How many abandoned mines are in Saratoga County, New York?

Abandoned mine inventory

Abandoned mines in Saratoga County, New York

Saratoga County, New York has 158 mine and prospect features on USGS topographic maps published 1934–1990; 2 of the features carry a name on the map. MSHA's register carries 50 mines in the county with status Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed.

Every mine and prospect feature the USGS digitized from historical topographic maps covering Saratoga 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): 158
Mine openings: 0
OSMRE problems unreclaimed: 0
MSHA mines marked abandoned: 50

2 features carry a name0 prospect pits22 quadrangle maps, published 1934–1990 0 MSHA mines abandoned and sealed

What the features are

Mines and surface workings

labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings

75 47.5%
Quarries, gravel and borrow pits

construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction

83 52.5%

Named features on the maps2 named · from the USGS compilation

Name on map	Feature	Quadrangle	First mapped
Gailors Quarry	Quarry	Saratoga Springs	1934
Gordon Quarry	Quarry	Saratoga Springs	1934

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 Abandoned50 on register

CHARLES F DYER & SONS
Surface metal/non-metal · Charles F Dyer & Sons Construction Inc · MSHA ID 3003146

Abandoned 2000-03-01
Chiefton 2100 - Screening Plant
Surface metal/non-metal · Carver Sand & Gravel LLC · MSHA ID 3003572

Abandoned 2015-06-24
CLIFTON PARK PIT
Surface metal/non-metal · William M Larned & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 3002922

Abandoned 1997-11-12
Commander 1400
Surface metal/non-metal · R J Valente Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 3003634

Abandoned 2013-08-30
D.O.T. PIT
Surface metal/non-metal · Tholin Trucking & Excavating · MSHA ID 3003118

Abandoned 1998-02-05
Dyer Pit
Surface metal/non-metal · Callanan Industries Inc · MSHA ID 3002654

Abandoned 1986-06-16
Eagle 1200-C
Surface metal/non-metal · Carver Sand & Gravel LLC · MSHA ID 3003465

Abandoned 2014-04-07
Eagle Crusher Impactor #30097
Surface metal/non-metal · Troy Topsoil Co. Inc. · MSHA ID 3003303

Abandoned 2006-08-07
ELLIS MINE
Surface metal/non-metal · GRASSHOPPER GARDENS, INC. · MSHA ID 3004154

Abandoned 2026-02-19
Extec Portable 3010
Surface metal/non-metal · Carver Sand & Gravel LLC · MSHA ID 3003455

Abandoned 2006-12-13
Fintec 570 Screen
Surface metal/non-metal · Carver Sand & Gravel LLC · MSHA ID 3003797

Abandoned 2021-12-31
Fintec 640 Screen
Surface metal/non-metal · Carver Sand & Gravel LLC · MSHA ID 3003624

Abandoned 2012-03-27
FISH & GAME CLUB PIT
Surface metal/non-metal · Troy Sand & Gravel Company Inc · MSHA ID 3003094

Abandoned 2000-08-11
G Fannucci Sons Sand And Gravel
Surface metal/non-metal · G Fannucci Sons · MSHA ID 3001116

Abandoned 1982-05-21
Glens Falls Quarry
Surface metal/non-metal · Heidelberg Materials US Cement LLC · MSHA ID 3000044

Abandoned 2023-05-23
Greenfield Gravel Bed
Surface metal/non-metal · Town of Greenfield · MSHA ID 3002646

Abandoned 2024-05-16
Halfmoon Pit
Surface metal/non-metal · William M Larned & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 3002980

Abandoned 2005-10-25
HALFMOON PIT
Surface metal/non-metal · R J Valente Gravel · MSHA ID 3003048

Abandoned 2007-07-16
Kinns Road Pit
Surface metal/non-metal · Country Club Acres Inc · MSHA ID 3003114

Abandoned 1994-10-04
Kinns Road Pit
Surface metal/non-metal · Tholin Trucking & Excavating · MSHA ID 3003115

Abandoned 1995-06-06
Kinns Road Sand Pit
Surface metal/non-metal · Rifenburg Construction Inc · MSHA ID 3003101

Abandoned 1995-06-06
Kolberg Portable Plant
Surface metal/non-metal · R J Valente Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 3003265

Abandoned 2007-09-17
Messore Pit
Surface metal/non-metal · Ann P Messore · MSHA ID 3003003

Abandoned 1993-11-14
Milton Pit
Surface metal/non-metal · William Fawthrop & Son · MSHA ID 3000999

Abandoned 1982-05-21
MUNTER PIT
Surface metal/non-metal · Munter Enterprises · MSHA ID 3003288

Abandoned 2004-05-04
PARTABLE CRUSHER
Surface metal/non-metal · R J Valente Gravel · MSHA ID 3003230

Abandoned 2002-08-02
Petruzzo Products Incorporated
Surface metal/non-metal · Petruzzo Products Inc · MSHA ID 3003112

Abandoned 1994-12-01
PORAZINSKI PIT
Surface metal/non-metal · J Lucarelli & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 3002923

Abandoned 1997-11-12
PORTABLE #10839
Surface metal/non-metal · Lyndaker Excavating & Trucking Llc · MSHA ID 3003119

Abandoned 1998-08-31
Power Screen Commander
Surface metal/non-metal · Delaney Crushed Stone Products Inc · MSHA ID 3003363

Abandoned 2003-09-26
Power Screen Commander 1400
Surface metal/non-metal · Troy Topsoil Company Inc. · MSHA ID 3003731

Abandoned 2014-08-18
Power Track- Power Screen #9006
Surface metal/non-metal · Carver Sand and Gravel LLC · MSHA ID 3003827

Abandoned 2024-08-12
Providence Mining Pit
Surface metal/non-metal · Schultz Construction Inc · MSHA ID 3002913

Abandoned 1992-07-14
RIBERDY'S PIT
Surface metal/non-metal · Riberdy Contracting Corp · MSHA ID 3002969

Abandoned 2001-08-16
RJ Valente gravel
Surface metal/non-metal · RJ Valente Gravel · MSHA ID 3003106

Abandoned 2025-04-14
Roberts Pit
Surface metal/non-metal · William Roberts · MSHA ID 3002964

Abandoned 1991-08-13
Rock-N-H Sand & Gravel
Surface metal/non-metal · Rock N-H Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 3003856

Abandoned 2013-04-22
RT 9 #18
Surface metal/non-metal · R J Valente Gravel · MSHA ID 3003294

Abandoned 2003-09-09
Russo Pit
Surface metal/non-metal · Giacomo Russo · MSHA ID 3002955

Abandoned 1991-04-29
SARATOGA COUNTY GRAVEL PIT
Surface metal/non-metal · Saratoga County Department Of Public Works · MSHA ID 3003001

Abandoned 2001-11-02
Schaltry Sand
Surface metal/non-metal · Schaltry Sand Company · MSHA ID 3002632

Abandoned 1991-09-16
SODEMAN PIT
Surface metal/non-metal · William M Larned & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 3002958

Abandoned 1997-11-12
Stiles Farm Pit
Surface metal/non-metal · Stiles Excavating & Trucking Inc · MSHA ID 3002989

Abandoned 1991-09-25
TABOR ROAD PIT
Surface metal/non-metal · Country Club Acres Inc · MSHA ID 3003113

Abandoned 2000-06-20
Terex Pegson 2644 Jaw
Surface metal/non-metal · Carver Sand & Gravel LLC · MSHA ID 3003652

Abandoned 2015-06-02
Tri Town Gravel Facility
Surface metal/non-metal · Towns Of Providence, Galway , Milton · MSHA ID 3002428

Abandoned 2024-11-07
TROY TOPSOIL PIT
Surface metal/non-metal · Troy Topsoil Company Inc · MSHA ID 3002991

Abandoned 2002-04-11
Ushers Industrial Park
Surface metal/non-metal · D C G Development Company · MSHA ID 3002968

Abandoned 1992-07-15
Willow Glen Sand And Gravel
Surface metal/non-metal · D A Collins Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 3001425

Abandoned 1985-06-17
WILTON PLANT
Surface metal/non-metal · Whibco Inc · MSHA ID 3001213

Abandoned 2002-05-01

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	Class	Source	Features
Gravel Pit	Quarries, gravel and borrow pits	USGS topo symbol (point)	52
Open Pit Mine or Quarry	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (point)	40
Disturbed Surface	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (area)	22
Open Pit Mine or Quarry	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (area)	13
Gravel Pit	Quarries, gravel and borrow pits	USGS topo symbol (area)	10
Sand Pit	Quarries, gravel and borrow pits	USGS topo symbol (point)	8
Sand Pit	Quarries, gravel and borrow pits	USGS topo symbol (area)	5
Quarry	Quarries, gravel and borrow pits	USGS topo symbol (point)	5
Sand and Gravel Pit	Quarries, gravel and borrow pits	USGS topo symbol (area)	1
Sand and Gravel Pit	Quarries, gravel and borrow pits	USGS topo symbol (point)	1
Quarry	Quarries, gravel and borrow pits	USGS topo symbol (area)	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

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.