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Abandoned mine inventory

Abandoned mines in Blount County, Alabama

Blount County, Alabama has 154 mine and prospect features on USGS topographic maps published 1951–1986, including 10 mine openings (shafts, adits and air shafts). OSMRE's abandoned mine land inventory lists 180 problems in the county, 113 of them not yet reclaimed. MSHA's register carries 133 mines in the county with status Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed.

Every mine and prospect feature the USGS digitized from historical topographic maps covering Blount County, every OSMRE abandoned mine land problem in the county, and every MSHA-registered mine here with status Abandoned. Named features are listed below; unnamed ones are counted by type. Locations are deliberately not shown: this page says what abandoned workings are in the county, not where to find them. They are dangerous and should not be entered.

Mapped mine features (USGS)
154
Mine openings
10
OSMRE problems unreclaimed
113
MSHA mines marked abandoned
133
0 features carry a name0 prospect pits21 quadrangle maps, published 1951–1986 180 OSMRE problems, 67 reclaimed 5 MSHA mines abandoned and sealed
What the features are
  1. Mine openings
    shafts, adits, air shafts, portals and vertical openings: the ways into underground workings
    20 6.0%
  2. Mines and surface workings
    labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
    117 35.0%
  3. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits
    construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
    26 7.8%
  4. Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob
    what mining left above ground
    57 17.1%
  5. Mills, tipples and facilities
    processing plants and hazardous structures
    4 1.2%
  6. Other reclamation problems
    highwalls, subsidence, polluted or clogged water, fires, slides and gases in OSMRE's inventory
    110 32.9%
OSMRE abandoned mine land problems180 on inventory
Problem area Problem Status
Alabaster Church P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Alabaster Church P3 Industrial/Residential Waste In Reclamation
Alabaster Church P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Pending
Bains Bend P3 High Wall Reclamation Completed
Bains Bend P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Bains Bend P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Berry Mountain P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Berry Mountain P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Pending
Bethel Church P1 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Bethel Church P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Bethel Church P3 Industrial/Residential Waste In Reclamation
Bethel Church P3 Other In Reclamation
Bethel Church P3 Spoil Area In Reclamation
Center Springs P1 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Center Springs P2 Dangerous Highwalls In Reclamation
Center Springs P2 Industrial/Residential Waste Reclamation Completed
Center Springs P3 Other In Reclamation
Center Springs P3 Spoil Area In Reclamation
Center Springs, South P2 Dangerous Highwalls In Reclamation
Center Springs, South P3 Other In Reclamation
Center Springs, South P3 Spoil Area In Reclamation
Cherokee Boundary P1 Clogged Stream Lands Reclamation Completed
Cherokee Boundary P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Cleveland, Ne P1 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Cleveland, Ne P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Cleveland, Ne P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Cleveland, Se P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Cleveland, Se P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Cleveland, Se P3 High Wall In Reclamation
Cleveland, Se P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Pending
Cleveland, Se P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Pending
Cleveland, Se P3 Spoil Area In Reclamation
Cold Branch Hollow P2 Industrial/Residential Waste Reclamation Pending
Cold Branch Hollow P3 High Wall In Reclamation
Cold Branch Hollow P3 Spoil Area In Reclamation
Cold Branch Hollow P3 Water Problems Reclamation Completed
Copeland Creek P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Copeland Creek P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
County Line P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
County Line P2 Industrial/Residential Waste Reclamation Pending
County Line P3 Industrial/Residential Waste Reclamation Pending
County Line P3 Mine Opening Reclamation Completed
County Line P3 Spoil Area In Reclamation
County Line, East P1 Dangerous Highwalls In Reclamation
County Line, East P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
County Line, East P1 Hazardous Water Bodies Reclamation Pending
County Line, East P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
County Line, East P2 Hazardous Water Bodies Reclamation Completed
County Line, East P2 Industrial/Residential Waste Reclamation Pending
County Line, East P3 Bench In Reclamation
County Line, East P3 Haul Road In Reclamation
County Line, East P3 Industrial/Residential Waste Reclamation Pending
County Line, East P3 Spoil Area In Reclamation
County Line, East P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Cowden Gap P3 Gobs Reclamation Pending
Dallas Northwest P1 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Dallas Northwest P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Dallas Northwest P2 Industrial/Residential Waste Reclamation Completed
Dallas, West P1 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Dallas, West P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Dallas, West P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Dallas, West P3 Industrial/Residential Waste Reclamation Completed
Dallas, West P3 Spoil Area In Reclamation
Deans Ferry Road P1 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Deans Ferry Road P2 Dangerous Highwalls In Reclamation
Deans Ferry Road P3 Pits In Reclamation
Deans Ferry Road P3 Spoil Area In Reclamation
Difficulty Branch P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Fairview Bc 1 P1 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Fairview Bc 2 P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Faulkner Ford P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Faulkner Ford P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Pending
Five Points P3 High Wall Reclamation Completed
Five Points P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Five Points P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Pending
Five Points P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Fridays Crossing P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Fridays Crossing P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Fridays Crossing P2 Hazardous Water Bodies Reclamation Pending
Fridays Crossing P3 Industrial/Residential Waste In Reclamation
Fridays Crossing P3 Industrial/Residential Waste In Reclamation
Fridays Crossing P3 Spoil Area In Reclamation
Fridays Crossing P3 Spoil Area In Reclamation
Gilbreath Gap P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Gilbreath Gap P2 Hazardous Water Bodies Reclamation Completed
Hamilton Mountain P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Hamilton Mountain P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Pending
Hayes Creek P3 Industrial/Residential Waste Reclamation Pending
Hayes Creek P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Pending
Jones Chapel P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Kelley Creek P1 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Kelley Creek P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Kelley Creek P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Kelley Creek P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Kelley Creek P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Kelley Creek P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Kelley Creek P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Kings Bend P2 Industrial/Residential Waste Reclamation Completed
Kings Bend P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Locust Fork P3 Gobs Reclamation Completed
Locust Fork P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Locust Fork P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Pending
Masseyline P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Masseyline P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Masseyline P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Masseyline P1 Hazardous Water Bodies Reclamation Pending
Masseyline P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Masseyline P2 Dangerous Highwalls In Reclamation
Masseyline P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Masseyline P3 Bench In Reclamation
Masseyline P3 Equipment Facility Reclamation Pending
Masseyline P3 Industrial/Residential Waste Reclamation Pending
Masseyline P3 Other Reclamation Pending
Masseyline P3 Pits Reclamation Completed
Masseyline P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Masseyline P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Mt. Ebell Church P3 High Wall Reclamation Completed
Mt. Ebell Church P3 High Wall Reclamation Completed
Mt. Ebell Church P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Nectar P1 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Nectar P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Nyota P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Nyota, East P1 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Nyota, East P2 Dangerous Highwalls In Reclamation
Nyota, East P2 Industrial/Residential Waste In Reclamation
Nyota, East P2 Polluted Water: Agricultural & Industrial Reclamation Completed
Nyota, East P2 Polluted Water: Agricultural & Industrial Reclamation Completed
Nyota, East P2 Portals In Reclamation
Nyota, East P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Nyota, East P3 Gobs In Reclamation
Nyota, East P3 Pits In Reclamation
Nyota, East P3 Spoil Area In Reclamation
Nyota, North P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Nyota, North P2 Dangerous Highwalls In Reclamation
Nyota, North P2 Portals In Reclamation
Nyota, North P3 Spoil Area In Reclamation
Nyota, North P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Oneonta Airshaft P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Oneonta Airshaft P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Oneonta, N.E. P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Oneonta, N.E. P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Oneonta, N.E. P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Oneonta, N.E. P3 Equipment Facility Reclamation Pending
Oneonta, N.E. P3 Industrial/Residential Waste Reclamation Pending
Oneonta, N.E. P3 Other Reclamation Pending
Oneonta, N.E. P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Oneonta, N.E. P3 Spoil Area In Reclamation
Philadelphia Church P1 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Philadelphia Church P2 Industrial/Residential Waste Reclamation Completed
Pleasant Hill P2 Dangerous Highwalls In Reclamation

…and 30 more problems not listed here.

Problem types carry OSMRE's priority prefix: P1 and P2 are threats to health, safety and property, P3 is environmental. A problem area is a cluster of problems reclaimed as one project; several rows can share one location.

MSHA-registered mines with status Abandoned133 on register
  1. 280 Tugalo Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · All South, LLC · MSHA ID 0103604
    Abandoned
  2. 3-H Strip
    Surface coal · H H & H Corp · MSHA ID 0101482
    Abandoned
  3. Altoona Mine
    Surface coal · Contract Augering Services Inc · MSHA ID 0102984
    Abandoned
  4. Altoona Mine
    Surface coal · Andros Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0103026
    Abandoned
  5. B & B Mine No 1
    Surface coal · B & B Mining Company · MSHA ID 0102605
    Abandoned
  6. Bailey Stone Co #1
    Facility metal/non-metal · Bailey Stone Co LLC · MSHA ID 0103310
    Abandoned
  7. Barnett Pit No 1
    Surface coal · Mc Clarty Construction & Equipment Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102281
    Abandoned
  8. Baxter #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Straight Mountain Stone · MSHA ID 0103265
    Abandoned
  9. Bennett
    Surface coal · Berry Mountain Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102450
    Abandoned
  10. Berry Mountain Fines Recovery Operation
    Surface coal · TTJ, LLC · MSHA ID 0103453
    Abandoned
  11. Black Creek No 1
    Underground coal · Van Mulvehill Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102004
    Abandoned and Sealed
  12. Black Gold No 2
    Surface coal · Black Gold Coal Company · MSHA ID 0102331
    Abandoned
  13. Blount Mountain Strip
    Surface coal · Taylor Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0100980
    Abandoned
  14. Blount No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · H & H Construction Company · MSHA ID 0101480
    Abandoned
  15. Blount No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · Durham Mining Co Inc · MSHA ID 0101516
    Abandoned
  16. Blount Springs Sand Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Wiregrass Construction Company, Inc. · MSHA ID 0103047
    Abandoned
  17. Blue Springs Mine #2
    Surface coal · New Acton Coal Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102790
    Abandoned
  18. Blue Springs Pit
    Surface coal · C & F Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101877
    Abandoned
  19. Blue Springs Pit
    Surface coal · New Acton Coal Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102654
    Abandoned
  20. Blue Springs Strip
    Surface coal · Vinson Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0101547
    Abandoned
  21. BONGOR PLANT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Madison Materials Inc · MSHA ID 0103078
    Abandoned
  22. Bright Star Pit No 1
    Surface coal · Natural Energy Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0102364
    Abandoned
  23. BROWN QUARRY
    Surface metal/non-metal · Alabama Wholesale Stone Inc · MSHA ID 0103134
    Abandoned
  24. Bull Gap Mine
    Surface coal · Highland Energy, Inc. · MSHA ID 0103445
    Abandoned
  25. Century Coal Strip No 1
    Surface coal · Century Mine Management Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101570
    Abandoned
  26. Cleveland Pit
    Surface coal · Calvert & Marsh Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101041
    Abandoned
  27. Compliance 8-2
    Surface coal · Compliance Coal Processors Inc · MSHA ID 0102278
    Abandoned
  28. Cooks Mine
    Surface coal · Long Branch Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102711
    Abandoned
  29. County Line
    Surface metal/non-metal · Vulcan Construction Materials, L.P. · MSHA ID 0103250
    Abandoned
  30. County Line Pit
    Surface coal · Jerry Calvert Inc · MSHA ID 0102382
    Abandoned
  31. County Line Strip Pit
    Surface coal · Calvert & Youngblood Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0100408
    Abandoned
  32. District 2 Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Blount County Commission · MSHA ID 0100847
    Abandoned
  33. Dry Creek Pit
    Surface coal · New Acton Coal Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102666
    Abandoned
  34. East Pecker Wood
    Underground coal · Carbonex Coal Company · MSHA ID 0102476
    Abandoned and Sealed
  35. Eduardo Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · R. G. Smith · MSHA ID 0103387
    Abandoned
  36. Faust Pit
    Surface coal · Cramo Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0101564
    Abandoned
  37. Five Points Mine
    Surface coal · Gun Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102625
    Abandoned
  38. Five Points Pit
    Surface coal · Cornelius & Rush Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101323
    Abandoned
  39. French Pit No 1
    Surface coal · Kinpar Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102207
    Abandoned
  40. Friday Crossing Pit
    Surface coal · Fell Energy Coal Corp · MSHA ID 0101899
    Abandoned
  41. Friday'S Crossing
    Surface coal · New Acton Coal Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102771
    Abandoned
  42. Gibbs Chapel Pit
    Surface coal · Basin Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102362
    Abandoned
  43. Gilbreth Gap Strip
    Surface coal · Cliff Mining Corp · MSHA ID 0101670
    Abandoned
  44. Gurley Strip Pit
    Surface coal · Calvert & Youngblood Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0100737
    Abandoned
  45. H & H Construction Blount No 3
    Surface coal · H & H Construction Company · MSHA ID 0102177
    Abandoned
  46. Harvey Mine
    Surface coal · Berry Mountain Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102225
    Abandoned
  47. Helms Mine
    Surface coal · R J R Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102833
    Abandoned
  48. Helms No 1
    Surface coal · L & C Coal Company · MSHA ID 0101568
    Abandoned
  49. Hendrix Mine
    Surface coal · Berry Mountain Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102556
    Abandoned
  50. Hicks Mine
    Surface coal · Berry Mountain Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102224
    Abandoned
  51. High Seam Surface
    Surface coal · Sam Massey Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 0101887
    Abandoned
  52. Inland Pit
    Surface coal · Calvert & Marsh Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102064
    Abandoned
  53. Japa
    Surface coal · Japa Inc · MSHA ID 0102152
    Abandoned
  54. Johnson Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Division 2 District 5 Cullman Count · MSHA ID 0101435
    Abandoned
  55. King Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Picenos Brothers · MSHA ID 0103255
    Abandoned
  56. Lamb Stone Plant/Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lamb Stone Company, Inc. · MSHA ID 0103257
    Abandoned
  57. Lamb Stone Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lamb Stone Co. Inc. · MSHA ID 0100805
    Abandoned
  58. Lehigh
    Surface coal · Hallmark Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 0102831
    Abandoned
  59. Lehigh Mine
    Surface coal · Hallmark & Son Coal Company · MSHA ID 0102210
    Abandoned
  60. Lehigh Mine
    Surface coal · R & D Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0102946
    Abandoned
  61. Lehigh Mine
    Surface coal · Bar Coal Inc · MSHA ID 0102995
    Abandoned
  62. Locust Fork Mine #1
    Surface coal · M & M Equipment Leasing Inc · MSHA ID 0102912
    Abandoned
  63. Long Branch Mine
    Underground coal · Carbonex Coal Company · MSHA ID 0102477
    Abandoned and Sealed
  64. Long'S Branch Mine
    Surface coal · Long Branch Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102632
    Abandoned
  65. Mangram Pit
    Surface coal · Energy Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 0101683
    Abandoned
  66. Mejia Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Tremendous Stone LLC · MSHA ID 0103475
    Abandoned
  67. Mine 3a
    Surface coal · Mineral Land & Mining Consultants Inc · MSHA ID 0102173
    Abandoned
  68. Mine No 1
    Surface coal · Mineral Land & Mining Consultants Inc · MSHA ID 0101966
    Abandoned
  69. Mulvehill No 1
    Surface coal · Cups Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101088
    Abandoned
  70. Murphree Mine
    Surface coal · All American Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0100993
    Abandoned
  71. Nectar Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · F & W Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102094
    Abandoned
  72. No 1 Pit
    Surface coal · Durham Coal Company · MSHA ID 0101527
    Abandoned
  73. No 1 Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Tan Yard Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 0101781
    Abandoned
  74. No 1 Pit Strip
    Surface coal · Calvert & Marsh Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0100786
    Abandoned
  75. No 3 District Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Blount County Commission · MSHA ID 0101354
    Abandoned
  76. No 4 District Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Blount County Commission · MSHA ID 0101352
    Abandoned
  77. Nyota Mine
    Underground coal · Carbonex Coal Company · MSHA ID 0102475
    Abandoned and Sealed
  78. Nyota Mine
    Surface coal · Gun Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102594
    Abandoned
  79. Nyota Pit
    Surface coal · Sam Massey Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 0101413
    Abandoned
  80. Oneonta Mines
    Surface coal · Taylor Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0100964
    Abandoned
  81. Oneonta Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Oneonta Stone Quarries, Inc · MSHA ID 0100644
    Abandoned
  82. Parrish Mine
    Surface coal · Basin Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102328
    Abandoned
  83. Philadelphia Pit No 1
    Surface coal · Pillar Coal Inc · MSHA ID 0101994
    Abandoned
  84. Pit #5
    Surface coal · Warrior Clay Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102837
    Abandoned
  85. PIT 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · G & B Stone · MSHA ID 0103191
    Abandoned
  86. Pit 4
    Surface coal · Warrior Clay Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102821
    Abandoned
  87. Pit No 1
    Surface coal · Sellers Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101347
    Abandoned
  88. Pit No 1
    Surface coal · Sauls Mining Corp · MSHA ID 0101416
    Abandoned
  89. Pit No 1
    Surface coal · Alabama Mineral & Mining Company · MSHA ID 0101425
    Abandoned
  90. Pit No 1
    Surface coal · Mulvehill Coal Company · MSHA ID 0101485
    Abandoned
  91. Pit No 1
    Surface coal · Mulvehill Coal Company · MSHA ID 0101879
    Abandoned
  92. Pit No 5
    Surface coal · Falliston Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101453
    Abandoned
  93. Quality Mine And Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · F & W Company Inc · MSHA ID 0100638
    Abandoned
  94. Race Track Strip
    Surface coal · Thermal Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101712
    Abandoned
  95. Reid School House Road
    Surface coal · MAGA · MSHA ID 0103511
    Abandoned
  96. Reid School Mine
    Surface coal · Cedar Lake Mining, Inc. · MSHA ID 0103404
    Abandoned
  97. Ridale Mine
    Underground coal · Carbonex Coal Company · MSHA ID 0102485
    Abandoned and Sealed
  98. Ridell Strip
    Surface coal · Camp Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101909
    Abandoned
  99. Robbins Pit No 1
    Surface coal · Basin Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102082
    Abandoned
  100. Robbins Pit No 2
    Surface coal · Basin Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102083
    Abandoned
  101. Rock and Stone Sales Inc Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Rock and Stone Sales Inc · MSHA ID 0100646
    Abandoned
  102. Rock Springs Pit
    Surface coal · Point Mining Company · MSHA ID 0102273
    Abandoned
  103. Rocky Mountain Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Tremendous Stone LLC · MSHA ID 0103561
    Abandoned
  104. Rosa Mine
    Facility coal · MCoal Corporation · MSHA ID 0100787
    Abandoned
  105. Rosa Pit
    Surface coal · N M & N Company · MSHA ID 0101154
    Abandoned
  106. Rosa Strip
    Surface coal · Camp Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101512
    Abandoned
  107. Royal Pit #1
    Surface coal · Kinpar Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102385
    Abandoned
  108. Royal Pit #3
    Surface coal · Kinpar Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102439
    Abandoned
  109. Scott Road Mine
    Surface coal · New Acton Coal Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102432
    Abandoned
  110. Sewanee Pit No 1
    Surface coal · Sewanee Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102103
    Abandoned
  111. Sewanee Pit No 1
    Surface coal · Hartselle Mining Corp · MSHA ID 0102115
    Abandoned
  112. Sivley Strip Mine
    Surface coal · All American Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0101335
    Abandoned
  113. Smith No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · Tri-County Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101479
    Abandoned
  114. Snead Pit
    Surface coal · Keller Construction Inc · MSHA ID 0102111
    Abandoned
  115. Snead Pit #1
    Surface coal · Mc Clarty Construction & Equipment Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102251
    Abandoned
  116. Stanley #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Stanley # 2 Mine · MSHA ID 0103267
    Abandoned
  117. Stanley Mines Ojo de Agua
    Surface metal/non-metal · Gustavo Espinoza Mine · MSHA ID 0103266
    Abandoned
  118. Straight Mountain Mine
    Surface coal · New Acton Coal Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102791
    Abandoned
  119. Straight Mountain Mine #2
    Surface coal · New Acton Coal Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102818
    Abandoned
  120. Straight Mountain Pit
    Surface coal · Alaco Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101813
    Abandoned
  121. Straight Mountain Pit
    Surface coal · Alaco Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102079
    Abandoned
  122. Straight Mountain Strip
    Surface coal · Taylor Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101316
    Abandoned
  123. Sugar Creek Pit (1 & 2)
    Surface coal · New Acton Coal Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102478
    Abandoned
  124. Sulphur Spgs Pit No 6
    Surface coal · Calvert & Marsh Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101336
    Abandoned
  125. Sunbelt-Altoona Mine
    Surface coal · Sunbelt Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0103027
    Abandoned
  126. Taits Gap Mine
    Surface coal · Sun Mining Corp · MSHA ID 0102304
    Abandoned
  127. Trafford Pit
    Surface coal · Travis Creek Energy, LLC · MSHA ID 0103407
    Abandoned
  128. Village Springs Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Vulcan Construction Materials, L.P. · MSHA ID 0103454
    Abandoned
  129. Vmc Pit No 1
    Surface coal · Vinson Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0101895
    Abandoned
  130. Walkers Gap Mine
    Surface coal · Berry Mountain Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101910
    Abandoned
  131. Warren Pit
    Surface coal · M & M Brokerage Inc · MSHA ID 0101449
    Abandoned
  132. WARRIOR STONE, INC.
    Surface metal/non-metal · Warrior Stone Inc · MSHA ID 0103211
    Abandoned
  133. White Creek Pit
    Surface coal · Tri-County Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101711
    Abandoned

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

By source vocabularythe publishers' own terms
Feature type Features
Strip Mine 87
P3 Spoil Area 47
P2 Dangerous Highwalls 29
P3 High Wall 18
Open Pit Mine or Quarry 15
P1 Dangerous Highwalls 13
Disturbed Surface 12
P3 Industrial/Residential Waste 11
Adit 9
P2 Industrial/Residential Waste 8
Gravel Pit 7
P2 Hazardous Water Bodies 7
P3 Other 7
Quarry 6
P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments 6
P3 Pits 5
P2 Vertical Openings 4
P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities 3
Chert Pit 3
P2 Portals 3
P3 Gobs 3
Chert Pit 3
P3 Equipment Facility 2
P1 Hazardous Water Bodies 2
P3 Bench 2
P1 Vertical Openings 2
P2 Polluted Water: Agricultural & Industrial 2
Gravel Pit 2
Sand Pit 2
Quarry 1
Open Pit Mine or Quarry 1
P1 Clogged Stream Lands 1
Mine Shaft 1
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated 1
P3 Mine Opening 1
Sand Pit 1
P3 Haul Road 1
Disturbed Surface - Pit 1
P1 Portals 1
Tipple 1
Strip Mine 1
P3 Water Problems 1
P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments 1
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How to read these numbers

A USGS feature is a symbol on a historical topographic map, there when the map was surveyed; it may since have been sealed, reclaimed, built over or reopened as a working mine, and the map does not say which. An OSMRE row is a problem the abandoned mine land program tracks, not a mine. An MSHA mine is a registered operation whose operator reported abandonment, a record that starts in the 1970s. The three overlap and are never added together. The county is assigned from each feature's coordinates against the Census 2023 county boundaries. The full method is on the national page.

Sources
  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.