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Abandoned mine inventory

Abandoned mines in Jefferson County, Alabama

Jefferson County, Alabama has 653 mine and prospect features on USGS topographic maps published 1904–1998, including 114 mine openings (shafts, adits and air shafts); 32 of the features carry a name on the map. OSMRE's abandoned mine land inventory lists 853 problems in the county, 464 of them not yet reclaimed. MSHA's register carries 247 mines in the county with status Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed.

Every mine and prospect feature the USGS digitized from historical topographic maps covering Jefferson 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)
653
Mine openings
114
OSMRE problems unreclaimed
464
MSHA mines marked abandoned
247
32 features carry a name0 prospect pits32 quadrangle maps, published 1904–1998 853 OSMRE problems, 389 reclaimed 26 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
    303 20.1%
  2. Mines and surface workings
    labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
    353 23.4%
  3. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits
    construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
    100 6.6%
  4. Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob
    what mining left above ground
    251 16.7%
  5. Mills, tipples and facilities
    processing plants and hazardous structures
    55 3.7%
  6. Other reclamation problems
    highwalls, subsidence, polluted or clogged water, fires, slides and gases in OSMRE's inventory
    444 29.5%
Named features on the maps32 named · from the USGS compilation
Name on map Feature
Agusta Mine Open Pit Mine
Alfretta Mines Mine
Banner Mines Mine
Blue Creek No 3 Mine Mine
Clift Mines Mine
Concord Mine Adit
Concord Mine Tailings - Undifferentiated area
Connellsville Mine Mine
Durant Mines Strip Mine area
Gitmore Mines Open Pit Mine
Gitmore Mines Open Pit Mine
Gitmore Mines Open Pit Mine
Gitmore Mines Open Pit Mine
Gitmore Mines Open Pit Mine
Gitmore Mines Open Pit Mine
Gitmore Mines Open Pit Mine
Goode Mines Open Pit Mine
Goode Mines Open Pit Mine
Grave Mines Mine
Green Spring Mine No 1 Mine
Kosmo Mines Open Pit Mine
Mary Lee Mines Mine
Morrow Mines Mine
Mulga Mine Mine
Newfound Mines Open Pit Mine
Newfound Mines Open Pit Mine
Oak Grove Mine Mine Shaft
Ruffner Mines Mine
Shannon Mine Mine Shaft
Slag Dump Slag Pile area
Thompson Mine Strip Mine area
Woodward Mine No1 Open Pit Mine

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.

OSMRE abandoned mine land problems853 on inventory
Problem area Problem Status
Acipcoville P1 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Acipcoville P1 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Acipcoville P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Acipcoville P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Acipcoville P1 Surface Burning Reclamation Completed
Acipcoville P1 Surface Burning Reclamation Completed
Acipcoville P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Acipcoville P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Acipcoville P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Acipcoville P3 Gobs Reclamation Completed
Adamsville, South P3 Equipment Facility Reclamation Pending
Adger Slope P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Adger Slope P2 Vertical Openings In Reclamation
Adger, East P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Adger, East P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Adger, East P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Adger, North P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Pending
Adger, West P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Pending
Al - Jefferson - Fea P1 Gases: Hazardous/Explosive Reclamation Completed
Al - Jefferson - Fea P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Al - Jefferson - Fea P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Al - Jefferson - Fea P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Al Hollow P1 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Al Hollow P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments In Reclamation
Al Hollow P1 Hazardous Water Bodies Reclamation Pending
Al Hollow P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Al Hollow P3 Bench In Reclamation
Al Hollow P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Al Hollow P3 Industrial/Residential Waste Reclamation Pending
Al Hollow P3 Other Reclamation Pending
Al Hollow P3 Spoil Area In Reclamation
Al Hollow P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Pending
Alden P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Alden P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Alden, East P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Alden, East P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Alden, East P1 Vertical Openings In Reclamation
Alden, East P3 Equipment Facility Reclamation Pending
Alden, East P3 Gobs Reclamation Pending
Alden, East P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Alden, East P3 Industrial/Residential Waste Reclamation Pending
Alden, East P3 Mine Opening In Reclamation
Alden, East P3 Other Reclamation Pending
Alden, East P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Pending
Allman Road P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Allman Road P1 Hazardous Water Bodies In Reclamation
Allman Road P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Allman Road P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Allman Road P3 High Wall Reclamation Completed
Allman Road P3 Industrial/Residential Waste Reclamation Pending
Allman Road P3 Other Reclamation Pending
Allman Road P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Pending
Allman Road P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Atwood Ferry P3 Equipment Facility Reclamation Pending
Atwood Ferry P3 Gobs Reclamation Pending
Atwood Ferry P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Atwood Ferry P3 Industrial/Residential Waste Reclamation Pending
Atwood Ferry P3 Other Reclamation Pending
Atwood Ferry P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Pending
Bagley Ridge P2 Dangerous Highwalls In Reclamation
Bagley Ridge P3 Haul Road In Reclamation
Bagley Ridge P3 Pits In Reclamation
Bagley Ridge P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Pending
Banner P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Beltona South P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Beltona South P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Beltona South P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Beltona South P3 Mine Opening Reclamation Completed
Beltona South P3 Other Reclamation Completed
Beltona South P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Beltona, East P1 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Beltona, East P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Beltona, East P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Beltona, East P1 Portals In Reclamation
Beltona, East P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Beltona, East P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Pending
Beltona, East P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Beltona, East P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Beltona, East P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Beltona, East P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Beltona, East P3 Other In Reclamation
Beltona, East P3 Slump Reclamation Pending
Beltona, East P3 Spoil Area In Reclamation
Beltona, West P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Beltona, West P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Beltona, West P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Pending
Bessie P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Bessie P3 Other In Reclamation
Bessie P3 Spoil Area In Reclamation
Bessie Junction P2 Surface Burning Reclamation Completed
Bessie Junction P3 Gobs In Reclamation
Bessie Junction P3 Mine Opening Reclamation Pending
Bessie, East P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Bessie, East P2 Industrial/Residential Waste Reclamation Completed
Bessie, East P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Bessie, S.e. P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Bessie, S.e. P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Bessie, S.e. P3 Industrial/Residential Waste In Reclamation
Bessie, S.e. P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Pending
Bivens Chapel P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Bivens Chapel P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Bivens Chapel, East P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Blossburg P1 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Blossburg West P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Blue Creek P1 Clogged Streams Reclamation Completed
Blue Creek P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Blue Creek P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Blue Creek P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Blue Creek P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Blue Creek P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Blue Creek P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Blue Creek P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities In Reclamation
Blue Creek P1 Surface Burning Reclamation Completed
Blue Creek P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Blue Creek P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Blue Creek P2 Polluted Water: Agricultural & Industrial Reclamation Pending
Blue Creek P2 Surface Burning In Reclamation
Blue Creek P3 Gobs Reclamation Completed
Blue Creek P3 Gobs In Reclamation
Blue Creek P3 Gobs In Reclamation
Blue Creek P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Blue Creek P3 Slurry Reclamation Completed
Bradford P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Bradford P1 Surface Burning Reclamation Pending
Bradford P3 Gobs In Reclamation
Bradford P3 Industrial/Residential Waste In Reclamation
Bradford North P1 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Bradford North P2 Industrial/Residential Waste Reclamation Completed
Brookmont P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Brookmont P1 Subsidence In Reclamation
Brookside North P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Brookside Tipple P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Brookside West P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Brookside West P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Buffalo Creek P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Buffalo Creek P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Pending
Cahaba Heights Southeast P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Cahaba Heights Southeast P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Cahaba Heights Southeast P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Cahaba Heights Southeast P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Pending
Cahaba Heights, N.e. P1 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Cahaba Heights, N.e. P1 Hazardous Water Bodies Reclamation Completed
Cahaba Heights, N.e. P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Cahaba Heights, N.e. P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Cahaba Heights, N.e. P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Cahaba Heights, N.e. P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Cahaba Heights, N.e. P2 Hazardous Water Bodies Reclamation Completed
Cahaba Heights, N.e. P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Cahaba Heights, N.e. P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Cahaba Heights, N.e. P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed

…and 703 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 Abandoned247 on register
  1. 2400 Lima Pit
    Surface coal · Alabama By-Products Corp · MSHA ID 0101038
    Abandoned
  2. Adger 480 Pit No 60
    Surface coal · Taylor Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0100204
    Abandoned
  3. Alabama Fuel Products
    Facility coal · Alabama Coal Recovery, LLC · MSHA ID 0103178
    Abandoned
  4. Arnold Mine
    Surface coal · Buckhorn Processing Company · MSHA ID 0102457
    Abandoned
  5. Auger Machine #51
    Surface coal · Green Hill Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0103137
    Abandoned
  6. Bailey Mine
    Surface coal · M & S Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102496
    Abandoned
  7. Bailey Pit Strip
    Surface coal · Southeast Contractors Inc · MSHA ID 0101858
    Abandoned
  8. Beaver Mine No 4
    Surface coal · Pawnee Mining & Coal Sales Inc · MSHA ID 0101039
    Abandoned
  9. Beaver Pit No 1
    Surface coal · Payne & Sons Coal Company · MSHA ID 0101948
    Abandoned
  10. Beltona Mine
    Surface coal · Drummond Company, Inc. · MSHA ID 0100406
    Abandoned
  11. Bessemer Clay Mines
    Facility metal/non-metal · Donald Hardin Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 0100124
    Abandoned
  12. Bessemer Plant & Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Dravo Basic Materials Company Inc · MSHA ID 0100042
    Abandoned
  13. Bessie Mine
    Facility coal · Jim Walter Resources Inc · MSHA ID 0100328
    Abandoned and Sealed
  14. Bessie Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Red Rock USA, LLC · MSHA ID 0103282
    Abandoned
  15. Bibby Mine
    Underground coal · Drummond Company, Inc. · MSHA ID 0102776
    Abandoned and Sealed
  16. Billingsby Pit Strip Mine
    Surface coal · Star Mining Company · MSHA ID 0100753
    Abandoned
  17. Birmingham Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Allied Lime Company · MSHA ID 0100005
    Abandoned
  18. Birmingham Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Alpha Portland Cement Company · MSHA ID 0102144
    Abandoned
  19. Birmingham Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Vulcan Materials Company · MSHA ID 0102145
    Abandoned
  20. Birmingport Facility
    Facility coal · Warrior & Gulf Navagation Company · MSHA ID 0102700
    Abandoned
  21. Birmingport Plant
    Facility coal · Birmingham Syn Fuel Llc · MSHA ID 0103146
    Abandoned
  22. Bkw-River King Mine
    Surface coal · Bkw Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 0102759
    Abandoned
  23. Black Creek #1 Hopewell
    Underground coal · Le Hi Mineral Company · MSHA ID 0102484
    Abandoned and Sealed
  24. Black Creek #22
    Surface coal · Costain Coal Inc · MSHA ID 0102867
    Abandoned
  25. Black Creek Mine
    Facility coal · Global Met Coal Corp · MSHA ID 0103459
    Abandoned
  26. Black Creek No 2 Mine
    Underground coal · Drummond Company, Inc. · MSHA ID 0102829
    Abandoned and Sealed
  27. Black Diamond Getmore Mine
    Surface coal · Black Diamond Coal Mining Company · MSHA ID 0102509
    Abandoned
  28. Black Diamond Prep Plant
    Facility coal · Black Diamond Coal Mining Company · MSHA ID 0100324
    Abandoned
  29. Black Star Mine
    Underground coal · Alabama Land & Mineral Corp · MSHA ID 0102623
    Abandoned and Sealed
  30. Blossburg Mine
    Surface coal · East Walker Coal Corp · MSHA ID 0102306
    Abandoned
  31. BRC Alabama No. 3 LLC
    Surface coal · BRC Alabama No. 3 LLC · MSHA ID 0103278
    Abandoned
  32. Bryan Loading
    Facility coal · Drummond Company, Inc. · MSHA ID 0101256
    Abandoned
  33. Bulkcoal Of Alabama Prep Plant
    Facility coal · Bulkcoal Of Alabama · MSHA ID 0101927
    Abandoned
  34. Bull City Mine
    Surface coal · Big Bull Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102151
    Abandoned
  35. Bunt Mine
    Surface coal · RJR Mining Co., Inc. · MSHA ID 0103443
    Abandoned
  36. Burn Springs Pit
    Facility coal · C & I Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101926
    Abandoned
  37. Capricorn Mine
    Underground coal · Skyhawk Mining Corp · MSHA ID 0102527
    Abandoned and Sealed
  38. Casgar #1 Mine
    Surface coal · Casgar Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102592
    Abandoned
  39. Casgar Mine
    Surface coal · A C Excavators Inc · MSHA ID 0102734
    Abandoned
  40. Cedar Bark
    Surface metal/non-metal · Western Erectors, Inc. · MSHA ID 0103243
    Abandoned
  41. Chetopa
    Surface coal · Drummond Company, Inc. · MSHA ID 0100323
    Abandoned
  42. Childers No 5 Mine
    Underground coal · J L Childers Coal Company · MSHA ID 0100386
    Abandoned and Sealed
  43. Cluster Springs
    Surface coal · Drummond Coal Company · MSHA ID 0102371
    Abandoned
  44. Cluster Springs Mine
    Surface coal · Bar Coal Inc · MSHA ID 0102968
    Abandoned
  45. Cluster Springs Pit
    Surface coal · Black Creek Coal Sales Agency · MSHA ID 0100788
    Abandoned
  46. Cluster Springs Strip Mine
    Surface coal · Drummond Coal Company · MSHA ID 0101350
    Abandoned
  47. Coal Creek Mine
    Surface coal · New Castle Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0102896
    Abandoned
  48. Coalburg #1
    Surface coal · Osborn Coal Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 0102845
    Abandoned
  49. Coaldale Pit
    Surface coal · Bowling & Brakefield Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102495
    Abandoned
  50. Cooper Mine
    Surface coal · Best Coal Inc · MSHA ID 0103136
    Abandoned
  51. County Line Rock LLC
    Surface metal/non-metal · Trivium LLC · MSHA ID 0103515
    Abandoned
  52. County Line Washer
    Facility coal · County Line Washer · MSHA ID 0103057
    Abandoned
  53. Courington Strip Mine
    Surface coal · Courington Coal Company · MSHA ID 0100411
    Abandoned
  54. Daniel Payne
    Facility coal · Gray Coal Inc · MSHA ID 0102235
    Abandoned
  55. Dogtown
    Surface coal · Osborn Coal Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 0102992
    Abandoned
  56. Eagle Mining #1
    Surface coal · Eagle Mining Company · MSHA ID 0102815
    Abandoned
  57. Ebs Construction Inc Bradford Mine
    Facility coal · Ebs Construction Inc · MSHA ID 0100445
    Abandoned
  58. Eco-12
    Facility coal · Pdi Operations · MSHA ID 0103140
    Abandoned
  59. Ensley Central Services
    Facility metal/non-metal · Vulcan Construction Materials, LLC · MSHA ID 0103226
    Abandoned
  60. Fairfield Plant
    Facility coal · Coal Processing Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102134
    Abandoned
  61. Ferry Pit
    Facility coal · H & H Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 0102777
    Abandoned
  62. Five Mile Creek
    Surface coal · New Castle Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0102872
    Abandoned
  63. Flat Top
    Facility coal · PB Service, LLC. · MSHA ID 0100327
    Abandoned
  64. Flat Top Mine
    Surface coal · Iron Eagle Land Rehabilitation, LLC · MSHA ID 0100627
    Abandoned
  65. Floyd Mining Company Sayre No 4
    Surface coal · Floyd Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102080
    Abandoned
  66. Franklin Pit Strip
    Surface coal · Bishop Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0100755
    Abandoned
  67. Gilmore
    Surface coal · C & H Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102991
    Abandoned
  68. Gilmore Mine
    Facility coal · Drummond Company, Inc. · MSHA ID 0101987
    Abandoned
  69. Gilmore Mine No 2
    Surface coal · C & H Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0103071
    Abandoned
  70. Glenwood Mine
    Surface coal · W C Management Inc · MSHA ID 0102383
    Abandoned
  71. Green Mountain Management
    Surface metal/non-metal · Green Mountain Management · MSHA ID 0103466
    Abandoned
  72. Ground Hog Mine
    Surface coal · C & H Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102816
    Abandoned
  73. Groundhog Mine
    Surface coal · Alabama Highwall Mining Llc · MSHA ID 0103156
    Abandoned
  74. Gurley Creek Mine
    Surface coal · Casgar Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102359
    Abandoned
  75. Gurley Creek Mine
    Underground coal · Warrior River Resources Inc · MSHA ID 0102512
    Abandoned and Sealed
  76. Gurley Creek Strip
    Surface coal · Trafford Coal Company · MSHA ID 0101368
    Abandoned
  77. H & H Minerals Inc
    Surface coal · H & H Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 0102728
    Abandoned
  78. H And H Construction Company
    Surface coal · H & H Construction Company · MSHA ID 0101831
    Abandoned
  79. Hard Rock #1
    Underground coal · Hard Rock Mining · MSHA ID 0102532
    Abandoned and Sealed
  80. Henry Ellen No 2
    Surface coal · Mann Steel Products Inc · MSHA ID 0102409
    Abandoned
  81. Henryellen #1
    Surface coal · Hallmark & Son Coal Company · MSHA ID 0102360
    Abandoned
  82. Highwall Mine
    Underground coal · High Wall Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0100170
    Abandoned and Sealed
  83. HMS 30
    Surface coal · HIGHLAND ENERGY, iNC. · MSHA ID 0103595
    Abandoned
  84. Hy-Grade Pit
    Surface coal · Oakman Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101975
    Abandoned
  85. J Seam Mine
    Underground coal · Alabama Land & Mineral Corp · MSHA ID 0103077
    Abandoned
  86. Jagger Mine
    Surface coal · Iron Eagle Land Rehabilitation, LLC · MSHA ID 0103420
    Abandoned
  87. Jagger No 1
    Underground coal · Mend National Sales Inc · MSHA ID 0102593
    Abandoned and Sealed
  88. Jefferson County Mine No 1
    Surface coal · Invesco International Corp Of Alabama · MSHA ID 0101417
    Abandoned
  89. Jefferson Mine
    Surface coal · Jefferson Coal Company · MSHA ID 0100991
    Abandoned
  90. Johns Strip Operation
    Surface coal · Burgess Mining & Construction Corp · MSHA ID 0100522
    Abandoned
  91. Johns Washer Prep Plant
    Facility coal · Black Diamond Coal Mining Company · MSHA ID 0100731
    Abandoned
  92. Johnson Mine
    Surface coal · Cahaba Resources LLC · MSHA ID 0103375
    Abandoned
  93. Johnson Pit #1
    Surface coal · Sardis Mining & Development Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101996
    Abandoned
  94. Jolly Pit
    Surface coal · Jolly Construction Company · MSHA ID 0102778
    Abandoned
  95. K And C Coal Co Inc No 1 Prep Plant
    Facility coal · K & C Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101733
    Abandoned
  96. K-Lee Processing Inc
    Facility coal · K-Lee Processing Inc · MSHA ID 0102957
    Abandoned
  97. Kimberly Mine
    Surface coal · Alden Resources, LLC · MSHA ID 0103484
    Abandoned
  98. Kimberly Pit
    Surface coal · W C Management Inc · MSHA ID 0102830
    Abandoned
  99. Knob Strip Mine
    Surface coal · Drummond Company, Inc. · MSHA ID 0101037
    Abandoned
  100. Labuco Strip Mine
    Surface coal · V H R Coal Company · MSHA ID 0100425
    Abandoned
  101. Lee High Pit
    Surface coal · D & D Coal Inc · MSHA ID 0101569
    Abandoned
  102. Leeds Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lehigh Portland Cement Company · MSHA ID 0102149
    Abandoned
  103. Limbaugh No 1 Mine
    Surface coal · L W Limbaugh Mining & Construction · MSHA ID 0100988
    Abandoned
  104. Lindberg Pit
    Surface coal · Southern Coal & Land Company · MSHA ID 0101087
    Abandoned
  105. Lindberg Pit
    Surface coal · Taylor Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101317
    Abandoned
  106. Lindbergh
    Surface coal · Centennial Natural Resources, LLC · MSHA ID 0102354
    Abandoned
  107. Linton Job
    Surface coal · Arwood Demolition & Salvage Company · MSHA ID 0102932
    Abandoned
  108. Littleton Mine
    Surface coal · Evergreen Mining, LLC · MSHA ID 0103150
    Abandoned
  109. Locust Fork Mine
    Surface coal · Black Warrior Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 0102763
    Abandoned
  110. M S & M Pit
    Surface coal · M S & M Coal Company · MSHA ID 0100784
    Abandoned
  111. Majestic Mine No. 2
    Surface coal · R J R Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102951
    Abandoned
  112. Mary Lee Mine
    Surface coal · Hallmark & Son Coal Company · MSHA ID 0102267
    Abandoned
  113. Masseyline Mine
    Underground coal · White Oak Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102574
    Abandoned and Sealed
  114. Masseyline Mine
    Surface coal · Mining Excavating Construction Inc · MSHA ID 0102717
    Abandoned
  115. Masseyline Mine
    Facility coal · CDM Mining & Equipment, LLC · MSHA ID 0103468
    Abandoned
  116. Maxine Mine
    Underground coal · Drummond Company, Inc. · MSHA ID 0100322
    Abandoned and Sealed
  117. Maxine Mine No 2
    Underground coal · Alabama By-Products Corp · MSHA ID 0100375
    Abandoned
  118. Maxine-Pratt Mine
    Underground coal · Prospect Mining & Development Company LLC · MSHA ID 0103419
    Abandoned and Sealed
  119. Mc Collum Pit No 2
    Surface coal · Mc Collum Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102142
    Abandoned
  120. Merritt Rogers Mine
    Surface coal · M S & R Equipment Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102760
    Abandoned
  121. Mine #1
    Underground coal · Pilot Coal Inc · MSHA ID 0102617
    Abandoned and Sealed
  122. Mine #89
    Facility coal · Drummond Company, Inc. · MSHA ID 0102806
    Abandoned
  123. Mine No 1
    Underground coal · M D R Inc · MSHA ID 0102719
    Abandoned and Sealed
  124. Mine No 6
    Surface coal · Abston Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102809
    Abandoned
  125. Mineral Springs Pit No 5
    Surface coal · Mineral Springs Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102153
    Abandoned
  126. Morris Mine
    Surface coal · Drummond Company, Inc. · MSHA ID 0100760
    Abandoned
  127. Morris No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Kodiak Mining Company · MSHA ID 0102653
    Abandoned and Sealed
  128. Morris Strip
    Surface coal · Pawnee Mining & Coal Sales Inc · MSHA ID 0101285
    Abandoned
  129. Mt Olive
    Surface coal · Hallmark Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0100761
    Abandoned
  130. Mulga Mine
    Facility coal · Mulga Coal Company · MSHA ID 0100330
    Abandoned
  131. Narley Mine
    Surface coal · Iron Eagle Land Rehabilitation, LLC · MSHA ID 0103285
    Abandoned
  132. Nebo Mine
    Underground coal · Jim Walter Resources Inc · MSHA ID 0101266
    Abandoned and Sealed
  133. Nickel Plate Mine No 19
    Surface coal · Nickel Plate Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102229
    Abandoned
  134. Nickel Plate Mine No 20
    Surface coal · Nickel Plate Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102231
    Abandoned
  135. Nickel Plate Mining Co Inc Strip
    Surface coal · Nickel Plate Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101870
    Abandoned
  136. Nickel Plate Mng Co Inc Or Pit No 7
    Surface coal · Nickel Plate Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101940
    Abandoned
  137. Nickel Plate No 22
    Surface coal · Nickel Plate Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102374
    Abandoned
  138. Nickle Plate Pit
    Surface coal · Calvert & Marsh Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0100896
    Abandoned
  139. No 1 Strip
    coal · Thompson Cahaba Coal Co · MSHA ID 0100208
    Abandoned
  140. No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Gary M Young Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102019
    Abandoned and Sealed
  141. No 1 Pit
    Surface coal · Mineral Springs Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0100856
    Abandoned
  142. No 1 Pit
    Surface coal · N M & N Company · MSHA ID 0100904
    Abandoned
  143. No 1 Pit
    Surface coal · K & T Coal Company · MSHA ID 0101308
    Abandoned
  144. No 1 Pit
    Surface coal · Clay & Shale Shippers Inc · MSHA ID 0101348
    Abandoned
  145. No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · Pratt Coal Company · MSHA ID 0100198
    Abandoned
  146. No 10 Mine
    Underground coal · B & D Coal Company · MSHA ID 0100153
    Abandoned
  147. No 3 Mine
    Underground coal · Mahaffey Coal Company · MSHA ID 0100363
    Abandoned
  148. No 5 Mine
    Underground coal · Mahaffey Coal Company · MSHA ID 0100364
    Abandoned
  149. North Birmingham Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P. · MSHA ID 0103346
    Abandoned
  150. North Johns
    Facility coal · R & S Resource Recovery Inc · MSHA ID 0103032
    Abandoned

…and 97 more mines not listed here.

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 286
P3 Spoil Area 117
Adit 90
P3 High Wall 64
P1 Portals 61
P2 Dangerous Highwalls 56
P2 Portals 50
P3 Other 43
P1 Vertical Openings 42
P3 Gobs 41
P3 Industrial/Residential Waste 39
P1 Dangerous Highwalls 39
P2 Vertical Openings 36
Chert Pit 34
Tailings - Undifferentiated 32
Disturbed Surface 27
Tipple 23
P1 Subsidence 21
P2 Industrial/Residential Waste 20
P3 Equipment Facility 20
Mine Shaft 17
Ore Stockpile/Storage 17
P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities 17
P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments 16
P3 Mine Opening 16
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated 15
Open Pit Mine 15
P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities 15
P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments 14
Mine 14
Quarry 14
P2 Hazardous Water Bodies 13
P1 Surface Burning 13
P3 Pits 13
P2 Surface Burning 12
P3 Water Problems 12
P1 Hazardous Water Bodies 11
Open Pit Mine or Quarry 10
P3 Slurry 9
P3 Haul Road 9
Mine Dump 8
Gravel Pit 7
Gravel Pit 7
P3 Slump 7
Air Shaft 7
P1 Dangerous Slides 4
P3 Bench 4
Tailings - Pond 4
Borrow Pit 4
Quarry 4
Chert Pit 4
Shale Pit 3
Shale Pit 3
Slag Pile 2
Borrow Pit 2
P2 Subsidence 2
P2 Polluted Water: Agricultural & Industrial 2
P2 Clogged Streams 2
P1 Clogged Streams 2
P1 Gases: Hazardous/Explosive 2
P1 Polluted Water: Human Consumption 2
P1 Clogged Stream Lands 2
P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption 1
P2 Dangerous Slides 1
Clay Pit 1
Clay Pit 1
P1 Dangerous Impoundments 1
P2 Clogged Stream Lands 1
Sand Pit 1
P1 Industrial/Residential Waste 1
Disturbed Surface - Pit 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.