Abandoned mines in Shelby County, Alabama

1. Mine openings

   shafts, adits, air shafts, portals and vertical openings: the ways into underground workings
   65 27.8%
2. Mines and surface workings

   labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
   44 18.8%
3. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits

   construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
   57 24.4%
4. Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob

   what mining left above ground
   22 9.4%
5. Mills, tipples and facilities

   processing plants and hazardous structures
   3 1.3%
6. Other reclamation problems

   highwalls, subsidence, polluted or clogged water, fires, slides and gases in OSMRE's inventory
   43 18.4%

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.

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.

1. #2 Pit

   Surface coal · Michael Coal Company · MSHA ID 0102468
   Abandoned 1983-09-20
2. #4 Mine (Ug)

   Underground coal · B & D Coal Company · MSHA ID 0100264
   Abandoned 1980-09-29
3. A And B Mine

   Surface metal/non-metal · A & B Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 0101764
   Abandoned 1977-10-01
4. ALABAMA REFRACTORY SPECIALIST,IN

   Surface metal/non-metal · Alabama Refractory Specialties Inc · MSHA ID 0101118
   Abandoned 1998-09-01
5. Alabaster Plant

   Facility metal/non-metal · Lhoist North America of Alabama, LLC · MSHA ID 0101264
   Abandoned 2024-03-26
6. Alabaster Quarry

   Surface metal/non-metal · Martin Marietta Materials Inc · MSHA ID 0103068
   Abandoned 2020-09-02
7. Alliance Mine No 1

   Surface coal · Hope Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0103205
   Abandoned 2012-07-05
8. Boone No 2

   Underground coal · Boone Resources Inc · MSHA ID 0101789
   Abandoned and Sealed 1998-06-25
9. Boothton No 115

   Surface coal · Tsm Service Corp · MSHA ID 0102426
   Abandoned 1984-10-22
10. Boothton Pit Strip

    Surface coal · Beaird Contract Mining · MSHA ID 0100840
    Abandoned 1972-11-06
11. Boothton Strip Operations

    Surface coal · Burgess Mining & Construction Corp · MSHA ID 0100550
    Abandoned 1981-01-14
12. Burgess Reclamation Site

    Facility coal · Great South Resources, LLC · MSHA ID 0103247
    Abandoned 2004-03-01
13. Burgess Refuse Area #2

    Surface coal · Tacoa Minerals, LLC · MSHA ID 0103210
    Abandoned 2004-03-01
14. Cahaba Mine

    Underground coal · Pilot Coal Inc · MSHA ID 0102767
    Abandoned and Sealed 1988-06-09
15. Calera

    Facility coal · Conrad Yelvington Distributors · MSHA ID 0103380
    Abandoned 2026-07-27
16. CALERA

    Facility metal/non-metal · Blankenship Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 0103224
    Abandoned 2016-01-15
17. Calera Plant

    Surface metal/non-metal · Central Alabama Paving Inc · MSHA ID 0102358
    Abandoned 1988-10-11
18. Central Shop

    Surface metal/non-metal · Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. · MSHA ID 0102096
    Abandoned 2008-04-21
19. Clark No 1 Mine

    Underground coal · Jesse Creek Mining LLC · MSHA ID 0103422
    Abandoned and Sealed 2016-06-29
20. Coalmont Pit

    Surface coal · International Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102545
    Abandoned 1985-07-22
21. Dogwood

    Facility coal · Southcoal Mining Corp · MSHA ID 0102444
    Abandoned 1984-10-22
22. Eagle Quarry

    Surface metal/non-metal · Lhoist North America of Alabama, LLC · MSHA ID 0103405
    Abandoned 2012-02-08
23. Falliston Strip Mine No 1

    Surface coal · Falliston Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101342
    Abandoned 1976-01-26
24. Ghm #3 Auger

    Surface coal · Green Hill Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0103109
    Abandoned 1998-09-02
25. Gholson #1 Mine

    Surface coal · Camellia Met Mining, LLC · MSHA ID 0103490
    Abandoned 2024-08-21
26. Gholson Mine No.1

    Surface coal · Camellia Met Mining, LLC · MSHA ID 0102908
    Abandoned 2014-10-17
27. Grayhill-Nunnally

    Surface coal · Allied Products Company · MSHA ID 0102415
    Abandoned 1985-09-09
28. Gurnee

    Underground coal · D & L Mining · MSHA ID 0102788
    Abandoned and Sealed 1998-06-25
29. Gurnee Mine

    Underground coal · Black Diamond Coal Mining Company · MSHA ID 0101040
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
30. Gurnee Mine

    Surface coal · Faulkner Energy Corp · MSHA ID 0102730
    Abandoned 1989-09-28
31. Gurnee Strip Operation

    Surface coal · Burgess Mining & Construction Corp · MSHA ID 0101876
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
32. Gurnee Strip Operation No 2

    Surface coal · Burgess Mining & Construction Corp · MSHA ID 0101897
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
33. Gurnee Surface Mine

    Surface coal · Camellia Met Mining, LLC · MSHA ID 0103472
    Abandoned 2019-05-01
34. Helena Surface Mine

    Surface coal · Jesse Creek Mining, LLC · MSHA ID 0103467
    Abandoned 2014-12-04
35. Kodiak Mine #2

    Underground coal · Camellia Met Mining, LLC · MSHA ID 0103067
    Abandoned 2001-08-20
36. Lick Creek Mine

    Surface coal · Tuscaloosa Resources Inc · MSHA ID 0103194
    Abandoned 2005-10-13
37. Lolley Mine No. 1

    Underground coal · Camellia Met Mining, LLC · MSHA ID 0103503
    Abandoned 2026-07-08
38. Longview #2 Plant

    Surface metal/non-metal · Southern Stone Company Inc · MSHA ID 0100018
    Abandoned 1981-11-02
39. Montevallo Mine

    Surface coal · Timcoaland Inc · MSHA ID 0102458
    Abandoned 1985-09-09
40. Montevallo Quarry And Plant

    Surface metal/non-metal · Southern Stone Company Inc · MSHA ID 0100025
    Abandoned 1985-05-31
41. Montevallo Underground

    Underground metal/non-metal · Allied Lime Company · MSHA ID 0100396
    Abandoned 1989-03-27
42. Montevallo-Straven Strip

    Surface coal · Sullivan-Long & Haggerty · MSHA ID 0101243
    Abandoned 1981-01-06
43. Mossboro

    Surface coal · Dove Coal Corp · MSHA ID 0102943
    Abandoned 1994-06-16
44. Murry Creek Mine No. 2

    Surface metal/non-metal · Camellia Met Mining, LLC · MSHA ID 0103601
    Abandoned 2025-12-29
45. Murry Creek Surface Mine

    Surface coal · Camellia Met Mining, LLC · MSHA ID 0103500
    Abandoned 2024-08-20
46. No 9 Mine

    Underground coal · New Century Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0103105
    Abandoned 2001-03-22
47. Oak Mountain Preparation Plant

    Facility coal · Oak Mountain Energy Llc · MSHA ID 0103108
    Abandoned 1997-09-24
48. Peel Creek Mine

    Surface coal · Dove Coal Corp · MSHA ID 0102971
    Abandoned 1994-06-16
49. Piney Woods Preparation Plant

    Facility coal · Camellia Met Mining, LLC · MSHA ID 0102976
    Abandoned 2026-07-08
50. Pit #1

    Surface metal/non-metal · Sisco Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101799
    Abandoned 1995-08-17
51. Pit 14-20

    Surface coal · Cahaba Resources Inc · MSHA ID 0102435
    Abandoned 1984-01-31
52. Pit No 1

    Surface coal · Michael Coal Company · MSHA ID 0102060
    Abandoned 1982-05-06
53. Roberta Lime Plant (Kilns)

    Facility metal/non-metal · Blue Circle Inc · MSHA ID 0100643
    Abandoned 1991-10-25
54. Roberta Mine And Mill

    Underground metal/non-metal · Martin Marietta Cement · MSHA ID 0100642
    Abandoned 1978-03-10
55. Roberta Plant

    Facility metal/non-metal · Vulcan Constr. Materials, L.P. · MSHA ID 0101552
    Abandoned 2014-03-13
56. Roberta Quarry

    Surface metal/non-metal · Blue Circle Inc · MSHA ID 0102150
    Abandoned 1991-11-25
57. Segco 2 Mine

    Underground coal · Southern Electric Generating Company · MSHA ID 0100335
    Abandoned 1973-11-20
58. Segco/Toby Mine

    Surface coal · Twin Pines II, LLC · MSHA ID 0103334
    Abandoned 2012-07-16
59. Shelby #1

    Underground coal · Shelby Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0102595
    Abandoned and Sealed 1984-09-01
60. South 31 Strip Pit

    Surface coal · Peyton & Sain Construction Company · MSHA ID 0100795
    Abandoned 1972-05-09
61. Surface Mine No. 1

    Surface coal · AlabamaMet · MSHA ID 0103581
    Abandoned 2024-08-20
62. Thompson Mine No 1

    Underground coal · Tacoa Minerals, LLC · MSHA ID 0103245
    Abandoned 2011-08-29
63. Thompson Surface Mine

    Surface coal · Jesse Creek Mining, LLC · MSHA ID 0103366
    Abandoned 2013-11-25
64. Tpt Alabama #1

    Facility coal · Transpacific Technology (Alabama) Inc · MSHA ID 0102686
    Abandoned 1986-06-12
65. Yeshic Mine

    Surface coal · Yeshic, LLC · MSHA ID 0103417
    Abandoned 2025-03-27

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

• Walker County 763
• Jefferson County 653
• Marion County 397
• Tuscaloosa County 229
• Escambia County 216
• Mobile County 191
• Franklin County 174
• Jackson County 162
• Baldwin County 159
• St. Clair County 155
• Blount County 154
• Montgomery County 144

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.