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Abandoned mine inventory

Abandoned mines in Berkshire County, Massachusetts

Berkshire County, Massachusetts has 175 mine and prospect features on USGS topographic maps published 1944–1973, including 1 mine openings (shafts, adits and air shafts); 1 of the features carry a name on the map. MSHA's register carries 55 mines in the county with status Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed.

Every mine and prospect feature the USGS digitized from historical topographic maps covering Berkshire 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)
175
Mine openings
1
OSMRE problems unreclaimed
0
MSHA mines marked abandoned
55
1 features carry a name0 prospect pits22 quadrangle maps, published 1944–1973 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 0.6%
  2. Mines and surface workings
    labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
    9 5.1%
  3. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits
    construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
    163 93.1%
  4. Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob
    what mining left above ground
    2 1.1%
Named features on the maps1 named · from the USGS compilation
Name on map Feature
French Cave 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 Abandoned55 on register
  1. Adams
    Surface metal/non-metal · Berkshire Concrete Corp · MSHA ID 1900961
    Abandoned
  2. Adams Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mohawk Stone Products Inc · MSHA ID 1900337
    Abandoned
  3. Beacco Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Nat Beacco & Sons · MSHA ID 1900343
    Abandoned
  4. Berkshire Pit & Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Berkshire Concrete Corp · MSHA ID 1900413
    Abandoned
  5. Berkshire Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Williams Stone Co. Inc · MSHA ID 1900503
    Abandoned
  6. Bushika Sand & Gravel Inc
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bushika Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 1900308
    Abandoned
  7. Cheshire Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Vincent Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 1900929
    Abandoned
  8. Clarksburg Construction Co Inc
    Surface metal/non-metal · Clarksurg Construction Co. Inc. · MSHA ID 1901204
    Abandoned
  9. Curran Highway Crusher Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · City Of North Adams · MSHA ID 1900934
    Abandoned
  10. Dalton Hardwood
    Surface metal/non-metal · Town Of Windsor · MSHA ID 1901001
    Abandoned
  11. Dalton Hardwood Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lane Construction Corp · MSHA ID 1901009
    Abandoned
  12. Dalton Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ray Robert Excavation and Trucking · MSHA ID 1901175
    Abandoned
  13. Dalton Pit And Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Donovan'S Blacktop Service Inc · MSHA ID 1900510
    Abandoned
  14. Della - Cone S/N QM8902
    Surface metal/non-metal · N Della Inc · MSHA ID 1901183
    Abandoned
  15. Della - Jaw S/N 20071107423
    Surface metal/non-metal · N Della Inc · MSHA ID 1901182
    Abandoned
  16. Della - Screen
    Surface metal/non-metal · N Della Inc · MSHA ID 1901184
    Abandoned
  17. Donovan Construction
    Surface metal/non-metal · Donovan Construction Company · MSHA ID 1901162
    Abandoned
  18. Dukes Sand & Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Dukes Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 1901212
    Abandoned
  19. Eagle Crusher
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ray Robert Excavation and Trucking · MSHA ID 1901174
    Abandoned
  20. Eagle Rotary Crusher
    Surface metal/non-metal · J H Maxymillian · MSHA ID 1901173
    Abandoned
  21. East Lee Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Freda Wyman · MSHA ID 1900501
    Abandoned
  22. Extec 6000S S/N 5045
    Surface metal/non-metal · Jessica Russell · MSHA ID 1901232
    Abandoned
  23. Extec S-5 Screening Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · J. H. Maxymillian · MSHA ID 1901164
    Abandoned
  24. FASSELL SITE
    Surface metal/non-metal · Andrews Excavating Inc · MSHA ID 1901002
    Abandoned
  25. Florida Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Northern Construction Service LLC · MSHA ID 1901211
    Abandoned
  26. Gaston Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Excavators & Graders Inc · MSHA ID 1900964
    Abandoned
  27. Greylock Sand and Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Greylock Sand & Gravel, LLC · MSHA ID 1901069
    Abandoned
  28. Hinsdale Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · J White Construction · MSHA ID 1901020
    Abandoned
  29. Hinsdale Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · V J Stracuzzi · MSHA ID 1901021
    Abandoned
  30. Hinsdale Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Berkshire Concrete Corp · MSHA ID 1901033
    Abandoned
  31. Holland Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lane Construction Corp · MSHA ID 1901017
    Abandoned
  32. Horn Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Horn Brothers · MSHA ID 1900960
    Abandoned
  33. Hutchinson Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hutchinson Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 1900320
    Abandoned
  34. Johnsons Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · D Condron Construction Inc · MSHA ID 1901176
    Abandoned
  35. K & K PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Kay Hall Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 1901000
    Abandoned
  36. Kolberg Secondary Jaw Crusher
    Surface metal/non-metal · J. H. Maxymillian · MSHA ID 1901163
    Abandoned
  37. LEE PLANT
    Surface metal/non-metal · J Donovan & Son Inc · MSHA ID 1900277
    Abandoned
  38. Lee Quarry And Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lee Marble Inc · MSHA ID 1900399
    Abandoned
  39. Mercer Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Fred Mercer · MSHA ID 1900950
    Abandoned
  40. Noble'S Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · D R Billings Inc · MSHA ID 1901022
    Abandoned
  41. Nolan Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Nolan Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 1900963
    Abandoned
  42. Nordberg Jaw Crusher
    Surface metal/non-metal · J. H. Maxymillian · MSHA ID 1901165
    Abandoned
  43. North Adams Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · J H Maxymillian Inc · MSHA ID 1901005
    Abandoned
  44. Old Stagecoach Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · William Eberhard · MSHA ID 1901029
    Abandoned
  45. Paul Nichols - Power Screen
    Surface metal/non-metal · Nichols Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 1901246
    Abandoned
  46. Pittsfield Highway Dept Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · City Of Pittsfield Highway Department · MSHA ID 1901003
    Abandoned
  47. Pittsfield Sand and Gravel Inc
    Surface metal/non-metal · Callanan Industries Inc · MSHA ID 1900469
    Abandoned
  48. POOR PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · JOE WILKINSON EXCAVATING INC · MSHA ID 1901198
    Abandoned
  49. Portable Crusher
    Surface metal/non-metal · D. R. Billings, Inc. · MSHA ID 1901019
    Abandoned
  50. PORTABLE PLANT 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Gar-Met · MSHA ID 1901046
    Abandoned
  51. Shrewsbury Pit And Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Worcester Sand & Gravel Company Inc · MSHA ID 1900377
    Abandoned
  52. Simonds Road Pit And Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Harwood D Moore Sand & Gravel Co · MSHA ID 1900314
    Abandoned
  53. Tobey Lime Plant
    Facility metal/non-metal · Lee Lime Corp · MSHA ID 1900017
    Abandoned
  54. Turner'S Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · D R Billings Inc · MSHA ID 1901023
    Abandoned
  55. WILLIAMS GRAVEL BED
    Surface metal/non-metal · W E Williams Paving Inc · MSHA ID 1901041
    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 109
Gravel Pit 23
Quarry 13
Quarry 7
Open Pit Mine or Quarry 6
Borrow Pit 5
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated 4
Open Pit Mine or Quarry 2
Tailings - Pond 1
Tailings - Undifferentiated 1
Sand and Gravel Pit 1
Borrow Pit 1
Adit 1
Disturbed Surface 1
Other counties in MassachusettsAll 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.