How many abandoned mines are in Walker County, Alabama?

Abandoned mine inventory

Abandoned mines in Walker County, Alabama

Walker County, Alabama has 763 mine and prospect features on USGS topographic maps published 1935–2000, including 402 mine openings (shafts, adits and air shafts); 3 of the features carry a name on the map. OSMRE's abandoned mine land inventory lists 1,002 problems in the county, 573 of them not yet reclaimed. MSHA's register carries 403 mines in the county with status Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed.

Every mine and prospect feature the USGS digitized from historical topographic maps covering Walker 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): 763
Mine openings: 402
OSMRE problems unreclaimed: 573
MSHA mines marked abandoned: 403

3 features carry a name0 prospect pits24 quadrangle maps, published 1935–2000 1,002 OSMRE problems, 429 reclaimed 9 MSHA mines abandoned and sealed

What the features are

Mine openings

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

578 32.7%
Mines and surface workings

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

349 19.8%
Quarries, gravel and borrow pits

construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction

8 0.5%
Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob

what mining left above ground

232 13.1%
Mills, tipples and facilities

processing plants and hazardous structures

18 1.0%
Other reclamation problems

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

578 32.7%
Other

symbols outside the classes above

2 0.1%

Named features on the maps3 named · from the USGS compilation

Name on map	Feature	Quadrangle	First mapped
Colta Mine	Open Pit Mine	Port Birmingham	1935
Gamma Mine	Open Pit Mine	Port Birmingham	1935
Samoset Mine	Open Pit Mine	Port Birmingham	1935

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 problems1,002 on inventory

Problem area	Problem	Program	Status
10th Street NE	P1 Subsidence	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
4th Avenue NE	P1 Subsidence	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
5th Avenue NW	P1 Subsidence	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
5th Court NE	P1 Subsidence	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
8th Avenue NE	P1 Subsidence	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Al - Walker - Fea	P1 Portals	Federal Emergency	Reclamation Completed
Al - Walker - Fea	P1 Subsidence	Federal Emergency	In Reclamation
Aldridge	P1 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Aldridge	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Aldridge	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Aldridge (ii)	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Aldridge (ii)	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Aldridge, East	P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Aldridge, East	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Aldridge, East	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Aldridge, East	P3 Industrial/Residential Waste	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Aldridge, East	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Aldridge, N.E.	P1 Surface Burning	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Aldridge, N.E.	P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Aldridge, N.E.	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Aldridge, N.E.	P3 Industrial/Residential Waste	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Aldridge, N.E.	P3 Other	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Aldridge, N.E.	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Aldridge, N.w.	P1 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
America, East	P1 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
America, West	P2 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Baker Branch	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Baker Branch	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Bankhead	P1 Vertical Openings	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Bankhead Lake	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Bankhead Lake	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Bankhead Lake	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Bankhead Lake	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Bankhead Middle School	P1 Dangerous Slides	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Bankhead Middle School	P1 Portals	Federal Reclamation Program	Reclamation Completed
Bankhead Middle School	P1 Vertical Openings	Federal Reclamation Program	Reclamation Completed
Bankhead Middle School	P2 Hazardous Water Bodies	Federal Reclamation Program	Reclamation Completed
Barney	P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Barney	P1 Surface Burning	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Barney	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Clean Streams Initiative	Reclamation Completed
Barney	P2 Polluted Water: Agricultural & Industrial	Clean Streams Initiative	Reclamation Completed
Barney	P2 Polluted Water: Agricultural & Industrial		Reclamation Completed
Barney	P3 Equipment Facility	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Barney	P3 Gobs	Clean Streams Initiative	Reclamation Completed
Barney	P3 Gobs	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Barney, West	P1 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Barton Chapel	P1 Clogged Streams	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Barton Chapel	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Barton Creek	P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Barton Creek	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Barton Creek	P3 Other	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Barton Creek	P3 Pits	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Barton Creek	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Barton Creek	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Bear Gap	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Bear Gap	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Bear Gap	P3 High Wall	Remining	Reclamation Completed
Bear Gap	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Bear Gap	P3 Spoil Area	Remining	Reclamation Completed
Bear Gap	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Bear Pen Mountain, West	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Completed
Benoit Bend	P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Benoit Bend	P1 Hazardous Water Bodies	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Benoit Bend	P1 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Benoit Bend	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Big Ridge, South	P3 Gobs	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Big Ridge, South	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Big Ridge, South	P3 Mine Opening	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Big Ridge, South	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	In Reclamation
Black Avenue	P1 Subsidence	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Black Branch, East	P1 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Black Branch, East	P1 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Black Branch, East	P2 Polluted Water: Agricultural & Industrial	Clean Streams Initiative	Reclamation Completed
Black Branch, East	P2 Polluted Water: Agricultural & Industrial		Reclamation Completed
Black Branch, East	P2 Polluted Water: Agricultural & Industrial	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Black Branch, East	P2 Portals	Remining	Reclamation Completed
Black Branch, East	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Black Branch, East	P2 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Black Branch, East	P2 Vertical Openings	Clean Streams Initiative	Reclamation Completed
Black Branch, East	P3 Equipment Facility	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Black Branch, East	P3 Gobs	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Black Branch, East	P3 Gobs	Clean Streams Initiative	In Reclamation
Black Branch, East	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Black Branch, East	P3 Mine Opening	Remining	Reclamation Completed
Black Branch, East	P3 Mine Opening	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Black Branch, East	P3 Water Problems	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Bradleyton, North	P2 Surface Burning	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Bradleytown	P1 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Bradleytown	P1 Portals	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Bradleytown	P1 Subsidence	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Bradleytown	P1 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Bradleytown	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Bradleytown	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Bradleytown	P2 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Bradleytown	P3 Mine Opening	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Bradleytown	P3 Spoil Area		In Reclamation
Branch Street	P1 Subsidence	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Brookside Church	P1 Hazardous Water Bodies	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Brookside Church	P1 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Brookside Church	P1 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Brookside Church	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Brookside Church	P3 Industrial/Residential Waste	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Brookside Church	P3 Mine Opening	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Brookside Church	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Bruton Creek	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Bruton Creek	P3 Industrial/Residential Waste	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Bullbarn Creek	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Bullbarn Creek	P2 Hazardous Water Bodies	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Bullbarn Creek	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Burnwell	P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Burnwell	P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Coal Interim Site Funding	In Reclamation
Burnwell	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Coal Interim Site Funding	Reclamation Completed
Burnwell	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Coal Interim Site Funding	In Reclamation
Burnwell	P2 Hazardous Water Bodies	Coal Interim Site Funding	In Reclamation
Burnwell	P3 Spoil Area	Coal Interim Site Funding	Reclamation Pending
Burrows Crossroads	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Burrows Crossroads	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Burrows Crossroads, N.E.	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Burrows Crossroads, N.E.	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	In Reclamation
Burrows Crossroads, North	P3 Spoil Area	Remining	Reclamation Completed
Burrows Crossroads, South	P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Burrows Crossroads, South	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Burrows Crossroads, South	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Busby	P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Completed
Busby	P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Completed
Busby	P1 Hazardous Water Bodies	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Completed
Busby	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Remining	Reclamation Completed
Busby	P3 Other	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Completed
Busby Church	P1 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Bush Tower	P1 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Bush Tower	P1 Subsidence	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Bush Tower	P1 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Bush Tower	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Bush Tower	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Bush Tower	P2 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Bush Tower Road	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Bush Tower Road	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Bush Tower Road	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Business Creek	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Business Creek	P3 Industrial/Residential Waste	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Business Creek	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Calumet, North	P1 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Calumet, North	P1 Vertical Openings		Reclamation Pending
Calumet, North	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Calumet, North	P3 Mine Opening	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Calumet, South	P1 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Calumet, South	P1 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Calumet, South	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Calumet, South	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Other	Reclamation Completed
Calumet, South	P2 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending

…and 852 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 Abandoned403 on register

#2 Strip
Surface coal · Quinn & Quinn Coal Company · MSHA ID 0100893

Abandoned 1974-01-10
A And J Strip Mine
Surface coal · A & J Coal Co · MSHA ID 0100819

Abandoned 1975-11-04
Addison Rail Siding
Facility coal · Alabama Land & Mineral Corp · MSHA ID 0102658

Abandoned 1997-07-21
Adkins Strip
Surface coal · Southeastern Metallurgical Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0900862

Abandoned 1977-11-14
Alacoal No 7
Surface coal · Alacoal Companies Inc · MSHA ID 0102078

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Aldridge Mine No 1
Surface coal · Pickens Coal Inc · MSHA ID 0102797

Abandoned 1996-02-06
Aldridge Mine No 3
Surface coal · New Acton Coal Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0103051

Abandoned 1997-07-30
All Pits Cordova Clay Pits
Surface metal/non-metal · Cordova Clay Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102518

Abandoned 1995-06-12
America Highwall
Underground coal · Drummond Company, Inc. · MSHA ID 0102697

Abandoned and Sealed 1998-06-25
Argo Pit
Surface coal · Cordova Clay Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102114

Abandoned 1981-02-15
Argo Pit
Surface metal/non-metal · Cordova Clay Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102408

Abandoned 1985-04-22
Armory Mine No 1
Surface coal · Marion Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 0102854

Abandoned 1990-04-09
B And J Surface Mine
Surface coal · B & J Coal & Clay Company · MSHA ID 0100794

Abandoned 1972-06-27
Baker Mine
Surface coal · Uptown Motors Inc · MSHA ID 0102920

Abandoned 1994-05-31
Bankhead Mine
Surface coal · Russell Coal Inc · MSHA ID 0100341

Abandoned 1998-01-15
Bankhead Mine
Surface coal · C F Ballenger Corp · MSHA ID 0102240

Abandoned 1983-12-09
Barker Pit No 1
Surface coal · Barker Coal Company · MSHA ID 0101327

Abandoned 1975-12-18
Benoit No 1
Surface coal · Benoit Coal & Clay Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102154

Abandoned 1985-06-20
Benoit Pit
Surface coal · Beaird Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0100824

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Benoit Pit
Surface coal · Pillar Coal Inc · MSHA ID 0101807

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Best #1
Surface coal · Best Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102460

Abandoned 1985-09-25
Big Ridge Mine
Surface coal · Kinlock Coals Inc · MSHA ID 0102221

Abandoned 1982-04-23
Bkw-Empire Town Creek South
Surface coal · Bkw Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 0102766

Abandoned 1991-01-25
Blue Creek #2
Surface coal · Lynn Energy Inc · MSHA ID 0102634

Abandoned 1993-10-04
Blue Creek Mine
Surface coal · Quality Coal Co., Inc. · MSHA ID 0103305

Abandoned 2010-09-27
Blue Ridge
Surface coal · Seminole Coal Resources LLC · MSHA ID 0103037

Abandoned 2002-03-28
Blue Ridge Mining Pit No 5
Surface coal · Alacoal Companies Inc · MSHA ID 0101988

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Blue Ridge No 1
Surface coal · Alacoal Companies Inc · MSHA ID 0101438

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Blue Ridge No 2 Strip
Surface coal · Alacoal Companies Inc · MSHA ID 0101763

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Blue Water Creek Strip
Surface coal · Bob Fleming Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101766

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Bowen Strip Mine
Surface coal · A S Bowen Coal Company · MSHA ID 0100800

Abandoned 1973-07-30
Bradley Town
Surface coal · R & D Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0102835

Abandoned 1995-04-14
Briceston
Surface coal · Aa Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0102205

Abandoned 1982-03-03
Briceton Mine
Surface coal · Black Warrior Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 0102648

Abandoned 1993-02-11
Bryant's Creek
Surface coal · Cherokee Mining, L.L.C. · MSHA ID 0103235

Abandoned 2004-03-08
Bryants Creek
Surface coal · Birmingham Coal & Coke Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102268

Abandoned 1993-07-21
Burnwell Pit
Surface coal · Sumco Inc · MSHA ID 0101302

Abandoned 1975-12-16
Burnwell Pit
Surface coal · Black Gold Coal Company · MSHA ID 0101972

Abandoned 1981-01-06
Burnwell Pit
Surface coal · Blue Water Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0102138

Abandoned 1982-03-01
Burton Bend
Surface coal · Faulkner Energy Corp · MSHA ID 0102787

Abandoned 1996-02-06
Burton Bend Mine
Surface coal · Black Creek Land & Mineral Inc · MSHA ID 0103058

Abandoned 2000-06-29
Burton Bend Mine
Surface coal · McWane, Inc. · MSHA ID 0103376

Abandoned 2025-10-20
BURTON BEND MINE
Surface coal · MOUNTAINSIDE COAL CO., INC · MSHA ID 0103575

Abandoned 2024-07-01
Burton Mine
Surface coal · Hull Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102538

Abandoned 1983-10-20
Busby Strip Mine
Surface coal · Busby Coal Company · MSHA ID 0100342

Abandoned 1974-01-10
Calmes Pit
Surface coal · Alacoal Companies Inc · MSHA ID 0102130

Abandoned 1980-11-05
Calumet Mine
Surface coal · Southland Coal Inc · MSHA ID 0102399

Abandoned 1983-11-15
Cane Creek Mine
Surface coal · Gunner-Reilly Corporation · MSHA ID 0103056

Abandoned 2005-03-15
Cane Creek Mine
Surface coal · Iron Eagle Land Rehabilitation, LLC · MSHA ID 0103372

Abandoned 2026-05-21
Captain D
Surface coal · Black Warrior Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 0102905

Abandoned 1995-03-13
Carbon Hill
Surface coal · Quinn & Quinn Coal Company · MSHA ID 0101070

Abandoned 1974-03-25
Carbon Hill Mine No 1
Surface coal · Delta Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102271

Abandoned 1982-06-16
Carbon Hill No.1
Surface coal · Iron Eagle Land Rehabilitation, LLC · MSHA ID 0103519

Abandoned 2020-12-30
Carbon Hill Prep Plant
Facility coal · Taylor Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101404

Abandoned 1976-07-13
Carbon Hill Strip
Surface coal · Concord Brothers Coal Company · MSHA ID 0100836

Abandoned 1974-01-10
Carbon Hill Strip
Surface coal · Lakeside Coal Company · MSHA ID 0101558

Abandoned 1977-02-09
Carbonhill Mine
Surface coal · Ingle Construction Company · MSHA ID 0102631

Abandoned 1988-03-30
Carpet Rock
Surface coal · Lone Star Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102109

Abandoned 1982-06-01
Carpet Rock No 2
Surface coal · Lone Star Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102159

Abandoned 1985-06-13
Carpet Rock No 3
Surface coal · Lone Star Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102234

Abandoned 1981-03-02
Cedrum Mine
Surface coal · Drummond Company, Inc. · MSHA ID 0101270

Abandoned 2009-06-30
Cedrum Mine
Surface coal · Ryan'S Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102330

Abandoned 1985-09-24
Cedrum Mine No 2
Surface coal · Drummond Company, Inc. · MSHA ID 0101985

Abandoned 1996-03-15
Chapel Hill
Surface coal · Birmingham Coal & Coke Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102864

Abandoned 1992-01-22
Chapel Hill Surface
Surface coal · Mid South Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101925

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Cherokee No 1 Strip
Surface coal · Cherokee Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101530

Abandoned 1977-07-21
Clark Hollow Mine
Surface coal · Mc Wane Inc · MSHA ID 0102875

Abandoned and Sealed 1996-12-23
Clark Pit
Surface coal · C F Ballenger Corp · MSHA ID 0102022

Abandoned 1981-02-03
Clarke Mine
Surface coal · Cedar Creek Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102773

Abandoned 1991-07-12
Clear Creek Strip
Surface coal · Myers Building Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101914

Abandoned 1981-01-06
Coal Creek #2
Surface coal · Russell Coal Inc · MSHA ID 0102983

Abandoned 1998-01-16
Coal Creek Mine
Surface coal · Russell Coal Inc · MSHA ID 0102802

Abandoned 1995-09-12
Coal Creek Mine
Surface coal · Walker Land & Mineral Corp · MSHA ID 0103152

Abandoned 2005-06-14
Coal Valley East Mine
Surface coal · Iron Eagle Land Rehabilitation, LLC · MSHA ID 0103462

Abandoned 2018-07-20
Coal Valley Mine
Surface coal · Iron Eagle Land Rehabilitation, LLC · MSHA ID 0103410

Abandoned 2026-05-21
Coal Valley Mine No 1
Facility coal · Twin Energy Coal · MSHA ID 0102307

Abandoned 1982-10-26
Concord No 1 Strip
Surface coal · Concord Coal Company · MSHA ID 0101255

Abandoned 1975-09-02
Copeland
Surface coal · Uptown Motors Inc · MSHA ID 0103034

Abandoned 2004-03-29
Cordell Creek
Surface coal · Black Creek Land & Mineral Inc · MSHA ID 0102505

Abandoned 1988-01-25
Cordell Creek Mine
Surface coal · Myers Coal Company · MSHA ID 0102656

Abandoned 1990-09-13
Cordova
Surface coal · Haley Bros. Coal, Inc. · MSHA ID 0103341

Abandoned 2009-06-30
Cordova Loading
Facility coal · Drummond Company, Inc. · MSHA ID 0100114

Abandoned 1998-07-29
Cordova Mine
Surface coal · Southland Coal Inc · MSHA ID 0102400

Abandoned 1981-12-08
Cordova Mine
Surface coal · Birmingham Coal & Coke Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102539

Abandoned 1985-11-06
Cordova Pit
Surface coal · Contract Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0100796

Abandoned 1977-12-05
Corinth Mine
Underground coal · Warrior Investment Co Inc · MSHA ID 0103002

Abandoned and Sealed 2011-03-11
Corinth Mine (Surface)
Surface coal · Best Coal Inc · MSHA ID 0103038

Abandoned 1998-01-15
Corona Mine
Surface coal · Arch Of Illinois · MSHA ID 0100626

Abandoned 1988-03-28
Corona Strip
Surface coal · Poe Coal Company · MSHA ID 0100625

Abandoned 1974-04-11
Corona-Mc Collum Pits
Surface coal · Wright Coal Company · MSHA ID 0100792

Abandoned 1972-07-24
Crescent Valley
Surface coal · Alabama Land & Mineral Corp · MSHA ID 0102953

Abandoned 1992-05-22
Cresent Valley Mine
Surface coal · Mays Mining, Inc. · MSHA ID 0103370

Abandoned 2019-06-03
Crossroad
Surface coal · C & H Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102966

Abandoned 1994-06-07
Curry Pit
Surface coal · Curry Coal Inc · MSHA ID 0101369

Abandoned 1976-04-15
D & S Excavating Co Inc
Surface coal · D & S Excavating Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102740

Abandoned 1987-10-21
D & S Mine
Surface coal · D & S Excavating Co · MSHA ID 0101055

Abandoned 1975-07-08
Dico No 1
Surface metal/non-metal · Dico Inc · MSHA ID 0102819

Abandoned 1990-03-16
Dilworth Mine
Surface coal · M S & R Equipment Company Inc · MSHA ID 0103129

Abandoned 2007-03-19
Dixie Mine
Surface coal · Ellis Minerals Llc · MSHA ID 0103131

Abandoned 2001-03-09
Dixie Springs
Surface coal · Dixie Springs Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 0101883

Abandoned 2004-03-22
Dixie Springs
Surface coal · Colonial Contracting Inc · MSHA ID 0103014

Abandoned 1995-03-15
Dogtown Mine
Surface coal · Haley Bros. Coal, Inc. · MSHA ID 0102817

Abandoned 2013-01-03
Dora Pit
Surface coal · J & G Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102601

Abandoned 1985-09-13
Dora Pit No 1
Surface coal · Dora Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101515

Abandoned 1980-03-10
Dora Pit No 3
Surface coal · Dora Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102223

Abandoned 1980-10-01
Drummond Shop
Facility coal · Drummond Coal Company · MSHA ID 0101709

Abandoned 1977-11-14
Dry Creek
Surface coal · Cordova Clay Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102284

Abandoned 1981-07-30
Dutton Hill Mine
Surface coal · Quality Coal Company, Inc. · MSHA ID 0103423

Abandoned 2026-05-21
Dutton Hill Mine No. 2
Surface coal · Iron Eagle Land Rehabilitation, LLC · MSHA ID 0103496

Abandoned 2025-10-20
E & T Strip
Surface coal · E & T Coal Company · MSHA ID 0101250

Abandoned 1977-07-21
Early Ridge Mine
Surface coal · Mc Wane Inc · MSHA ID 0102732

Abandoned 1990-09-25
Early Ridge Strip
Surface coal · Lone Star Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101995

Abandoned 1979-10-01
El Claire Mine
Surface coal · Yellowhammer Energy Solutions, LLC. · MSHA ID 0103510

Abandoned 2024-01-26
Eldridge #1
Surface coal · Mann Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102301

Abandoned 1985-09-23
Eldridge Mine
Surface coal · Pickens Coal Inc · MSHA ID 0102615

Abandoned 1988-03-29
Eldridge Mine
Surface coal · Central Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0102906

Abandoned 1993-11-02
Elk River Mine
Surface coal · Birmingham Coal & Coke Company Inc · MSHA ID 0103079

Abandoned 2002-08-28
Empire Mine
Surface coal · B A S S Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102441

Abandoned 1985-08-26
Empire Mine
Surface coal · Hull Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102466

Abandoned 1985-02-07
Empire No 1 Pit 200
Surface coal · Charbon Inc · MSHA ID 0101018

Abandoned 1975-04-28
Empire Pit
Surface coal · C M & C Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101874

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Empire Town Creek Mine
Surface coal · Reed Minerals, Inc. · MSHA ID 0100790

Abandoned 1995-10-05
Estus No 2 Strip
Surface coal · Rapco Inc · MSHA ID 0101475

Abandoned 1977-07-21
Estus Strip Mine
Surface coal · Estus Coal Company · MSHA ID 0100859

Abandoned 1981-01-06
Fall City Mine
Surface coal · Lakeside Coal Company · MSHA ID 0101042

Abandoned 1976-12-21
Fancy Lump Mine
Surface coal · Treadyway Inc · MSHA ID 0103061

Abandoned 1999-12-21
Fancy Lump Mine No 2
Surface coal · Treadway Inc · MSHA ID 0103107

Abandoned 2006-12-11
Faulkner Energy Corp
Surface coal · Faulkner Energy Corp · MSHA ID 0102559

Abandoned 1983-12-28
Fern Springs
Surface coal · Pickens Coal Inc · MSHA ID 0102812

Abandoned 1992-10-13
Fern Springs Pit No 1
Surface coal · Haley Brothers & Partridge Coal Inc · MSHA ID 0102172

Abandoned 1983-08-16
Files Bottom
Surface coal · Alabama Land & Mineral Corp · MSHA ID 0102706

Abandoned 1996-10-11
Flat Wood
Surface coal · C & H Ventures Inc · MSHA ID 0103074

Abandoned 1997-03-21
Flatcreek Mine
Surface coal · Laguna Resources Inc · MSHA ID 0103093

Abandoned 1999-06-17
Flatwood Mine
Surface coal · Egypt Contracting Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102866

Abandoned 1998-04-15
Freeman Branch
Surface coal · C & H Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102893

Abandoned 1994-06-07
French Pit
Surface coal · Calvert & Marsh Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101919

Abandoned 1983-10-13
Frontier Processing Inc
Facility coal · Frontier Processing · MSHA ID 0103059

Abandoned 1998-08-24
Frost
Surface coal · Uptown Motors Inc · MSHA ID 0103009

Abandoned 1996-02-07
Frost Creek Mine
Surface coal · P B Coal Inc · MSHA ID 0102999

Abandoned 1995-10-03
Frost Creek Mine
Surface coal · P B Coal Inc · MSHA ID 0103036

Abandoned 1995-09-14
Gamel Mine
Surface coal · Met Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102392

Abandoned 1985-07-30
Gayosa
Surface coal · Cedar Lake Mining, Inc. · MSHA ID 0103106

Abandoned 2004-03-10
Gayosa Pit
Surface coal · Ron Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101013

Abandoned 1977-03-01
Gayosa Pit
Surface coal · Gayosa Coal Inc · MSHA ID 0102186

Abandoned 1985-06-19
Gayossa Pit
Surface coal · Ron Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101310

Abandoned 1978-08-08
Gibson Hill
Surface coal · Arch Of Alabama Inc · MSHA ID 0102232

Abandoned 1988-03-28
Gibson Hill #2 Mine
Surface coal · Arch Of Alabama Inc · MSHA ID 0102637

Abandoned 1987-01-22
Gooden Creek
Surface coal · Birmingham Coal & Coke Co Inc · MSHA ID 0103337

Abandoned 2026-05-21
Gorgas #7 Preparation Plant
Facility coal · Drummond Company, Inc. · MSHA ID 0100340

Abandoned 2002-03-28
Gorgas Pit
Surface coal · Russell Coal Inc · MSHA ID 0101248

Abandoned 1986-10-24

…and 253 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
Adit	Mine openings	USGS topo symbol (point)	400
Strip Mine	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (area)	331
P3 Spoil Area	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	170
P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	86
P3 High Wall	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	86
P1 Subsidence	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	68
P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	63
P1 Portals	Mine openings	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	53
P1 Vertical Openings	Mine openings	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	49
P3 Industrial/Residential Waste	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	39
P2 Vertical Openings	Mine openings	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	38
P2 Portals	Mine openings	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	36
P3 Other	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	36
P1 Hazardous Water Bodies	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	30
P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	24
P2 Hazardous Water Bodies	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	21
P3 Mine Opening	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	19
P3 Gobs	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	18
P2 Industrial/Residential Waste	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	18
P3 Pits	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	16
P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	16
P3 Equipment Facility	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	16
P3 Haul Road	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	15
Open Pit Mine or Quarry	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (point)	14
P3 Bench	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	13
P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Mills, tipples and facilities	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	12
P3 Water Problems	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	9
P2 Subsidence	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	8
P3 Slump	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	7
Gravel Pit	Quarries, gravel and borrow pits	USGS topo symbol (point)	7
P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Mills, tipples and facilities	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	6
P2 Polluted Water: Agricultural & Industrial	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	5
P1 Dangerous Slides	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	5
P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	4
P3 Slurry	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	4
Tailings - Undifferentiated	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	USGS topo symbol (area)	3
Open Pit Mine	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (point)	3
P1 Surface Burning	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	3
Mine Shaft	Mine openings	USGS topo symbol (point)	2
Problem type not recorded	Other	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	2
P1 Clogged Streams	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P1 Industrial/Residential Waste	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
Mine Dump	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	USGS topo symbol (point)	1
P2 Dangerous Slides	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P2 Clogged Streams	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P1 Flooding	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P1 Dangerous Impoundments	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
Gravel Pit	Quarries, gravel and borrow pits	USGS topo symbol (area)	1
Strip Mine	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (point)	1
P2 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.