Mining Incidents
Abandoned mine inventory

Abandoned mines in St. Louis County, Minnesota

St. Louis County, Minnesota has 1,561 mine and prospect features on USGS topographic maps published 1933–1999, including 15 mine openings (shafts, adits and air shafts); 89 of the features carry a name on the map. MSHA's register carries 147 mines in the county with status Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed.

Every mine and prospect feature the USGS digitized from historical topographic maps covering St. Louis 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)
1,561
Mine openings
15
OSMRE problems unreclaimed
0
MSHA mines marked abandoned
147
89 features carry a name0 prospect pits130 quadrangle maps, published 1933–1999 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
    15 1.0%
  2. Mines and surface workings
    labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
    347 22.2%
  3. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits
    construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
    676 43.3%
  4. Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob
    what mining left above ground
    522 33.4%
  5. Mills, tipples and facilities
    processing plants and hazardous structures
    1 0.1%
Named features on the maps89 named · from the USGS compilation
Name on map Feature
Agnew Shaft Mine Shaft
Ajax Mine Open Pit Mine area
Alepena Mine Mine
Atkins Mine Open Pit Mine area
Auburn Pit Open Pit Mine area
Biwabik Mine, Canton Mine Open Pit Mine area
Burns Mine Open Pit Mine area
Carlz Mine Open Pit Mine area
Chataco Mine Open Pit Mine area
Corsica Mine Open Pit Mine area
Cyprus Mine Open Pit Mine area
Douglas Mine Mine
Drew-Syme Mine Open Pit Mine area
Duncan Mine Open Pit Mine area
Dunwoody Mine Open Pit Mine
Elbern Mine Open Pit Mine area
Embarrass Mine Open Pit Mine area
Erie Mine Open Pit Mine area
Erie Mine No 1 Pit Open Pit Mine area
Erie Mine No 1 Pit Open Pit Mine area
Erie Mine No 2 Pit Open Pit Mine area
Fayal Pit, Fayal No. 2 Pit, Alice Pit, Adams Pit, Troy, Hull-Nelson, Leonidas, Spruce, and Virginia Mines Open Pit Mine area
Forster Mine, Croxton Mine Open Pit Mine area
Forsyth Mine Mine
Fraser Mine Open Pit Mine
Genoa Mine Open Pit Mine area
Gilbert, Schley, and Sparta-Matta Mines Open Pit Mine area
Godfrey Shaft Mine Shaft
Hartley Burt Mine Open Pit Mine
Hartley Mine Mine
Higgins - McEwen, Minorga, Sullivan, and Sidney Mines Open Pit Mine area
Hudson Pit Open Pit Mine area
Humphrey Mine Open Pit Mine area
Iroquois Mine Open Pit Mine area
Judson Mine Open Pit Mine area
Knox Mine Mine
Lamberton Mine Open Pit Mine area
LaRue Mines Adit
LaRue Mines Mine Shaft
Leonard-Burt, Bradford, Pillsbury, Glen, and Monroe-Teller Mines Open Pit Mine area
Mace No 1 Mine Open Pit Mine area
Mahoning Mine Mine Dump area
Mahoning Mine Open Pit Mine area
Mahoning Mine, Carmi-Carson Lake Mine Open Pit Mine area
Mahoning-Hull-Rust, Kerr, South-Agnew, Scranton, Burt-Sellers, Susquehanna, Boeing, Webb, and Weggum Mines Open Pit Mine area
Margaret Mine Open Pit Mine area
Mary Ellen Pit Open Pit Mine area
Mesaba Quarry Quarry
Missabe Mountain, Rouchleau, Minnewas, Ordean, and Silver Mines Open Pit Mine area
Morris, Longyear, and Albany Mines Open Pit Mine area
Morrow Mine Open Pit Mine area
Morton Mine Open Pit Mine area
Mott Mine Open Pit Mine area
Mountain Iron Mine Open Pit Mine area
New Pilot Mine Open Pit Mine area
North American Mine Mine Shaft
Ore Processing Plant Mill Site
Palmer Mine Mine
Pilot Mine Open Pit Mine area
Pilot Mine Open Pit Mine area
Pioneer Mine Mine
Pioneer Mines Open Pit Mine
Pioneer Mines Open Pit Mine
Pioneer Mines Open Pit Mine area
Sediment Basin Settling Pond area
Sediment Basin Settling Pond area
Seville-Midway Mine Open Pit Mine area
Shenango Mine Open Pit Mine
Sherman Mine Open Pit Mine area
Shiras Mine Open Pit Mine area
Sibley Mine Open Pit Mine
Soudan Mine Mine Dump area
Soudan Mine Mine Shaft
Soudan Mine Mine Shaft
South Russell Mine Open Pit Mine area
St Clair Mine Mine
St James Mine Open Pit Mine area
Susquehanna Shaft Mine Shaft
Tailings Basin Tailings - Pond area
Utica Shaft Mine Shaft
Wacootah Mine Open Pit Mine area
Wade Mine Open Pit Mine area
Wade Mine Open Pit Mine area
Wanless Mine Open Pit Mine area
Warren Mine Mine
Webb Shaft Mine Shaft
Wheeling Mine Open Pit Mine area
Whiteside Mine Mine
Zenith Mine Open Pit 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.

MSHA-registered mines with status Abandoned147 on register
  1. 205 Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Split Rock Processing · MSHA ID 2104075
    Abandoned
  2. Amborn Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Saint Louis County Highway Department · MSHA ID 2102636
    Abandoned
  3. Anchor Lake Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ulland Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 2101861
    Abandoned
  4. Argo
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mathy Constr. Co. DBA Northland Constrs. of Duluth · MSHA ID 2103719
    Abandoned
  5. ARM
    Surface metal/non-metal · Vinny's Trucking · MSHA ID 2103939
    Abandoned
  6. Arrowhead Peat Bog
    Surface metal/non-metal · Arrowhead Peat Company · MSHA ID 2100894
    Abandoned
  7. Arrowhead Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Arrowhead Blacktop Company · MSHA ID 2100792
    Abandoned
  8. Arrowhead Sand & Gravel Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Arrowhead Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 2100458
    Abandoned
  9. Astec Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Dirt Work Specialists LLC · MSHA ID 2103914
    Abandoned
  10. AUBURN MINE
    Surface metal/non-metal · Auburn Minerals Llc · MSHA ID 2103073
    Abandoned
  11. Billington Gravel Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Billington Contracting Inc · MSHA ID 2103031
    Abandoned
  12. Biwabik Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Paul Jacobsen · MSHA ID 2103320
    Abandoned
  13. Blair Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Shafer Construction Co · MSHA ID 2102507
    Abandoned
  14. Brookston Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · E W Coons Company · MSHA ID 2102667
    Abandoned
  15. Burnett Mill
    Facility metal/non-metal · Federal Ore & Chemicals Inc · MSHA ID 2100904
    Abandoned
  16. Burnett Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Burnett Aggregate Inc · MSHA ID 2103574
    Abandoned
  17. Canosia Road Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Rajala Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 2102761
    Abandoned
  18. Canyon Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · SRM Materials LLC · MSHA ID 2103157
    Abandoned
  19. Carmi Gravel Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mesaba Construction Company · MSHA ID 2102930
    Abandoned
  20. CCEDER RAPIDS MV 380 PCS-4-411-13
    Surface metal/non-metal · LOUIS LEUSTEK & SONS INC · MSHA ID 2103799
    Abandoned
  21. CEC-2
    Surface metal/non-metal · NTT of Minnesota, Inc. · MSHA ID 2103337
    Abandoned
  22. CECI-Roadrunner
    Surface metal/non-metal · NTT of Minnesota Inc. · MSHA ID 2103342
    Abandoned
  23. Cedar Rapids 9000
    Surface metal/non-metal · NTT of Minnesota Inc · MSHA ID 2103561
    Abandoned
  24. Cemetery Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · City Of Chisholm · MSHA ID 2102482
    Abandoned
  25. Cliffs Erie, LLC.
    Surface metal/non-metal · Cleveland Cliffs Inc · MSHA ID 2100256
    Abandoned
  26. Collin Sand And Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Collin Sand And Gravel · MSHA ID 2103469
    Abandoned
  27. Connie Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Pittsburgh Pacific Company · MSHA ID 2102589
    Abandoned
  28. Crushing Spread
    Surface metal/non-metal · Red Top Construction, LLC · MSHA ID 2103766
    Abandoned
  29. Curtis Pit And Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Wissota Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 2102570
    Abandoned
  30. Daugherty Aggregates
    Surface metal/non-metal · Daugherty Trucking & Aggregates · MSHA ID 2103041
    Abandoned
  31. DEL ZOTTO PRODUCTS, INC.
    Surface metal/non-metal · Del Zotto Products Inc · MSHA ID 2101812
    Abandoned
  32. Dinley Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Greg Mangold Construction · MSHA ID 2103637
    Abandoned
  33. Douglas Screening Plant
    Facility metal/non-metal · Pittsburgh Pacific Company · MSHA ID 2102509
    Abandoned
  34. Eagle Lake Pit And Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lundin Construction Company Of Cromwell · MSHA ID 2102808
    Abandoned
  35. East Range Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · East Range Gravel Company Inc · MSHA ID 2100505
    Abandoned
  36. EL JAY #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Premier Aggregates Inc · MSHA ID 2102548
    Abandoned
  37. EL-JAY #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Premier Aggregates Inc · MSHA ID 2101810
    Abandoned
  38. EL-JAY #3
    Surface metal/non-metal · Premier Aggregates Inc · MSHA ID 2103029
    Abandoned
  39. Elephant Lake Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ulland Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 2102817
    Abandoned
  40. Engen Sand & Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Engen Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 2103925
    Abandoned
  41. Erie Pit And Mill
    Facility metal/non-metal · Abi Contracting Inc · MSHA ID 2102757
    Abandoned
  42. Erie Pit Area 2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Premier Aggregates Inc · MSHA ID 2102804
    Abandoned
  43. EVTAC MINE
    Surface metal/non-metal · Evtac Mining · MSHA ID 2100200
    Abandoned
  44. EVTAC PLANT
    Facility metal/non-metal · EVTAC Mining · MSHA ID 2100828
    Abandoned
  45. Finlay-2
    Surface metal/non-metal · NTT of Minnesota Inc · MSHA ID 2100796
    Abandoned
  46. Fredrick Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ulland Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 2102697
    Abandoned
  47. French River Sand And Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · French River Excavating · MSHA ID 2103077
    Abandoned
  48. Glacier Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Glacier Paving Inc · MSHA ID 2102929
    Abandoned
  49. GP 500
    Surface metal/non-metal · Northland Constructors · MSHA ID 2102999
    Abandoned
  50. GRAND LAKE AGGREGATE'S INC.
    Surface metal/non-metal · Grand Lake Aggregates Inc · MSHA ID 2103141
    Abandoned
  51. Granite Companies LLC
    Surface metal/non-metal · Granite Companies LLC · MSHA ID 2104113
    Abandoned
  52. Gulbranson Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Gulbranson Excavating · MSHA ID 2102484
    Abandoned
  53. Gulbranson Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Reliance Blacktop Inc · MSHA ID 2102487
    Abandoned
  54. H.P. 400
    Surface metal/non-metal · Northland Constructors · MSHA ID 2101302
    Abandoned
  55. Hagsten Gravel Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hagsten Excavating · MSHA ID 2103643
    Abandoned
  56. Hibbing Green Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Cold Spring Granite Company · MSHA ID 2102626
    Abandoned
  57. Hibbing Laboratory
    Facility metal/non-metal · Pickands Mather Services Inc · MSHA ID 2101152
    Abandoned
  58. Hibbing Pit Wash Plant #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Superior Forrest Aggregates Inc. · MSHA ID 2103046
    Abandoned
  59. Hibtac Pit & Mill
    Facility metal/non-metal · Abi Contracting Inc · MSHA ID 2102616
    Abandoned
  60. Highway 53 Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · D L Johnson & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 2102863
    Abandoned
  61. Holmes Excavating
    Surface metal/non-metal · Holmes Excavating · MSHA ID 2103636
    Abandoned
  62. Impro Gravel Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · E W Coons Company · MSHA ID 2102597
    Abandoned
  63. J&L Central Repair Shop
    Surface metal/non-metal · Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp · MSHA ID 2101576
    Abandoned
  64. JCI #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Premier Aggregates Inc · MSHA ID 2103196
    Abandoned
  65. Julia Mill
    Facility metal/non-metal · Pittsburgh Pacific Company · MSHA ID 2100804
    Abandoned
  66. Kinmount Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Premier Aggregates Inc · MSHA ID 2102418
    Abandoned
  67. Knox Extention Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Pittsburgh Pacific Company · MSHA ID 2101673
    Abandoned
  68. Lakeshore Blacktop Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lakeshore Blacktop · MSHA ID 2101457
    Abandoned
  69. Lehman Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Kenneth Lehman Logging · MSHA ID 2103734
    Abandoned
  70. Leustek Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Louis Leustek & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 2101508
    Abandoned
  71. Lismore Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Rajala Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 2102837
    Abandoned
  72. Mailing Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ken Sons Services · MSHA ID 2102383
    Abandoned
  73. Mangusson Pit & Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ulland Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 2101513
    Abandoned
  74. Maplegrove Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Older Construction Co · MSHA ID 2102496
    Abandoned
  75. Mattson Deep Lake Pit & Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Rajala Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 2101494
    Abandoned
  76. Mesaba Construction Company Deer La
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mesaba Construction Company · MSHA ID 2100569
    Abandoned
  77. Mesabi Nugget Delaware, LLC
    Facility metal/non-metal · Mesabi Nugget Delaware, LLC · MSHA ID 2103689
    Abandoned
  78. Mile Post 7 Pit #3
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ulland Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 2102754
    Abandoned
  79. Mining Resources, LLC
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mining Resources, LLC · MSHA ID 2103775
    Abandoned
  80. Minnamax
    Underground metal/non-metal · Amax Exploration Inc · MSHA ID 2102399
    Abandoned
  81. Minntac Crushing
    Surface metal/non-metal · E W Coons Company · MSHA ID 2102744
    Abandoned
  82. Minntac Maintenance Dept.
    Surface metal/non-metal · United States Steel Corp-Minnesota Ore Operations · MSHA ID 2100819
    Abandoned
  83. Minntac Operation
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ulland Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 2102665
    Abandoned
  84. Minntac Screening
    Surface metal/non-metal · Veit & Company, Inc. · MSHA ID 2103770
    Abandoned
  85. Minorca Site Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ulland Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 2102728
    Abandoned
  86. Moose Line Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Missabi Bitumen Blacktop · MSHA ID 2102834
    Abandoned
  87. Munger Pit Or Munger Pit & Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · E W Coons Company · MSHA ID 2100504
    Abandoned
  88. NAT'L STEEL PELLET CO (MINE)
    Surface metal/non-metal · National Steel Pellet Company · MSHA ID 2100249
    Abandoned
  89. National Pit And Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Abi Contracting Inc · MSHA ID 2102643
    Abandoned
  90. Normana Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Saint Louis County Highway Department · MSHA ID 2102481
    Abandoned
  91. North Central Aggregates
    Surface metal/non-metal · North Central Aggregates · MSHA ID 2101813
    Abandoned
  92. Northwest Ore Div/Mc Kinley Extension Mi
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ltv Steel Company Inc · MSHA ID 2100286
    Abandoned
  93. Northwest Ore Div/Mc Kinley Group
    Surface metal/non-metal · Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp · MSHA ID 2100253
    Abandoned
  94. OMNICONE
    Surface metal/non-metal · Northland Constructors · MSHA ID 2102782
    Abandoned
  95. Peterson Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Peterson Mobil Sales · MSHA ID 2102406
    Abandoned
  96. Pittsburgh Pacific Company Coons Pa
    Facility metal/non-metal · Pittsburgh Pacific Company · MSHA ID 2100259
    Abandoned
  97. Plant #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · North Central Aggregates · MSHA ID 2103418
    Abandoned
  98. Plant #7 - Kodiak 400
    Surface metal/non-metal · Premier Aggregates LLC · MSHA ID 2103317
    Abandoned
  99. PORTABLE #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Dresel's Aggregate, Inc. · MSHA ID 2103082
    Abandoned
  100. Portable Crusher
    Surface metal/non-metal · Louis Leustek & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 2102909
    Abandoned
  101. Portable Crusher
    Surface metal/non-metal · Seppi Brothers Concrete Products Corp · MSHA ID 2103263
    Abandoned
  102. Portec Screen
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lind's Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 2103974
    Abandoned
  103. Power-O-Peat Mill
    Facility metal/non-metal · Power-O-Peat Company · MSHA ID 2100234
    Abandoned
  104. Powerscreen P4
    Surface metal/non-metal · NTT of Minnesota, Inc. · MSHA ID 2103528
    Abandoned
  105. Quality Control
    Surface metal/non-metal · United States Steel Corp · MSHA ID 2100800
    Abandoned
  106. R-F Gross X Nelson
    Surface metal/non-metal · Rhude & Fryberger Inc · MSHA ID 2100273
    Abandoned
  107. Rana Mine And Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Rhude & Fryberger Inc · MSHA ID 2100905
    Abandoned
  108. Rasmusson Forest Fuels Inc
    Surface metal/non-metal · Rasmusson Forest Fuels Inc · MSHA ID 2103879
    Abandoned
  109. Reed Screener
    Surface metal/non-metal · Low Impact Excavators, Inc. · MSHA ID 2103639
    Abandoned
  110. Rental Track Screen
    Surface metal/non-metal · Louis Leustek & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 2103461
    Abandoned
  111. Rogalla Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mc Lean Construction Company · MSHA ID 2102736
    Abandoned
  112. Rolle Ready Mix Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Rolle Ready Mix · MSHA ID 2100598
    Abandoned
  113. Rouchleau Annex
    Surface metal/non-metal · Pittsburgh Pacific Company · MSHA ID 2102510
    Abandoned
  114. Sabin'S Crushing
    Surface metal/non-metal · Sabin Construction · MSHA ID 2102483
    Abandoned
  115. Saginaw Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · E W Coons Company · MSHA ID 2102776
    Abandoned
  116. Saginaw Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · AJ's Aggregate & Trucking LLC · MSHA ID 2103712
    Abandoned
  117. SCHUBITZKE GRAVEL PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Schubitzke Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 2101427
    Abandoned
  118. Screen Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Radotich Enterprises, LLC · MSHA ID 2103748
    Abandoned
  119. Screening Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Jola & Sopp Excavating Inc · MSHA ID 2103720
    Abandoned
  120. Sharon - Culver - Wabegon Group
    Surface metal/non-metal · Rhude & Fryberger Inc · MSHA ID 2101735
    Abandoned
  121. Sherman Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · United States Steel Corp · MSHA ID 2100285
    Abandoned
  122. Sherman Plant
    Facility metal/non-metal · United States Steel Corp · MSHA ID 2100824
    Abandoned
  123. Sly Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Premier Aggregates Inc · MSHA ID 2102486
    Abandoned
  124. South Sauntry Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Pittsburgh Pacific Company · MSHA ID 2101565
    Abandoned
  125. Spokane #1 Impacter
    Surface metal/non-metal · Premier Aggregates Inc · MSHA ID 2101796
    Abandoned
  126. SPREAD #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Northstar Aggregates · MSHA ID 2103131
    Abandoned
  127. St Louis County Minnesota Pits
    Surface metal/non-metal · Premier Aggregates Inc · MSHA ID 2102926
    Abandoned
  128. St Louis County Pit #0167
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ulland Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 2102743
    Abandoned
  129. Staff Departments
    Surface metal/non-metal · United States Steel Corp · MSHA ID 2100798
    Abandoned
  130. State Road No 66 Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Saint Louis County Highway Department · MSHA ID 2102549
    Abandoned
  131. Steve Screener
    Surface metal/non-metal · Rock,Snow & Fire, LLC · MSHA ID 2103972
    Abandoned
  132. TELSMITH #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Premier Aggregates Inc · MSHA ID 2103006
    Abandoned
  133. TELSMITH #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Premier Aggregates Inc · MSHA ID 2103075
    Abandoned
  134. TELSMITH #3
    Surface metal/non-metal · Premier Aggregates Inc · MSHA ID 2103139
    Abandoned
  135. Thunderbird North Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Rhude & Fryberger Inc · MSHA ID 2102683
    Abandoned
  136. Thunderbird North Road Rock Pit
    Facility metal/non-metal · Abi Contracting Inc · MSHA ID 2102770
    Abandoned
  137. Twin Ports Blacktop Incorporated
    Surface metal/non-metal · Twin Ports Blacktop Inc · MSHA ID 2102997
    Abandoned
  138. U S Rouchleau Grp
    Surface metal/non-metal · United States Steel Corp · MSHA ID 2100284
    Abandoned
  139. Ulland Bros Shops
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ulland Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 2101820
    Abandoned
  140. Warehouse
    Surface metal/non-metal · United States Steel Corp · MSHA ID 2100797
    Abandoned
  141. Wash Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bougalis and Sons Inc · MSHA ID 2103456
    Abandoned
  142. Wash Plant #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Omar's Sand & Gravel, Inc. · MSHA ID 2103591
    Abandoned
  143. WASHPLANT #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Premier Aggregates Inc · MSHA ID 2103146
    Abandoned
  144. Whiteside Mine Research Facilities
    Surface metal/non-metal · Snyder Mining Division-Shenango Furnace · MSHA ID 2100277
    Abandoned
  145. Whitney Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · M A Hanna Company · MSHA ID 2101493
    Abandoned
  146. WINGER GRAVEL
    Surface metal/non-metal · C & C WINGER, INC · MSHA ID 2103836
    Abandoned
  147. Zlonis Pit & Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ulland Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 2102599
    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
Mine Dump 429
Gravel Pit 333
Gravel Pit 292
Disturbed Surface - Pit 137
Open Pit Mine 91
Tailings - Pond 65
Disturbed Surface 40
Open Pit Mine or Quarry 35
Mine Dump 26
Open Pit Mine or Quarry 25
Mine Shaft 13
Sand Pit 13
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated 13
Mine 11
Sand Pit 11
Open Pit Mine 8
Quarry 6
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated 3
Quarry 3
Borrow Pit 2
Settling Pond 2
Adit 2
Mill Site 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.