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
-
15 1.0%Mine openingsshafts, adits, air shafts, portals and vertical openings: the ways into underground workings
-
347 22.2%Mines and surface workingslabelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
-
676 43.3%Quarries, gravel and borrow pitsconstruction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
-
522 33.4%Dumps, tailings, spoil and gobwhat mining left above ground
-
1 0.1%Mills, tipples and facilitiesprocessing plants and hazardous structures
| 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.
-
205 PlantAbandoned 2025-06-26Surface metal/non-metal · Split Rock Processing · MSHA ID 2104075
-
Amborn PitAbandoned 1979-11-23Surface metal/non-metal · Saint Louis County Highway Department · MSHA ID 2102636
-
Anchor Lake PitAbandoned 1983-07-22Surface metal/non-metal · Ulland Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 2101861
-
ArgoAbandoned 2026-07-27Surface metal/non-metal · Mathy Constr. Co. DBA Northland Constrs. of Duluth · MSHA ID 2103719
-
ARMAbandoned 2023-07-19Surface metal/non-metal · Vinny's Trucking · MSHA ID 2103939
-
Arrowhead Peat BogAbandoned 1982-05-21Surface metal/non-metal · Arrowhead Peat Company · MSHA ID 2100894
-
Arrowhead QuarryAbandoned 1989-06-22Surface metal/non-metal · Arrowhead Blacktop Company · MSHA ID 2100792
-
Arrowhead Sand & Gravel PitAbandoned 1986-09-30Surface metal/non-metal · Arrowhead Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 2100458
-
Astec PlantAbandoned 2019-07-23Surface metal/non-metal · Dirt Work Specialists LLC · MSHA ID 2103914
-
AUBURN MINEAbandoned 2002-04-20Surface metal/non-metal · Auburn Minerals Llc · MSHA ID 2103073
-
Billington Gravel PitAbandoned 2017-03-20Surface metal/non-metal · Billington Contracting Inc · MSHA ID 2103031
-
Biwabik PitAbandoned 2013-09-09Surface metal/non-metal · Paul Jacobsen · MSHA ID 2103320
-
Blair PitAbandoned 1979-11-23Surface metal/non-metal · Shafer Construction Co · MSHA ID 2102507
-
Brookston PitAbandoned 1979-01-30Surface metal/non-metal · E W Coons Company · MSHA ID 2102667
-
Burnett MillAbandoned 1979-03-20Facility metal/non-metal · Federal Ore & Chemicals Inc · MSHA ID 2100904
-
Burnett MineAbandoned 2008-08-18Surface metal/non-metal · Burnett Aggregate Inc · MSHA ID 2103574
-
Canosia Road PitAbandoned 1981-02-13Surface metal/non-metal · Rajala Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 2102761
-
Canyon QuarryAbandoned 2025-07-21Surface metal/non-metal · SRM Materials LLC · MSHA ID 2103157
-
Carmi Gravel PitAbandoned 1995-10-06Surface metal/non-metal · Mesaba Construction Company · MSHA ID 2102930
-
CCEDER RAPIDS MV 380 PCS-4-411-13Abandoned 2013-09-10Surface metal/non-metal · LOUIS LEUSTEK & SONS INC · MSHA ID 2103799
-
CEC-2Abandoned 2008-04-17Surface metal/non-metal · NTT of Minnesota, Inc. · MSHA ID 2103337
-
CECI-RoadrunnerAbandoned 2008-04-17Surface metal/non-metal · NTT of Minnesota Inc. · MSHA ID 2103342
-
Cedar Rapids 9000Abandoned 2008-04-17Surface metal/non-metal · NTT of Minnesota Inc · MSHA ID 2103561
-
Cemetery PitAbandoned 1981-06-19Surface metal/non-metal · City Of Chisholm · MSHA ID 2102482
-
Cliffs Erie, LLC.Abandoned 2005-10-03Surface metal/non-metal · Cleveland Cliffs Inc · MSHA ID 2100256
-
Collin Sand And GravelAbandoned 2011-09-15Surface metal/non-metal · Collin Sand And Gravel · MSHA ID 2103469
-
Connie MineAbandoned 1981-06-24Surface metal/non-metal · Pittsburgh Pacific Company · MSHA ID 2102589
-
Crushing SpreadAbandoned 2016-07-21Surface metal/non-metal · Red Top Construction, LLC · MSHA ID 2103766
-
Curtis Pit And MillAbandoned 1984-05-24Surface metal/non-metal · Wissota Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 2102570
-
Daugherty AggregatesAbandoned 1994-07-12Surface metal/non-metal · Daugherty Trucking & Aggregates · MSHA ID 2103041
-
DEL ZOTTO PRODUCTS, INC.Abandoned 2001-04-24Surface metal/non-metal · Del Zotto Products Inc · MSHA ID 2101812
-
Dinley PitAbandoned 2008-08-11Surface metal/non-metal · Greg Mangold Construction · MSHA ID 2103637
-
Douglas Screening PlantAbandoned 1978-11-22Facility metal/non-metal · Pittsburgh Pacific Company · MSHA ID 2102509
-
Eagle Lake Pit And MillAbandoned 1985-05-10Surface metal/non-metal · Lundin Construction Company Of Cromwell · MSHA ID 2102808
-
East Range GravelAbandoned 1990-09-28Surface metal/non-metal · East Range Gravel Company Inc · MSHA ID 2100505
-
EL JAY #1Abandoned 1998-02-04Surface metal/non-metal · Premier Aggregates Inc · MSHA ID 2102548
-
EL-JAY #2Abandoned 2002-04-02Surface metal/non-metal · Premier Aggregates Inc · MSHA ID 2101810
-
EL-JAY #3Abandoned 2002-04-05Surface metal/non-metal · Premier Aggregates Inc · MSHA ID 2103029
-
Elephant Lake PitAbandoned 1981-03-27Surface metal/non-metal · Ulland Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 2102817
-
Engen Sand & GravelAbandoned 2018-08-14Surface metal/non-metal · Engen Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 2103925
-
Erie Pit And MillAbandoned 1984-07-09Facility metal/non-metal · Abi Contracting Inc · MSHA ID 2102757
-
Erie Pit Area 2Abandoned 1981-02-13Surface metal/non-metal · Premier Aggregates Inc · MSHA ID 2102804
-
EVTAC MINEAbandoned 2003-12-18Surface metal/non-metal · Evtac Mining · MSHA ID 2100200
-
EVTAC PLANTAbandoned 2003-12-18Facility metal/non-metal · EVTAC Mining · MSHA ID 2100828
-
Finlay-2Abandoned 2005-09-19Surface metal/non-metal · NTT of Minnesota Inc · MSHA ID 2100796
-
Fredrick PitAbandoned 1981-06-24Surface metal/non-metal · Ulland Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 2102697
-
French River Sand And GravelAbandoned 1995-06-08Surface metal/non-metal · French River Excavating · MSHA ID 2103077
-
Glacier PitAbandoned 2009-09-10Surface metal/non-metal · Glacier Paving Inc · MSHA ID 2102929
-
GP 500Abandoned 2022-08-30Surface metal/non-metal · Northland Constructors · MSHA ID 2102999
-
GRAND LAKE AGGREGATE'S INC.Abandoned 1998-06-03Surface metal/non-metal · Grand Lake Aggregates Inc · MSHA ID 2103141
-
Granite Companies LLCAbandoned 2026-05-21Surface metal/non-metal · Granite Companies LLC · MSHA ID 2104113
-
Gulbranson PitAbandoned 1981-08-31Surface metal/non-metal · Gulbranson Excavating · MSHA ID 2102484
-
Gulbranson PitAbandoned 1978-07-01Surface metal/non-metal · Reliance Blacktop Inc · MSHA ID 2102487
-
H.P. 400Abandoned 2023-06-20Surface metal/non-metal · Northland Constructors · MSHA ID 2101302
-
Hagsten Gravel PitAbandoned 2014-10-21Surface metal/non-metal · Hagsten Excavating · MSHA ID 2103643
-
Hibbing Green QuarryAbandoned 1985-12-09Surface metal/non-metal · Cold Spring Granite Company · MSHA ID 2102626
-
Hibbing LaboratoryAbandoned 1992-01-13Facility metal/non-metal · Pickands Mather Services Inc · MSHA ID 2101152
-
Hibbing Pit Wash Plant #2Abandoned 2019-06-17Surface metal/non-metal · Superior Forrest Aggregates Inc. · MSHA ID 2103046
-
Hibtac Pit & MillAbandoned 1982-09-07Facility metal/non-metal · Abi Contracting Inc · MSHA ID 2102616
-
Highway 53 PitAbandoned 1985-05-10Surface metal/non-metal · D L Johnson & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 2102863
-
Holmes ExcavatingAbandoned 2011-08-15Surface metal/non-metal · Holmes Excavating · MSHA ID 2103636
-
Impro Gravel PitAbandoned 1983-11-07Surface metal/non-metal · E W Coons Company · MSHA ID 2102597
-
J&L Central Repair ShopAbandoned 1981-06-18Surface metal/non-metal · Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp · MSHA ID 2101576
-
JCI #1Abandoned 2002-04-20Surface metal/non-metal · Premier Aggregates Inc · MSHA ID 2103196
-
Julia MillAbandoned 1986-06-02Facility metal/non-metal · Pittsburgh Pacific Company · MSHA ID 2100804
-
Kinmount PitAbandoned 1984-05-02Surface metal/non-metal · Premier Aggregates Inc · MSHA ID 2102418
-
Knox Extention MineAbandoned 1981-06-24Surface metal/non-metal · Pittsburgh Pacific Company · MSHA ID 2101673
-
Lakeshore Blacktop PitAbandoned 1979-11-23Surface metal/non-metal · Lakeshore Blacktop · MSHA ID 2101457
-
Lehman PitAbandoned 2016-07-19Surface metal/non-metal · Kenneth Lehman Logging · MSHA ID 2103734
-
Leustek PitAbandoned 1979-11-23Surface metal/non-metal · Louis Leustek & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 2101508
-
Lismore PitAbandoned 1981-08-31Surface metal/non-metal · Rajala Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 2102837
-
Mailing PitAbandoned 1979-11-23Surface metal/non-metal · Ken Sons Services · MSHA ID 2102383
-
Mangusson Pit & MillAbandoned 1981-03-27Surface metal/non-metal · Ulland Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 2101513
-
Maplegrove PitAbandoned 1985-05-10Surface metal/non-metal · Older Construction Co · MSHA ID 2102496
-
Mattson Deep Lake Pit & MillAbandoned 1981-02-13Surface metal/non-metal · Rajala Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 2101494
-
Mesaba Construction Company Deer LaAbandoned 1978-08-03Surface metal/non-metal · Mesaba Construction Company · MSHA ID 2100569
-
Mesabi Nugget Delaware, LLCAbandoned 2022-04-26Facility metal/non-metal · Mesabi Nugget Delaware, LLC · MSHA ID 2103689
-
Mile Post 7 Pit #3Abandoned 1981-03-27Surface metal/non-metal · Ulland Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 2102754
-
Mining Resources, LLCAbandoned 2022-09-12Surface metal/non-metal · Mining Resources, LLC · MSHA ID 2103775
-
MinnamaxAbandoned 1978-10-31Underground metal/non-metal · Amax Exploration Inc · MSHA ID 2102399
-
Minntac CrushingAbandoned 1982-09-01Surface metal/non-metal · E W Coons Company · MSHA ID 2102744
-
Minntac Maintenance Dept.Abandoned 2014-03-31Surface metal/non-metal · United States Steel Corp-Minnesota Ore Operations · MSHA ID 2100819
-
Minntac OperationAbandoned 1981-03-27Surface metal/non-metal · Ulland Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 2102665
-
Minntac ScreeningAbandoned 2016-08-24Surface metal/non-metal · Veit & Company, Inc. · MSHA ID 2103770
-
Minorca Site PitAbandoned 1981-03-31Surface metal/non-metal · Ulland Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 2102728
-
Moose Line PitAbandoned 1981-08-31Surface metal/non-metal · Missabi Bitumen Blacktop · MSHA ID 2102834
-
Munger Pit Or Munger Pit & MillAbandoned 1983-09-19Surface metal/non-metal · E W Coons Company · MSHA ID 2100504
-
NAT'L STEEL PELLET CO (MINE)Abandoned 2003-06-06Surface metal/non-metal · National Steel Pellet Company · MSHA ID 2100249
-
National Pit And MillAbandoned 1982-09-01Surface metal/non-metal · Abi Contracting Inc · MSHA ID 2102643
-
Normana PitAbandoned 1979-11-23Surface metal/non-metal · Saint Louis County Highway Department · MSHA ID 2102481
-
North Central AggregatesAbandoned 2007-05-31Surface metal/non-metal · North Central Aggregates · MSHA ID 2101813
-
Northwest Ore Div/Mc Kinley Extension MiAbandoned 1993-04-06Surface metal/non-metal · Ltv Steel Company Inc · MSHA ID 2100286
-
Northwest Ore Div/Mc Kinley GroupAbandoned 1982-08-31Surface metal/non-metal · Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp · MSHA ID 2100253
-
OMNICONEAbandoned 2022-08-30Surface metal/non-metal · Northland Constructors · MSHA ID 2102782
-
Peterson PitAbandoned 1980-05-14Surface metal/non-metal · Peterson Mobil Sales · MSHA ID 2102406
-
Pittsburgh Pacific Company Coons PaAbandoned 1978-10-02Facility metal/non-metal · Pittsburgh Pacific Company · MSHA ID 2100259
-
Plant #2Abandoned 2006-06-30Surface metal/non-metal · North Central Aggregates · MSHA ID 2103418
-
Plant #7 - Kodiak 400Abandoned 2003-03-25Surface metal/non-metal · Premier Aggregates LLC · MSHA ID 2103317
-
PORTABLE #1Abandoned 2016-08-12Surface metal/non-metal · Dresel's Aggregate, Inc. · MSHA ID 2103082
-
Portable CrusherAbandoned 1993-04-16Surface metal/non-metal · Louis Leustek & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 2102909
-
Portable CrusherAbandoned 2024-07-16Surface metal/non-metal · Seppi Brothers Concrete Products Corp · MSHA ID 2103263
-
Portec ScreenAbandoned 2022-08-25Surface metal/non-metal · Lind's Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 2103974
-
Power-O-Peat MillAbandoned 1982-05-21Facility metal/non-metal · Power-O-Peat Company · MSHA ID 2100234
-
Powerscreen P4Abandoned 2008-04-17Surface metal/non-metal · NTT of Minnesota, Inc. · MSHA ID 2103528
-
Quality ControlAbandoned 1983-10-14Surface metal/non-metal · United States Steel Corp · MSHA ID 2100800
-
R-F Gross X NelsonAbandoned 1980-06-24Surface metal/non-metal · Rhude & Fryberger Inc · MSHA ID 2100273
-
Rana Mine And MillAbandoned 1987-09-28Surface metal/non-metal · Rhude & Fryberger Inc · MSHA ID 2100905
-
Rasmusson Forest Fuels IncAbandoned 2018-09-11Surface metal/non-metal · Rasmusson Forest Fuels Inc · MSHA ID 2103879
-
Reed ScreenerAbandoned 2014-10-16Surface metal/non-metal · Low Impact Excavators, Inc. · MSHA ID 2103639
-
Rental Track ScreenAbandoned 2020-07-14Surface metal/non-metal · Louis Leustek & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 2103461
-
Rogalla PitAbandoned 1985-05-10Surface metal/non-metal · Mc Lean Construction Company · MSHA ID 2102736
-
Rolle Ready Mix PitAbandoned 1982-09-01Surface metal/non-metal · Rolle Ready Mix · MSHA ID 2100598
-
Rouchleau AnnexAbandoned 1980-06-24Surface metal/non-metal · Pittsburgh Pacific Company · MSHA ID 2102510
-
Sabin'S CrushingAbandoned 1988-11-30Surface metal/non-metal · Sabin Construction · MSHA ID 2102483
-
Saginaw PitAbandoned 1985-01-11Surface metal/non-metal · E W Coons Company · MSHA ID 2102776
-
Saginaw PitAbandoned 2013-03-20Surface metal/non-metal · AJ's Aggregate & Trucking LLC · MSHA ID 2103712
-
SCHUBITZKE GRAVEL PITAbandoned 1998-02-04Surface metal/non-metal · Schubitzke Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 2101427
-
Screen PlantAbandoned 2016-08-24Surface metal/non-metal · Radotich Enterprises, LLC · MSHA ID 2103748
-
Screening PlantAbandoned 2016-08-24Surface metal/non-metal · Jola & Sopp Excavating Inc · MSHA ID 2103720
-
Sharon - Culver - Wabegon GroupAbandoned 1981-06-10Surface metal/non-metal · Rhude & Fryberger Inc · MSHA ID 2101735
-
Sherman MineAbandoned 1983-06-27Surface metal/non-metal · United States Steel Corp · MSHA ID 2100285
-
Sherman PlantAbandoned 1980-02-25Facility metal/non-metal · United States Steel Corp · MSHA ID 2100824
-
Sly PitAbandoned 1978-11-22Surface metal/non-metal · Premier Aggregates Inc · MSHA ID 2102486
-
South Sauntry MineAbandoned 1980-10-06Surface metal/non-metal · Pittsburgh Pacific Company · MSHA ID 2101565
-
Spokane #1 ImpacterAbandoned 1994-11-07Surface metal/non-metal · Premier Aggregates Inc · MSHA ID 2101796
-
SPREAD #1Abandoned 1998-09-15Surface metal/non-metal · Northstar Aggregates · MSHA ID 2103131
-
St Louis County Minnesota PitsAbandoned 1985-12-09Surface metal/non-metal · Premier Aggregates Inc · MSHA ID 2102926
-
St Louis County Pit #0167Abandoned 1980-02-06Surface metal/non-metal · Ulland Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 2102743
-
Staff DepartmentsAbandoned 1983-10-14Surface metal/non-metal · United States Steel Corp · MSHA ID 2100798
-
State Road No 66 PitAbandoned 1978-10-09Surface metal/non-metal · Saint Louis County Highway Department · MSHA ID 2102549
-
Steve ScreenerAbandoned 2024-07-11Surface metal/non-metal · Rock,Snow & Fire, LLC · MSHA ID 2103972
-
TELSMITH #1Abandoned 2002-04-20Surface metal/non-metal · Premier Aggregates Inc · MSHA ID 2103006
-
TELSMITH #2Abandoned 2002-04-20Surface metal/non-metal · Premier Aggregates Inc · MSHA ID 2103075
-
TELSMITH #3Abandoned 2002-04-20Surface metal/non-metal · Premier Aggregates Inc · MSHA ID 2103139
-
Thunderbird North PitAbandoned 1980-06-24Surface metal/non-metal · Rhude & Fryberger Inc · MSHA ID 2102683
-
Thunderbird North Road Rock PitAbandoned 1984-07-09Facility metal/non-metal · Abi Contracting Inc · MSHA ID 2102770
-
Twin Ports Blacktop IncorporatedAbandoned 1990-09-24Surface metal/non-metal · Twin Ports Blacktop Inc · MSHA ID 2102997
-
U S Rouchleau GrpAbandoned 1978-11-07Surface metal/non-metal · United States Steel Corp · MSHA ID 2100284
-
Ulland Bros ShopsAbandoned 1979-06-05Surface metal/non-metal · Ulland Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 2101820
-
WarehouseAbandoned 1983-10-14Surface metal/non-metal · United States Steel Corp · MSHA ID 2100797
-
Wash PlantAbandoned 2007-09-10Surface metal/non-metal · Bougalis and Sons Inc · MSHA ID 2103456
-
Wash Plant #1Abandoned 2025-03-19Surface metal/non-metal · Omar's Sand & Gravel, Inc. · MSHA ID 2103591
-
WASHPLANT #1Abandoned 2002-09-23Surface metal/non-metal · Premier Aggregates Inc · MSHA ID 2103146
-
Whiteside Mine Research FacilitiesAbandoned 1979-01-03Surface metal/non-metal · Snyder Mining Division-Shenango Furnace · MSHA ID 2100277
-
Whitney MineAbandoned 1984-09-20Surface metal/non-metal · M A Hanna Company · MSHA ID 2101493
-
WINGER GRAVELAbandoned 2022-05-25Surface metal/non-metal · C & C WINGER, INC · MSHA ID 2103836
-
Zlonis Pit & MillAbandoned 1981-03-27Surface metal/non-metal · Ulland Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 2102599
Status and date are as reported to MSHA by the operator. Each mine's own page carries its accident, citation and inspection record.
| 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 |
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.
-
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.