5001831
    Abandoned 2008-10-01
20. Cemetery Quarry

    Surface metal/non-metal · City Of Wrangell · MSHA ID 5001004
    Abandoned 1982-08-17
21. Chichagof

    Underground metal/non-metal · Sitka Gold Inc · MSHA ID 5001499
    Abandoned 1989-09-27
22. City Quarry

    Surface metal/non-metal · City Of Petersburg · MSHA ID 5000040
    Abandoned 1976-03-01
23. Crab Bay Sand Barge

    Surface metal/non-metal · Silver Bay Logging Company · MSHA ID 5001187
    Abandoned 1978-05-10
24. Devilfish Pit No 2

    Surface metal/non-metal · Isco Inc · MSHA ID 5000962
    Abandoned 1977-05-22
25. Dry Straight Pit No 2

    Surface metal/non-metal · Olsen & Sons Ltd · MSHA ID 5001288
    Abandoned 1980-06-12
26. Dry Strait Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Olsen & Sons Ltd · MSHA ID 5001208
    Abandoned 1979-06-05
27. Enright Quarry

    Surface metal/non-metal · Ketchikan Redi-Mix & Quarry Inc · MSHA ID 5001447
    Abandoned 1988-06-28
28. Erickson Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Spring Valley Inc · MSHA ID 5001318
    Abandoned 1981-12-07
29. Erickson Quarry

    Surface metal/non-metal · Erickson Construction · MSHA ID 5001151
    Abandoned 1979-06-05
30. Erwin Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Red Samm Construction Inc · MSHA ID 5000712
    Abandoned 1985-09-30
31. Falls Creek Quarry

    Surface metal/non-metal · Little Toot Construction Company · MSHA ID 5000975
    Abandoned 1979-06-05
32. Fish Creek Quarry

    Surface metal/non-metal · Alaska State Department Of Transportation · MSHA ID 5000943
    Abandoned 1982-08-17
33. Garnet Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Midnight Sun Logging Company · MSHA ID 5001227
    Abandoned 1978-06-01
34. Gold Standard Mine

    Underground metal/non-metal · Stensland Mining · MSHA ID 5001311
    Abandoned 1982-07-08
35. Ground Hog Basin

    Surface metal/non-metal · Amax Exploration Inc · MSHA ID 5001269
    Abandoned 1978-10-30
36. H & H Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Trans Alaska Construction Inc · MSHA ID 5001493
    Abandoned 1987-03-20
37. I And L Mine

    Surface metal/non-metal · Seraphin Engineering · MSHA ID 5001229
    Abandoned 1978-09-01
38. Ideal Cove Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Olsen & Sons Ltd · MSHA ID 5001209
    Abandoned 1980-12-02
39. Jones Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Paul E Roderick · MSHA ID 5001375
    Abandoned 1985-06-07
40. Juneau Mining Company Incorporated

    Facility metal/non-metal · Juneau Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 5001450
    Abandoned 1985-09-03
41. Ketchikan Quarry Drill Site

    Surface metal/non-metal · Southeast Drilling Inc · MSHA ID 5001355
    Abandoned 1981-07-07
42. Kiwalik Flats

    Surface metal/non-metal · G H D Resources Partners Ltd · MSHA ID 5001587
    Abandoned 1993-09-10
43. Klawock Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Island Construction Inc · MSHA ID 5001455
    Abandoned 1985-06-13
44. Klu Bay

    Surface metal/non-metal · Isco Inc · MSHA ID 5001272
    Abandoned 1979-08-31
45. Knapp Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Knapp Excavating · MSHA ID 5001305
    Abandoned 1984-10-01
46. Kodzoff Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Kodzoff Pit · MSHA ID 5001287
    Abandoned 1985-09-03
47. L Heureux Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Brand Construction Company · MSHA ID 5001263
    Abandoned 1978-11-08
48. Labouchere Bay

    Surface metal/non-metal · South Coast Inc · MSHA ID 5001181
    Abandoned 1984-05-23
49. Labouchere Bay Pit No 2

    Surface metal/non-metal · Robertson & Son · MSHA ID 5000922
    Abandoned 1978-06-01
50. Labouchere Bay Pit No 3

    Surface metal/non-metal · Robertson & Son · MSHA ID 5000923
    Abandoned 1978-06-01
51. Lake Leone Quarry

    Surface metal/non-metal · Tango Construction Company · MSHA ID 5001522
    Abandoned 1993-09-10
52. Landfill Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Channel Construction Inc · MSHA ID 5000518
    Abandoned 1988-03-21
53. Lemon Creek Quarry

    Surface metal/non-metal · Goldbelt Inc · MSHA ID 5001308
    Abandoned 1992-11-20
54. Lighthouse Quarry

    Surface metal/non-metal · Brand Construction Company · MSHA ID 5001262
    Abandoned 1978-11-08
55. Limestone Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · A W Logging Co · MSHA ID 5001188
    Abandoned 1979-01-12
56. Little Naukati Bay

    Surface metal/non-metal · Campbell Construction Company · MSHA ID 5000554
    Abandoned 1980-02-19
57. LJ Cone Plant

    Surface metal/non-metal · Bering Shai Construction · MSHA ID 5001945
    Abandoned 2021-10-01
58. Lower Mendenhall River Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Gastineau Contractors · MSHA ID 5000495
    Abandoned 1985-04-26
59. Madsen Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Madsen Construction Inc · MSHA ID 5001274
    Abandoned 1980-05-01
60. Many Moose Placer

    Surface metal/non-metal · Wrangell Mining Company · MSHA ID 5001266
    Abandoned 1980-08-14
61. Mc Cormick Creek

    Surface metal/non-metal · White Construction Ltd · MSHA ID 5001152
    Abandoned 1981-09-10
62. McGrath EWP

    Surface metal/non-metal · D & L Construction · MSHA ID 5001915
    Abandoned 2009-10-01
63. Mile 7 Quarry

    Surface metal/non-metal · Alaska State Department Of Transportation · MSHA ID 5000886
    Abandoned 1979-10-11
64. Mitchell Tonka Pit No 2

    Surface metal/non-metal · S & S Contracting & Cooper Construction Jv · MSHA ID 5001291
    Abandoned 1980-10-20
65. Mitchell Tonka Pit No 3

    Surface metal/non-metal · S & S Contracting & Cooper Construction Jv · MSHA ID 5001290
    Abandoned 1980-10-20
66. Mitchell Tonka Pit No 5

    Surface metal/non-metal · S & S Contracting & Cooper Construction Jv · MSHA ID 5001289
    Abandoned 1980-10-20
67. Mobile Crusher #4

    Surface metal/non-metal · Brechan Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 5000696
    Abandoned 2012-10-11
68. Municiple City Quarry

    Surface metal/non-metal · City Of Sitka · MSHA ID 5001197
    Abandoned 1978-09-24
69. Naukiti Road Quarry

    Surface metal/non-metal · Owens Drilling Company · MSHA ID 5001352
    Abandoned 1984-10-01
70. Nichen Cave Pit No 4

    Surface metal/non-metal · Isco Inc · MSHA ID 5001222
    Abandoned 1978-06-01
71. Nichen Cave Pit No 5

    Surface metal/non-metal · Isco Inc · MSHA ID 5001223
    Abandoned 1978-09-01
72. Nichen Cove

    Surface metal/non-metal · Isco Inc · MSHA ID 5001170
    Abandoned 1978-11-02
73. Nine Mile Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Ritchie Transportation Company · MSHA ID 5001155
    Abandoned 1985-05-09
74. Norman Tate Landing

    Surface metal/non-metal · Norman Tate · MSHA ID 5000720
    Abandoned 1979-12-14
75. Olsen Quarry

    Surface metal/non-metal · Olsen & Sons Ltd · MSHA ID 5001406
    Abandoned 1985-04-26
76. Pete Ludwig Gravel Pit - Section 1

    Surface metal/non-metal · Bruce D Morley-Contractor · MSHA ID 5000494
    Abandoned 1985-09-03
77. Pete Ludwig Gravel Pit - Section 2

    Surface metal/non-metal · Red Samm Construction Inc · MSHA ID 5001279
    Abandoned 1980-10-25
78. Petersburg Crushing

    Surface metal/non-metal · City Of Petersburg · MSHA ID 5001284
    Abandoned 1982-08-17
79. Pioneer VE-50

    Surface metal/non-metal · BC Contractors Inc · MSHA ID 5001900
    Abandoned 2009-10-01
80. Pit #3 Station 335+50

    Surface metal/non-metal · Silver Bay Logging Company · MSHA ID 5001304
    Abandoned 1981-04-27
81. Pit #5 Station 79+00

    Surface metal/non-metal · Soderberg Logging & Construction Company · MSHA ID 5001295
    Abandoned 1985-04-26
82. Pit 6590 275

    Surface metal/non-metal · Lost Valley Timber Company · MSHA ID 5001173
    Abandoned 1978-06-01
83. Pit No 12a

    Surface metal/non-metal · Tyler Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 5001226
    Abandoned 1978-06-01
84. Pit No 14

    Surface metal/non-metal · Tyler Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 5001225
    Abandoned 1978-06-01
85. Point Highfield Quarry

    Surface metal/non-metal · Associated Sand & Gravel Company Inc · MSHA ID 5001448
    Abandoned 1985-09-30
86. Port Alice

    Surface metal/non-metal · Owens Drilling Company · MSHA ID 5001277
    Abandoned 1980-12-02
87. Quartz Hill Project

    Surface metal/non-metal · United States Borax & Chemical Corp · MSHA ID 5001230
    Abandoned 1985-09-03
88. Rainbow Falls Quarry

    Surface metal/non-metal · Berg Construction Company · MSHA ID 5001320
    Abandoned 1981-09-14
89. Ripinski Quarry

    Surface metal/non-metal · Alaska State Department Of Transportation · MSHA ID 5000930
    Abandoned 1977-08-16
90. Ritchie Dredge

    Surface metal/non-metal · Ritchie Transportation Company · MSHA ID 5001006
    Abandoned 1993-09-07
91. River Road Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Kaiser & Sons · MSHA ID 5000708
    Abandoned 1980-05-01
92. Road 5141 No 3 Pit Sta 39 & 85

    Surface metal/non-metal · Owens Drilling Company · MSHA ID 5000999
    Abandoned 1977-07-31
93. Road 6435 Station 66+00

    Surface metal/non-metal · Mud Bay Logging · MSHA ID 5001296
    Abandoned 1981-01-15
94. Ross-Adams

    Underground metal/non-metal · Standard Metals Corp · MSHA ID 5000421
    Abandoned 1980-04-29
95. Salmon Creek Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Alaska Electric Light & Power Company · MSHA ID 5001115
    Abandoned 1979-04-23
96. Shupp-Beckhart Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Ralph Shupp Construction Company · MSHA ID 5001271
    Abandoned 1979-09-07
97. Silver Bay Quarry

    Surface metal/non-metal · Silver Bay Logging Company · MSHA ID 5001186
    Abandoned 1979-09-11
98. Smileys Cannery Quarry

    Surface metal/non-metal · Wayne Construction Company · MSHA ID 5000860
    Abandoned 1985-09-04
99. South Coast Plant

    Surface metal/non-metal · South Coast Inc · MSHA ID 5001407
    Abandoned 1985-04-26
100. Southwest Neets Bay Quarry

     Surface metal/non-metal · Isco Inc · MSHA ID 5001351
     Abandoned 1985-04-26
101. Spur Road Quarry

     Surface metal/non-metal · City Of Wrangell · MSHA ID 5001005
     Abandoned 1982-08-17
102. St Johns Harbor

     Surface metal/non-metal · Tyler Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 5001172
     Abandoned 1980-06-23
103. St Jude Quarry

     Surface metal/non-metal · U S Bureau Of Land Management · MSHA ID 5000516
     Abandoned 1979-04-21
104. State Pit 74179 Adl

     Surface metal/non-metal · Panhandle Trailer Court · MSHA ID 5001177
     Abandoned 1980-02-19
105. Station 133<00 Pit

     Surface metal/non-metal · Mud Bay Logging · MSHA ID 5001203
     Abandoned 1979-06-05
106. Station 203<00 Pit

     Surface metal/non-metal · Mud Bay Logging · MSHA ID 5001200
     Abandoned 1979-06-05
107. Station 267<00 Pit

     Surface metal/non-metal · Mud Bay Logging · MSHA ID 5001199
     Abandoned 1979-06-05
108. Station 30<00 Pit

     Surface metal/non-metal · Mud Bay Logging · MSHA ID 5001207
     Abandoned 1979-06-05
109. Station 383<00 Pit

     Surface metal/non-metal · Mud Bay Logging · MSHA ID 5001206
     Abandoned 1979-06-05
110. Station 40<00 Pit

     Surface metal/non-metal · Mud Bay Logging · MSHA ID 5001204
     Abandoned 1978-02-22
111. Station 60<00 Pit

     Surface metal/non-metal · Mud Bay Logging · MSHA ID 5001205
     Abandoned 1979-06-05
112. Station 75<00 Pit

     Surface metal/non-metal · Pacific Timber Development Company Inc · MSHA ID 5001202
     Abandoned 1979-06-05
113. Stonewall Bay

     Surface metal/non-metal · Exxon Company Usa · MSHA ID 5001252
     Abandoned 1978-09-01
114. Switzer Creek Pit

     Surface metal/non-metal · S & S Development · MSHA ID 5000474
     Abandoned 1980-04-28
115. Taylor-Allen Quarry

     Surface metal/non-metal · J Taylor Company · MSHA ID 5001481
     Abandoned 1985-09-04
116. Tee Harbor Pit

     Surface metal/non-metal · Dwain Reddekopp Inc · MSHA ID 5000945
     Abandoned 1981-11-10
117. Thorne Bay

     Surface metal/non-metal · Louisiana Pacific Corp · MSHA ID 5001156
     Abandoned 1980-05-29
118. Traders Cove

     Surface metal/non-metal · Seley Construction · MSHA ID 5001270
     Abandoned 1979-08-30
119. Tuxedo Quarry

     Surface metal/non-metal · Aleutian Constructors · MSHA ID 5001523
     Abandoned 1993-09-10
120. Unalakleet Screener

     Surface metal/non-metal · Alaska Dept. of Transportation · MSHA ID 5001344
     Abandoned 2016-10-01
121. Unit 43 Pit

     Surface metal/non-metal · Pacific Timber Development Company Inc · MSHA ID 5001201
     Abandoned 1979-06-05
122. Wales Project

     Surface metal/non-metal · Amoco Minerals Company · MSHA ID 5001258
     Abandoned 1978-06-01
123. Waterhole Pit

     Surface metal/non-metal · Mc Nabb Construction · MSHA ID 5000519
     Abandoned 1979-04-21
124. Whale Pass

     Surface metal/non-metal · Owens Drilling Company · MSHA ID 5001180
     Abandoned 1981-01-15

Status and date are as reported to MSHA by the operator. Each mine's own page carries its accident, citation and inspection record.

• Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area 1,316
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1. USGS, Consolidated Prospect- and Mine-Related Features from 7.5- and 15-Minute Topographic Quadrangle Maps of the United States (USMIN)
   597,612 point and area features digitized from about 106,350 historical topographic maps published 1886–2006; public domain (CC0). A feature is a map symbol, not a field-verified site, and the map does not say whether it was still worked.
2. USGS Fact Sheet 2025–3003, The Abandoned Mine Inventory of the United States
   States that as of 2025 there is no comprehensive national inventory of abandoned mine features, and that the detailed national database now being built will not be published.
3. OSMRE, Abandoned Mine Land Inventory System (e-AMLIS), public Problems layer
   One row per abandoned mine land problem in a problem area, with its type, funding program and reclamation status; mostly coal mined before the 1977 Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act. Coordinates are the problem area's.
4. MSHA, Mines dataset (Mine Data Retrieval System)
   Every mine registered with MSHA since the 1970s; a mine reads Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed when its operator reported that status. Refreshed weekly.
5. US Census Bureau, 2023 cartographic county boundaries (1:500,000)
   Each feature's county is assigned by its coordinates against these boundaries, not copied from the source file.
6. GAO-20-238, Abandoned Hardrock Mines (March 2020)
   Federal agencies had identified at least 140,000 abandoned hardrock mine features on federal land and estimated more than 390,000 more not yet captured in their databases.
7. Abandoned Hardrock Mine Reclamation (AHMR) Program, US Department of the Interior
   The program the USGS inventory is compiled for. Its appropriations and the 674,000 field-confirmed feature count on this page were provided by the program manager, Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance, and are cited with permission (2026-09-08).
8. IMCC-NAAMLP Hardrock AML Report
   Page 48 carries the two figures this page leans on: USGS estimates 633,181 of the 725,690 mine features it recorded from historic topographic maps, 87 percent, are hardrock; and state and federal agencies have submitted more than 724,000 AML features to the national database being built, already more than the historic maps hold. Year-by-year AHMR funding is on page 35.