Abandoned mines in Churchill County, Nevada

1. Mine openings

   shafts, adits, air shafts, portals and vertical openings: the ways into underground workings
   1,035 18.7%
2. Prospect pits and trenches

   shallow exploration diggings that never became a mine
   4,189 75.8%
3. Mines and surface workings

   labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
   56 1.0%
4. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits

   construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
   224 4.1%
5. Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob

   what mining left above ground
   23 0.4%

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.

1. Alpine

   Underground metal/non-metal · Claude B Lovestedt · MSHA ID 2601931
   Abandoned 1986-04-07
2. Alpine Mine

   Underground metal/non-metal · Stage Silver Mining & Refining Inc · MSHA ID 2601730
   Abandoned 1983-03-15
3. Amelia #1

   Surface metal/non-metal · Sagebrush Resources Inc · MSHA ID 2602115
   Abandoned 1990-02-07
4. Amelia Mill #1

   Facility metal/non-metal · Sagebrush Resources Inc · MSHA ID 2602116
   Abandoned 1990-02-07
5. Argus Mill

   Facility metal/non-metal · Argus Mining Company · MSHA ID 2601956
   Abandoned 1989-11-08
6. Bell Mountain Mine

   Surface metal/non-metal · Bell Mountain Mining Company · MSHA ID 2601775
   Abandoned 1982-10-14
7. Bently Reservoir Project

   Surface metal/non-metal · A & K Earth Movers Inc · MSHA ID 2602519
   Abandoned 2003-07-16
8. BMC Eastgate Division

   Surface metal/non-metal · Badger Mining Corporation · MSHA ID 2602270
   Abandoned 2003-02-25
9. Brady Pit

   Surface metal/non-metal · Cr Minerals Corp · MSHA ID 2600731
   Abandoned 1979-01-19
10. Broken Hills Mine

    Underground metal/non-metal · Broken Hills Mining Company · MSHA ID 2601738
    Abandoned 1985-09-23
11. Carson Valley Sand Mine

    Surface metal/non-metal · Carson Valley Sand · MSHA ID 2601555
    Abandoned 1979-11-21
12. Chalk Mountain Mine

    Surface metal/non-metal · Chalk Mountain Associates · MSHA ID 2601725
    Abandoned 1982-09-02
13. Chickbed Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Interpace Corp · MSHA ID 2601740
    Abandoned 1982-09-08
14. Desert Mtn Pit & Mill

    Surface metal/non-metal · All American Aggregates · MSHA ID 2601853
    Abandoned 1984-11-09
15. Desert Rat Mine

    Surface metal/non-metal · Ken Jones Company · MSHA ID 2601789
    Abandoned 1983-02-15
16. Desert Star Mine And Mill

    Surface metal/non-metal · Desert Star Mining Company · MSHA ID 2601447
    Abandoned 1982-02-15
17. Dixie Comstock Mine

    Facility metal/non-metal · Comstock Minerals Company · MSHA ID 2601187
    Abandoned 1989-12-05
18. Eager Beaver Mine

    Surface metal/non-metal · Eager Beaver Mine Corp · MSHA ID 2601841
    Abandoned 1984-06-08
19. El Jay #742

    Surface metal/non-metal · Park City Rock Products Inc · MSHA ID 2602034
    Abandoned 1989-05-30
20. FALLON BENTONITE

    Surface metal/non-metal · Specialty Clays Corp · MSHA ID 2602368
    Abandoned 2005-09-14
21. Fallon Mill

    Facility metal/non-metal · Modoc Mining Company · MSHA ID 2600906
    Abandoned 1989-09-01
22. Farm District Road Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · A & K Earthmovers Inc · MSHA ID 2601510
    Abandoned 2025-06-02
23. Fisk-Robertson Mine

    Surface metal/non-metal · Argus Mining Company · MSHA ID 2601496
    Abandoned 1988-02-16
24. Glacier-Schaffer Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Glacier Construction, INC. · MSHA ID 2602318
    Abandoned 2012-07-15
25. Gravel Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service · MSHA ID 2602652
    Abandoned 2013-07-10
26. HAZEN

    Surface metal/non-metal · Art Wilson Company · MSHA ID 2602369
    Abandoned 2000-03-27
27. Ivory Mine

    Surface metal/non-metal · Black Mountain Industrial Minerals LLC · MSHA ID 2602543
    Abandoned 2009-06-11
28. Jessup

    Surface metal/non-metal · Jessup Aggregates · MSHA ID 2602426
    Abandoned 2019-10-01
29. Kodiak 400 #1391

    Surface metal/non-metal · A & K Earth Movers Inc · MSHA ID 2602670
    Abandoned 2018-08-31
30. Lahontan Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Jack N Tedford Inc · MSHA ID 2602297
    Abandoned 1997-08-07
31. Lahonton Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Robert L Helms Construction & Development Co · MSHA ID 2601618
    Abandoned 1981-04-13
32. LOHONTAN PIT

    Surface metal/non-metal · Jack N Tedford Inc · MSHA ID 2602291
    Abandoned 2001-08-07
33. Lucky Gold Trail

    Surface metal/non-metal · Lucky Gold Trail Partners · MSHA ID 2601665
    Abandoned 1982-09-02
34. Mineral Reclamation

    Surface metal/non-metal · Mineral Reclamation Inc · MSHA ID 2601712
    Abandoned 1981-08-10
35. Moapa Mill

    Facility metal/non-metal · Moapa Research & Development Inc · MSHA ID 2601899
    Abandoned 1985-07-01
36. Noble Materials Inc.

    Surface metal/non-metal · Noble Materials Inc. · MSHA ID 2602482
    Abandoned 2002-03-20
37. Oasis Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Oasis Construction Inc · MSHA ID 2602160
    Abandoned 1992-05-26
38. Oneida Mine

    Underground metal/non-metal · Oneida Mining Company · MSHA ID 2601491
    Abandoned 1979-12-03
39. PEGMATITE POINT

    Surface metal/non-metal · Siotwo Corp · MSHA ID 2602381
    Abandoned 2001-09-10
40. Portable Plant #1

    Surface metal/non-metal · Churchill County Road Department · MSHA ID 2600687
    Abandoned 2019-10-01
41. Pyramid Mine

    Underground metal/non-metal · Silver State Mining & Exploration Inc · MSHA ID 2602265
    Abandoned 1995-06-26
42. Quicktung

    Surface metal/non-metal · Continental Energy Inc · MSHA ID 2601461
    Abandoned 1979-12-03
43. Rainbow Mine

    Surface metal/non-metal · Edwin G Armstrong · MSHA ID 2601800
    Abandoned 1983-06-15
44. Rental Plant

    Surface metal/non-metal · Joy Engineering · MSHA ID 2602751
    Abandoned 2013-11-22
45. Rkco Mill

    Facility metal/non-metal · Rkco Inc · MSHA ID 2601955
    Abandoned 1986-07-09
46. Russell Pass Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Hiskett & Sons · MSHA ID 2602772
    Abandoned 2015-04-30
47. Salt Wells Bentonite

    Surface metal/non-metal · Chemical & Petroleum Corp Of America · MSHA ID 2601813
    Abandoned 1983-02-15
48. Section 20 Mine

    Surface metal/non-metal · Cr Minerals Corp · MSHA ID 2600683
    Abandoned 1979-01-19
49. Starbright Mines

    Surface metal/non-metal · Starbright Mines · MSHA ID 2601807
    Abandoned 1983-06-15
50. Summit King Mine And Mill

    Surface metal/non-metal · Sand Springs Silver Inc · MSHA ID 2600232
    Abandoned 1979-01-30
51. Summit King Project

    Surface metal/non-metal · Solauro Industries Inc · MSHA ID 2602753
    Abandoned 2016-05-02
52. Sunlite

    Surface metal/non-metal · Gold Equity Management Company · MSHA ID 2602112
    Abandoned 1990-02-07
53. T C I D Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Truckee Carson Irrigation District · MSHA ID 2600940
    Abandoned 1982-05-21
54. Tenneco Fondaway

    Surface metal/non-metal · Tenneco Minerals Company · MSHA ID 2602101
    Abandoned 1990-12-04
55. Terex 3 #1364

    Surface metal/non-metal · A & K Earth Movers Inc · MSHA ID 2602629
    Abandoned 2018-08-31
56. THE YELLOW MINE

    Surface metal/non-metal · International Capital & Metals Corp · MSHA ID 2602428
    Abandoned 2002-05-23
57. TRINITY MINE

    Surface metal/non-metal · Moltan Company · MSHA ID 2602325
    Abandoned 1998-11-04
58. Trinity Sand & Gravel

    Surface metal/non-metal · L Mackedon & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 2602429
    Abandoned 2015-01-09
59. Tungsten Mountain Mill

    Facility metal/non-metal · Desert Refining Inc · MSHA ID 2601433
    Abandoned 1984-08-09
60. U S Gold Corporation

    Surface metal/non-metal · R Ted Kaphengst · MSHA ID 2601609
    Abandoned 1982-09-02
61. Wonder Mine

    Surface metal/non-metal · Avino Mines & Resources Ltd · MSHA ID 2601851
    Abandoned 1989-07-14

Status and date are as reported to MSHA by the operator. Each mine's own page carries its accident, citation and inspection record.

• Nye County 18,876
• Esmeralda County 17,520
• White Pine County 9,347
• Mineral County 8,599
• Humboldt County 8,385
• Elko County 7,657
• Lander County 6,751
• Pershing County 6,611
• Lyon County 6,309
• Clark County 5,392
• Eureka County 4,664
• Washoe County 2,642

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.