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Abandoned mine inventory

Abandoned mines in Floyd County, Kentucky

Floyd County, Kentucky has 2,006 mine and prospect features on USGS topographic maps published 1914–1992, including 1,608 mine openings (shafts, adits and air shafts) and 93 prospect pits; 1 of the features carry a name on the map. OSMRE's abandoned mine land inventory lists 612 problems in the county, 306 of them not yet reclaimed. MSHA's register carries 1,099 mines in the county with status Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed.

Every mine and prospect feature the USGS digitized from historical topographic maps covering Floyd 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)
2,006
Mine openings
1,608
OSMRE problems unreclaimed
306
MSHA mines marked abandoned
1,099
1 features carry a name93 prospect pits17 quadrangle maps, published 1914–1992 612 OSMRE problems, 306 reclaimed 493 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
    1,838 70.2%
  2. Prospect pits and trenches
    shallow exploration diggings that never became a mine
    93 3.6%
  3. Mines and surface workings
    labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
    267 10.2%
  4. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits
    construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
    1 0.0%
  5. Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob
    what mining left above ground
    50 1.9%
  6. Mills, tipples and facilities
    processing plants and hazardous structures
    54 2.1%
  7. Other reclamation problems
    highwalls, subsidence, polluted or clogged water, fires, slides and gases in OSMRE's inventory
    315 12.0%
Named features on the maps1 named · from the USGS compilation
Name on map Feature
Cliff Mine Mine

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 problems612 on inventory
Problem area Problem Status
Abner Fork Drifts P1 Dangerous Slides In Reclamation
Abner Fork Drifts P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Abner Fork Drifts P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Aker Branch Highwalls P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Akers Branch Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Alan & Kristy Moore Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Alan & Kristy Moore Slide P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Andy Boyd Adits P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Ann Hall Portal P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Anna Mae Pennington Slides P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Anna Mae Pennington Slides P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Anna Mae Pennington Slides P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Anna Newsome Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Anna Newsome Slide P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Annette Tackett Portals P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
April Murphy Drainage P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Arkansas Creek Water Supply P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Arkansas Creek Water Supply P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Arkansas Creek Water Supply P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Arley Hunter Portals P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Arnett Branch Mines P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Arnett Branch Mines P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Arnett Branch Mines P3 Bench Reclamation Pending
Arnett Branch Mines P3 Equipment Facility Reclamation Pending
Arnett Branch Mines P3 Gobs Reclamation Pending
Arthur Caudill Drainage P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Arthur Caudill Drainage P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Arthur Caudill Drainage P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Arthur Caudill Drainage P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Arthur Lewis Landslide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Audrey Hall Slide P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Audrey Wiley Highwall P1 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Audrey Wiley Highwall P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Azzie Hall (aml) Reclamation Projec P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Beaver Mines P1 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Beaver Mines P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Beaver Mines P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Beaver Mines P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Beaver Mines P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Beaver Mines P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Beaver Mines P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Beaver Mines P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Belcher Boyd Slide & Portals P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Belcher Boyd Slide & Portals P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Bessie Hall Portals P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Betsy Layne Highwall P1 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Beverly King Adits P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Big Branch Honaker Drifts P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Big Branch Honaker Drifts P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Big Branch Honaker Drifts P2 Clogged Stream Lands Reclamation Completed
Big Branch Honaker Drifts P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Big Branch Honaker Drifts P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Birchfield Landslide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Blackburn Portals P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Blackburn Portals P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Blackburn Portals P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Blackburn Portals P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Bobby Greer Slides P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Bobby Hall Mine Drainage P1 Dangerous Slides In Reclamation
Bobby Hall Mine Drainage P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Bobby Hall Mine Drainage P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Bobby Hall Mine Drainage P1 Surface Burning Reclamation Completed
Bobby Hall Mine Drainage P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Bobby Hall Mine Drainage P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Bobby Henderson Portal P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Brandykeg Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Buck Branch Drifts P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Buck Branch Drifts P1 Surface Burning Reclamation Completed
Buck Branch Drifts P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Pending
Buck Branch Drifts P2 Clogged Stream Lands Reclamation Completed
Buck Branch Drifts P2 Clogged Streams Reclamation Completed
Buck Branch Drifts P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Buck Branch Drifts P2 Dangerous Slides In Reclamation
Buck Branch Drifts P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities In Reclamation
Buck Branch Drifts P2 Portals In Reclamation
Buckhead Br. Strip P3 Bench Reclamation Pending
Callene Click Portals P1 Portals In Reclamation
Carl Crisp Auger Holes P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Carla Boyd Adits P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Carla Boyd Adits P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Carmel Davis Portals P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Carrie Moore Landslide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Chad Vance Slide P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Charles Johnson Portals P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Charles Rogers Adit P1 Portals In Reclamation
Charles Rogers Adit P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Chris & Jaclyn Hall Portals P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
City of David Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Cleveland Johnson Portals P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Clinton Hunt P2 Dangerous Slides In Reclamation
Clinton Hunt P2 Portals In Reclamation
Clinton Jones P2 Portals In Reclamation
Clyde Stephens Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Clyde Stephens Slide P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Clyde Stephens Slide P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
CMH 23 Workforce & Tourism Developm P3 Other In Reclamation
Collins Mine Drainage P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Collins Mine Drainage P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Colvin Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Colvin Slide P2 Portals In Reclamation
Comellia Martn Adits P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Conley Portals P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Conn Portals P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Conn Portals P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Conn Portals P1 Portals In Reclamation
Conn Portals P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Pending
Connie Mckenny Portals P1 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Connie Mckenny Portals P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Connie Mckenny Portals P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Cow Creek Drifts P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Craig Kidd Adits P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
D. Henderson Slip P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
D. Henderson Slip P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Dailey Highwall P1 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Dallace Crace Portal P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Daniels Creek Face-up P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Daniels Creek Face-up P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Danny O'Quinn Portals P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
David Bolden Adit P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
David Jones Portal P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
David Spencer Adit P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Deanie Davis Portals P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Deborah Hill Drainage P1 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Deborah Hill Drainage P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Deborah Hill Drainage P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Dee Howell Portals P1 Dangerous Slides In Reclamation
Dee Howell Portals P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Derossett Sch. Mines P2 Clogged Streams Reclamation Pending
Derossett Sch. Mines P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Derossett Sch. Mines P3 Bench Reclamation Pending
Derossett Sch. Mines P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Pending
Derossett Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Desiree Hall Portal P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Dixie Bell Salisbury Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Dixie Bell Salisbury Slide P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Dixie Bryant Portals P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Dixie Bryant Portals P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Doc Allen Br. Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Doc Allen Br. Slide P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Doc Allen Br. Slide P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Doc Allen Br. Slide P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Dodson Branch Slide P2 Dangerous Slides In Reclamation
Doris Bates Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Doris Bates Slide P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Doris Osborne Portals P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Doris Osborne Portals P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Drift Landslide P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Drift Landslide P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Dudleson Portal P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Dwayne Scalf Slide P1 Dangerous Slides In Reclamation

…and 462 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 Abandoned1,099 on register
  1. # 1
    Surface coal · Henson Branch Coal Inc. · MSHA ID 1518532
    Abandoned
  2. #1
    Underground coal · Solar Coal Co. LLC · MSHA ID 1502240
    Abandoned and Sealed
  3. #1
    Underground coal · Gun Hill Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1504079
    Abandoned and Sealed
  4. #1
    Underground coal · J B G Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1504085
    Abandoned and Sealed
  5. #1
    Underground coal · J C & P Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1504639
    Abandoned and Sealed
  6. #1
    Underground coal · E & M Coals Inc · MSHA ID 1506243
    Abandoned and Sealed
  7. #1
    Surface coal · Elm Log Development Company · MSHA ID 1512443
    Abandoned
  8. #1
    Underground coal · Little Ty · MSHA ID 1512963
    Abandoned and Sealed
  9. #1
    Facility coal · Blue Cat Sand Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515968
    Abandoned
  10. #1
    Underground coal · Bubba Coal Company Inc. · MSHA ID 1516492
    Abandoned and Sealed
  11. #1
    Underground coal · Amanda & Kale Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1516590
    Abandoned and Sealed
  12. #1
    Underground coal · Tackett Branch Coal Company · MSHA ID 1516687
    Abandoned and Sealed
  13. #1
    Underground coal · T & M Coal Company Llc · MSHA ID 1516699
    Abandoned and Sealed
  14. #1
    Underground coal · Stanmark Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1516801
    Abandoned
  15. #1
    Underground coal · Cody Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1517373
    Abandoned and Sealed
  16. #1
    Underground coal · LA Energy, LLC · MSHA ID 1517390
    Abandoned and Sealed
  17. #1
    Underground coal · Dennis Mining LLC · MSHA ID 1517506
    Abandoned
  18. #1
    Underground coal · Starbright Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1517686
    Abandoned and Sealed
  19. #1
    Underground coal · Bee, B & B, LLC · MSHA ID 1517924
    Abandoned
  20. #1
    Underground coal · B & R Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1518039
    Abandoned and Sealed
  21. #1
    Underground coal · R V Mining, LLC · MSHA ID 1518470
    Abandoned and Sealed
  22. #1
    Underground coal · Marissa Mining Company Inc. · MSHA ID 1518724
    Abandoned and Sealed
  23. #1
    Underground coal · Black Gem Coal Sales Inc · MSHA ID 1518733
    Abandoned and Sealed
  24. #1
    Underground coal · Genesis Coal Corporation · MSHA ID 1518779
    Abandoned and Sealed
  25. #1
    Underground coal · Coal Creek Mining, LLC · MSHA ID 1518792
    Abandoned and Sealed
  26. #1
    Surface coal · Heartland Estate #1 · MSHA ID 1518795
    Abandoned
  27. #1
    Underground coal · D&D Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1518815
    Abandoned and Sealed
  28. #1
    Underground coal · R & C Coal, LLC · MSHA ID 1519224
    Abandoned and Sealed
  29. #1
    Surface coal · Clarence Hayes LLC · MSHA ID 1519397
    Abandoned
  30. #1 Auger
    Surface coal · R V Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1516142
    Abandoned
  31. #1 I-1 Mine
    Underground coal · Ligon Preparation Company · MSHA ID 1500497
    Abandoned and Sealed
  32. #1 Mine
    Underground coal · Rector Coal Company · MSHA ID 1504022
    Abandoned
  33. #1 Mine
    Surface coal · Joe Howell Jr Construction · MSHA ID 1515070
    Abandoned
  34. #1 Mine
    Underground coal · Mill Branch Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1517090
    Abandoned and Sealed
  35. #1 Plant
    Facility coal · Industrial Processing Inc · MSHA ID 1518183
    Abandoned
  36. #1 Surface
    Surface coal · Hayes Inc · MSHA ID 1511760
    Abandoned
  37. #1 Surface
    Surface coal · Twin Oak Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 1514872
    Abandoned
  38. #1 Surface
    Surface coal · Oakley Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1516271
    Abandoned
  39. #1 Surface
    Surface coal · Blackheart Inc · MSHA ID 1517160
    Abandoned
  40. #1 Tipple
    Facility coal · Larry'S Contracting Inc · MSHA ID 1506397
    Abandoned
  41. #1 Tipple
    Facility coal · Beaver Branch Coal Company · MSHA ID 1510268
    Abandoned
  42. #1-A
    Underground coal · Amanda & Kale Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515327
    Abandoned and Sealed
  43. #10
    Underground coal · Viper Coal, LLC · MSHA ID 1519294
    Abandoned and Sealed
  44. #12
    Underground coal · Viper Coal LLC · MSHA ID 1515735
    Abandoned and Sealed
  45. #12
    Facility coal · Viper Coal LLC · MSHA ID 1518888
    Abandoned
  46. #17
    Underground coal · Branham & Baker Underground Corp · MSHA ID 1516615
    Abandoned and Sealed
  47. #17
    Surface coal · Knott Floyd Land Company · MSHA ID 1518444
    Abandoned
  48. #17 South
    Surface coal · James River Coal Service Company · MSHA ID 1519238
    Abandoned
  49. #18 Surface
    Surface coal · Peter Fork Mining Company · MSHA ID 1516581
    Abandoned
  50. #1a
    Underground coal · J & V Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1517704
    Abandoned and Sealed
  51. #2
    Underground coal · Owl Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1514770
    Abandoned
  52. #2
    Underground coal · T & M Coal Company Llc · MSHA ID 1516177
    Abandoned and Sealed
  53. #2
    Underground coal · April D Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1516524
    Abandoned and Sealed
  54. #2
    Underground coal · E & M Coals Inc · MSHA ID 1516760
    Abandoned and Sealed
  55. #2
    Underground coal · N D O Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1516784
    Abandoned and Sealed
  56. #2
    Underground coal · North Star Contractors Inc · MSHA ID 1516921
    Abandoned and Sealed
  57. #2
    Underground coal · Genesis Coal Corporation · MSHA ID 1517120
    Abandoned and Sealed
  58. #2
    Surface coal · Black Star Energy, Inc · MSHA ID 1517228
    Abandoned
  59. #2
    Underground coal · Murriell-Don Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1517767
    Abandoned and Sealed
  60. #2
    Underground coal · Emily Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 1517843
    Abandoned and Sealed
  61. #2
    Underground coal · R & B Enterprises, Inc. · MSHA ID 1518113
    Abandoned and Sealed
  62. #2
    Underground coal · MiTac Mining, LLC · MSHA ID 1518346
    Abandoned and Sealed
  63. #2
    Underground coal · D & D Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1519124
    Abandoned and Sealed
  64. #2
    Underground coal · B & K Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1519334
    Abandoned and Sealed
  65. #2
    Surface coal · M-T Coal Company LLC · MSHA ID 1519434
    Abandoned
  66. #2 (Auger)
    Surface coal · J & J Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515902
    Abandoned
  67. #2 Mine
    Underground coal · Jody Lee Coal Company · MSHA ID 1500480
    Abandoned
  68. #2 Mine
    Underground coal · Chenoa Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1516729
    Abandoned and Sealed
  69. #2 Surface
    Surface coal · Kenlick & Tip Top Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515666
    Abandoned
  70. #2 Surface
    Surface coal · Allen'S Land Improvement Inc · MSHA ID 1518067
    Abandoned
  71. #2 Surface
    Surface coal · Allen'S Land Improvement Inc · MSHA ID 1518167
    Abandoned
  72. #24-A Ug
    coal · Gum Branch Coal Co Inc · MSHA ID 1504030
    Abandoned
  73. #2a
    Underground coal · J & V Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1517723
    Abandoned and Sealed
  74. #3
    Underground coal · Chestnut Ridge Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515658
    Abandoned and Sealed
  75. #3
    Underground coal · C & C Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1517975
    Abandoned and Sealed
  76. #3
    Underground coal · Murriell-Don Coal Co Incorporated · MSHA ID 1518296
    Abandoned and Sealed
  77. #3
    Underground coal · Double C Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 1518633
    Abandoned and Sealed
  78. #3
    Underground coal · D & D Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1519055
    Abandoned and Sealed
  79. #3
    Underground coal · Bubba Coal Co Inc · MSHA ID 1519061
    Abandoned and Sealed
  80. #3
    Underground coal · Black Thunder Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1519347
    Abandoned and Sealed
  81. #3
    Surface coal · Viper Coal LLC · MSHA ID 1519378
    Abandoned
  82. #35
    Underground coal · C & H Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1510437
    Abandoned and Sealed
  83. #4
    Underground coal · Jones Branch Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1516665
    Abandoned and Sealed
  84. #4
    Underground coal · J & R Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1517277
    Abandoned and Sealed
  85. #4
    Underground coal · Hunter Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1517706
    Abandoned and Sealed
  86. #4
    Underground coal · Gun Hill Coal, Inc. · MSHA ID 1518291
    Abandoned and Sealed
  87. #4
    Underground coal · D & D Mining, Inc. · MSHA ID 1519174
    Abandoned and Sealed
  88. #4B
    Underground coal · North Star Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1519000
    Abandoned and Sealed
  89. #5
    Surface coal · Big D Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1516267
    Abandoned
  90. #5
    Underground coal · Jones Branch Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1517130
    Abandoned and Sealed
  91. #5
    Underground coal · Hunter Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1517973
    Abandoned and Sealed
  92. #5
    Underground coal · J & R Coal Company · MSHA ID 1518278
    Abandoned and Sealed
  93. #5
    Underground coal · Sly Branch Energy, Inc. · MSHA ID 1518665
    Abandoned and Sealed
  94. #5
    Underground coal · RV Mining, LLC · MSHA ID 1519033
    Abandoned and Sealed
  95. #5
    Surface coal · PIA Company Inc · MSHA ID 1519054
    Abandoned
  96. #5
    Surface coal · Aspen Highwall Mining LP · MSHA ID 1519386
    Abandoned
  97. #5A
    Underground coal · North Star Mining Inc. · MSHA ID 1513061
    Abandoned and Sealed
  98. #6
    Underground coal · T R & H Development Inc · MSHA ID 1517384
    Abandoned and Sealed
  99. #6
    Underground coal · Jones Branch Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1517402
    Abandoned and Sealed
  100. #6
    Underground coal · Cheyenne Elkhorn Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1517931
    Abandoned and Sealed
  101. #6
    Underground coal · Sly Branch Energy Inc · MSHA ID 1518652
    Abandoned and Sealed
  102. #6
    Underground coal · Double C Enterprises · MSHA ID 1518906
    Abandoned and Sealed
  103. #7
    Underground coal · Scorpio Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1511155
    Abandoned and Sealed
  104. #7
    Underground coal · Jones Branch Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1517049
    Abandoned and Sealed
  105. #9
    Surface coal · Cheyenne Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 1518881
    Abandoned and Sealed
  106. #9 Mine
    Underground coal · L C Coal Company · MSHA ID 1503828
    Abandoned
  107. #9 Surface
    Surface coal · Consumers Elkhorn Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1506734
    Abandoned
  108. #G-2 Mine
    Underground coal · Hite Preparation Company · MSHA ID 1500450
    Abandoned and Sealed
  109. #I-120 Mine
    Underground coal · Ligon Preparation Company · MSHA ID 1509778
    Abandoned and Sealed
  110. #I-213 Mine
    Underground coal · Ligon Preparation Company · MSHA ID 1506839
    Abandoned and Sealed
  111. #M - 16 Mine
    Underground coal · Old Circle Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1500539
    Abandoned
  112. #M - 16-A Mine
    Underground coal · Old Circle Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1500538
    Abandoned
  113. #T 1
    Underground coal · K C Rogers Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1517222
    Abandoned
  114. 10
    Underground coal · Cedar Grove Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1517682
    Abandoned and Sealed
  115. 1X
    Surface coal · Reliant Contracting, LLC · MSHA ID 1519834
    Abandoned
  116. 2-A Mine
    Underground coal · Frasure Branch Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1508960
    Abandoned and Sealed
  117. 2A
    Underground coal · R & S Coal · MSHA ID 1519752
    Abandoned
  118. 4 A
    Underground coal · North Star Mining, Inc. · MSHA ID 1518746
    Abandoned and Sealed
  119. Adkins Branch Mine No 1
    Underground coal · Osborne & Preston Coals Inc · MSHA ID 1511362
    Abandoned
  120. Allen #2
    Surface coal · Big D Excavating Inc · MSHA ID 1513324
    Abandoned
  121. Allen Preparation Plant P-3
    Facility coal · Liberty Management, LLC · MSHA ID 1508177
    Abandoned
  122. Ampak Mine #7
    Surface coal · Ampak Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1515417
    Abandoned
  123. Auger Mine #10
    Surface coal · B & H Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1516982
    Abandoned
  124. Auger Mine #19
    Surface coal · B & H Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1517649
    Abandoned
  125. Auger Mine #5
    Surface coal · B & H Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1516515
    Abandoned
  126. Auger No 3
    Surface coal · B & H Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515867
    Abandoned
  127. B X Corp Tipple
    Facility coal · B X Corp · MSHA ID 1505157
    Abandoned
  128. B-402
    Underground coal · K C Rogers Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1512909
    Abandoned and Sealed
  129. Bailey Mining Co No 12
    Underground coal · Bailey Mining Company · MSHA ID 1512432
    Abandoned and Sealed
  130. Bailey Mining Co No1
    Underground coal · Bailey Mining Company · MSHA ID 1512288
    Abandoned and Sealed
  131. Bailey No 18
    Underground coal · Wheelwright Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1514636
    Abandoned and Sealed
  132. Be-Be Coal Preparation Plant
    Facility coal · Coal Mac Inc · MSHA ID 1508172
    Abandoned
  133. Best Elkhorn Surface No 3
    Surface coal · Best Elkhorn Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515777
    Abandoned
  134. Beverly Ann Preparation Plant
    Facility coal · DFM Processing, LLC · MSHA ID 1511870
    Abandoned
  135. Big Branch Surface
    Surface coal · Addington Brothers Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1511248
    Abandoned
  136. Black Hawk Refuse Site #1
    Facility coal · Black Hawk Mining LLC · MSHA ID 1505337
    Abandoned
  137. Blackhawk #1 Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Blackhawk Mining LLC · MSHA ID 1519372
    Abandoned
  138. Bosco Tipple
    Surface coal · Beaver Elkhorn Fuels Inc · MSHA ID 1511497
    Abandoned
  139. Br-10
    Underground coal · Childers Coal Company · MSHA ID 1508403
    Abandoned and Sealed
  140. Br-11 Mine
    Underground coal · K C Rogers Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1508179
    Abandoned and Sealed
  141. Br-18 Mine
    Underground coal · Cager Branch Coal Company · MSHA ID 1510917
    Abandoned and Sealed
  142. Bradley Branch
    Surface coal · Apollo Coal Company · MSHA ID 1514757
    Abandoned
  143. Buckeye Surface
    Surface coal · Miller Bros Coal LLC · MSHA ID 1519119
    Abandoned
  144. Buckingham Mine A
    Underground coal · Bailey Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1509613
    Abandoned
  145. Buckingham No B Mine
    Underground coal · Bailey Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1509614
    Abandoned
  146. Bull Creek Plant
    Facility coal · Bull Creek Coal Corporation · MSHA ID 1507461
    Abandoned
  147. Bx-51 Mine
    Underground coal · Hite Preparation Company · MSHA ID 1500388
    Abandoned and Sealed
  148. Bx-54
    Underground coal · Hite Preparation Company · MSHA ID 1503199
    Abandoned and Sealed
  149. Bx-56 Mine
    Underground coal · Hite Preparation Company · MSHA ID 1511374
    Abandoned
  150. C1
    Underground coal · CBL Mining LLC · MSHA ID 1519292
    Abandoned and Sealed

…and 949 more mines not listed here.

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
Adit 1,608
Strip Mine 207
P1 Portals 137
P1 Dangerous Slides 120
Prospect Pit 93
P2 Portals 79
P2 Dangerous Slides 64
Disturbed Surface 53
P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities 22
Tipple 21
P2 Dangerous Highwalls 19
P1 Dangerous Highwalls 13
Tailings - Pond 12
P1 Vertical Openings 11
P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities 11
P2 Clogged Stream Lands 10
P3 Spoil Area 10
P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments 10
P3 Other 9
P3 Bench 9
P2 Dangerous Impoundments 9
P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption 8
P2 Clogged Streams 7
P3 Gobs 7
P1 Surface Burning 7
P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments 7
P1 Clogged Stream Lands 6
P2 Surface Burning 6
Open Pit Mine or Quarry 6
P1 Clogged Streams 5
Mine Dump 4
P3 Equipment Facility 4
P3 Mine Opening 4
P2 Underground Mine Fires 3
P1 Underground Mine Fires 3
P2 Vertical Openings 3
P1 Gases: Hazardous/Explosive 2
P1 Dangerous Impoundments 2
P3 Haul Road 2
P2 Subsidence 1
Mine 1
P1 Subsidence 1
Quarry 1
P3 Water Problems 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.