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Abandoned mine inventory

Abandoned mines in Chenango County, New York

Chenango County, New York has 52 mine and prospect features on USGS topographic maps published 1943–1994. MSHA's register carries 63 mines in the county with status Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed.

Every mine and prospect feature the USGS digitized from historical topographic maps covering Chenango 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)
52
Mine openings
0
OSMRE problems unreclaimed
0
MSHA mines marked abandoned
63
0 features carry a name0 prospect pits15 quadrangle maps, published 1943–1994 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
    32 61.5%
  2. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits
    construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
    20 38.5%
MSHA-registered mines with status Abandoned63 on register
  1. ACOME
    Surface metal/non-metal · J M J Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 3003359
    Abandoned
  2. Adsit Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Adsit Septic & Excavating · MSHA ID 3002892
    Abandoned
  3. AFTON BANK
    Surface metal/non-metal · Town Of Masonville Highway Department · MSHA ID 3003054
    Abandoned
  4. Afton Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Chenango County Highway Department · MSHA ID 3002528
    Abandoned
  5. AFTON PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Southern Tier Stone Products LLC · MSHA ID 3003379
    Abandoned
  6. Afton Sand Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Chenango County Highway Department · MSHA ID 3002717
    Abandoned
  7. Algerine Street
    Surface metal/non-metal · Town Of Afton · MSHA ID 3002180
    Abandoned
  8. Barrows Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Town Of North Norwich · MSHA ID 3002716
    Abandoned
  9. BEAGELL SAND & GRAVEL
    Surface metal/non-metal · Beagell Construction Company · MSHA ID 3003218
    Abandoned
  10. Cemco Super Chipper #AHD-0795-180
    Surface metal/non-metal · Tri City Highway Products Inc · MSHA ID 3003847
    Abandoned
  11. Chenanago County Crushers
    Surface metal/non-metal · Chenango County Highway Department · MSHA ID 3002729
    Abandoned
  12. Chenango Bridge Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Broome County Department Of Public Works · MSHA ID 3002487
    Abandoned
  13. DIVERSIFIED GRAVEL MINE, LLC
    Surface metal/non-metal · DIVERSIFIED GRAVEL MINE LLC · MSHA ID 3003182
    Abandoned
  14. Drexler Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Madison County Highway Department · MSHA ID 3002657
    Abandoned
  15. Du Boise Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · New York State Department Of Transportation · MSHA ID 3002381
    Abandoned
  16. Eagle 500-05 Crusher ser# 11294
    Surface metal/non-metal · E & R Pope's Excavating LLC · MSHA ID 3003671
    Abandoned
  17. East Afton Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Tomas Lopez · MSHA ID 3004095
    Abandoned
  18. East River Road Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Chenango Asphalt Products · MSHA ID 3002782
    Abandoned
  19. English Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Broome County Department Of Public Works · MSHA ID 3002710
    Abandoned
  20. Finlay 683 Ser#FTP541606
    Surface metal/non-metal · E&R Popes Excavating LLC · MSHA ID 3003933
    Abandoned
  21. Foley'S Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · C A Foley Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 3002538
    Abandoned
  22. FULLER SAND & GRAVEL, LLC.
    Surface metal/non-metal · Fuller Sand & Gravel LLC · MSHA ID 3002598
    Abandoned
  23. Greene S&G
    Surface metal/non-metal · Heidelberg Materials Northeast-LLC · MSHA ID 3000809
    Abandoned
  24. HARRIS GRAVEL BANK
    Surface metal/non-metal · G W Harris Construction · MSHA ID 3003352
    Abandoned
  25. Higgins Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ronald E Coleman · MSHA ID 3002742
    Abandoned
  26. Hill Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Town Of Sherburne · MSHA ID 3002224
    Abandoned
  27. K M C Sand & Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Burrell's Excavating Inc · MSHA ID 3003264
    Abandoned
  28. Kelley Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Town Of Guilford Highway Department · MSHA ID 3002737
    Abandoned
  29. Kelley Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Town Of Bainbridge Highway Department · MSHA ID 3002755
    Abandoned
  30. Kemper Construction Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Kemper Construction Corp · MSHA ID 3002741
    Abandoned
  31. Larry Cutting Stone
    Surface metal/non-metal · Larry Cutting Stone · MSHA ID 3003740
    Abandoned
  32. Lehmer's Sand and Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Preston Stone, LLC · MSHA ID 3003915
    Abandoned
  33. Leilani's Lane Topsoil Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Burrell's Excavating, Inc · MSHA ID 3003851
    Abandoned
  34. Lindy Materials
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lindenthaler Properties LLC · MSHA ID 3003773
    Abandoned
  35. Mine # 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Annette Sanita · MSHA ID 3003711
    Abandoned
  36. Nelson Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Fuller's Excavation LLC · MSHA ID 3003960
    Abandoned
  37. Nineveh Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Alfred Gorick Company Inc · MSHA ID 3003088
    Abandoned
  38. North Norwich Bundy Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Burrell's Excavating, Inc. · MSHA ID 3000821
    Abandoned
  39. NORWICH
    Surface metal/non-metal · BURRELL'S EXCAVATING INC · MSHA ID 3002517
    Abandoned
  40. OXFORD QUARRY
    Surface metal/non-metal · Cecil Kilmer Bluestone Quarries · MSHA ID 3003201
    Abandoned
  41. Power Screen #2326828
    Surface metal/non-metal · Preston Stone, LLC · MSHA ID 3003897
    Abandoned
  42. POWERSCREEN S/N2745049
    Surface metal/non-metal · Town Of Plymouth · MSHA ID 3003004
    Abandoned
  43. Robert H Stackhouse Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Albert E Wehrli · MSHA ID 3002739
    Abandoned
  44. Robert H Stackhouse Pit Or Robert H Stac
    Surface metal/non-metal · Town Of North Norwich · MSHA ID 3002515
    Abandoned
  45. Route 7 Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Town Of Afton · MSHA ID 3002529
    Abandoned
  46. Sandvik QA440 Serial 1886SW13168
    Surface metal/non-metal · Burrell's Excavating, Inc. · MSHA ID 3003977
    Abandoned
  47. Stackhouse Gravel Bed
    Surface metal/non-metal · Chenango County Department of Public Works · MSHA ID 3002100
    Abandoned
  48. Stackhouse Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mc Carthy Excavating & Contracting · MSHA ID 3002894
    Abandoned
  49. STANTON SAND BANK
    Surface metal/non-metal · Chenango County Department Of Public Works · MSHA ID 3002099
    Abandoned
  50. Sylstra Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Preston Stone, LLC. · MSHA ID 3003891
    Abandoned
  51. T&K Harrington Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · T&K Harrington, LLC · MSHA ID 3003971
    Abandoned
  52. Thompson Fuel Service Of Oxford Inc
    Surface metal/non-metal · Thompson Fuel Service Of Oxford Inc · MSHA ID 3002516
    Abandoned
  53. TOMPKINS BANK
    Surface metal/non-metal · Town Of Tompkins · MSHA ID 3002539
    Abandoned
  54. Town Gravel Bed
    Surface metal/non-metal · Town Of Smyrna · MSHA ID 3002223
    Abandoned
  55. Town Of New Berlin Gravel Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Town Of New Berlin · MSHA ID 3002179
    Abandoned
  56. Town Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Town Of Otselic · MSHA ID 3002222
    Abandoned
  57. Wakeman Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Town Of Afton · MSHA ID 3002781
    Abandoned
  58. Warren's Farm Sand & Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Warren's Farm Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 3003168
    Abandoned
  59. Warrens Excavation and Stone Products
    Surface metal/non-metal · Warrens Excavation and Stone Products LLC · MSHA ID 3003533
    Abandoned
  60. Webbs Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Glenn H Webb · MSHA ID 3002181
    Abandoned
  61. Wehrli Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Albert E Wehrli · MSHA ID 3002382
    Abandoned
  62. Weidman'S Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Chenango County Highway Department · MSHA ID 3001584
    Abandoned
  63. Whaley Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Burton F Clark Inc · MSHA ID 3002599
    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
Open Pit Mine or Quarry 29
Gravel Pit 7
Shale Pit 5
Gravel Pit 4
Disturbed Surface 2
Quarry 2
Sand and Gravel Pit 1
Open Pit Mine or Quarry 1
Shale Pit 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.