How many abandoned mines are in Ohio County, Kentucky?

Abandoned mine inventory

Abandoned mines in Ohio County, Kentucky

Ohio County, Kentucky has 149 mine and prospect features on USGS topographic maps published 1952–1983, including 53 mine openings (shafts, adits and air shafts). OSMRE's abandoned mine land inventory lists 67 problems in the county, 45 of them not yet reclaimed. MSHA's register carries 178 mines in the county with status Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed.

Every mine and prospect feature the USGS digitized from historical topographic maps covering Ohio 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): 149
Mine openings: 53
OSMRE problems unreclaimed: 45
MSHA mines marked abandoned: 178

0 features carry a name0 prospect pits16 quadrangle maps, published 1952–1983 67 OSMRE problems, 22 reclaimed 9 MSHA mines abandoned and sealed

What the features are

Mine openings

shafts, adits, air shafts, portals and vertical openings: the ways into underground workings

58 26.9%
Mines and surface workings

labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings

83 38.4%
Quarries, gravel and borrow pits

construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction

5 2.3%
Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob

what mining left above ground

20 9.3%
Mills, tipples and facilities

processing plants and hazardous structures

5 2.3%
Other reclamation problems

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

45 20.8%

OSMRE abandoned mine land problems67 on inventory

Problem area	Problem	Program	Status
Aetnaville Aml	P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Aetnaville Aml	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Aetnaville Aml	P2 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Alton Crowe	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Pending
Alton Crowe	P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Pending
Alton Crowe Pit	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	In Reclamation
Alton Crowe Pit	P2 Hazardous Water Bodies	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	In Reclamation
Baizetown Road Water Supply	P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Coal Interim Site Funding	Reclamation Completed
Beaver Dam Strip	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Beaver Dam Strip	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Bens Lick Spoil	P3 Pits	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Bens Lick Spoil	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Big Run Spoil	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Big Run Spoil	P3 Gobs	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Big Run Spoil	P3 Other	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Big Run Spoil	P3 Pits	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Big Run Spoil	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Centertown Shafts	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Centertown Shafts	P2 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Cool Springs Road Highwall	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Completed
Cool Springs Road Highwall	P2 Hazardous Water Bodies	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Completed
Deanefield Air Shaft	P2 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Earl Sass AMD	P3 Water Problems	State Acid Mine Drainage Set-Aside	Reclamation Completed
East Centertown Sub	P2 Subsidence	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Hawley-taylor	P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	In Reclamation
Hawley-taylor	P2 Hazardous Water Bodies	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	In Reclamation
Hawley-taylor	P3 Industrial/Residential Waste	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	In Reclamation
High View Hill Spoil	P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
High View Hill Spoil	P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
High View Hill Spoil	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Horace Martin Road Spoil	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
James Subsidence	P2 Subsidence	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Kirtley Subidence	P2 Subsidence	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Mc Henry Mines	P1 Clogged Streams	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Mc Henry Mines	P1 Subsidence	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Mc Henry Mines	P1 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Mc Henry Mines	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Mc Henry Mines	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Mc Henry Mines	P2 Subsidence	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
McHenry Dam Fire	P1 Surface Burning	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Muddy Cr.-mt. Zion Chrch	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Muddy Cr.-pigeon Cr. Mne	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Muddy Creek Wayne Mine	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Muddy Creek-horton Rfse	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Muddy Creek-horton Rfse	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Muddy Creek-south Beaver	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Muddy Creek-taylor Mines Road	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Muddy Creek-taylor Mines Road	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Muddy Creek-taylor Mines Road	P2 Dangerous Impoundments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Pre 87	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Completed
Pre 87	P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Completed
Reynolds Station Air Shafts	P2 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Rockport Subsidence	P2 Subsidence	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Rockport Subsidence	P3 Slump	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Rosine Pit/highwall	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Rosine Pit/highwall	P2 Hazardous Water Bodies	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Slaty Creek Spoil	P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Slaty Creek Spoil	P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Slaty Creek Spoil	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
South Centertown Sub	P2 Subsidence	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Southern School Spoi	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Waltz Subsidence	P2 Subsidence	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
West Centertown Sub	P2 Subsidence	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
West Mchenry Highwall	P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Coal Interim Site Funding	Reclamation Completed
West Mchenry Highwall	P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Coal Interim Site Funding	Reclamation Completed
West Mchenry Highwall	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Coal Interim Site Funding	Reclamation Pending
West Mchenry Highwall	P2 Hazardous Water Bodies	Coal Interim Site Funding	Reclamation Completed

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 Abandoned178 on register

#111
Surface coal · Carbon Seam Systems Inc · MSHA ID 1517115

Abandoned 1993-03-05
20th Century Hi-Wall(Surface)
Surface coal · Peabody Coal Company · MSHA ID 1510719

Abandoned 1977-09-01
A B I No 7
Surface coal · A B I Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1511931

Abandoned 1979-10-02
Alcona Mine
Surface coal · Kentucky Jaf Coals Inc · MSHA ID 1509520

Abandoned 1976-09-09
Alpha Mine
Surface coal · R & H Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 1512234

Abandoned 1983-02-01
Alston Central Shop
Facility coal · Peabody Coal Company · MSHA ID 1512724

Abandoned 1989-07-21
Alston High Wall
Surface coal · Peabody Coal Company · MSHA ID 1510720

Abandoned 1977-09-01
Alston No 3 Mine
Underground coal · Peabody Coal Company · MSHA ID 1505046

Abandoned and Sealed 1981-02-06
Alston No 4-Mine
Underground coal · Peabody Coal Company · MSHA ID 1505047

Abandoned and Sealed 1982-03-12
Alston Surface/Center Prep
Facility coal · Peabody Coal Company · MSHA ID 1509963

Abandoned 2009-03-31
B & W
Underground coal · Peabody Coal Company · MSHA ID 1513284

Abandoned and Sealed 1982-01-06
Baizetown Mine
Surface coal · Baizetown Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1512327

Abandoned 1982-09-10
Baizetown No 3
Surface coal · Baizetown Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1512854

Abandoned 1982-04-09
Barker #1
Surface coal · Michael Barker · MSHA ID 1505917

Abandoned 1987-03-03
Barker #1
Surface coal · Michael Barker · MSHA ID 1515917

Abandoned 1988-01-13
Barron No 1 Mine
Surface coal · Barron Mining Company · MSHA ID 1507187

Abandoned 1975-12-16
Bay Strip
Surface coal · Denton Coal Company · MSHA ID 1510237

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Beaver Dam Mine
Surface coal · J A R Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1513186

Abandoned 1987-09-14
Belltown Quarry
Surface metal/non-metal · Green River Materials Inc · MSHA ID 1518868

Abandoned 2008-12-04
Bethel Mines
Surface coal · Bethel Mines · MSHA ID 1515794

Abandoned 1987-03-19
Beverly Ann Strip
Surface coal · Patrick D Price Petroleum Products Inc · MSHA ID 1510321

Abandoned 1980-08-27
Big Run
Surface coal · Grand Eagle Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1517800

Abandoned 1999-09-23
Big Run Mine
Underground coal · Armstrong Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1518552

Abandoned and Sealed 2011-12-30
Bingham Mine
Surface coal · Eureka Mining Corp · MSHA ID 1512862

Abandoned 1984-09-24
Bratcher Mine
Surface coal · Hatfield Coal Co Inc · MSHA ID 1507802

Abandoned 1976-01-27
Buck #1
Surface coal · Bradmar Inc · MSHA ID 1516378

Abandoned 1990-02-01
Buford Mine
Surface coal · Winn Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 1516774

Abandoned 1996-10-17
Bull Run
Surface coal · Mesa Coals Inc · MSHA ID 1516975

Abandoned 1994-10-17
Bulldog Strip
Surface coal · Bulldog Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1510667

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Bullet Strip
Surface coal · Charolais Corp · MSHA ID 1510649

Abandoned 1977-09-19
Carlon Strip
Surface coal · Carlon Inc · MSHA ID 1507258

Abandoned 1976-09-09
Carroll Mine
Surface coal · Wilcox Trucking Inc · MSHA ID 1508336

Abandoned 1976-08-31
Center Preparation Plant
Facility coal · Peabody Coal Company · MSHA ID 1506833

Abandoned 1993-05-31
Centertown Strip
Surface coal · Appalachian Contracting Company · MSHA ID 1510624

Abandoned 1980-10-24
Circle B Turnpike Mine
Surface coal · Circle B Coal Company · MSHA ID 1504214

Abandoned 1972-06-08
Circle S Coal Co Inc Buccaneer
Surface coal · Circle S Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1510309

Abandoned 1991-10-31
Coal Tech Job 1
Facility coal · Coal Tech Inc · MSHA ID 1517151

Abandoned 1998-07-29
Conti/Ken #1
Surface coal · Continental Augering Inc · MSHA ID 1517726

Abandoned 1997-07-22
Country Club Road
Surface coal · Hoke Company Inc · MSHA ID 1517510

Abandoned 1994-02-08
Country Club Strip
Surface coal · Circle B Coal Company · MSHA ID 1504429

Abandoned 1973-04-03
Curtis Mine
Surface coal · Bon Harbor Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1513441

Abandoned 1984-09-24
Daugherty No 2 Strip Mine
Surface coal · Rod Energy Corp · MSHA ID 1508636

Abandoned 1977-03-28
Deanefield
Surface coal · United Minerals Co LLC · MSHA ID 1517507

Abandoned 2002-07-02
Deanefield Mine
Surface coal · Ken-Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1517703

Abandoned 1996-03-25
Duke Dean
Surface coal · Allstate Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1505475

Abandoned 1978-03-14
Eagle Quarries Incorporated
Surface metal/non-metal · Eagle Quarries Inc · MSHA ID 1514035

Abandoned 1995-06-20
Eastfork Surface Mine
Surface coal · Armstrong Coal Company, Inc. · MSHA ID 1519407

Abandoned 2016-03-01
Elm Lick Mine
Surface coal · Arch On The Green Inc · MSHA ID 1505339

Abandoned 1988-05-10
Emmet Mine
Underground coal · Denton Coal Company · MSHA ID 1511697

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Equality
Surface coal · Kentucky Land Resources, Inc. · MSHA ID 1519344

Abandoned 2024-07-26
Evans No 1
Surface coal · Evans Contracting Service · MSHA ID 1513003

Abandoned 1983-02-01
Fordsville Mine
Surface coal · Holladay Inc · MSHA ID 1508845

Abandoned 1979-10-02
Fordsville Mine
Surface coal · Larkins Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1510805

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Fordsville Strip Mine
Surface coal · Circle B Coal Company · MSHA ID 1508450

Abandoned 1976-08-11
Fort Hartford Stone Co Inc Hartford
Underground metal/non-metal · Fort Hartford Stone Company Inc · MSHA ID 1500023

Abandoned 1978-07-27
Four A Mine Strip
Surface coal · Four A Coal Company · MSHA ID 1505505

Abandoned 1973-03-12
Frost No 1 Strip
Surface coal · Edward R Sczesny & Assoc · MSHA ID 1508937

Abandoned 1982-03-22
Frost No 2
Surface coal · Edward R Sczesny & Assoc · MSHA ID 1509345

Abandoned 1977-05-09
Ft Hartford Coal
Facility coal · Fort Hartford Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1512140

Abandoned 1983-02-01
G & R Little Rock No 1
Surface coal · Geary & Renfrow Little Rock Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1512956

Abandoned 1983-02-01
Geary Brothers Mine No 2
Surface coal · Geary Brothers Coal Company · MSHA ID 1511370

Abandoned 1979-11-06
Genesee North
Surface coal · Denton Coal Company · MSHA ID 1512099

Abandoned 1980-06-18
Goshen Mine
Surface coal · Centennial Resources Inc · MSHA ID 1517322

Abandoned 1999-10-27
Greenbriar
Surface coal · Winn Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 1517685

Abandoned 1999-03-03
H And T Ramp
Facility coal · H & T Coal Ramp Company Inc · MSHA ID 1509940

Abandoned 1983-02-01
Hall Mine #2
Surface coal · Weslo Inc · MSHA ID 1517114

Abandoned 1991-08-13
Hall Mine No 1
Surface coal · Rough River Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1510070

Abandoned 1978-05-30
Hall No 1 Strip
Surface coal · Pyramid Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1511329

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Happy Hollow Mine
Surface coal · Black Hills Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1518162

Abandoned 2000-07-21
Harrison No 1 Mine
Surface coal · Harrison Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 1508082

Abandoned 1975-07-28
Herring Mine
Surface coal · Herring Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1511332

Abandoned 1982-01-26
Highview Mine
Surface coal · Rust Mining, LLC · MSHA ID 1519589

Abandoned 2012-01-27
Hillsdale Surface
Surface coal · Denton Coal Company · MSHA ID 1511696

Abandoned 1980-08-27
Hoky Mine
Surface coal · Hoky Coal Company · MSHA ID 1506774

Abandoned 1974-09-09
Homestead Strip Mine
Surface coal · Peabody Coal Company · MSHA ID 1502080

Abandoned 1985-11-13
Horton Tipple
Facility coal · Tower Resources Inc · MSHA ID 1509873

Abandoned 1979-10-01
India Mine
Surface coal · India Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1515904

Abandoned 1987-06-20
Irish Gem Strip
Surface coal · Patrick D Price Petroleum Products Inc · MSHA ID 1510373

Abandoned 1979-10-01
J & B Mine
Surface coal · Rough River Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1508134

Abandoned 1976-03-18
J & B Mine
Surface coal · Ohio River Coal Company · MSHA ID 1509457

Abandoned 1976-04-15
J And B No 2 Strip
Surface coal · B & J Inc · MSHA ID 1510014

Abandoned 1977-03-28
Jim Bob Mine Strip
Surface coal · Jim-Bob Mining Company · MSHA ID 1509650

Abandoned 1976-06-17
K & S Mine No 2
Surface coal · K & S Mining · MSHA ID 1514835

Abandoned 1985-03-28
Kalamazoo Mine
Surface coal · Red River Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1512777

Abandoned 1984-09-24
Ken No 3 U G Mine
Underground coal · Peabody Coal Company · MSHA ID 1502078

Abandoned 1972-02-09
Ken No 4 Mine
Underground coal · Peabody Coal Company · MSHA ID 1502079

Abandoned and Sealed 1984-09-01
Ken No 4 North Mine
Underground coal · Peabody Coal Company · MSHA ID 1505120

Abandoned and Sealed 1980-02-01
Ken Surface
Surface coal · Peabody Coal Company · MSHA ID 1502077

Abandoned 1998-06-03
Kentucky-Indiana Coal Company
Facility coal · Kentucky-Indiana Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1512476

Abandoned 1980-07-01
Kronos Overland Conveyor
Surface coal · Overland Conveying Systems LLC · MSHA ID 1519697

Abandoned 2013-11-18
Land Fill
Surface coal · Hoke Company Inc · MSHA ID 1511129

Abandoned 1983-02-01
Last Chance
Surface coal · Dunbar Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1516017

Abandoned 1990-09-07
LEWIS CREEK
Surface coal · Kentucky Land Resources, Inc. · MSHA ID 1519511

Abandoned 2024-07-25
Lewis Creek Docks Inc
Facility coal · Lewis Creek Docks Inc · MSHA ID 1510062

Abandoned 1986-01-31
Lewis Creek Mine
Underground coal · Prestige Coal Company · MSHA ID 1517294

Abandoned and Sealed 1996-11-12
Lewis Creek Underground Mine
Underground coal · Armstrong Coal Company, Inc. · MSHA ID 1519669

Abandoned and Sealed 2015-06-02
Little 9 Mine Mi 8286
Underground coal · A & T Coal Co · MSHA ID 1501251

Abandoned 1980-09-19
Longview Mine
Surface coal · Zielinski Construction Corp · MSHA ID 1516379

Abandoned 1997-07-24
Lost Spaniard Mine
Surface coal · Big Delta Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 1510184

Abandoned 1981-09-24
Maddox Mine
Surface coal · Bradmar Inc · MSHA ID 1512210

Abandoned 1995-01-03
Magan No 1
Surface coal · Derek Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1513562

Abandoned 1984-09-24
Magan No 2
Surface coal · Derek Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1514910

Abandoned 1986-09-15
Magan No 2
Surface coal · Zielinski Construction Corp · MSHA ID 1515756

Abandoned 1989-12-21
Maple Leaf Lake Mine
Surface coal · Green Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1516463

Abandoned 1990-06-08
Marietta No 1 Strip
Surface coal · Panscape Of Kentucky Inc · MSHA ID 1510183

Abandoned 1977-02-09
McHenry Complex
Facility coal · Centennial Resources Inc · MSHA ID 1511620

Abandoned 2004-09-13
Middle Tennessee Tipple
Facility coal · Middle Tennessee Coal & Coke Inc · MSHA ID 1505082

Abandoned 1978-06-29
Mine No 14
Surface coal · Circle B Coal Company · MSHA ID 1508711

Abandoned 1975-10-20
Mine No 4
Surface coal · Rough River Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1507771

Abandoned 1975-06-02
Mine No 4
Surface coal · Baizetown Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1513205

Abandoned 1984-05-17
Mine No 9
Surface coal · Hoke Company Inc · MSHA ID 1509978

Abandoned 1983-02-01
Miracle Mines
Surface coal · Miracle Mines · MSHA ID 1515962

Abandoned 1987-09-01
Murray Mine
Surface coal · Hoke Company Inc · MSHA ID 1505447

Abandoned 1979-10-01
New Harmony Mine
Surface coal · Derek Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1514911

Abandoned 1986-01-01
New Horton Tipple
Facility coal · Parkway Coal Company · MSHA ID 1511670

Abandoned 1983-02-01
No 1
Surface coal · Vic Inc · MSHA ID 1510628

Abandoned 1980-10-29
No 1 Mine
Surface coal · Vulcan Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 1510839

Abandoned 1979-10-01
No 1 Strip
Surface coal · Coys Development Company Inc · MSHA ID 1508544

Abandoned 1978-09-11
No 1 Strip
Surface coal · Captina Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1509715

Abandoned 1977-05-09
No 11 Mine
Surface coal · Circle B Coal Company · MSHA ID 1507256

Abandoned 1975-03-10
No 2 Strip Mine
Surface coal · Rod Energy Corp · MSHA ID 1508600

Abandoned 1976-04-08
No 2 Surface
Surface coal · Vulcan Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 1511245

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Ohio County No 1 Strip Mine
Surface coal · Williams & Crabtree Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 1508324

Abandoned 1976-09-30
Ohio No 1
Surface coal · Ohio River Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1511597

Abandoned 1984-09-24
Ohio Pit No 1-Strip
Surface coal · Chapman Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1510247

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Ohio Strip Mine
Surface coal · J O Burge Coal Company · MSHA ID 1505350

Abandoned 1972-11-08
Old Rev
Surface coal · Wolfe Industries Coal Company · MSHA ID 1507738

Abandoned 1983-02-01
Ox Bow No 2
Surface coal · Vineyard Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1513166

Abandoned 1984-01-05
Ozark No 1 Mine
Surface coal · Ozark Coal Inc · MSHA ID 1508482

Abandoned 1977-02-14
P.Ridge Mine-South Pit
Surface coal · Western Kentucky Minerals, Inc. · MSHA ID 1519683

Abandoned 2018-08-20
Parkway Mine
Surface coal · Hoke Company Inc · MSHA ID 1512395

Abandoned 1987-10-01
Parkway Plant
Facility coal · Thunderbird Energies Company Inc · MSHA ID 1511960

Abandoned 1979-11-02
Pea Ridge
Surface coal · Black Earth Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1514409

Abandoned 1986-02-03
Pea Ridge Strip
Surface coal · B & J Inc · MSHA ID 1511383

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Pendley 1
Surface coal · Pendley Mining · MSHA ID 1515057

Abandoned 1986-02-03
Pleasant Ridge Mine
Surface coal · Winn Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 1515602

Abandoned 1990-07-20
Pleasant Ridge Strip
Surface coal · Williams Brothers Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1504430

Abandoned 1978-03-14
Prestige Mine
Underground coal · Prestige Coal Company · MSHA ID 1516582

Abandoned and Sealed 1993-06-24
Prince Christian
Surface coal · Derek Mining Inc · MSHA ID 1512286

Abandoned 1986-01-01
R B S No 1 Strip
Surface coal · Rope Coal Corp · MSHA ID 1511839

Abandoned 1980-10-29
Red River No 1
Surface coal · Red River Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1512933

Abandoned 1983-02-01
Rich Strip Mine
Surface coal · Morc Industries Inc · MSHA ID 1507252

Abandoned 1975-06-02
Riverview Mine
Surface coal · Peabody Coal Company · MSHA ID 1502076

Abandoned 1985-07-15
Rob Roy Strip
Surface coal · Appalachian Contracting Company · MSHA ID 1508684

Abandoned 1977-11-01
Robbinsville Coal Mine
Surface coal · Robbinsville Construction Company · MSHA ID 1508306

Abandoned 1976-12-09
Rockport Mine
Surface coal · Jim-Bob Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 1508710

Abandoned 1975-10-14
Rockport Terminal
Facility coal · Western Engineering Inc · MSHA ID 1512059

Abandoned 1983-02-01
Rough River Coal Mine
Surface coal · Highway Safety Materials Inc · MSHA ID 1505390

Abandoned 1976-08-31
Rough River Coal No 1 Strip
Surface coal · Rough River Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 1508967

Abandoned 1979-10-01
RUST # 1
Surface coal · VALLEY MINING, INC. · MSHA ID 1519355

Abandoned 2011-10-25

…and 28 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	Class	Source	Features
Strip Mine	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (area)	80
Adit	Mine openings	USGS topo symbol (point)	53
P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	9
P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	8
P2 Subsidence	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	8
P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	6
Tailings - Pond	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	USGS topo symbol (area)	6
P3 Spoil Area	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	6
P2 Hazardous Water Bodies	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	5
Quarry	Quarries, gravel and borrow pits	USGS topo symbol (point)	5
P2 Vertical Openings	Mine openings	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	4
P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	3
P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Mills, tipples and facilities	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	3
P3 Pits	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	2
Open Pit Mine or Quarry	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (point)	2
Tipple	Mills, tipples and facilities	USGS topo symbol (point)	2
P1 Vertical Openings	Mine openings	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P3 Slump	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P3 Other	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
Disturbed Surface	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (area)	1
P1 Subsidence	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P2 Dangerous Impoundments	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P1 Surface Burning	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P1 Clogged Streams	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P3 High Wall	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P3 Industrial/Residential Waste	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P3 Gobs	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P3 Water Problems	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	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

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.