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Abandoned mines in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana has 149 mine and prospect features on USGS topographic maps published 1958–1994. OSMRE's abandoned mine land inventory lists 3 problems in the county, 3 of them not yet reclaimed. MSHA's register carries 90 mines in the county with status Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed.

Every mine and prospect feature the USGS digitized from historical topographic maps covering Tangipahoa Parish, 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
0
OSMRE problems unreclaimed
3
MSHA mines marked abandoned
90
0 features carry a name0 prospect pits13 quadrangle maps, published 1958–1994 3 OSMRE problems, 0 reclaimed 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
    12 7.9%
  2. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits
    construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
    137 90.1%
  3. Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob
    what mining left above ground
    1 0.7%
  4. Mills, tipples and facilities
    processing plants and hazardous structures
    1 0.7%
  5. Other reclamation problems
    highwalls, subsidence, polluted or clogged water, fires, slides and gases in OSMRE's inventory
    1 0.7%
OSMRE abandoned mine land problems3 on inventory
Problem area Problem Status
Tangipahoa-fluker Site P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Tangipahoa-fluker Site P2 Clogged Stream Lands Reclamation Pending
Tangipahoa-fluker Site P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending

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 Abandoned90 on register
  1. 2 Brothers Sand and Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Anny's Inc · MSHA ID 1601376
    Abandoned
  2. A & S Sand & Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · A & S Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 1601289
    Abandoned
  3. Albert Trucking Company Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Albert Trucking Company · MSHA ID 1601010
    Abandoned
  4. Amite Gravel, LLC
    Surface metal/non-metal · Amite Gravel LLC · MSHA ID 1601474
    Abandoned
  5. Amite Gravel, LLC #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Amite Gravel, LLC · MSHA ID 1601540
    Abandoned
  6. Amite Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · BMS, LLC · MSHA ID 1601485
    Abandoned
  7. Anderson Gravel Company Incorporated
    Surface metal/non-metal · Anderson Gravel Company Inc · MSHA ID 1601138
    Abandoned
  8. Arcola Dredge And Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Gifford-Hill & Company · MSHA ID 1600494
    Abandoned
  9. Arcola Sand And Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Arcola Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 1601109
    Abandoned
  10. B & H Sand & Gravel Company
    Surface metal/non-metal · B & H Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 1601009
    Abandoned
  11. B & H Sand And Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · B & H Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 1601018
    Abandoned
  12. B & H Sand And Gravel Company
    Surface metal/non-metal · B & H Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 1600947
    Abandoned
  13. B & H Sand And Gravel Company
    Surface metal/non-metal · B & H Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 1600966
    Abandoned
  14. Baham Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · B Brothers Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 1601152
    Abandoned
  15. BALLARDS PLANT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Southeast Aggregates Inc · MSHA ID 1601326
    Abandoned
  16. Barry's Haven Constr & Excavation, LLC
    Surface metal/non-metal · Barry's Haven Construction & Excavation LLC · MSHA ID 1601110
    Abandoned
  17. Bayou Sand & Gravel LLC
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bayou Sand & Gravel LLC · MSHA ID 1601479
    Abandoned
  18. Black Cat Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Willie Owens Jr Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 1601185
    Abandoned
  19. BMS Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · BMS Gravel LLC · MSHA ID 1601458
    Abandoned
  20. BOLIVAR PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Kentwood Brick & Tile Manufacturing Company Inc · MSHA ID 1601074
    Abandoned
  21. BRENT'S S & G
    Surface metal/non-metal · Brent'S Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 1601153
    Abandoned
  22. Carloss/Herring
    Surface metal/non-metal · Louisiana Aggregate Resources Inc · MSHA ID 1601236
    Abandoned
  23. CLEMONS PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Southeast Aggregates Inc · MSHA ID 1601209
    Abandoned
  24. DALEY SAND & GRAVEL INC.
    Surface metal/non-metal · Daley Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 1601360
    Abandoned
  25. Diamond B Drude Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Diamond B Construction Co., LLC · MSHA ID 1601500
    Abandoned
  26. DIAMOND B ROSELAND PITT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Diamond B Construction · MSHA ID 1601273
    Abandoned
  27. Diamond B Tangipahoa Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Diamond B Construction Co. LLC · MSHA ID 1601383
    Abandoned
  28. Floyd Baham Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · B Brothers Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 1601208
    Abandoned
  29. Fluker Farms Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Florida Parishes Aggregate, LLC · MSHA ID 1601521
    Abandoned
  30. Fluker Mine-A
    Surface metal/non-metal · Premier Aggregates LLC · MSHA ID 1601454
    Abandoned
  31. G W Creel Plant #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · G W Creel LLC · MSHA ID 1601467
    Abandoned
  32. Gee Gee Ranch
    Surface metal/non-metal · Gee Gee Ranch · MSHA ID 1600792
    Abandoned
  33. Gillman Plant 40
    Surface metal/non-metal · Gillman Enterprises, LLC · MSHA ID 1601416
    Abandoned
  34. Gillman Plant 40
    Surface metal/non-metal · Gillman Enterprises, LLC · MSHA ID 1601448
    Abandoned
  35. GRAVEL PIT PONDER
    Surface metal/non-metal · BARRIERE CONSTRUCTION CO., LLC · MSHA ID 1601484
    Abandoned
  36. Hampton Fill Material L.L.C.
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hampton Fill Material L.L.C. · MSHA ID 1601572
    Abandoned
  37. Hornsby Sand & Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hornsby Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 1601125
    Abandoned
  38. Independence Dredge
    Surface metal/non-metal · Howard Construction Company · MSHA ID 1600894
    Abandoned
  39. Independence Sand & Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Independence Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 1601091
    Abandoned
  40. Industrial Dredge And Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Industrial Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 1600548
    Abandoned
  41. Industrial Dredge And Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Industrial Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 1600918
    Abandoned
  42. Industrial Mining Plant 4
    Surface metal/non-metal · Industrial Mining, LLC · MSHA ID 1601561
    Abandoned
  43. Industrial Mining Plant 5
    Surface metal/non-metal · Industrial Mining, LLC · MSHA ID 1601534
    Abandoned
  44. Industrial Sand & Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Industrial Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 1600987
    Abandoned
  45. Industrial Sand & Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Industrial Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 1601036
    Abandoned
  46. Jacobs Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · J-S Sand & Gravel LLC · MSHA ID 1601437
    Abandoned
  47. Jacobs Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · S & S Equipment Services, LLC · MSHA ID 1601466
    Abandoned
  48. Jacobson Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Jessie Rogers Gravel Product · MSHA ID 1601112
    Abandoned
  49. Jessie Rogers Dredge & Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Jessie Rogers Gravel Product · MSHA ID 1600795
    Abandoned
  50. JESSIE ROGERS GRAVEL, Inc.
    Surface metal/non-metal · Jessie Rogers Gravel , Inc. · MSHA ID 1601062
    Abandoned
  51. Joiner Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Joiner Farms & Gravel · MSHA ID 1601158
    Abandoned
  52. K & C Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Kenny Owens Gravel · MSHA ID 1601255
    Abandoned
  53. K & M Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · K & M Gravel · MSHA ID 1601111
    Abandoned
  54. K-4 INTERPRISE
    Surface metal/non-metal · K-4 Interprise · MSHA ID 1601277
    Abandoned
  55. Kentwood Brick Plant
    Facility metal/non-metal · Kentwood Brick & Tile Manufacturing Company Inc · MSHA ID 1600541
    Abandoned
  56. L & C BARRIERE
    Surface metal/non-metal · L & C GRAVEL LLC · MSHA ID 1601528
    Abandoned
  57. M & R Gravel Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · M & R Gravel Company · MSHA ID 1601297
    Abandoned
  58. Ma And Pa Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ma & Pa Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 1601035
    Abandoned
  59. Mc Daniel'S Sand & Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mc Daniel'S Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 1601136
    Abandoned
  60. Mitchell Pit And Plant No 29
    Surface metal/non-metal · Gifford-Hill & Company · MSHA ID 1600323
    Abandoned
  61. P & J Sand & Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · P & J Sand & Gravel, LLC · MSHA ID 1601377
    Abandoned
  62. Pit #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Southeast Aggregates Inc · MSHA ID 1601073
    Abandoned
  63. Pit #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Diamond L Construction LLC · MSHA ID 1601455
    Abandoned
  64. Pit #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Southeast Aggregates Inc · MSHA ID 1601142
    Abandoned
  65. Plant 9
    Surface metal/non-metal · Southern Aggregates of Delaware, LLC · MSHA ID 1601536
    Abandoned
  66. POWELL PIT #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ward Line Materials Inc · MSHA ID 1601389
    Abandoned
  67. R J Booty Enterprise
    Surface metal/non-metal · R J Booty Enterprise · MSHA ID 1601441
    Abandoned
  68. Rogers & Cg Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Rogers Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 1601059
    Abandoned
  69. Rogers Gravel Co & Jenkins Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Rogers Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 1600540
    Abandoned
  70. Rogers Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Rogers Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 1601005
    Abandoned
  71. SGM Investments, LLC
    Surface metal/non-metal · SGM Investments, LLC · MSHA ID 1601452
    Abandoned
  72. Smith Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Construction Aggregates LLC · MSHA ID 1601462
    Abandoned
  73. South Spoon Sand & Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · South Spoon Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 1601188
    Abandoned
  74. Southeastern Aggregates LLC
    Surface metal/non-metal · Southeastern Aggregates LLC · MSHA ID 1601468
    Abandoned
  75. Sparta Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Magnolia Mining Company LLC · MSHA ID 1601470
    Abandoned
  76. SUMNER PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Kentwood Brick & Tile Manufacturing Company Inc · MSHA ID 1601285
    Abandoned
  77. T & A Materials Incorporated
    Surface metal/non-metal · T & A Materials Inc · MSHA ID 1601033
    Abandoned
  78. Tangi Aggregates
    Surface metal/non-metal · Tangi Aggregates · MSHA ID 1601287
    Abandoned
  79. Tangi Development Corporation
    Surface metal/non-metal · Tangi Development Corp · MSHA ID 1601156
    Abandoned
  80. THOMPSON'S PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · La Pole & Piling Company Inc · MSHA ID 1601356
    Abandoned
  81. Tony'S Sand & Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Tony'S Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 1601154
    Abandoned
  82. TWO BROTHERS SAND AND GRAVEL #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · ANNY'S INC · MSHA ID 1601449
    Abandoned
  83. Tycer Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Labarama Inc · MSHA ID 1600946
    Abandoned
  84. Vicks Dredge & Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Vicks Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 1601126
    Abandoned
  85. Vicks Dredge And Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Vicks Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 1600537
    Abandoned
  86. Ward Line Material, Inc.
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ward Line Material, Inc. · MSHA ID 1601396
    Abandoned
  87. Wayne'S Sand & Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Wayne'S Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 1601113
    Abandoned
  88. White Sand & Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · White Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 1600805
    Abandoned
  89. Willie Owens Jr Sand And Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Willie Owens Jr Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 1600965
    Abandoned
  90. WILMER PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Kentwood Brick & Tile Manufacturing Company Inc · MSHA ID 1600961
    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
Gravel Pit 87
Gravel Pit 31
Disturbed Surface - Pit 11
Sand Pit 6
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated 5
Sand and Gravel Pit 4
Sand Pit 2
P2 Clogged Stream Lands 1
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated 1
Sand and Gravel Pit 1
P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments 1
P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities 1
Open Pit Mine or Quarry 1
Other counties in LouisianaAll counties →
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.