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Abandoned mine inventory

Abandoned mines in Montgomery County, Arkansas

Montgomery County, Arkansas has 29 mine and prospect features on USGS topographic maps published 1936–1986, including 2 mine openings (shafts, adits and air shafts); 2 of the features carry a name on the map. MSHA's register carries 77 mines in the county with status Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed.

Every mine and prospect feature the USGS digitized from historical topographic maps covering Montgomery 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)
29
Mine openings
2
OSMRE problems unreclaimed
0
MSHA mines marked abandoned
77
2 features carry a name0 prospect pits12 quadrangle maps, published 1936–1986 0 MSHA mines abandoned and sealed
What the features are
  1. Mine openings
    shafts, adits, air shafts, portals and vertical openings: the ways into underground workings
    2 6.9%
  2. Mines and surface workings
    labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
    7 24.1%
  3. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits
    construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
    20 69.0%
Named features on the maps2 named · from the USGS compilation
Name on map Feature
Crystal Mine Open Pit Mine area
Crystal Mine Open Pit Mine area

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.

MSHA-registered mines with status Abandoned77 on register
  1. Abernathy Portable Plant #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Gerald Abernathy Backhoe & Dozer Service Inc · MSHA ID 0301925
    Abandoned
  2. Abernathy Portable Plant #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Gerald Abernathy Backhoe & Dozer Service Inc · MSHA ID 0301939
    Abandoned
  3. American Trails Mill
    Facility metal/non-metal · American Trails Whetstone Company · MSHA ID 0301529
    Abandoned
  4. Arrow Head
    Surface metal/non-metal · Arrow Head Mining Company · MSHA ID 0301703
    Abandoned
  5. Avatar Crystal Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Fantasia Mining, Inc. · MSHA ID 0301682
    Abandoned
  6. Bear Mountain
    Surface metal/non-metal · Fiddler's Ridge · MSHA ID 0301816
    Abandoned
  7. Black Springs Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · R D Plant Contracting Company Inc · MSHA ID 0301486
    Abandoned
  8. Blue Phantom Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Crystal City Inc · MSHA ID 0301691
    Abandoned
  9. Brewster Mountain
    Surface metal/non-metal · Gee & Dee Crystal · MSHA ID 0301839
    Abandoned
  10. Circle S Ouachita Aggregates LLC
    Surface metal/non-metal · Circle S Ouachita Aggregates LLC · MSHA ID 0302080
    Abandoned
  11. CLEAR CREEK
    Surface metal/non-metal · Clear Creek · MSHA ID 0301836
    Abandoned
  12. Collier Creek Mining Company
    Surface metal/non-metal · Collier Creek Mining Company · MSHA ID 0301705
    Abandoned
  13. COUNTY LINE MINE
    Surface metal/non-metal · Marlin Mining & Remediation · MSHA ID 0301742
    Abandoned
  14. COUNTY LINE MINE
    Surface metal/non-metal · County Line Mine · MSHA ID 0301827
    Abandoned
  15. COUNTY LINE MINE
    Surface metal/non-metal · Starfire Mine · MSHA ID 0301844
    Abandoned
  16. Crystal Creek Springs
    Surface metal/non-metal · Crystal Creek Springs · MSHA ID 0302038
    Abandoned
  17. Crystal Hill #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Crystal Hills Mining Company · MSHA ID 0301693
    Abandoned
  18. Crystal Hill Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Crystal Hills Mining Company · MSHA ID 0301692
    Abandoned
  19. Crystal Mining Co
    Surface metal/non-metal · Crystal Mining Company · MSHA ID 0301744
    Abandoned
  20. Crystal Point
    Surface metal/non-metal · Crystal City Inc · MSHA ID 0301706
    Abandoned
  21. Crystal Point
    Surface metal/non-metal · Crystal Point Mining · MSHA ID 0301746
    Abandoned
  22. Dempsey Cogburn
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mc George Contracting Company Inc · MSHA ID 0301296
    Abandoned
  23. DIAMOND MYST
    Surface metal/non-metal · Brewer Mining · MSHA ID 0301775
    Abandoned
  24. Diggin' Life Crystal Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Diggin' Life Crystal Mine · MSHA ID 0302045
    Abandoned
  25. DRAIN MINE #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Coy Drain Quartz Mine · MSHA ID 0301633
    Abandoned
  26. Dustin and Austin Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Tim Hill · MSHA ID 0301947
    Abandoned
  27. F. A. I
    Surface metal/non-metal · Robert Kuhn · MSHA ID 0301864
    Abandoned
  28. F.A. III
    Surface metal/non-metal · Robert Kuhn · MSHA ID 0301907
    Abandoned
  29. Fancy Hill Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Milchem Inc · MSHA ID 0301454
    Abandoned
  30. Fancy Hill Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hall Sharpening Stones · MSHA ID 0302046
    Abandoned
  31. FISHER MOUNTAIN
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ron Coleman Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0301632
    Abandoned
  32. FISHER MOUNTAIN SPUR
    Surface metal/non-metal · Starfire Mine · MSHA ID 0301843
    Abandoned
  33. FISHER MT.
    Surface metal/non-metal · Noel R Mcgrew · MSHA ID 0301849
    Abandoned
  34. FORGOTTEN AYE
    Surface metal/non-metal · Robert Kuhn · MSHA ID 0301838
    Abandoned
  35. Goat Crystals LLC
    Surface metal/non-metal · Goat Crystals LLC · MSHA ID 0302064
    Abandoned
  36. Hallelujah Crystal Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hallelujah Crystal Mine · MSHA ID 0302055
    Abandoned
  37. Hog Jaw Q-M
    Surface metal/non-metal · Carey Carmack · MSHA ID 0301700
    Abandoned
  38. Jack Pot
    Surface metal/non-metal · Quartz City · MSHA ID 0301918
    Abandoned
  39. Jackson Mine Oqc-88
    Surface metal/non-metal · Jackson Mining Company · MSHA ID 0301676
    Abandoned
  40. Jones & Jones Mining
    Surface metal/non-metal · Jones & Jones Mining · MSHA ID 0301669
    Abandoned
  41. Lost Fortune
    Surface metal/non-metal · Carl Beggs Dozer · MSHA ID 0301689
    Abandoned
  42. Lynam Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Instrument Supplies Inc · MSHA ID 0301702
    Abandoned
  43. Magic Presance
    Surface metal/non-metal · Crystal Fountain · MSHA ID 0301638
    Abandoned
  44. Maldin Mountain
    Surface metal/non-metal · Steve Belcher · MSHA ID 0301684
    Abandoned
  45. Maldon Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Leatherhead Quartz Mines · MSHA ID 0302084
    Abandoned
  46. Mamco
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mamco · MSHA ID 0301747
    Abandoned
  47. Mamco
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mamco · MSHA ID 0301835
    Abandoned
  48. Mauldin Crystal Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mauldin Crystal Mining Company · MSHA ID 0301685
    Abandoned
  49. Mauldin Forest Service Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · SNCC Inc · MSHA ID 0301880
    Abandoned
  50. Mauldin Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Tigue Brothers Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 0301420
    Abandoned
  51. Mauldin Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Jones Backhoe & Dozer Service Incorporated · MSHA ID 0301873
    Abandoned
  52. Mauldin Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Jimmy Abernathy Trucking · MSHA ID 0301911
    Abandoned
  53. Merlyn's Phantom Hill Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Merlin's LLC · MSHA ID 0301955
    Abandoned
  54. Middle Mountain Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Middle Mountain Mine · MSHA ID 0301675
    Abandoned
  55. Mine #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · David Lysobey · MSHA ID 0301687
    Abandoned
  56. Montgomery County Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Montgomery County Road Department · MSHA ID 0301370
    Abandoned
  57. Mystic One
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mystic Mountain Crystals · MSHA ID 0301670
    Abandoned
  58. Mystic Two
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mystic Mountain Crystals · MSHA ID 0301671
    Abandoned
  59. Oden Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · R D Plant Contracting Company Inc · MSHA ID 0301481
    Abandoned
  60. Oqc 83
    Surface metal/non-metal · Scotty Moffatt · MSHA ID 0301683
    Abandoned
  61. Original Collier Creek
    Surface metal/non-metal · David Lebow Mining Company · MSHA ID 0301673
    Abandoned
  62. OUACHITA ROCK
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ouachita Rock · MSHA ID 0301416
    Abandoned
  63. Phantom Hill Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Phantom Hill Mine · MSHA ID 0301869
    Abandoned
  64. Phantom Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ouachita Lapidary · MSHA ID 0301668
    Abandoned
  65. Portable Plant #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mid-State Construction & Materials Inc · MSHA ID 0301648
    Abandoned
  66. Rita'S Folley
    Surface metal/non-metal · Raley Mining Company · MSHA ID 0301707
    Abandoned
  67. Robins Mining
    Surface metal/non-metal · Robins Mining Company · MSHA ID 0301686
    Abandoned
  68. Rubie Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Arkansas Miners Pick · MSHA ID 0302097
    Abandoned
  69. Sandstone cliffs mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Quartzcity · MSHA ID 0301889
    Abandoned
  70. South Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Wegner Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 0301710
    Abandoned
  71. SOUTHFORK
    Surface metal/non-metal · Leatherhead Quartz Mining · MSHA ID 0301651
    Abandoned
  72. Southfork #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Noel R Mc Grew · MSHA ID 0301690
    Abandoned
  73. Starfire Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Starfire Quartz Crystal Mines · MSHA ID 0301688
    Abandoned
  74. SWEET SURRENDER
    Surface metal/non-metal · Randy Skates · MSHA ID 0301826
    Abandoned
  75. THE CRYSTAL SEEN
    Surface metal/non-metal · Crystal Seen Trading Company · MSHA ID 0301837
    Abandoned
  76. twin creek crystal mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · dixie crystal company · MSHA ID 0302092
    Abandoned
  77. White Light #13
    Surface metal/non-metal · Blackstone & Rock Company · MSHA ID 0301704
    Abandoned

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

By source vocabularythe publishers' own terms
Feature type Features
Gravel Pit 6
Shale Pit 5
Gravel Pit 4
Open Pit Mine 3
Open Pit Mine 3
Shale Pit 2
Adit 2
Quarry 2
Quarry 1
Open Pit Mine or Quarry 1
Other counties in ArkansasAll counties →
How to read these numbers

A USGS feature is a symbol on a historical topographic map, there when the map was surveyed; it may since have been sealed, reclaimed, built over or reopened as a working mine, and the map does not say which. An OSMRE row is a problem the abandoned mine land program tracks, not a mine. An MSHA mine is a registered operation whose operator reported abandonment, a record that starts in the 1970s. The three overlap and are never added together. The county is assigned from each feature's coordinates against the Census 2023 county boundaries. The full method is on the national page.

Sources
  1. USGS, Consolidated Prospect- and Mine-Related Features from 7.5- and 15-Minute Topographic Quadrangle Maps of the United States (USMIN)
    597,612 point and area features digitized from about 106,350 historical topographic maps published 1886–2006; public domain (CC0). A feature is a map symbol, not a field-verified site, and the map does not say whether it was still worked.
  2. USGS Fact Sheet 2025–3003, The Abandoned Mine Inventory of the United States
    States that as of 2025 there is no comprehensive national inventory of abandoned mine features, and that the detailed national database now being built will not be published.
  3. OSMRE, Abandoned Mine Land Inventory System (e-AMLIS), public Problems layer
    One row per abandoned mine land problem in a problem area, with its type, funding program and reclamation status; mostly coal mined before the 1977 Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act. Coordinates are the problem area's.
  4. MSHA, Mines dataset (Mine Data Retrieval System)
    Every mine registered with MSHA since the 1970s; a mine reads Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed when its operator reported that status. Refreshed weekly.
  5. US Census Bureau, 2023 cartographic county boundaries (1:500,000)
    Each feature's county is assigned by its coordinates against these boundaries, not copied from the source file.
  6. GAO-20-238, Abandoned Hardrock Mines (March 2020)
    Federal agencies had identified at least 140,000 abandoned hardrock mine features on federal land and estimated more than 390,000 more not yet captured in their databases.
  7. Abandoned Hardrock Mine Reclamation (AHMR) Program, US Department of the Interior
    The program the USGS inventory is compiled for. Its appropriations and the 674,000 field-confirmed feature count on this page were provided by the program manager, Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance, and are cited with permission (2026-09-08).
  8. IMCC-NAAMLP Hardrock AML Report
    Page 48 carries the two figures this page leans on: USGS estimates 633,181 of the 725,690 mine features it recorded from historic topographic maps, 87 percent, are hardrock; and state and federal agencies have submitted more than 724,000 AML features to the national database being built, already more than the historic maps hold. Year-by-year AHMR funding is on page 35.