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Abandoned mine inventory

Abandoned mines in Oswego County, New York

Oswego County, New York has 292 mine and prospect features on USGS topographic maps published 1942–1982. MSHA's register carries 51 mines in the county with status Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed.

Every mine and prospect feature the USGS digitized from historical topographic maps covering Oswego 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)
292
Mine openings
0
OSMRE problems unreclaimed
0
MSHA mines marked abandoned
51
0 features carry a name0 prospect pits23 quadrangle maps, published 1942–1982 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
    116 39.7%
  2. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits
    construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
    176 60.3%
MSHA-registered mines with status Abandoned51 on register
  1. 1984 Kolberg Screen #275
    Surface metal/non-metal · Oswego County Highway Department · MSHA ID 3003301
    Abandoned
  2. 1986 Eagle Crusher #146
    Surface metal/non-metal · Oswego County Highway Department · MSHA ID 3003277
    Abandoned
  3. 1986 Power Screen #176
    Surface metal/non-metal · Oswego County Highway Department · MSHA ID 3003353
    Abandoned
  4. 1989 Finley Screen #282
    Surface metal/non-metal · Oswego County Highway Department · MSHA ID 3003274
    Abandoned
  5. 1990 Extec Screen #254
    Surface metal/non-metal · Oswego County Highway Department · MSHA ID 3003300
    Abandoned
  6. 1993 Finley Screen #271
    Surface metal/non-metal · Oswego County Highway Department · MSHA ID 3003326
    Abandoned
  7. 2009 Power Screen #276
    Surface metal/non-metal · Oswego County Highway Department · MSHA ID 3003736
    Abandoned
  8. 2016 MCCLOSKEY SCREEN, OS#252
    Surface metal/non-metal · OSWEGO COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT · MSHA ID 3003986
    Abandoned
  9. Babcock Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · County Of Oswego-Dpw · MSHA ID 3002147
    Abandoned
  10. Barker Road Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Roger S Allen · MSHA ID 3003005
    Abandoned
  11. Bough Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Town Of Scriba · MSHA ID 3002827
    Abandoned
  12. BRADSHAW RD. MINE
    Surface metal/non-metal · Syracuse Sand & Gravel Llc · MSHA ID 3003348
    Abandoned
  13. Capria Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · George F Capria · MSHA ID 3002346
    Abandoned
  14. Chase Gravel Bed
    Surface metal/non-metal · Port City Logistics Inc · MSHA ID 3003920
    Abandoned
  15. CLARK AGGREGATES
    Surface metal/non-metal · Clark Aggregates · MSHA ID 3002491
    Abandoned
  16. Coffin Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · County Of Oswego-Dpw · MSHA ID 3002148
    Abandoned
  17. Coffin Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Town Of Richland · MSHA ID 3002178
    Abandoned
  18. Cunningham Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Northern Aggregates Inc · MSHA ID 3002976
    Abandoned
  19. Druce Gravel Bed
    Surface metal/non-metal · Richard Druce · MSHA ID 3002990
    Abandoned
  20. Eljay Crusher #101
    Surface metal/non-metal · Oswego County Highway Department · MSHA ID 3002146
    Abandoned
  21. Farmer Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Jean B. Farmer · MSHA ID 3003900
    Abandoned
  22. French Road Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Town Of Hastings · MSHA ID 3002155
    Abandoned
  23. Gilbert Mills Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Brown Excavation Company Inc · MSHA ID 3003555
    Abandoned
  24. Goodfellow Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bbl Constructors Inc · MSHA ID 3003006
    Abandoned
  25. Granby Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Syracuse Sand & Gravel LLC · MSHA ID 3003080
    Abandoned
  26. GRANBY PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Sam Puglia Excavating · MSHA ID 3002566
    Abandoned
  27. Gulliver Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · W A Aggregate Company Inc · MSHA ID 3002508
    Abandoned
  28. HASTINGS MAIN PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Syracuse Sand & Gravel Llc · MSHA ID 3002505
    Abandoned
  29. Hays And Smith Pits
    Surface metal/non-metal · Town Of Mexico · MSHA ID 3002153
    Abandoned
  30. Hogback Road Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Howard A Weaver · MSHA ID 3002154
    Abandoned
  31. HOGSBACK ROAD PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · A J Montclair Inc · MSHA ID 3002986
    Abandoned
  32. Holbrook Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · J & J Excavation · MSHA ID 3002988
    Abandoned
  33. Kolberg Screen #124-50 3077-124-50-78
    Surface metal/non-metal · Town of Constantia · MSHA ID 3003925
    Abandoned
  34. Lacona Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hanson Aggregates New York LLC · MSHA ID 3000881
    Abandoned
  35. LAZAREK, INC.
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lazarek Inc · MSHA ID 3001375
    Abandoned
  36. Mccloskey I44R Serial 84684
    Surface metal/non-metal · Christopher J. Construction LLC · MSHA ID 3003923
    Abandoned
  37. Nellis Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · HYDES EXCAVATION & CONSTRUCTION INC · MSHA ID 3003927
    Abandoned
  38. Nicholas F Domain Sand & Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Nicholas F Domain Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 3002999
    Abandoned
  39. Orwell Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Town Of Orwell · MSHA ID 3002177
    Abandoned
  40. Pappa Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · County Of Oswego-Dpw · MSHA ID 3002149
    Abandoned
  41. Phoenix Gravel Bed
    Surface metal/non-metal · W A Aggregate Company Inc · MSHA ID 3002262
    Abandoned
  42. PORTABLE SCREEN #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Town Of Orwell · MSHA ID 3003367
    Abandoned
  43. Roosevelt Road Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Town of Constantia · MSHA ID 3003477
    Abandoned
  44. Sawyer Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · John W Pritchard · MSHA ID 3003093
    Abandoned
  45. Scriba Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · William A Meaney Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 3001824
    Abandoned
  46. Scriba Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · County Of Oswego-Dpw · MSHA ID 3002150
    Abandoned
  47. Smith Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · W A Aggregate Company Inc · MSHA ID 3002582
    Abandoned
  48. Town Highway Dept
    Surface metal/non-metal · Town Of Sandy Creek · MSHA ID 3002152
    Abandoned
  49. Weaver Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lloyd Weaver Construction Company · MSHA ID 3002157
    Abandoned
  50. WEAVER PIT NO. 2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Robert L Weaver · MSHA ID 3002333
    Abandoned
  51. Weldin Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · W D Malone Trucking & Excavating · MSHA ID 3003095
    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 95
Open Pit Mine or Quarry 68
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated 43
Disturbed Surface 40
Gravel Pit 18
Borrow Pit 13
Open Pit Mine or Quarry 8
Quarry 3
Sand Pit 3
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated 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.