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Abandoned mine inventory

Abandoned mines in Broward County, Florida

Broward County, Florida has 64 mine and prospect features on USGS topographic maps published 1946–1994. MSHA's register carries 63 mines in the county with status Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed.

Every mine and prospect feature the USGS digitized from historical topographic maps covering Broward 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)
64
Mine openings
0
OSMRE problems unreclaimed
0
MSHA mines marked abandoned
63
0 features carry a name0 prospect pits9 quadrangle maps, published 1946–1994 0 MSHA mines abandoned and sealed
What the features are
  1. Mines and surface workings
    labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
    10 15.6%
  2. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits
    construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
    54 84.4%
MSHA-registered mines with status Abandoned63 on register
  1. #3 Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · John Sessa Bulldozing Inc · MSHA ID 0801107
    Abandoned
  2. 101 Sand Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · 101 Sand & Fill Inc · MSHA ID 0800967
    Abandoned
  3. 136th Street Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Rowan Construction Equipment Inc · MSHA ID 0800974
    Abandoned
  4. 810 Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Rowan Construction Equipment Inc · MSHA ID 0800788
    Abandoned
  5. 84 Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Jack Hardy Inc · MSHA ID 0800895
    Abandoned
  6. Arvida Lake
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hardrives Company · MSHA ID 0800964
    Abandoned
  7. Arvida Lake
    Surface metal/non-metal · R B Potashnick Construction · MSHA ID 0800965
    Abandoned
  8. Arvida Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bergeron Land Development Inc · MSHA ID 0801091
    Abandoned
  9. BERGERON ROCK PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bergeron Sand & Rock Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0801258
    Abandoned
  10. Best Sand And Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Best Crane Inc · MSHA ID 0801068
    Abandoned
  11. Bishop Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · David Barron Land Development, Inc. · MSHA ID 0801314
    Abandoned
  12. Broward Pit No 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Capeletti Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 0800421
    Abandoned
  13. Broward Pit No 3
    Surface metal/non-metal · A J Capeletti Inc · MSHA ID 0801036
    Abandoned
  14. Broward Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Vulcan Materials Company · MSHA ID 0800363
    Abandoned
  15. Chapel Trail
    Surface metal/non-metal · South Fill Inc · MSHA ID 0801013
    Abandoned
  16. Cherokee Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Cherokee Crushed Stone Inc · MSHA ID 0800919
    Abandoned
  17. Cleveland Clinic Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Smith & Company Inc · MSHA ID 0801225
    Abandoned
  18. Cypress Head Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Rowan Construction Equipment Inc · MSHA ID 0800969
    Abandoned
  19. Dania Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Florida Silica Sand Company · MSHA ID 0800506
    Abandoned
  20. Decker Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Layne Dredging Company · MSHA ID 0800914
    Abandoned
  21. Deerfield Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Meekins Inc · MSHA ID 0800340
    Abandoned
  22. Dimar Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · C & L Dredging Company · MSHA ID 0800038
    Abandoned
  23. Ferncrest Mining Company Incorporated
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ferncrest Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0800133
    Abandoned
  24. Florida Fill Incorporated
    Surface metal/non-metal · Florida Fill Inc · MSHA ID 0800807
    Abandoned
  25. Forest Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Devcon International Corp · MSHA ID 0801090
    Abandoned
  26. Glades Rock Corporation Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Curcie Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 0800364
    Abandoned
  27. Griffin Brothers Rock Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Griffin Brothers Company Inc · MSHA ID 0800505
    Abandoned
  28. GULFSTREAM MINING&MINERALS INC.
    Surface metal/non-metal · Gulfstream Mining & Materials Inc · MSHA ID 0801235
    Abandoned
  29. H L Westberry Rock & Fill
    Surface metal/non-metal · H L Westberry Paving Inc · MSHA ID 0800968
    Abandoned
  30. Hardrives Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Best Sand Inc · MSHA ID 0801105
    Abandoned
  31. Highway 27 Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · White Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 0801076
    Abandoned
  32. Hollywood Pit No 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Meekins Inc · MSHA ID 0800403
    Abandoned
  33. Hollywood Plant
    Facility metal/non-metal · Glades Rock & Sand Inc · MSHA ID 0800901
    Abandoned
  34. Hollywood Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bergeron Sand & Rock Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0800633
    Abandoned
  35. J & J Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · J & J Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0801122
    Abandoned
  36. L. W. ROZZO, INC. QUARRY
    Surface metal/non-metal · L W Rozzo Inc · MSHA ID 0800137
    Abandoned
  37. Margate Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Frank Newth Ltd · MSHA ID 0800405
    Abandoned
  38. Markham Park Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · F V L Contracting Inc · MSHA ID 0801009
    Abandoned
  39. Markham Park Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Triple R Paving Inc · MSHA ID 0801010
    Abandoned
  40. Meekins
    Surface metal/non-metal · Westwind Contracting Inc · MSHA ID 0801142
    Abandoned
  41. Miramar Parkway Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Triple R Paving Inc · MSHA ID 0801186
    Abandoned
  42. Miramar Rock
    Surface metal/non-metal · Miramar Rock · MSHA ID 0800698
    Abandoned
  43. Muller'S Rock Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · De Vries Land Development Inc · MSHA ID 0800917
    Abandoned
  44. Pit No 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Perna Asphalt Paving Inc · MSHA ID 0800483
    Abandoned
  45. Pit No 4
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hardrives Company · MSHA ID 0800485
    Abandoned
  46. Pompano Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Des Rocher Sand & Rock · MSHA ID 0800520
    Abandoned
  47. Pompano Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · B N J Equipment Corp · MSHA ID 0800697
    Abandoned
  48. Pompano Silica & Sand Incorporated
    Surface metal/non-metal · Pompano Silica & Sand Inc · MSHA ID 0800866
    Abandoned
  49. Ponderosa Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bergeron Sand & Rock Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0800943
    Abandoned
  50. Ponderosa Pit
    Facility metal/non-metal · Ronlee Inc · MSHA ID 0800966
    Abandoned
  51. Prospect Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Florida Commercial Development Corp · MSHA ID 0800503
    Abandoned
  52. Rhodes Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Broward Paving Corp · MSHA ID 0800508
    Abandoned
  53. Sawgrass Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Devcon International Corp · MSHA ID 0801102
    Abandoned
  54. Sawgrass Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Devcon International Corp · MSHA ID 0801118
    Abandoned
  55. Sawgrass Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Sawgrass Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 0801106
    Abandoned
  56. Sheridan Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ryan Inc Eastern · MSHA ID 0801184
    Abandoned
  57. Snake Creek Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bergeron Sand & Rock Mining Inc · MSHA ID 0800333
    Abandoned
  58. Snake Creek Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hardrives Company · MSHA ID 0800484
    Abandoned
  59. State Road 84 Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hardrives Company · MSHA ID 0800138
    Abandoned
  60. Sterling Road Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Rowan Construction Equipment Inc · MSHA ID 0800804
    Abandoned
  61. Task Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Task Corp · MSHA ID 0800865
    Abandoned
  62. Twenty Sixth Street Venture Inc
    Surface metal/non-metal · Team Land Development Inc · MSHA ID 0801218
    Abandoned
  63. York Chase Ronto Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Devcon International Corp · MSHA ID 0800993
    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
Borrow Pit 25
Quarry 10
Disturbed Surface 9
Borrow Pit 8
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated 3
Quarry 2
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated 2
Gravel Pit 2
Sand Pit 1
Sand and Gravel Pit 1
Open Pit Mine or Quarry 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.