How many abandoned mines are in Winston County, Alabama?

Abandoned mine inventory

Abandoned mines in Winston County, Alabama

Winston County, Alabama has 121 mine and prospect features on USGS topographic maps published 1936–2000, including 4 mine openings (shafts, adits and air shafts); 1 of the features carry a name on the map. OSMRE's abandoned mine land inventory lists 220 problems in the county, 115 of them not yet reclaimed. MSHA's register carries 124 mines in the county with status Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed.

Every mine and prospect feature the USGS digitized from historical topographic maps covering Winston 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): 121
Mine openings: 4
OSMRE problems unreclaimed: 115
MSHA mines marked abandoned: 124

1 features carry a name0 prospect pits16 quadrangle maps, published 1936–2000 220 OSMRE problems, 105 reclaimed 2 MSHA mines abandoned and sealed

What the features are

Mine openings

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

21 6.2%
Mines and surface workings

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

87 25.5%
Quarries, gravel and borrow pits

construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction

20 5.9%
Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob

what mining left above ground

74 21.7%
Other reclamation problems

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

139 40.8%

Named features on the maps1 named · from the USGS compilation

Name on map	Feature	Quadrangle	First mapped
Cagle Mine	Adit	Phil Campbell	1946

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 problems220 on inventory

Problem area	Problem	Program	Status
Ashbank, North	P3 Bench	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Completed
Ashbank, North	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Ashbank, North	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Completed
Bagwell Branch	P1 Dangerous Highwalls		Reclamation Pending
Bagwell Branch	P3 Other	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Bagwell Branch	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Bankhead Forest	P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Bankhead Forest	P2 Industrial/Residential Waste	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Bankhead Forest	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Battle Creek	P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Battle Creek	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Bear Creek, East	P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Bear Creek, East	P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Coal Interim Site Funding	Reclamation Completed
Bear Creek, East	P3 Other	Coal Interim Site Funding	In Reclamation
Beech Grove	P2 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Bluffy Branch	P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Bluffy Branch	P3 Other	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Bluffy Branch	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Boar Tush	P1 Subsidence	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Boar Tush	P1 Subsidence	Other	In Reclamation
Boar Tush	P2 Industrial/Residential Waste	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Boar Tush	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Boar Tush	P3 Other	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Boar Tush	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Byler Road, West	P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Byler Road, West	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Byler Road, West	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Byler Road, West	P2 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Byler Road, West	P3 Industrial/Residential Waste	Remining	Reclamation Completed
Byler Road, West	P3 Other	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Byler Road, West	P3 Pits	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Byler Road, West	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Center	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Completed
Center Street Subsidence Emergency	P1 Subsidence	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Center Street Subsidence Emergency	P1 Subsidence	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Center Street Subsidence Emergency	P1 Subsidence	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Concord Church	P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Concord Church	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Concord Church, N	P1 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Concord Church, N	P3 Slump	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Concord Church, Nw	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Concord Church, Nw	P2 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Concord Church, Nw	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Courington	P1 Hazardous Water Bodies	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Completed
Courington	P1 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Courington	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Completed
Courington	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Courington	P3 Spoil Area	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Completed
Crossroads Church, West	P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Coal Interim Site Funding	In Reclamation
Crossroads Church, West	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Coal Interim Site Funding	Reclamation Pending
Crossroads Church, West	P3 Haul Road	Coal Interim Site Funding	In Reclamation
Crossroads Church, West	P3 Industrial/Residential Waste	Coal Interim Site Funding	Reclamation Pending
Crossroads Church, West	P3 Other	Coal Interim Site Funding	Reclamation Pending
Crossroads Church, West	P3 Spoil Area	Remining	Reclamation Completed
Crossroads Church, West	P3 Spoil Area	Coal Interim Site Funding	In Reclamation
Crossroads Church, West	P3 Water Problems	Coal Interim Site Funding	Reclamation Pending
Davis Mill Dam	P3 Spoil Area	Remining	Reclamation Completed
Deer School	P1 Hazardous Water Bodies	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Deer School	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Delmar	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Completed
Delmar	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Completed
Delmar Subsidence Emergency Ii	P1 Subsidence	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Delmar Subsidence Emergency Iii	P1 Subsidence	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Delmar, West	P1 Subsidence	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Delmer East	P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Pending
Delmer East	P1 Subsidence	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Pending
Delmer East	P3 Spoil Area	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Pending
Delmer East	P3 Spoil Area	Other	Reclamation Completed
Dodd Cemetery	P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Coal Interim Site Funding	Reclamation Completed
Dodd Cemetery	P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Coal Interim Site Funding	In Reclamation
Dodd Cemetery	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Coal Interim Site Funding	Reclamation Completed
Dodd Cemetery	P3 High Wall	Coal Interim Site Funding	Reclamation Pending
Dodd Cemetery	P3 Industrial/Residential Waste	Coal Interim Site Funding	In Reclamation
Dodd Cemetery	P3 Spoil Area	Coal Interim Site Funding	In Reclamation
Glen Mary	P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Coal Interim Site Funding	Reclamation Pending
Glen Mary	P1 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Glen Mary	P1 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Glen Mary	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Glen Mary	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Completed
Glen Mary	P3 Industrial/Residential Waste	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Glen Mary	P3 Mine Opening	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Glen Mary	P3 Other	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Completed
Glen Mary	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Glen Mary	P3 Spoil Area	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Completed
Haleyville North	P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Haleyville North	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Haleyville North	P3 Water Problems	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Hoggle	P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Hoggle	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Hoggle	P2 Industrial/Residential Waste	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Hoggle	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Hoggle	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Kaiser Bottom	P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Kaiser Bottom	P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Remining	Reclamation Completed
Kaiser Bottom	P3 High Wall	Remining	Reclamation Completed
Kaiser Bottom	P3 Spoil Area	Remining	Reclamation Completed
Kaiser Bottom, E.	P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Pending
Kaiser Bottom, E.	P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Kaiser Bottom, E.	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Pending
Kaiser Bottom, E.	P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Pending
Kaiser Bottom, E.	P3 Industrial/Residential Waste	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Kaiser Bottom, E.	P3 Industrial/Residential Waste	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Pending
Kaiser Bottom, E.	P3 Spoil Area	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Pending
Kaiser Bottom, South	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Kaiser Bottom, South	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Kaiser Bottom, South	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Kaiser Bottom, South	P3 Industrial/Residential Waste	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Kaiser Bottom, South	P3 Industrial/Residential Waste	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Kaiser Bottom, South	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Kaiser Bottom, South	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Lincoln	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Lincoln	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Lincoln	P3 Industrial/Residential Waste	Other	In Reclamation
Lincoln	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Lynn	P3 Industrial/Residential Waste	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Lynn	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Lynn Subsidence Emergency	P1 Subsidence	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Lynn, East	P2 Subsidence	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Lynn, North	P1 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Lynn, North	P1 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Lynn, West	P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Remining	Reclamation Completed
Lynn, West	P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Lynn, West	P1 Hazardous Water Bodies	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Lynn, West	P1 Industrial/Residential Waste	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Lynn, West	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Lynn, West	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Remining	Reclamation Completed
Lynn, West	P2 Dangerous Slides	Coal Interim Site Funding	Reclamation Completed
Lynn, West	P3 High Wall	Remining	Reclamation Completed
Lynn, West	P3 Industrial/Residential Waste	Remining	Reclamation Completed
Lynn, West	P3 Other	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Lynn, West	P3 Spoil Area	Coal Interim Site Funding	In Reclamation
Lynn, West	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Lynn, West	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Lynn, West	P3 Spoil Area	Remining	Reclamation Completed
Marylee, North	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Completed
Meadow Creek	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Meadow Creek	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Meadow Creek	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Meadow Creek, West	P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Coal Interim Site Funding	Reclamation Completed
Meadow Creek, West	P1 Hazardous Water Bodies	Coal Interim Site Funding	In Reclamation
Meadow Creek, West	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Coal Interim Site Funding	In Reclamation
Millstone Mountain	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Completed
Millstone Mountain, South	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Millstone Mountain, South	P3 Bench	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Millstone Mountain, South	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Millstone Mountain, South	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Natis, Sw	P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Completed
Natis, Sw	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Completed
Natis, Sw	P2 Hazardous Water Bodies	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Completed
Natis, Sw	P2 Industrial/Residential Waste	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Completed

…and 70 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 Abandoned124 on register

Ace #4
Surface coal · Ace Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102498

Abandoned 1984-08-10
Ashbank #1
Surface coal · Cougar Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0101981

Abandoned 1982-02-22
Ashbank Strip
Surface coal · Drummond Coal Company · MSHA ID 0101739

Abandoned 1978-05-09
B And M Pit
Surface coal · B & M Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102052

Abandoned 1981-02-27
Bachlor Pit
Surface coal · D & J Mineral & Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0102198

Abandoned 1981-01-30
Bachlor Pit No 2
Surface coal · D & J Mineral & Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0102344

Abandoned 1982-01-26
Batchelor Pit
Surface coal · J & G Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102299

Abandoned 1982-08-03
Bear Creek Pit No 1
Surface coal · Bear Creek Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101900

Abandoned 1980-03-01
Bear Creek Strip
Surface coal · Dnr-B Coal Company · MSHA ID 0101731

Abandoned 1978-05-09
Beech Grove
Surface coal · Birmingham Coal & Coke Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102580

Abandoned 1986-01-28
Beech Grove #1
Surface coal · Energy Equities Inc · MSHA ID 0102502

Abandoned 1984-03-09
Big Bear
Surface coal · White Oak Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102800

Abandoned 1992-05-26
Black Pond
Surface coal · Winston Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0101559

Abandoned 1980-11-01
Black Pond
Surface coal · Central Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0102202

Abandoned 1988-03-29
Black Pond
Surface coal · Algoma Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102579

Abandoned 1984-05-01
Black Pond #1
Surface coal · May & Associates · MSHA ID 0102493

Abandoned 1983-08-09
Black Pond #6 Mine
Surface coal · Lynn Energy Inc · MSHA ID 0102602

Abandoned 1987-01-26
Black Pond Mine
Surface coal · Westala Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0100966

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Black Pond Mine
Surface coal · Central Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0102077

Abandoned 1980-05-21
Black Pond Mine
Surface coal · Imac Energy Inc · MSHA ID 0102416

Abandoned 1984-08-22
Black Pond Mine #1
Surface coal · Ajax Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102128

Abandoned 1980-04-08
Black Pond Pit
Surface coal · North American Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102197

Abandoned 1981-08-13
Blue Ridge No 4
Surface coal · Alacoal Companies Inc · MSHA ID 0101871

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Browns Creek Mine
Surface coal · New Acton Coal Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102846

Abandoned 1995-10-11
Bullock Mine #1
Surface coal · Bullock Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102604

Abandoned 1987-11-30
Bullock Mine No 1
Surface coal · D & J Mineral & Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0102286

Abandoned 1984-08-21
Cavender Pit
Surface metal/non-metal · Winston Sand & Gravel, LLC · MSHA ID 0103274

Abandoned 2008-01-29
Central Mining Inc
Surface coal · Central Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0102618

Abandoned 1985-03-12
Clear Creek Strip
Surface coal · Bob Fleming Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101833

Abandoned 1981-01-06
Clear Creek Strip
Surface coal · Blue Water Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0101969

Abandoned 1980-11-05
Coalite Pit 5
Surface coal · Lone Star Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101930

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Coalite Pit No 1
Surface coal · Coalite Inc · MSHA ID 0100984

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Crossroads
Surface coal · Birmingham Coal & Coke Company Inc · MSHA ID 0103207

Abandoned 2006-05-03
Crossroads Pit
Surface coal · Ron Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102129

Abandoned 1981-03-31
Crossroads Pit #1
Surface coal · Arrow Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101722

Abandoned 1978-06-15
Curley Mine
Surface coal · J & G Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102373

Abandoned 1982-05-28
Curry Pit
Surface coal · Nickel Plate Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101810

Abandoned 1988-03-29
Delmar Mine
Surface coal · New Circle Inc · MSHA ID 0102585

Abandoned 1985-01-24
Delmar Mine Pit No 1
Surface coal · Cougar Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0101957

Abandoned 1981-01-06
Donald Martin Pit Strip
Surface coal · Real Coal Inc · MSHA ID 0101800

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Energon No 1 Strip
Surface coal · Energon Mining Corp Inc · MSHA ID 0101517

Abandoned 1978-05-09
Environmental Improvement Mine
Surface coal · Safe Development Corp · MSHA ID 0102963

Abandoned 1993-07-15
Flanagan No 1 Strip
Surface coal · Flanagan Excavating Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101716

Abandoned 1977-11-01
G L T #2
Underground coal · G L T Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102427

Abandoned and Sealed 1984-05-17
Glen Mary Strip
Surface coal · Triple H Coal Company · MSHA ID 0101744

Abandoned 1978-02-21
Hickory Grove
Surface coal · Reed Minerals, Inc. · MSHA ID 0102639

Abandoned 2008-03-25
Hill Pit Mine
Surface coal · Winston Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0101095

Abandoned 1976-08-31
Hoggle Ridge Mine
Surface coal · Haley Brothers & Partridge Coal Inc · MSHA ID 0102630

Abandoned 2000-02-14
Homer E Glenn Pit No 1
Surface coal · Glenn & Sons Coal Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101046

Abandoned 1977-11-14
Huggins Pit
Surface coal · Southmen Mining Company · MSHA ID 0100998

Abandoned 1975-07-08
Intersouth Coal Pit No 1
Surface coal · Intersouth Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101862

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Kaiser Bottom Pit
Surface coal · Wal-Win Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102501

Abandoned 1983-11-07
Kaiser Rose
Surface coal · D & J Mineral & Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0102442

Abandoned 1983-08-10
Kaizer Bottom
Surface coal · Haley Brothers & Partridge Coal Inc · MSHA ID 0102572

Abandoned 1985-01-24
Lynn Mine
Surface coal · Manatee Coal Inc · MSHA ID 0102110

Abandoned 1980-09-01
Lynn Pit
Surface coal · Old Hickory Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102422

Abandoned 1982-03-17
Lynn Strip
Surface coal · Triple H Coal Company · MSHA ID 0101795

Abandoned 1978-02-21
Mattie Ridge Mine
Surface coal · Mega Services Inc · MSHA ID 0102861

Abandoned 1990-07-25
Mims Pit
Surface coal · Real Coal Inc · MSHA ID 0101803

Abandoned 1981-01-06
Mine #1
Underground coal · B & E Coal Company · MSHA ID 0102404

Abandoned and Sealed 1982-06-21
Mine No 1
Surface coal · Southeast Coal Company · MSHA ID 0101025

Abandoned 1975-12-15
Mine No 1
Surface coal · Heritage Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102433

Abandoned 1982-08-02
Mine No 2
Surface coal · Southeast Coal Company · MSHA ID 0101043

Abandoned 1976-05-03
Mineral Management Incorporated
Surface coal · Mineral Management Inc · MSHA ID 0101431

Abandoned 1976-10-28
Mobley
Surface coal · Keller Construction Inc · MSHA ID 0101648

Abandoned 1981-01-06
Mobley Pit No 4 Strip
Surface coal · Real Coal Inc · MSHA ID 0101802

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Moccasin Branch Mine
Surface coal · Pickens Coal Inc · MSHA ID 0102670

Abandoned 1989-10-16
Natural Bridge #1
Surface coal · Naco Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102431

Abandoned 1983-09-30
Natural Bridge-2400 Mine
Surface coal · Drummond Coal Company · MSHA ID 0101865

Abandoned 1980-04-01
Natural Bridge-738 Mine
Surface coal · Drummond Company, Inc. · MSHA ID 0100315

Abandoned 1984-10-15
Nauvoo Pit
Surface coal · Pawnee Mining & Coal Sales Inc · MSHA ID 0101292

Abandoned 1977-04-11
Nebo
Surface coal · Jim Walter Resources Inc · MSHA ID 0101268

Abandoned 1976-06-24
Nickel Pit #1
Surface coal · Tuscaloosa Coal Augering Company · MSHA ID 0102469

Abandoned 1982-08-02
No 1 Pit
Surface coal · T & K Coal Company · MSHA ID 0101891

Abandoned 1979-10-01
No 1 Pit Mine
Surface coal · Grover Busby Coal Company · MSHA ID 0100981

Abandoned 1975-07-08
No 1 Strip
Surface coal · Joe Rolfe & Company · MSHA ID 0101371

Abandoned 1977-02-09
No 1 Strip Mine
Surface coal · Athens Coal Co C/O Burgess Contracting Co · MSHA ID 0100739

Abandoned 1973-06-18
Old Union
Surface coal · Mays Mining, Inc. · MSHA ID 0103358

Abandoned 2026-05-21
Pendley Mines
Surface coal · Tennessee Valley Mining Company · MSHA ID 0100957

Abandoned 1975-03-10
Penoley Pit 002
Surface coal · Real Coal Inc · MSHA ID 0101801

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Piney Ridge
Surface coal · Pickens Coal Inc · MSHA ID 0102578

Abandoned 1989-06-23
Pit No 1
Surface coal · Silver Dollar Construction Co Inc · MSHA ID 0100978

Abandoned 1975-04-28
Pit No 1
Surface coal · Grover Busby Coal Company · MSHA ID 0101314

Abandoned 1976-03-23
Pit No 1
Surface coal · Big Sandy Coal Co Inc · MSHA ID 0101539

Abandoned 1977-04-11
Pit No 1
Surface coal · Lost Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 0101548

Abandoned 1978-01-09
Pit No 1
Surface coal · Ajax Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101732

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Pit No 1
Surface coal · No 3rd Century Industries Inc · MSHA ID 0101738

Abandoned 1978-05-09
Pit No 1
Surface coal · Naco Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101885

Abandoned 1981-01-06
Pit No 1 Surface
Surface coal · C & F Coal Co Inc · MSHA ID 0101430

Abandoned 1976-10-28
Pit No 1-Coon Creek Pit
Surface coal · Carbon Fuel Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101741

Abandoned 1977-11-01
Pit No 2
Surface coal · Vulcan Energy Resources Corp · MSHA ID 0101245

Abandoned 1978-05-09
Pit No 2
Surface coal · Nu-Way Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101529

Abandoned 1977-11-14
Pit No 2 Strip
Surface coal · C & I Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101546

Abandoned 1977-06-30
Pit No 3
Surface coal · Silver Dollar Construction Co Inc · MSHA ID 0100976

Abandoned 1975-07-22
Pit No 3 Strip
Surface coal · M C & P Coal Co Inc · MSHA ID 0101663

Abandoned 1978-05-09
Pit No 5
Surface coal · Fell & Lawrence Inc · MSHA ID 0101514

Abandoned 1977-11-01
Plant Site -Strip
Facility coal · Real Coal Inc · MSHA ID 0101772

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Poplar Spgs Strip Mine
Surface coal · Lakeside Coal Company · MSHA ID 0101334

Abandoned 1981-01-06
Poplar Springs
Surface coal · Central Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0102575

Abandoned 1987-12-02
Poplar Springs
Surface coal · Centennial Natural Resources LLC · MSHA ID 0103321

Abandoned 2019-05-10
Poplar Springs Mine
Surface coal · C & I Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102026

Abandoned 1980-11-05
Poplar Springs Mine No 1
Surface coal · Imac Energy Inc · MSHA ID 0102582

Abandoned 1985-08-12
Poplar Springs Strip
Surface coal · Seminole Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101859

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Poplar Springs Strip
Surface coal · Vines Mining Company · MSHA ID 0101915

Abandoned 1981-08-14
Popular Springs No 1 Strip
Surface coal · Sun Coal Inc · MSHA ID 0100989

Abandoned 1978-05-09
Popular Springs Surface
Surface coal · Busch Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101892

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Prep Plant No 1
Facility coal · Natural Bridge Coal Production Inc · MSHA ID 0101730

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Rosebud Mine
Surface coal · C & F Coal Co Inc · MSHA ID 0101305

Abandoned 1975-09-16
Rutledge Pit
Surface coal · B & M Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102311

Abandoned 1982-08-26
Sides Pit
Surface coal · International Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0102497

Abandoned 1984-03-08
Smith Pit No 1
Surface coal · Ace Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101047

Abandoned 1976-02-09
Trapp Strip Mine
Surface coal · Trapp Coal Company · MSHA ID 0100901

Abandoned 1978-05-09
Tweedy Pit
Surface coal · Winston Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0101824

Abandoned 1980-10-23
W2000 Erection Site Surface
Facility coal · Brilliant Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101937

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Waco Mine
Surface coal · Waco Coal Company · MSHA ID 0101016

Abandoned 1981-01-06
Wilson Bend
Surface coal · Bookout Construction & Mining Corp · MSHA ID 0101769

Abandoned 1985-09-10
Wilson Bend Pit No 12 Strip
Surface coal · Kinlock Coals Inc · MSHA ID 0101921

Abandoned 1980-06-01
Winston #2 Strip
Surface coal · Howton Coal Co Inc · MSHA ID 0101139

Abandoned 1976-10-28
Winston County No 3 Strip Mine
Surface coal · Southeast Coal Company · MSHA ID 0101360

Abandoned 1975-12-15
Winston Pit No 1
Surface coal · Grover Busby Coal Company · MSHA ID 0101646

Abandoned 1977-07-21
Winston Pit No 1
Surface coal · Pennant Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101692

Abandoned 1977-07-11
Winston Pit No 2
Surface coal · Ace Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0101659

Abandoned 1978-03-20
Winston Strip Pit No 2
Surface coal · Natural Bridge Coal Company · MSHA ID 0100559

Abandoned 1972-05-09
Yankee Trace Pit Strip
Surface coal · D & J Mineral & Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0101866

Abandoned 1979-10-01

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)	81
P3 Spoil Area	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	53
P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	25
P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	22
P3 High Wall	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	20
P1 Subsidence	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	17
P3 Industrial/Residential Waste	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	12
Tailings - Pond	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	USGS topo symbol (area)	10
P3 Other	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	9
Gravel Pit	Quarries, gravel and borrow pits	USGS topo symbol (point)	9
P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	9
P2 Industrial/Residential Waste	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	7
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated	Quarries, gravel and borrow pits	USGS topo symbol (point)	7
P1 Hazardous Water Bodies	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	7
P1 Portals	Mine openings	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	5
Open Pit Mine or Quarry	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (point)	5
P2 Portals	Mine openings	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	4
P1 Vertical Openings	Mine openings	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	4
P2 Vertical Openings	Mine openings	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	4
Gravel Pit	Quarries, gravel and borrow pits	USGS topo symbol (area)	4
Adit	Mine openings	USGS topo symbol (point)	4
P3 Water Problems	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	3
P2 Subsidence	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	2
P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	2
P3 Bench	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	2
P2 Hazardous Water Bodies	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	2
P3 Mine Opening	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	2
P2 Dangerous Slides	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	2
Disturbed Surface	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (area)	1
P1 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P2 Clogged Streams	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P3 Haul Road	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P1 Industrial/Residential Waste	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P3 Pits	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P3 Slump	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.