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Abandoned mine inventory

Abandoned mines in Fayette County, Alabama

Fayette County, Alabama has 86 mine and prospect features on USGS topographic maps published 1967–1983. OSMRE's abandoned mine land inventory lists 57 problems in the county, 42 of them not yet reclaimed. MSHA's register carries 56 mines in the county with status Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed.

Every mine and prospect feature the USGS digitized from historical topographic maps covering Fayette 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)
86
Mine openings
0
OSMRE problems unreclaimed
42
MSHA mines marked abandoned
56
0 features carry a name0 prospect pits15 quadrangle maps, published 1967–1983 57 OSMRE problems, 15 reclaimed 0 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
    2 1.4%
  2. Mines and surface workings
    labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
    32 22.4%
  3. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits
    construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
    54 37.8%
  4. Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob
    what mining left above ground
    18 12.6%
  5. Other reclamation problems
    highwalls, subsidence, polluted or clogged water, fires, slides and gases in OSMRE's inventory
    37 25.9%
OSMRE abandoned mine land problems57 on inventory
Problem area Problem Status
Bankston, N.e. P1 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Bankston, N.e. P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Bankston, N.e. P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Bankston, N.e. P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Pending
Berry, N.e. P2 Dangerous Highwalls In Reclamation
Berry, N.e. P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Berry, N.e. P2 Industrial/Residential Waste Reclamation Completed
Berry, N.e. P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Berry, N.e. P3 Spoil Area In Reclamation
Howard P1 Clogged Stream Lands Reclamation Completed
Howard P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Howard P3 High Wall Reclamation Completed
Howard P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Howard Nw P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Pending
Howard, East P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Howard, East P3 Equipment Facility Reclamation Pending
Howard, East P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Howard, S.w. P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Howard, S.w. P3 Other In Reclamation
Howard, S.w. P3 Spoil Area In Reclamation
Hubbertville, North P1 Hazardous Water Bodies Reclamation Completed
Hubbertville, North P2 Dangerous Highwalls In Reclamation
Hubbertville, North P2 Hazardous Water Bodies Reclamation Completed
Hubbertville, North P3 Other In Reclamation
Hubbertville, North P3 Spoil Area In Reclamation
Macon Shepherd P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Macon Shepherd P3 Other Reclamation Pending
Macon Shepherd P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Pending
North River P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
North River P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Pending
Old Lebanon, North P3 Bench Reclamation Completed
Old Lebanon, North P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Old Lebanon, North P3 Spoil Area In Reclamation
Old Lebanon, North P3 Water Problems Reclamation Pending
Old Lebanon, South P3 Bench Reclamation Completed
Old Lebanon, South P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Old Lebanon, South P3 Other Reclamation Pending
Old Lebanon, South P3 Spoil Area In Reclamation
Old Lebanon, South P3 Water Problems Reclamation Pending
Pea Ridge P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Pea Ridge P2 Dangerous Slides In Reclamation
Pea Ridge P2 Portals In Reclamation
Pea Ridge P3 Industrial/Residential Waste Reclamation Pending
Pea Ridge P3 Other Reclamation Pending
Pea Ridge P3 Spoil Area In Reclamation
Pea Ridge, North P1 Clogged Streams Reclamation Pending
Pea Ridge, North P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Pea Ridge, North P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Pending
Pendley Chapel South P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Pendley Chapel South P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Pending
Pendley Chapel, North P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Pendley Chapel, North P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Pendley Chapel, North P2 Industrial/Residential Waste Reclamation Pending
Pendley Chapel, North P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Pendley Chapel, North P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Pending
Stough, N.e. P2 Hazardous Water Bodies Reclamation Pending
Stough, N.e. P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Pending

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 Abandoned56 on register
  1. Acmar Strip
    Surface coal · Tele Corp Inc · MSHA ID 0101497
    Abandoned
  2. Beasley Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · H W L Development · MSHA ID 0102342
    Abandoned
  3. Berry Mine
    Surface coal · Midas Coal Company Incorporated · MSHA ID 0103184
    Abandoned
  4. Berry Pit #1
    Surface coal · A I M E E · MSHA ID 0102219
    Abandoned
  5. BERRY QUARRY
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bunn Brothers Materials Inc · MSHA ID 0102039
    Abandoned
  6. Berry Strip
    Surface coal · Taylor Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101303
    Abandoned
  7. Berry Strip Mine
    Surface coal · Poe Coal Company · MSHA ID 0100166
    Abandoned
  8. Berry-Barnes Mine
    Surface coal · Nuggett Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102808
    Abandoned
  9. Boxes Creek Mine
    Surface coal · Cefco Coal Company · MSHA ID 0101929
    Abandoned
  10. Boxes Creek Mine
    Surface coal · Lare Coal Inc · MSHA ID 0101950
    Abandoned
  11. Cane Creek Mine
    Surface coal · Jack Trotter Jr Coal Company · MSHA ID 0102885
    Abandoned
  12. Cane Creek Mine
    Surface coal · Jack Trotter Jr Coal Company · MSHA ID 0102974
    Abandoned
  13. Carroll Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Fayco Inc · MSHA ID 0101723
    Abandoned
  14. Coalite-Fayette Pit No 6
    Surface coal · Brilliant Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0100985
    Abandoned
  15. Davis Pit
    Surface coal · Ron Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102277
    Abandoned
  16. Ellis Creek Pit
    Surface coal · Estes Excavating Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101869
    Abandoned
  17. F-1 Strip
    Surface coal · Energy Producers Inc · MSHA ID 0101779
    Abandoned
  18. FAYEET PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · S T Bunn Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 0100593
    Abandoned
  19. Fayette County Mine No 1
    Surface coal · Central Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0101761
    Abandoned
  20. Fayette County Mines
    Surface coal · Southern Coal Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0101474
    Abandoned
  21. Fayette Mines
    Surface coal · Taylor Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0100972
    Abandoned
  22. Flatwood Mine
    Surface coal · Apex Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102521
    Abandoned
  23. Flatwood Mine No 1
    Surface coal · Apex Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102264
    Abandoned
  24. Flatwoods Mine No 1
    Surface coal · Cedar Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102058
    Abandoned
  25. Howard Mine
    Surface coal · Stovall Files Coal Co Inc · MSHA ID 0101767
    Abandoned
  26. Howard Mine
    Surface coal · Birmingham Coal & Coke Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102823
    Abandoned
  27. Hubberville Plant And Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Fayco Inc · MSHA ID 0101724
    Abandoned
  28. Knight Mine
    Surface coal · Bar Coal Inc · MSHA ID 0102988
    Abandoned
  29. Mercy Bridge Mine
    Surface coal · R & D Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0102970
    Abandoned
  30. Mine No 2
    Surface coal · Bethel Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102261
    Abandoned
  31. Nichols Material
    Surface metal/non-metal · Earnest & Son Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 0101982
    Abandoned
  32. No 1 Pit
    Surface coal · Stovall Files Coal Co Inc · MSHA ID 0101284
    Abandoned
  33. No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · Crawford Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101462
    Abandoned
  34. No 1 Strip Mine
    Surface coal · Marine & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 0101026
    Abandoned
  35. No 2 Pit
    Surface coal · Blue Water Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0101904
    Abandoned
  36. No 3 Pit
    Surface coal · Invesco International Corp Of Alabama · MSHA ID 0101661
    Abandoned
  37. Pea Ridge No 1
    Surface coal · Pickens Sand & Gravel Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102549
    Abandoned
  38. Pearidge Mine
    Surface coal · Heritage Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102499
    Abandoned
  39. Pit #1
    Surface coal · Kem Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0102452
    Abandoned
  40. Pit No 1
    Surface coal · Blue Water Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0101770
    Abandoned
  41. Pit No 1
    Surface coal · Carl Coal Company · MSHA ID 0101822
    Abandoned
  42. Pit No 1
    Surface coal · Black Warrior Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102662
    Abandoned
  43. Pit No 2
    Surface coal · Bama Coal Co Inc · MSHA ID 0101364
    Abandoned
  44. Pit No 2
    Surface coal · Y & S Sales Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101762
    Abandoned
  45. Pit No 3
    Surface coal · Blue Water Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0102005
    Abandoned
  46. Pit No 5
    Surface coal · Blue Water Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0102113
    Abandoned
  47. Pit No 6
    Surface coal · Invesco International Corp Of Alabama · MSHA ID 0101820
    Abandoned
  48. Riley Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Riley Brothers Oil Field Construction · MSHA ID 0101294
    Abandoned
  49. Smith Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Fayette Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 0102195
    Abandoned
  50. Star Branch Ii
    Surface coal · C & H Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102002
    Abandoned
  51. Star Branch Mine
    Surface coal · Erin Mining & Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 0102449
    Abandoned
  52. Stovall-Files
    Surface coal · R C Enterprises · MSHA ID 0102748
    Abandoned
  53. Studhorse No 1
    Surface coal · C & S Construction Company · MSHA ID 0102386
    Abandoned
  54. Upton No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · Upton Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101743
    Abandoned
  55. V I P Pit
    Surface coal · Winston Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0101407
    Abandoned
  56. West Corona Strip
    Surface coal · Southern Natural Energy Corp · MSHA ID 0101907
    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
Gravel Pit 52
Strip Mine 26
P3 Spoil Area 16
P3 High Wall 10
P2 Dangerous Highwalls 5
Disturbed Surface 5
P3 Other 5
P2 Dangerous Slides 2
P3 Bench 2
P3 Water Problems 2
P2 Hazardous Water Bodies 2
P2 Industrial/Residential Waste 2
Sand Pit 2
P2 Dangerous Impoundments 1
P1 Dangerous Highwalls 1
P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments 1
P1 Clogged Streams 1
P3 Equipment Facility 1
Strip Mine 1
P1 Clogged Stream Lands 1
P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments 1
P2 Portals 1
P2 Vertical Openings 1
P3 Industrial/Residential Waste 1
P1 Hazardous Water Bodies 1
Other counties in AlabamaAll counties →
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.