How many abandoned mines are in Marion County, Alabama?

Abandoned mine inventory

Abandoned mines in Marion County, Alabama

Marion County, Alabama has 397 mine and prospect features on USGS topographic maps published 1936–1983, including 121 mine openings (shafts, adits and air shafts) and 1 prospect pits; 8 of the features carry a name on the map. OSMRE's abandoned mine land inventory lists 227 problems in the county, 128 of them not yet reclaimed. MSHA's register carries 180 mines in the county with status Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed.

Every mine and prospect feature the USGS digitized from historical topographic maps covering Marion 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): 397
Mine openings: 121
OSMRE problems unreclaimed: 128
MSHA mines marked abandoned: 180

8 features carry a name1 prospect pits17 quadrangle maps, published 1936–1983 227 OSMRE problems, 99 reclaimed 12 MSHA mines abandoned and sealed

What the features are

Mine openings

shafts, adits, air shafts, portals and vertical openings: the ways into underground workings

155 24.8%
Prospect pits and trenches

shallow exploration diggings that never became a mine

1 0.2%
Mines and surface workings

labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings

141 22.6%
Quarries, gravel and borrow pits

construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction

134 21.5%
Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob

what mining left above ground

70 11.2%
Mills, tipples and facilities

processing plants and hazardous structures

5 0.8%
Other reclamation problems

highwalls, subsidence, polluted or clogged water, fires, slides and gases in OSMRE's inventory

118 18.9%

Named features on the maps8 named · from the USGS compilation

Name on map	Feature	Quadrangle	First mapped
Benefield Mines	Adit	Phil Campbell	1946
Benefield Mines	Adit	Phil Campbell	1946
Hager Mine	Adit	Phil Campbell	1946
Hager Mine	Open Pit Mine	Phil Campbell	1936
Lowler Mines	Adit	Phil Campbell	1946
Lowler Mines	Adit	Phil Campbell	1946
Lowler Mines	Open Pit Mine	Phil Campbell	1936
Lowler Mines	Open Pit Mine	Phil Campbell	1936

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 problems227 on inventory

Problem area	Problem	Program	Status
Al - Marion - Fea	P1 Dangerous Slides	Federal Emergency	Reclamation Completed
Arnold Cemetery, East	P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Arnold Cemetery, East	P1 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Arnold Cemetery, East	P3 Other	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Arnold Cemetery, East	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Barn Creek Church	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Barn Creek Church	P3 Spoil Area	Other	Reclamation Completed
Barn Creek Church	P3 Spoil Area	Remining	Reclamation Completed
Barn Creek Church	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Barn Creek Church, East	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Barn Creek Church, East	P3 Industrial/Residential Waste	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Barn Creek Church, East	P3 Spoil Area	Other	Reclamation Completed
Barn Creek Church, East	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Bear Creek, Ne	P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Bear Creek, Ne	P1 Hazardous Water Bodies	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Bear Creek, Ne	P3 Industrial/Residential Waste	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Bear Creek, Ne	P3 Other	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Bear Creek, Ne	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Bear Creek, S.e.	P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Bear Creek, S.e.	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Bear Creek, West	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Coal Interim Site Funding	Reclamation Completed
Bear Creek, West	P3 Industrial/Residential Waste	Coal Interim Site Funding	In Reclamation
Biggerstaff Branch	P1 Hazardous Water Bodies	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Biggerstaff Branch	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Biggerstaff Branch	P3 Other	Non-Coal (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Biggerstaff Branch	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Brilliant	P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Brilliant	P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Coal Interim Site Funding	Reclamation Pending
Brilliant	P1 Hazardous Water Bodies	Coal Interim Site Funding	Reclamation Pending
Brilliant	P1 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Brilliant	P1 Surface Burning	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Brilliant	P1 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Brilliant	P2 Clogged Streams	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Brilliant	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Coal Interim Site Funding	Reclamation Completed
Brilliant	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Brilliant	P2 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Brilliant	P3 Bench	Coal Interim Site Funding	In Reclamation
Brilliant	P3 Industrial/Residential Waste	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Brilliant	P3 Other	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Brilliant	P3 Slurry	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Brilliant	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Brilliant	P3 Spoil Area	Coal Interim Site Funding	In Reclamation
Brilliant	P3 Spoil Area	Coal Interim Site Funding	Reclamation Completed
Brilliant	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Brilliant, North	P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Brilliant, North	P3 Gobs	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Brilliant, North	P3 Haul Road	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Brilliant, North	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Brilliant, North	P3 Industrial/Residential Waste	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Brilliant, North	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Brilliant, North	P3 Spoil Area	Remining	Reclamation Completed
Brock Church	P3 Spoil Area	Other	Reclamation Completed
Brookside	P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Brookside	P1 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Brookside	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Brookside	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Brookside	P2 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Brookside	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Brookside	P3 Industrial/Residential Waste	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Brookside	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Buttahatchee School, West	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Cagle	P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Cagle	P1 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Cagle	P1 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Cagle	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Cagle	P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Cagle	P3 Haul Road	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Cagle	P3 High Wall	Other	Reclamation Completed
Cagle	P3 Industrial/Residential Waste	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Cagle	P3 Other	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Cagle	P3 Other	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Cagle	P3 Pits	Other	Reclamation Completed
Cagle	P3 Slump	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Cagle	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Cagle	P3 Spoil Area	Other	Reclamation Completed
Chastine Cove	P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Coal Interim Site Funding	Reclamation Completed
Chastine Cove	P3 Other	Coal Interim Site Funding	In Reclamation
Chastine Cove	P3 Spoil Area	Coal Interim Site Funding	Reclamation Pending
Craft School, Se	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Completed
East Branch	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Coal Interim Site Funding	Reclamation Pending
East Branch	P2 Portals	Coal Interim Site Funding	Reclamation Completed
East Branch	P2 Vertical Openings	Coal Interim Site Funding	Reclamation Completed
Fern Springs	P2 Clogged Streams	Remining	Reclamation Completed
Fern Springs	P3 Spoil Area	Remining	Reclamation Completed
Gold Mine	P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Gold Mine	P1 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Gold Mine	P2 Clogged Streams	Remining	Reclamation Completed
Gold Mine	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Remining	Reclamation Completed
Gold Mine	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Gold Mine	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Remining	Reclamation Completed
Gold Mine	P2 Industrial/Residential Waste	Remining	Reclamation Completed
Gold Mine	P3 High Wall	Remining	Reclamation Completed
Gold Mine	P3 Other	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Gold Mine	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Gold Mine	P3 Spoil Area	Remining	Reclamation Completed
Gold Mine, East	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Remining	Reclamation Completed
Gold Mine, East	P3 Spoil Area	Remining	Reclamation Completed
Gum Springs, East	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Gum Springs, East	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Gum Springs, S.e.	P2 Clogged Streams	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Gum Springs, S.e.	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Gum Springs, S.e.	P2 Portals	Remining	Reclamation Completed
Gum Springs, S.e.	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Gum Springs, S.e.	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Gum Springs, West	P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Federal Reclamation Program	Reclamation Completed
Gum Springs, West	P1 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Gum Springs, West	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Gum Springs, West	P2 Hazardous Water Bodies	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Gum Springs, West	P2 Portals	Federal Reclamation Program	Reclamation Completed
Gum Springs, West	P3 High Wall	Remining	In Reclamation
Gum Springs, West	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Gum Springs, West	P3 High Wall	Federal Reclamation Program	Reclamation Completed
Gum Springs, West	P3 Mine Opening	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Gum Springs, West	P3 Other	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Gum Springs, West	P3 Spoil Area	Remining	Reclamation Completed
Gum Springs, West	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Gum Srings, N.e.	P2 Clogged Streams	Remining	Reclamation Completed
Gum Srings, N.e.	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Gum Srings, N.e.	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Remining	Reclamation Completed
Gum Srings, N.e.	P2 Portals	Remining	Reclamation Completed
Gum Srings, N.e.	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Gum Srings, N.e.	P2 Vertical Openings	Remining	Reclamation Completed
Gum Srings, N.e.	P3 Other	Remining	Reclamation Completed
Gum Srings, N.e.	P3 Spoil Area	Remining	Reclamation Completed
Gum Srings, N.e.	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Haley	P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Coal Interim Site Funding	Reclamation Pending
Haley	P1 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Haley	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Coal Interim Site Funding	Reclamation Pending
Haley	P3 Gobs	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Haley	P3 Industrial/Residential Waste	Coal Interim Site Funding	Reclamation Pending
Haley	P3 Other	Coal Interim Site Funding	Reclamation Pending
Haley	P3 Spoil Area	Coal Interim Site Funding	In Reclamation
Henson Springs	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Hoggle Ridge	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Hoggle Ridge	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Mulberry Branch	P2 Hazardous Water Bodies	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Pending
Mulberry Branch	P3 Pits	Other	Reclamation Completed
Mulberry Branch	P3 Spoil Area	Other	Reclamation Completed
Natural Bridge, West	P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Natural Bridge, West	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Natural Bridge, West	P3 Industrial/Residential Waste	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Natural Bridge, West	P3 Other	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Natural Bridge, West	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
New Hope Church	P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Coal Interim Site Funding	Reclamation Pending
New Hope Church	P1 Hazardous Water Bodies	Coal Interim Site Funding	Reclamation Pending
New Hope Church	P3 Spoil Area	Coal Interim Site Funding	Reclamation Pending
New Hope Church, East	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
New Hope Church, East	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Oak Grove Church, East	P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Oak Grove Church, East	P1 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending

…and 77 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 Abandoned180 on register

#2
Underground coal · B & E Coal Company · MSHA ID 0102490

Abandoned and Sealed 1982-11-24
#2 Mine Ug
Underground coal · Weeks Coal Company · MSHA ID 0100261

Abandoned 1970-09-24
49 American
Surface coal · American Coal Energies · MSHA ID 0101521

Abandoned 1976-10-28
Alacoal No 6
Surface coal · Alacoal Companies Inc · MSHA ID 0102071

Abandoned 1980-11-05
Andrew
Surface coal · Blackwater Coal Company · MSHA ID 0102180

Abandoned 1980-10-03
Andrews Pit
Surface coal · Warrior Energy Corp · MSHA ID 0102368

Abandoned 1982-06-24
Andrews Pit No 1
Surface coal · M C Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102075

Abandoned 1983-04-07
Annebelle Mine
Surface coal · Taylor Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101017

Abandoned 1975-04-28
Arthur No 1 Surface
Surface coal · Oakman Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101949

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Arthur Pit No 1
Surface coal · Clay & Shale Shippers Inc · MSHA ID 0101848

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Barn Creek Pit
Surface coal · Haley Brothers & Partridge Coal Inc · MSHA ID 0102305

Abandoned 1982-06-21
Bear Creek Pit No 2
Surface coal · Cupps Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101963

Abandoned 1980-05-22
Bear Creek Strip
Surface coal · Cupps Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101911

Abandoned 1980-05-22
Beasley Pit
Surface metal/non-metal · Fayco Inc · MSHA ID 0101271

Abandoned 1978-04-10
Belmont 1
Facility metal/non-metal · Belmont Sand & Gravel, LLC · MSHA ID 0103566

Abandoned 2022-10-25
Benefield Strip
Surface coal · J D & C Coal Company · MSHA ID 0101370

Abandoned 1977-04-11
Bickerstaff No 1 Strip
Surface coal · Southeastern Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101920

Abandoned 1981-01-06
Black Creek Mine
Surface coal · Imac Energy Inc · MSHA ID 0102723

Abandoned 1993-02-03
Blaylock #2
Surface coal · Frontier Processing · MSHA ID 0103213

Abandoned 2001-10-24
Blaylock Mine
Surface coal · M. E. Group, Inc. · MSHA ID 0103069

Abandoned 2006-06-19
Blue Creek
Surface coal · H M C Bridge Company · MSHA ID 0102853

Abandoned 1995-04-14
Bostic Creek Pit No 1
Surface coal · G & M Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101868

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Boston Coal Co Inc Strip
Surface coal · Boston Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101755

Abandoned 1978-05-30
Brilliant Coal Washer
Facility coal · Brilliant Coal LLC · MSHA ID 0102969

Abandoned 2007-10-11
Brilliant Pit
Surface coal · Southern Coal Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0101361

Abandoned 1976-03-23
Brilliant Strip
Surface coal · Taylor Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101238

Abandoned 1980-11-25
Brimer
Surface coal · Ryan'S Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102355

Abandoned 1983-05-17
Burleson North Mine
Surface coal · M.E. Group, Inc. · MSHA ID 0103279

Abandoned 2012-07-31
Burleson Pit Strip
Surface coal · Trace Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101796

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Burn Right Pit
Surface coal · Lane Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101992

Abandoned 1980-11-01
Busha Pit No 3
Surface coal · Busha Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101684

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Buttahachie Mine
Underground coal · Budweg Enterprises · MSHA ID 0101677

Abandoned 1977-06-30
Buttahatchee Mine
Surface coal · Collier Coal Inc · MSHA ID 0102126

Abandoned 1980-01-01
Buttahatchee Mine No 1
Surface coal · Jet Coal Corp · MSHA ID 0102187

Abandoned 1981-11-23
Buttahatchee Mine No 1
Surface coal · Iron Eagle Land Rehabilitation, LLC · MSHA ID 0103393

Abandoned 2020-05-12
C & G Pit
Surface coal · C & G Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101665

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Cagle Cove Strip
Surface coal · B & B Coal & Land Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101674

Abandoned 1978-07-17
Cagle Pit
Surface coal · Lynn Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102112

Abandoned 1980-11-05
Camp Creek No 1 Strip
Surface coal · Elkhorn Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0101976

Abandoned 1981-01-06
Campbell Pit
Surface coal · J & M Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102102

Abandoned 1981-02-19
Coal Fire Washer
Surface coal · Coal Fire Mining Company · MSHA ID 0101922

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Coalite Pit No 2
Surface coal · Coalite Inc · MSHA ID 0101934

Abandoned 1981-03-01
Coalite Pit No 5
Surface coal · Coalite Inc · MSHA ID 0101840

Abandoned 1981-03-01
Coalite Pit W-2000
Surface coal · Coalite Inc · MSHA ID 0101938

Abandoned 1985-07-10
Coalite Strip Mine
Surface coal · Coalite Company Inc · MSHA ID 0100235

Abandoned 1975-01-30
Craig Pit
Surface coal · C & G Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102056

Abandoned 1980-02-04
Crooked Creek Mine
Surface coal · Southside Contractors · MSHA ID 0102413

Abandoned 1982-04-14
Dodd Pit Strip
Surface coal · Epps Energy Company · MSHA ID 0101784

Abandoned 1977-11-14
Dolin Mine
Surface coal · Rock City Coal & Equipment Inc · MSHA ID 0102607

Abandoned 1991-05-15
Dulin Mine
Surface coal · Reed Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 0103293

Abandoned 2009-02-18
East Branch Mine
Surface coal · Dulin Energies Inc · MSHA ID 0102898

Abandoned 1991-04-03
Esler No 1 Strip Mine
Surface coal · Esler Mining Company Inc Of Alabama · MSHA ID 0101359

Abandoned 1976-03-23
F & W Mine
Underground coal · Huguley & Son Coal Company · MSHA ID 0100367

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Fern Springs
Underground coal · Little Texas Energy · MSHA ID 0102044

Abandoned and Sealed 1998-06-25
Ford Mine
Surface coal · Haley Brothers & Partridge Coal Inc · MSHA ID 0103070

Abandoned 2002-04-01
G L T No 1
Underground coal · G L T Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102379

Abandoned and Sealed 1982-11-04
Gann Pit
Surface metal/non-metal · B & B Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101642

Abandoned 1979-04-24
Gem Coal No 2
Surface coal · Gem Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102352

Abandoned 1982-06-01
Gem Mine Brilliant #1
Surface coal · Tuscaloosa Coal Augering Company · MSHA ID 0102494

Abandoned 1984-03-09
Gem Strip
Surface coal · Gem Coal Inc · MSHA ID 0101856

Abandoned 1981-06-30
Glen Allen Plant
Facility coal · Coalite Inc · MSHA ID 0101935

Abandoned 1985-07-10
Glen Mary No 1 Strip
Surface coal · Haley & Drake Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101842

Abandoned 1981-01-06
Glen Mary Strip
Surface coal · Haley & Drake Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102025

Abandoned 1979-10-10
Gold Mine
Surface coal · Gold Mine Coal Company · MSHA ID 0102265

Abandoned 1982-05-10
Gold Mine Pit
Surface coal · Margo Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101880

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Gum Springs Pit
Surface coal · R B Coal Company · MSHA ID 0101746

Abandoned 1981-01-06
Gum Srings Mine
Surface coal · Waco Coal Company · MSHA ID 0101309

Abandoned 1975-09-16
HACKLEBURG MINE
Surface metal/non-metal · Frontier Processing Inc · MSHA ID 0103168

Abandoned 2001-03-02
Hackleburg Pit No 2 Surface
Surface coal · Seminole Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101917

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Hamilton Mine
Surface metal/non-metal · Frontier Processing, Inc. · MSHA ID 0103229

Abandoned 2002-07-01
Hamilton Pit
Surface metal/non-metal · Hamilton Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 0100542

Abandoned 1992-07-15
Hamilton Pit 4
Surface coal · Lakeside Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101444

Abandoned 1978-08-01
Hargett Pit
Surface metal/non-metal · B & B Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101572

Abandoned 1981-08-14
Herb Mine #1
Surface coal · Stricklin Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102412

Abandoned 1983-03-29
Herd Bull Mine
Surface coal · Elk Park Inc · MSHA ID 0102785

Abandoned 1990-11-08
Highwall Mine
Underground coal · Marion Coal Company · MSHA ID 0100259

Abandoned 1973-12-06
Horn Pit
Surface coal · Larry Terry Contractors Inc · MSHA ID 0101650

Abandoned 1977-06-14
Howard Pit No 1
Surface coal · Oakman Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102050

Abandoned 1980-06-01
Hulsey No 1
Surface coal · Maco Resources Inc · MSHA ID 0101652

Abandoned 1980-02-04
Hulsey Pit
Surface coal · Coal Producers Inc · MSHA ID 0102292

Abandoned 1978-05-08
Hulsey Pit No 1
Surface coal · Pickens Sand & Gravel Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102297

Abandoned 1982-08-11
Hulsey Strip
Surface coal · Fell & Lawrence Inc · MSHA ID 0101737

Abandoned 1979-10-01
JACOBS PIT
Surface metal/non-metal · Jaco · MSHA ID 0103212

Abandoned 2001-08-21
Key Coal Company
Underground coal · Key Coal Company · MSHA ID 0102243

Abandoned and Sealed 1998-06-25
Kivette Mine
Surface coal · Abston Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 0103024

Abandoned 1997-09-15
Little Goodwin Creek
Surface coal · Haley Bros. Coal Inc. · MSHA ID 0103298

Abandoned 2015-06-09
Little Texas Strip
Surface coal · Southern Coal Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0101675

Abandoned 1977-06-30
Lucus #1
Surface coal · Northwest Minerals · MSHA ID 0102649

Abandoned 1987-01-14
Margo No 2 Strip
Surface coal · Margo Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101246

Abandoned 1974-07-05
Margo No 4 Strip Mine
Surface coal · Margo Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101358

Abandoned 1976-01-20
Marion County No 1 Pit
Surface coal · Southeast Coal Company · MSHA ID 0101395

Abandoned 1975-12-15
Marion County No 1 Strip
Surface coal · Sun Coal Inc · MSHA ID 0101715

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Marion County Pit
Surface coal · Torch Light Resources Mining Company · MSHA ID 0101835

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Marion County Pit
Surface coal · Twin Energy Coal · MSHA ID 0102508

Abandoned 1984-03-08
Marion County Pit No 1
Surface coal · Ace Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101511

Abandoned 1977-04-11
Marion Pit No 1 Strip
Surface coal · Cherokee Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101520

Abandoned 1976-08-09
Marion South Mine
Underground coal · Alabama Land & Mineral Corp · MSHA ID 0102270

Abandoned and Sealed 1998-06-25
Mims
Surface metal/non-metal · American Olean Tile Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102721

Abandoned 1988-09-30
Mine No 1
Surface coal · Toltec Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102276

Abandoned 1982-02-18
Mine No 1
Surface coal · Frontier Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102395

Abandoned 1984-12-05
Mine No 1
Underground coal · Vantage Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102446

Abandoned and Sealed 1998-06-25
Mine No 10
Surface coal · Alabama Land & Mineral Corp · MSHA ID 0103008

Abandoned 1997-09-15
Mine No 2
Surface coal · Gast Branch Mining & Land Development Co Inc · MSHA ID 0102365

Abandoned 1982-05-03
Mine No 2
Surface coal · Stricklin Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102464

Abandoned 1983-03-29
Mine No 5
Surface coal · May Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0100369

Abandoned 1981-01-06
Mine No 7
Surface coal · Alabama Land & Mineral Corp · MSHA ID 0103065

Abandoned 1996-01-23
Mineraltec Mine No 3
Underground coal · Mineraltec Corp · MSHA ID 0102779

Abandoned and Sealed 1990-01-17
Miracle No 1 Strip
Surface coal · Miracle Mining Company · MSHA ID 0101707

Abandoned 1977-07-21
Morgan Pit
Surface coal · Summit Coal & Land Company · MSHA ID 0101133

Abandoned 1974-03-14
Mullins Mine
Surface coal · H & S Coal Company · MSHA ID 0101446

Abandoned 1976-05-03
Natural Bridge Mine
Surface coal · Carbon Tech Mining Corp · MSHA ID 0103030

Abandoned 1995-06-20
New River No 1 Strip Mine
Surface coal · Brookside-Pratt Mining Company · MSHA ID 0100230

Abandoned 1972-03-21
New River Pit No 6
Surface coal · R B Coal Company · MSHA ID 0100977

Abandoned 1979-10-01
New River Strip
Surface coal · Lakeside Coal Company · MSHA ID 0101276

Abandoned 1976-10-28
New Yellow Creek Mine
Underground coal · New Yellow Creek Coal LLC · MSHA ID 0103414

Abandoned 2018-03-01
No 1
Underground coal · G & G Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102043

Abandoned and Sealed 1998-06-25
No 1 Mine
Surface coal · Lawrence & Bowen Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101452

Abandoned 1979-10-01
No 1 Mine
Underground coal · Prescott & Sons Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102164

Abandoned and Sealed 1998-06-25
No 1 Pit
Surface coal · Brookside-Pratt Mining Company · MSHA ID 0100229

Abandoned 1974-03-11
No 1 Pit
Surface coal · Buttahatchee Coal Company · MSHA ID 0100822

Abandoned 1974-04-11
No 1 Strip
Surface coal · Coal Producers Inc · MSHA ID 0101669

Abandoned 1978-05-30
No 2 Mine
Underground coal · Lawrence & Bowen Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101526

Abandoned 1977-09-19
No 2 Pit Strip
Surface coal · Florence Port Inc · MSHA ID 0100850

Abandoned 1974-01-10
No 2 Strip
Surface coal · Tittle & King Coal Company · MSHA ID 0101668

Abandoned 1978-05-30
No 4 Ug
Underground coal · Miles Coal Company · MSHA ID 0100249

Abandoned 1974-04-29
Norman Pit Strip
Surface coal · Winston Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0101817

Abandoned 1979-10-01
North Goodwin Creek Mine
Surface coal · P B Coal Inc · MSHA ID 0102882

Abandoned 1996-04-19
Oak Grove
Surface coal · Cougar Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0102024

Abandoned 1980-11-17
Odell Strip Mine
Surface coal · M & M Coal Company · MSHA ID 0100809

Abandoned 1973-06-18
Owens Mine
Surface coal · C & G Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102012

Abandoned 1979-10-01
P & P No 1
Surface coal · P & P Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102329

Abandoned 1986-02-28
P And H Construction No 2 Mine
Surface coal · P & H Construction · MSHA ID 0101855

Abandoned 1979-10-01
P And P Coal And Real Estate Inc Strip
Surface coal · P & P Coal & Real Estate · MSHA ID 0101756

Abandoned 1977-12-05
Pete Mine
Surface coal · Crimson Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0101946

Abandoned 1981-03-09
Pickard Pit
Surface coal · C & G Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102037

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Pit #35
Surface coal · Alabama Land & Mineral Corp · MSHA ID 0102792

Abandoned 1996-10-31
Pit 1
Surface coal · Bama Coal Co Inc · MSHA ID 0101306

Abandoned 1978-07-06
Pit No 1
Surface coal · J D J Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0100997

Abandoned 1977-11-14
Pit No 1
Surface coal · P & P Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101311

Abandoned 1976-12-21
Pit No 1
Surface coal · Allen Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101315

Abandoned 1977-11-14
Pit No 1
Surface coal · Dickinson Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101351

Abandoned 1981-03-09
Pit No 1
Surface coal · P & P Coal & Real Estate · MSHA ID 0101410

Abandoned 1976-10-28
Pit No 1
Surface coal · Tennant Coal Company · MSHA ID 0101574

Abandoned 1977-06-14
Pit No 1
Surface coal · Cougar Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0101875

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Pit No 2
Surface coal · T & S Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101765

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Pit No 4
Surface coal · Pennant Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101727

Abandoned 1977-11-14
Poplar Springs Mine
Surface coal · Bonanza Coal Inc · MSHA ID 0102652

Abandoned 1986-02-25
Prep Plant
Facility coal · Sun Coal Inc · MSHA ID 0101408

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Prep Plant No 2
Facility coal · Coalite Inc · MSHA ID 0101936

Abandoned 1980-05-21
Pull Tight Pit
Surface coal · Estes Excavating Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101962

Abandoned 1980-11-01

…and 30 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	Class	Source	Features
Strip Mine	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (area)	119
Adit	Mine openings	USGS topo symbol (point)	118
Gravel Pit	Quarries, gravel and borrow pits	USGS topo symbol (point)	102
P3 Spoil Area	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	61
P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	21
P3 High Wall	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	21
P3 Other	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	19
Disturbed Surface	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (area)	16
P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	16
Gravel Pit	Quarries, gravel and borrow pits	USGS topo symbol (area)	13
P2 Portals	Mine openings	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	11
Clay Pit	Quarries, gravel and borrow pits	USGS topo symbol (area)	11
P3 Industrial/Residential Waste	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	10
P1 Vertical Openings	Mine openings	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	9
P1 Portals	Mine openings	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	8
P2 Vertical Openings	Mine openings	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	6
P1 Hazardous Water Bodies	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	6
P2 Clogged Streams	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	5
P3 Gobs	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	4
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated	Quarries, gravel and borrow pits	USGS topo symbol (point)	4
P3 Pits	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	4
P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Mills, tipples and facilities	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	4
P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	3
Air Shaft	Mine openings	USGS topo symbol (point)	3
Open Pit Mine	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (point)	3
P3 Mine Opening	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	3
P3 Haul Road	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	2
Clay Pit	Quarries, gravel and borrow pits	USGS topo symbol (point)	2
Disturbed Surface - Pit	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (area)	2
P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	2
P2 Hazardous Water Bodies	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	2
P2 Industrial/Residential Waste	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	2
Sand Pit	Quarries, gravel and borrow pits	USGS topo symbol (point)	1
P1 Clogged Streams	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
Prospect Pit	Prospect pits and trenches	USGS topo symbol (point)	1
P1 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P3 Bench	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P1 Dangerous Slides	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Mills, tipples and facilities	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
Strip Mine	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (point)	1
P3 Slurry	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P3 Slump	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
Quarry	Quarries, gravel and borrow pits	USGS topo symbol (point)	1
P1 Surface Burning	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	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

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.