Abandoned mines in Sebastian County, Arkansas

1. Mine openings

   shafts, adits, air shafts, portals and vertical openings: the ways into underground workings
   42 10.2%
2. Mines and surface workings

   labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
   190 46.3%
3. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits

   construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
   51 12.4%
4. Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob

   what mining left above ground
   46 11.2%
5. Mills, tipples and facilities

   processing plants and hazardous structures
   3 0.7%
6. Other reclamation problems

   highwalls, subsidence, polluted or clogged water, fires, slides and gases in OSMRE's inventory
   78 19.0%

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.

…and 8 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.

1. Arbuckle Port

   Facility coal · Arkansas Valley Coal Services · MSHA ID 0301422
   Abandoned 1979-11-10
2. Black Reclamation

   Facility coal · B & M Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0301521
   Abandoned 1985-11-01
3. Bonanza Plant

   Facility coal · Process Plant Operators Inc · MSHA ID 0301509
   Abandoned 1992-09-01
4. Bonanza Quarry

   Surface metal/non-metal · APAC-Central, Inc. · MSHA ID 0302014
   Abandoned 2011-07-05
5. COPPERHEAD QUARRY

   Surface metal/non-metal · Mc George Contracting Company Inc · MSHA ID 0301821
   Abandoned 2001-08-13
6. Farrell-Cooper Strip

   Surface coal · Farrell-Cooper Mining Company · MSHA ID 0300906
   Abandoned 1978-06-26
7. Five Hill #1

   Surface coal · Dominion Coal & Timber Corp · MSHA ID 0301556
   Abandoned and Sealed 1983-12-14
8. Forsgren Jenny Lind Quarry and Plant

   Facility metal/non-metal · Forsgren Inc · MSHA ID 0301876
   Abandoned 2005-01-25
9. Fort Smith Pit

   Surface metal/non-metal · Acme Brick Company · MSHA ID 0300133
   Abandoned 2018-12-21
10. FORT SMITH SAND PLT

    Surface metal/non-metal · Arkhola Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 0301576
    Abandoned 1998-01-12
11. Franklin No 2 Strip

    Surface coal · Midwest Coal & Energy Corp · MSHA ID 0301138
    Abandoned 1981-11-30
12. Frog Town #1

    Surface coal · Bonnidee Energy & Land Company Inc · MSHA ID 0301594
    Abandoned and Sealed 1986-07-23
13. G & G CONSTRUCTIN CO.

    Surface metal/non-metal · G & G Construction Company · MSHA ID 0301789
    Abandoned 2005-09-30
14. GREEN VALLEY COAL CO #1

    Surface metal/non-metal · Green Valley Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0301734
    Abandoned 1999-01-05
15. Green Valley Coal Co No 1

    Facility coal · Green Valley Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0301708
    Abandoned 1992-12-22
16. HACKETT PIT

    Surface metal/non-metal · Hackett Stone · MSHA ID 0301375
    Abandoned 2001-08-14
17. Hackett Project

    Facility coal · Davis Coal Corp · MSHA ID 0301617
    Abandoned 1987-01-20
18. Hancock Quarry

    Surface metal/non-metal · Donaho Stone LLC · MSHA ID 0302005
    Abandoned 2013-09-19
19. Hartford #1

    Surface metal/non-metal · Rock-It Natural Stone · MSHA ID 0301861
    Abandoned 2003-10-21
20. Hartford #1 Strip

    Surface coal · New Century Energies Inc · MSHA ID 0301345
    Abandoned 1978-04-06
21. Hartford #2

    Surface metal/non-metal · Liles Quarries · MSHA ID 0301881
    Abandoned 2006-02-22
22. Hilltop #3

    Surface coal · H H H Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0301550
    Abandoned 1992-04-01
23. Kimwyn No Ii Strip

    Underground coal · Midwest Coal & Energy Corp · MSHA ID 0301410
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
24. Marilyn #1 Coal Loading Facility

    Facility coal · B & T Coal Enterprises · MSHA ID 0301365
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
25. Mid-South Quarries

    Surface metal/non-metal · Mid-South Quarries Inc · MSHA ID 0301713
    Abandoned 1993-02-18
26. Midland Mine No 1

    Surface coal · Midland Coal Company · MSHA ID 0301575
    Abandoned and Sealed 1985-05-14
27. Mine #1

    Surface coal · Koal Industries International Inc · MSHA ID 0300278
    Abandoned 1993-03-31
28. Mine #1

    Surface coal · R & S Coal Company · MSHA ID 0301599
    Abandoned 1989-10-17
29. Mine #1

    Surface coal · Russ & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 0301623
    Abandoned 1991-01-03
30. Mine No 1

    Surface coal · Poteau Mountain Coal Company · MSHA ID 0300720
    Abandoned 1973-10-16
31. Mine No 1

    Facility coal · Dee Coal Company · MSHA ID 0301560
    Abandoned 1984-05-04
32. Mine No 1

    Facility coal · H & H Coal Company · MSHA ID 0301563
    Abandoned 1984-05-04
33. Mine No 1

    Surface coal · Johnson Coal Company · MSHA ID 0301712
    Abandoned 1997-12-24
34. No 1 Strip

    Surface coal · Coal Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 0301239
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
35. No 1 Strip Mine

    Surface coal · Hackett Coal Co · MSHA ID 0300275
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
36. No 2 Strip

    Surface coal · Hackett Coal Co · MSHA ID 0300540
    Abandoned 1975-09-15
37. North 19th Street Plant

    Surface metal/non-metal · Fort Smith Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 0300389
    Abandoned 1981-10-21
38. North Custer Quarry

    Surface metal/non-metal · APAC-Central, Inc. · MSHA ID 0301930
    Abandoned 2013-08-19
39. Penny #1

    Surface coal · Comer Mining Company · MSHA ID 0301569
    Abandoned 2017-10-26
40. Pine Mountain No 1

    Surface coal · Tri-State Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 0301596
    Abandoned 1990-10-19
41. Pine's Stone Co Hartford Division

    Surface metal/non-metal · Pine's Stone Co Hartford Division · MSHA ID 0301957
    Abandoned 2012-01-24
42. Pink #1 Strip

    Surface coal · C & E Coal Company · MSHA ID 0301402
    Abandoned 1979-11-15
43. Plant No 1

    Facility coal · Hackett Coal Co · MSHA ID 0301134
    Abandoned 1976-05-17
44. PORTABLE PLANT

    Surface metal/non-metal · Foy Brown Rental Company · MSHA ID 0301798
    Abandoned 2002-12-02
45. Poteau No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Cavanal Mining Corp · MSHA ID 0301331
    Abandoned 1978-02-16
46. Prairie Creek Mine #1

    Surface coal · Hanna Resources Inc · MSHA ID 0301574
    Abandoned and Sealed 1984-10-29
47. Quality No 1

    Surface coal · Quality Coal Company · MSHA ID 0301600
    Abandoned and Sealed 1986-03-12
48. Rippy Sanders -Strip

    Surface coal · Rippy Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0301342
    Abandoned 1977-08-25
49. Russ #1

    Surface coal · Russ & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 0301589
    Abandoned and Sealed 1987-04-24
50. RVQ LAVACA

    Surface metal/non-metal · RIVER VALLEY QUARRIES LLC · MSHA ID 0302043
    Abandoned 2021-10-01
51. Sebastian County Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Sebastian County Highway Department · MSHA ID 0301369
    Abandoned 1982-05-21
52. Sebastian Mine

    Underground coal · Sebastian Management LLC · MSHA ID 0301736
    Abandoned 2026-02-05
53. Shale-Co

    Facility coal · Johnson Coal & Machinery Corp · MSHA ID 0301716
    Abandoned 2002-09-17
54. Site #2

    Facility coal · Mid-States Minerals Company Inc · MSHA ID 0301544
    Abandoned 1985-07-09
55. Site No 1

    Facility coal · Riverside Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0301559
    Abandoned 1983-12-20
56. Skinner Mine

    Surface coal · Johnson Coal & Machinery Corp · MSHA ID 0301571
    Abandoned and Sealed 1986-07-07
57. Stryton Mine #1

    Surface coal · M and R Debris Management, LLC · MSHA ID 0300968
    Abandoned 2025-12-03
58. The Hoover Mine

    Underground coal · James Fork Mining Company · MSHA ID 0301772
    Abandoned 1998-06-05
59. Tom Emerson Mine-Strip

    Surface coal · Tom Emerson Coal Company · MSHA ID 0300674
    Abandoned 1977-06-02
60. Wilkem #1

    Surface coal · Mid-America Mining & Development Inc · MSHA ID 0301726
    Abandoned 2001-03-08

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

• Calhoun County 190
• Mississippi County 184
• Clay County 168
• Pulaski County 143
• Grant County 142
• Saline County 128
• Logan County 125
• Howard County 118
• Lafayette County 118
• Hot Spring County 117
• Johnson County 115
• Independence County 114

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.