Mining Incidents
Abandoned mine inventory

Abandoned mines in Pinal County, Arizona

Pinal County, Arizona has 3,289 mine and prospect features on USGS topographic maps published 1904–2004, including 1,183 mine openings (shafts, adits and air shafts) and 1,712 prospect pits; 166 of the features carry a name on the map. MSHA's register carries 143 mines in the county with status Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed.

Every mine and prospect feature the USGS digitized from historical topographic maps covering Pinal 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)
3,289
Mine openings
1,183
OSMRE problems unreclaimed
0
MSHA mines marked abandoned
143
166 features carry a name1,712 prospect pits108 quadrangle maps, published 1904–2004 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
    1,183 36.0%
  2. Prospect pits and trenches
    shallow exploration diggings that never became a mine
    1,712 52.1%
  3. Mines and surface workings
    labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
    110 3.3%
  4. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits
    construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
    211 6.4%
  5. Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob
    what mining left above ground
    73 2.2%
Named features on the maps166 named · from the USGS compilation
Name on map Feature
Ajax Mine Mine Shaft
Alice Mine Adit
Alice Mine Mine
American Boy Mine Open Pit Mine
American Mine Mine Shaft
Antelope Mine Adit
Antelope Mine Adit
Apache Mine Mine Shaft
Apex Mine Mine Shaft
Belmont Mine Mine Shaft
Black Bess Shaft Mine Shaft
Black Hills Mine Mine Shaft
Black Hills Mine Mine Shaft
Blue Bird Mine Open Pit Mine
Blue Bird Mine Open Pit Mine
Bluebird Mine Mine Shaft
Bluebird Mine Mine Shaft
Bomboy Mine Adit
Bonito Mine Open Pit Mine
Bonito Mine Open Pit Mine
Boomerang Mine Mine Shaft
Boomerang Mine Prospect Pit
Bucheye Mine Mine
Buckeye Mine Mine Shaft
Bulldog Mine Mine Shaft
Bulldog Mine Mine Shaft
Bunker Hill Mine Mine Shaft
Bunker Hill Mine Open Pit Mine
Bunker Hill Mine Open Pit Mine
Burney Mines Adit
Burney Mines Mine Shaft
Calumet Mine Mine Shaft
Childs and Altwilkle Mine Adit
Christmas Gift Mine Mine Shaft
Christmas Gift Mine Mine Shaft
Christmas Gift Mine Open Pit Mine
Columbia Mine Mine Shaft
Copper Butte Mine Open Pit Mine
Copper Prince Mine Mine Shaft
Copper Prince Mines Open Pit Mine
Copper Prince Mines Open Pit Mine
Copper Standard Mines Adit
Copper Standard Mines Mine Shaft
Copperosity Mine Mine Shaft
Copperosity Mine Open Pit Mine
Crystal Cave Adit
Crystal Cave Adit
Dacite Cliffs Mine Adit
Desert Queen Mine Adit
Desert Queen Mine Mine Shaft
Desert Queen Mine Open Pit Mine
Ford Mine Mine Shaft
Fortuna Mine Mine Shaft
Gold Bell Mine Adit
Gold Bell Mine Mine Shaft
Gold Bell Mine Prospect Pit
Golden Bell Mine Mine Shaft
Grand Pacific Mine Mine Shaft
Grand Prize Mine Mine Shaft
Great Eastern Mine Mine Shaft
Greenback Mine Mine Shaft
Greenback Mine Open Pit Mine
Gypsum Mine Quarry - Gypsum
Gypsum Mine Quarry - Gypsum
Gypsum Mines Quarry - Gypsum
Gypsum Mines Quarry - Gypsum
Hackberry Mine Adit
Herring Mine Adit
Highjinks Mine Mine Shaft
Hill Top Mine Mine Shaft
House Mine Mine Shaft
Jackrabbit Mine Mine Shaft
Jackrabbit Mine Open Pit Mine
Jackrabbit Mine Prospect Pit
Le La Mine Adit
Lees Mine Mine
Lees Mine Mine Shaft
Lower Coal Field Mine Coal Mine
Lower Coalfield Mine Mine Shaft
Magma Copper Mines Mine Shaft
Magma Mine Open Pit Mine
Magna Mine Mine Shaft
Magna Mine Open Pit Mine
Magna Mine No 9 Mine
Magnesium Queen Mines Mine Shaft
Mammoth Mine Mine Shaft
Mammoth Mine Mine Shaft
Manhattan Mine Mine Shaft
Martinez Mine Mine Shaft
Mohawk Mine Mine Shaft
Monitor Mine Mine Shaft
Myres Mine Adit
North Star Mine Mine Shaft
Nugget Mine Adit
Nugget Mine Adit
Oklahoma Mine Mine Shaft
Old Jonah Mine Adit
Old Jonah Mine Adit
Old Jonah Mine Open Pit Mine
Old Mammon Mine Adit
Old Mammon Mine Mine Shaft
Old Mammon Mine Open Pit Mine
Old Maudina Mine Mine Shaft
Old Ripsey Mine Mine
Old Ripsey Mine Mine Shaft
Orizaba Mine Open Pit Mine
Orizaba Mine Open Pit Mine
Orphan Boy Mine Mine Shaft
Orphan Mine Mine Shaft
Palmer Mine Mine Shaft
Papago Mine Mine Shaft
Papago Mine Mine Shaft
Papago Mine Open Pit Mine
Pearl Mine Mine Shaft
Pooles Mine Mine Shaft
Pools Mine Open Pit Mine
Queen Creek Mine Mine Shaft
Queen Magnesium Mines Mine Shaft
Ramona Mine Mine Shaft
Ramona Mine Prospect Pit
Rattler Mine Mine Shaft
Ray Mine Mine Shaft
Ray Open Pit Mine Open Pit Mine area
Red Chief Mine Adit
Red Chief Mine Adit
Red Chief Mine Mine Shaft
Red Mountain Mine Open Pit Mine
Red Rock Mine Open Pit Mine
Redds Camp Adit
Reliable Mine Open Pit Mine
Reliable Mine Open Pit Mine
Reward Mine Mine Shaft
Reward Mine Mine Shaft
Reward Mine Open Pit Mine
Reymert Mine Mine Shaft
Sample Mine Mine Shaft
San Manuel Copper Mine Mine Shaft
Silver Bell Mine Mine Shaft
Silver King Mine Mine Shaft
Silver Queen Mine Mine Shaft
Silver Reef Mine Mine Shaft
Silver Reef Mine Mine Shaft
Silver Reef Mine Open Pit Mine
Slag Dump Slag Pile area
Slate Mtn Mine Open Pit Mine
Southern Belle Mine Adit
Southern Belle Mine Adit
Spundulic Mine Adit
Sultana - Arizona Mine Mine Shaft
Sultana-Arizona Mine Open Pit Mine
Sunset Mine Mine Shaft
Table Mesa Mine Prospect Pit
Table Mountain Mine Open Pit Mine
Table Mtn Mine Adit
Tar Mine Mine Shaft
Tar Mine Mine Shaft
The Hendrickson Mine Open Pit Mine
Turning Point Mine Mine Shaft
Turning Point Mine Mine Shaft
Turning Point Mine Open Pit Mine
Two Queens Mine Mine
Two Queens Mine Open Pit Mine
Vekol Mine Mine Shaft
Vekol Mine Open Pit Mine
Woodpecker Mine Mine Shaft
Wooley Mine Adit

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 Abandoned143 on register
  1. 1008 Higley Site
    Surface metal/non-metal · White Mountain Properties · MSHA ID 0203395
    Abandoned
  2. 1010 Queen Creek #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Arcosa Aggregates West, LLC. · MSHA ID 0202821
    Abandoned
  3. 1011 Queen Creek #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Southwest Rock Products · MSHA ID 0203402
    Abandoned
  4. 77-02
    Surface metal/non-metal · Fnf Construction Inc · MSHA ID 0202551
    Abandoned
  5. A D O T Pit #7380
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ashton Company Inc · MSHA ID 0202004
    Abandoned
  6. Adot Pit #5559
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ashton Company Inc · MSHA ID 0202050
    Abandoned
  7. Aggregate Products
    Surface metal/non-metal · Robson Ranch Arizona Const · MSHA ID 0203041
    Abandoned
  8. Albo Guzman Sand and Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Albert E Guzman · MSHA ID 0203108
    Abandoned
  9. Allevia Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Diversified International · MSHA ID 0202032
    Abandoned
  10. APACHE JCT GRANITE PITS
    Surface metal/non-metal · A & A Materials Inc · MSHA ID 0201268
    Abandoned
  11. Apache Land Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · J & A Mining Corp · MSHA ID 0201964
    Abandoned
  12. Apache Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Apache Mining & Development Inc · MSHA ID 0202185
    Abandoned
  13. Apache Tears Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Guzman Construction Company · MSHA ID 0201464
    Abandoned
  14. Aravaipa Pitt
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mc Farland & Hullinger · MSHA ID 0202410
    Abandoned
  15. Arizona Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Arizona Mining Co · MSHA ID 0202560
    Abandoned
  16. Arizona White Rock
    Surface metal/non-metal · Arizona White Rock · MSHA ID 0203225
    Abandoned
  17. Arroyo Rock Portable
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ashton Company Inc · MSHA ID 0201566
    Abandoned
  18. ASARCO RAY COMPLEX TUNNEL
    Underground metal/non-metal · ASARCO Incorporated · MSHA ID 0202873
    Abandoned
  19. AURTHUR HAROLD FARTHING
    Underground metal/non-metal · Arthur Harold Farthing · MSHA ID 0202869
    Abandoned
  20. AZ Best LLC
    Surface metal/non-metal · AZ Best LLC · MSHA ID 0203190
    Abandoned
  21. AZ Central Landscape Materials
    Surface metal/non-metal · AZ Central Landscape Materials · MSHA ID 0202415
    Abandoned
  22. BHP COPPER
    Facility metal/non-metal · Bhp Copper Inc · MSHA ID 0200791
    Abandoned
  23. BHP COPPER FLORENCE MINE
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bhp Copper Inc · MSHA ID 0202703
    Abandoned
  24. BHP Open Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · BHP Copper · MSHA ID 0202251
    Abandoned
  25. Biosphere 2 Crushing Sun Space Ranch
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ashton Company Inc · MSHA ID 0202420
    Abandoned
  26. Black Hills
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mc Farland & Hullinger · MSHA ID 0201334
    Abandoned
  27. Bonito
    Surface metal/non-metal · Kalamazoo Materials · MSHA ID 0202318
    Abandoned
  28. C-West Company Marble Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · C-West Company · MSHA ID 0202525
    Abandoned
  29. Camp Grant Open Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Magma Copper Company · MSHA ID 0200017
    Abandoned
  30. CATALINA ROCK & SAND INC
    Surface metal/non-metal · Catalina Rock & Sand Inc · MSHA ID 0202534
    Abandoned
  31. CEMEX - FLORENCE
    Surface metal/non-metal · CEMEX Construction Materials South LLC · MSHA ID 0203020
    Abandoned
  32. CEMEX - MARICOPA
    Surface metal/non-metal · CEMEX Construction Materials South LLC · MSHA ID 0202355
    Abandoned
  33. CEMEX - QUEEN CREEK
    Surface metal/non-metal · CEMEX Construction Materials South LLC · MSHA ID 0202316
    Abandoned
  34. CEMEX - QUEEN CREEK
    Surface metal/non-metal · CEMEX Construction Materials South LLC · MSHA ID 0202957
    Abandoned
  35. CEMEX - SACATON
    Surface metal/non-metal · CEMEX Construction Materials South LLC · MSHA ID 0203023
    Abandoned
  36. Chakaverde Mining Company
    Surface metal/non-metal · Chakaverde Mining Company · MSHA ID 0202048
    Abandoned
  37. CHANDLER READY MIX MINE #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Chandler Ready Mix Inc · MSHA ID 0201917
    Abandoned
  38. Chilito Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Terra Industries Inc · MSHA ID 0202575
    Abandoned
  39. Clark-Oliver #8
    Surface metal/non-metal · Clark-Oliver Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0201984
    Abandoned
  40. Coolidge Pit #7380
    Surface metal/non-metal · W R Skousen Contractor Inc · MSHA ID 0201863
    Abandoned
  41. Coolidge Plant
    Facility metal/non-metal · Pinal Harvesting · MSHA ID 0202765
    Abandoned
  42. Coolidge Plant 4
    Surface metal/non-metal · CalPortland Company · MSHA ID 0203081
    Abandoned
  43. Coolidge Sand & Rock
    Surface metal/non-metal · Coolidge Sand & Rock · MSHA ID 0203039
    Abandoned
  44. Coolidge-Plant #18
    Surface metal/non-metal · Phoenix San-Man · MSHA ID 0203076
    Abandoned
  45. Coronado Facility
    Surface metal/non-metal · Inter Mountain Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 0201963
    Abandoned
  46. Cyprus Tohono Corporation
    Underground metal/non-metal · Cyprus Tohono Corp · MSHA ID 0200498
    Abandoned
  47. Desert Gold Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Able Earth Extraction Inc · MSHA ID 0202700
    Abandoned
  48. Diablo #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Diablo Sand & Gravel LLC · MSHA ID 0203105
    Abandoned
  49. East Valley Materials
    Surface metal/non-metal · Pearce Development Company · MSHA ID 0202210
    Abandoned
  50. Feldman Gypsum Quarry Phoenix Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Gold Bond Building Products · MSHA ID 0200163
    Abandoned
  51. FLORENCE PLANT #43
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hanson Aggregates Of Arizona Inc · MSHA ID 0202676
    Abandoned
  52. G T R Sand Washing
    Surface metal/non-metal · Global Timber & Resources Corp. (GTR Corp) · MSHA ID 0203148
    Abandoned
  53. Goldberg
    Underground metal/non-metal · Copper Kettle Mining Company · MSHA ID 0202044
    Abandoned
  54. Golden Dam Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Monte Vista Aggregates · MSHA ID 0202254
    Abandoned
  55. Golden Hillside
    Surface metal/non-metal · S S International Trade Inc · MSHA ID 0202056
    Abandoned
  56. Golder Pit #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Arroya Rock & Materials Inc · MSHA ID 0202371
    Abandoned
  57. Got Rock 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · J & D Excavators Inc · MSHA ID 0203204
    Abandoned
  58. HANNA PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Rock Aggregate & Materials Inc · MSHA ID 0202808
    Abandoned
  59. Kennecott Lime Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Kennecott Minerals Company · MSHA ID 0200016
    Abandoned
  60. Lakeshore Mill
    Facility metal/non-metal · Hecla Mining Company · MSHA ID 0201137
    Abandoned
  61. Lee Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Pinal County Highway Department · MSHA ID 0201743
    Abandoned
  62. Little Hill Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Decorative Rock Sales LLC · MSHA ID 0200350
    Abandoned
  63. Little Nugget
    Surface metal/non-metal · Paradise Mines Inc · MSHA ID 0202037
    Abandoned
  64. Ls & A Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Tobacco Root Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0202385
    Abandoned
  65. Magma Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Oracle Drilling Company Inc · MSHA ID 0201735
    Abandoned
  66. Magma San Manuel Mng Opers-Mine Dvlpmt-K
    Underground metal/non-metal · Cementation West Inc · MSHA ID 0200793
    Abandoned
  67. MAMMOTH
    Surface metal/non-metal · Metro Materials Globe · MSHA ID 0200656
    Abandoned
  68. Mammoth Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Brace Resources Inc · MSHA ID 0202218
    Abandoned
  69. Mammoth Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Western Labs & Engineering · MSHA ID 0202421
    Abandoned
  70. Martin Group Properties Pit #525
    Surface metal/non-metal · T D Martin Group Sand LLC · MSHA ID 0203032
    Abandoned
  71. Mineral Butte
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mineral Creek Joint Venture · MSHA ID 0202275
    Abandoned
  72. Mobile Screening Plant #20
    Surface metal/non-metal · Phoenix San-Man · MSHA ID 0203158
    Abandoned
  73. New Superior Quarry (*Abandoned)
    Surface metal/non-metal · Kalamazoo Materials Inc · MSHA ID 0202948
    Abandoned
  74. Nord Sil Flo (Nord Perlite)
    Surface metal/non-metal · Nord Sil-Flo (Nord Perlite) · MSHA ID 0201008
    Abandoned
  75. North Star Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Grande Mining Corp · MSHA ID 0202282
    Abandoned
  76. Old Eagle (Mine)
    Underground metal/non-metal · Arizona Mines Development Inc · MSHA ID 0201487
    Abandoned
  77. Old Reliable Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ranchers Exploration & Development Corp · MSHA ID 0200759
    Abandoned
  78. Old Wasp Mining Company
    Surface metal/non-metal · Old Wasp Mining Company · MSHA ID 0202274
    Abandoned
  79. Orizaba Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Robart Mining Company · MSHA ID 0200292
    Abandoned
  80. Paradise Mine & Mill Site
    Surface metal/non-metal · Buchanan Trucking & Mining · MSHA ID 0203087
    Abandoned
  81. Perlite Company
    Surface metal/non-metal · Perlite Company · MSHA ID 0202273
    Abandoned
  82. Perlite Pits
    Surface metal/non-metal · Filters International Inc · MSHA ID 0201006
    Abandoned
  83. Phx San-Man Coolidge Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Phoenix San-Man · MSHA ID 0202842
    Abandoned
  84. Pioneer Sand-Sacaton Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Pioneer Sand Company · MSHA ID 0203031
    Abandoned
  85. Pit #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Aztek Sand & Rock · MSHA ID 0202258
    Abandoned
  86. Plant #2 - Queen Creek
    Surface metal/non-metal · Arizona Materials LLC · MSHA ID 0203049
    Abandoned
  87. Plant No 9
    Surface metal/non-metal · Pinal Materials Company Inc · MSHA ID 0201233
    Abandoned
  88. Portable # 4
    Surface metal/non-metal · Southwest Rock Products LLC · MSHA ID 0203280
    Abandoned
  89. Portable #3
    Surface metal/non-metal · Granite Construction Company · MSHA ID 0202590
    Abandoned
  90. PORTABLE CRUSHER
    Surface metal/non-metal · Adair Mining & Construction · MSHA ID 0202705
    Abandoned
  91. PORTABLE CRUSHER #22
    Surface metal/non-metal · Superstition Crushing Llc · MSHA ID 0202809
    Abandoned
  92. PORTABLE CRUSHER #54
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hanson Aggregates Of Arizona Inc · MSHA ID 0202616
    Abandoned
  93. PORTABLE PLANT #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · M R TANNER MINING INC · MSHA ID 0203135
    Abandoned
  94. Portable Wash Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bismarck Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 0202547
    Abandoned
  95. PR GYPSUM - WINKELMAN MINE
    Surface metal/non-metal · PR Gypsum, LLC · MSHA ID 0200165
    Abandoned
  96. QUEEN CREEK
    Surface metal/non-metal · B & S Enterprises · MSHA ID 0202737
    Abandoned
  97. Queen Creek Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Arizona Pacific Materials LLC · MSHA ID 0202884
    Abandoned
  98. Queen Creek Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Connolly-Pacific Company · MSHA ID 0202144
    Abandoned
  99. Queen Creek Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Salt River Sand & Rock · MSHA ID 0203011
    Abandoned
  100. Queen Creek Plant #42
    Surface metal/non-metal · Martin Marietta Materials, Inc · MSHA ID 0202126
    Abandoned
  101. Queen Creek Wash Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Holcim-WCR, Inc · MSHA ID 0203318
    Abandoned
  102. Queen Pit And Superior Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Guzman Construction Company · MSHA ID 0200660
    Abandoned
  103. Ray Silicate Plant
    Facility metal/non-metal · Kennecott Minerals Company · MSHA ID 0200849
    Abandoned
  104. Red Hills Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Red Hills Mining, LLC · MSHA ID 0202959
    Abandoned
  105. Reymert Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Inspiration Mines Inc · MSHA ID 0201730
    Abandoned
  106. RINKER MATERIALS COOLIDGE
    Surface metal/non-metal · RINKER MATERIALS · MSHA ID 0200719
    Abandoned
  107. Sacaton Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Nesbitt Contracting Company Inc · MSHA ID 0201867
    Abandoned
  108. Sacaton Production Shaft
    Underground metal/non-metal · Harrison Western Corp · MSHA ID 0201556
    Abandoned
  109. Sacaton Shafts
    Underground metal/non-metal · Asarco Inc · MSHA ID 0201979
    Abandoned
  110. Sacaton Unit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Asarco Inc · MSHA ID 0200484
    Abandoned
  111. Sacaton Unit Mill
    Facility metal/non-metal · Asarco Inc · MSHA ID 0201405
    Abandoned
  112. San Manuel Engineering And Technica
    Facility metal/non-metal · Magma Copper Company · MSHA ID 0201844
    Abandoned
  113. SAN MANUEL LIME & FLUX
    Facility metal/non-metal · Bhp Copper Inc · MSHA ID 0201391
    Abandoned
  114. San Manuel Mill
    Facility metal/non-metal · BHP Copper · MSHA ID 0200842
    Abandoned
  115. San Manuel Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · BHP Copper Inc · MSHA ID 0200151
    Abandoned
  116. San Manuel Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Oracle Drilling Company Inc · MSHA ID 0201493
    Abandoned
  117. San Manuel Sx-Ew Plant
    Facility metal/non-metal · BHP Copper · MSHA ID 0202264
    Abandoned
  118. Sand And Gravel Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Pinal Materials Company Inc · MSHA ID 0200686
    Abandoned
  119. Sand And Gravel Pit And Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Saguard Concrete Company · MSHA ID 0200695
    Abandoned
  120. SANTA CRUZ PROJECT
    Facility metal/non-metal · Asarco Santa Cruz Inc · MSHA ID 0202650
    Abandoned
  121. Silica Mill
    Facility metal/non-metal · Mc Farland & Hullinger · MSHA ID 0201028
    Abandoned
  122. Silica Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mc Farland & Hullinger · MSHA ID 0200782
    Abandoned
  123. SILVER KING
    Underground metal/non-metal · Silver King Mining · MSHA ID 0202686
    Abandoned
  124. Silver King Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Guzman Construction Company · MSHA ID 0201981
    Abandoned
  125. SILVER KING MINE
    Underground metal/non-metal · Silver King Mining · MSHA ID 0202859
    Abandoned
  126. Sonora Rock & Sand-Coolidge LLC
    Surface metal/non-metal · Sonora Environmental LLC · MSHA ID 0203155
    Abandoned
  127. SUPERIOR MARBLE
    Surface metal/non-metal · Superior Marble, LLC · MSHA ID 0202921
    Abandoned
  128. Superior Materials Inc
    Surface metal/non-metal · Superior Materials Inc · MSHA ID 0203391
    Abandoned
  129. Sx-Ew Expansion
    Facility metal/non-metal · Bechtel Construction Inc · MSHA ID 0202379
    Abandoned
  130. Tanner/Rankin Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · M.R. Tanner Rock and Sand LLC · MSHA ID 0203106
    Abandoned
  131. Tee Pee Ready-Mix Incorporated
    Surface metal/non-metal · Silver State Materials Corp · MSHA ID 0202115
    Abandoned
  132. The Old Wasp Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · The Old Wasp Mine · MSHA ID 0203246
    Abandoned
  133. Thunderbird Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Pinal Mammoth Gypsum · MSHA ID 0200161
    Abandoned
  134. TIERRA DEL ORO
    Surface metal/non-metal · Tierra Del Oro · MSHA ID 0202465
    Abandoned
  135. TURNING POINT MINE
    Surface metal/non-metal · Turning Point Rock Llc · MSHA ID 0202836
    Abandoned
  136. Universal Materials Skousen Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Universal Materials Inc · MSHA ID 0202940
    Abandoned
  137. V & M Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Energy Fuels Nuclear Inc · MSHA ID 0202068
    Abandoned
  138. Vekol Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Vekol Company · MSHA ID 0201808
    Abandoned
  139. Vekol Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Argosy Mining Company · MSHA ID 0202209
    Abandoned
  140. Walker Butte Mining Company, L.L.C.
    Surface metal/non-metal · Walker Butte Mining Company, L.L.C. · MSHA ID 0202660
    Abandoned
  141. White Cliffs Mine & Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · St. Cloud Mining Co · MSHA ID 0202342
    Abandoned
  142. Whitecliff Claims
    Surface metal/non-metal · Whitecliff Industries Inc · MSHA ID 0202257
    Abandoned
  143. Young & Sons Construction Incorporated
    Surface metal/non-metal · Young & Sons Construction Inc · MSHA ID 0202213
    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
Prospect Pit 1,704
Mine Shaft 631
Adit 551
Open Pit Mine 56
Borrow Pit 54
Mine Dump 46
Gravel Pit 41
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated 41
Gravel Pit 35
Open Pit Mine or Quarry 17
Borrow Pit 16
Disturbed Surface 12
Open Pit Mine 11
Tailings - Undifferentiated 10
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated 10
Leach Pond 8
Prospect Pit 8
Tailings - Pond 7
Mine 6
Open Pit Mine or Quarry 4
Sand Pit 4
Quarry - Gypsum 4
Quarry 3
Quarry 2
Disturbed Surface - Pit 2
Strip Mine 1
Coal Mine 1
Mine Dump 1
Air Shaft 1
Slag Pile 1
Sand Pit 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
  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.