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

Abandoned mine inventory

Abandoned mines in Steuben County, New York

Steuben County, New York has 167 mine and prospect features on USGS topographic maps published 1942–1978. MSHA's register carries 71 mines in the county with status Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed.

Every mine and prospect feature the USGS digitized from historical topographic maps covering Steuben 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): 167
Mine openings: 0
OSMRE problems unreclaimed: 0
MSHA mines marked abandoned: 71

0 features carry a name0 prospect pits23 quadrangle maps, published 1942–1978 0 MSHA mines abandoned and sealed

What the features are

Mines and surface workings

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

51 30.5%
Quarries, gravel and borrow pits

construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction

116 69.5%

MSHA-registered mines with status Abandoned71 on register

1989 PowerScreen Mark 2 #7201063
Surface metal/non-metal · Steuben Co. Dept of Public Works · MSHA ID 3003970

Abandoned 2022-05-02
333 Sand & Gravel
Surface metal/non-metal · Austin Construction LLC · MSHA ID 3002071

Abandoned 2006-10-19
Addison Town Pit
Surface metal/non-metal · Town Of Addison · MSHA ID 3002606

Abandoned 1996-09-12
Arnold Pit
Surface metal/non-metal · A L Blades & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 3002559

Abandoned 1981-08-31
Baker Bank
Surface metal/non-metal · Steuben County Highway Department · MSHA ID 3001976

Abandoned 1979-07-31
Bradford Pit
Surface metal/non-metal · Town Of Orange · MSHA ID 3002829

Abandoned 1992-08-10
Bradford Pit
Surface metal/non-metal · Town Of Bradford · MSHA ID 3002830

Abandoned 1992-06-29
Brockway-Lechner Pit
Surface metal/non-metal · Steuben County-Department Of Public Works · MSHA ID 3002873

Abandoned 1990-03-31
Buck Excavation & Gravel LLC
Surface metal/non-metal · Buck Excavation & Gravel LLC · MSHA ID 3003450

Abandoned 2003-09-26
Button Pit
Surface metal/non-metal · Town Of Jasper · MSHA ID 3002806

Abandoned 1992-06-05
Canada Road
Surface metal/non-metal · Town Of Erwin · MSHA ID 3002086

Abandoned 1992-04-07
Cohocton Bank Or County Source
Surface metal/non-metal · Steuben County Highway Department · MSHA ID 3002434

Abandoned 1989-07-10
Cohocton Pit
Surface metal/non-metal · Town Of Cohocton-Ny · MSHA ID 3002644

Abandoned 1986-06-06
Conrad Bank
Surface metal/non-metal · Steuben County Department Of Public Works · MSHA ID 3001975

Abandoned 2016-03-23
Coots Gravel Pit
Surface metal/non-metal · S T Coots LLC · MSHA ID 3003327

Abandoned 2014-05-23
CRUSHER
Surface metal/non-metal · HORNELL CITY · MSHA ID 3003441

Abandoned 2005-07-30
East Corning Bank
Surface metal/non-metal · Steuben County Highway Department · MSHA ID 3001977

Abandoned 1979-07-31
East Corning Plant
Surface metal/non-metal · Dalrymple Gravel & Contracting Company Inc · MSHA ID 3000849

Abandoned 2025-06-26
Erwin Aggregate Plant #10
Surface metal/non-metal · Krush-it gravel and aggregates llc · MSHA ID 3003153

Abandoned 2023-08-11
Finley C30 Screener SN#1236
Surface metal/non-metal · Town of Thurston Highway · MSHA ID 3003767

Abandoned 2014-06-23
Flick Pit
Surface metal/non-metal · Town Of Bath · MSHA ID 3002436

Abandoned 1991-08-13
Gardner Pit
Surface metal/non-metal · Town Of Rathbone · MSHA ID 3002129

Abandoned 2011-08-02
Gridley River Rd Gravel Mine
Surface metal/non-metal · Gridley Excavating LLC · MSHA ID 3003870

Abandoned 2017-07-10
Gross Pit
Surface metal/non-metal · Cold Spring Construction Company · MSHA ID 3002760

Abandoned 1987-04-13
Hober'S Pit
Surface metal/non-metal · Hober Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 3002573

Abandoned 1986-01-07
Hornell Source
Surface metal/non-metal · New York State Department Of Transportation · MSHA ID 3002576

Abandoned 1985-08-29
Jackson Pit
Surface metal/non-metal · Town of Dansville · MSHA ID 3003751

Abandoned 2011-06-21
Johnson Pit
Surface metal/non-metal · Town Of Wayland · MSHA ID 3002571

Abandoned 2011-06-21
Johnson Pit
Surface metal/non-metal · Babcock Enterprises Ltd · MSHA ID 3002952

Abandoned 1991-12-31
Kanaval's Excavating & Gravel
Surface metal/non-metal · Kanaval's Excavating & Gravel · MSHA ID 3003156

Abandoned 2014-01-02
Kanona Plant
Surface metal/non-metal · Heidelberg Materials Northeast-NY LLC · MSHA ID 3004046

Abandoned 2024-05-02
KLEEMANN IMPACT 130#289
Surface metal/non-metal · COLD SPRING CONSTRUCTION CO · MSHA ID 3004065

Abandoned 2026-07-22
L.B Smith Model # 08218, Serial #ESP 34
Surface metal/non-metal · Town Of Hartsville · MSHA ID 3003357

Abandoned 2015-01-07
Lindley-Presho
Surface metal/non-metal · Steuben County Highway Department · MSHA ID 3002433

Abandoned 1985-08-29
Lippman 610 Portable Jaw Crusher
Surface metal/non-metal · Larry's Contracting · MSHA ID 3003607

Abandoned 2020-05-05
MACHUGA PIT
Surface metal/non-metal · Edward Machuga · MSHA ID 3003368

Abandoned 2007-07-31
McCarthy Pit (Austin Construction)
Surface metal/non-metal · Austin Construction LLC · MSHA ID 3003556

Abandoned 2014-06-23
McClosky s130 screener sn#81352
Surface metal/non-metal · Empire Crushing LLC · MSHA ID 3004047

Abandoned 2020-05-01
Metso Lokotrack LT1213 SN#73911
Surface metal/non-metal · Siri Sand & Stone LLC · MSHA ID 3003693

Abandoned 2009-10-26
Metso ST272
Surface metal/non-metal · Austin Construction LLC · MSHA ID 3003833

Abandoned 2013-08-06
Morton Pit
Surface metal/non-metal · L C Whitford Company Inc · MSHA ID 3002701

Abandoned 1986-04-14
Murphy Farm Pit
Surface metal/non-metal · Dalrymple Gravel & Contracting Co · MSHA ID 3003670

Abandoned 2014-02-11
NAAR'S PIT
Surface metal/non-metal · Austin Construction Llc · MSHA ID 3003286

Abandoned 2001-03-22
Pioneer Fast Trax #406363
Surface metal/non-metal · Siri Sand & Stone LLC · MSHA ID 3003650

Abandoned 2011-09-01
Pioneer Fastrax 2650
Surface metal/non-metal · Siri Sand & Stone LLC · MSHA ID 3003807

Abandoned 2014-01-15
PORTABLE AUSTIN & WESTERN
Surface metal/non-metal · Town Of Cameron · MSHA ID 3003287

Abandoned 2002-05-04
PORTABLE CRUSHER
Surface metal/non-metal · Town Of Tuscarora · MSHA ID 3003082

Abandoned 2002-05-02
PULTENEY PIT
Surface metal/non-metal · Town Of Pulteney · MSHA ID 3001906

Abandoned 2005-07-06
RISLEY PIT
Surface metal/non-metal · Steuben County-Department Of Public Works · MSHA ID 3002871

Abandoned 2001-09-01
Route 125 Pit
Surface metal/non-metal · Austin Construction, LLC · MSHA ID 3003781

Abandoned 2025-07-14
SAUERBRIER PIT
Surface metal/non-metal · Steuben County-Department Of Public Works · MSHA ID 3002870

Abandoned 1998-02-04
Savona Gravel LLC
Surface metal/non-metal · Krog Corporation · MSHA ID 3003329

Abandoned 2017-05-02
Savona Sand and Gravel Inc
Surface metal/non-metal · Savona Sand and Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 3002444

Abandoned 2007-07-31
Siri Sand & Stone LLC
Surface metal/non-metal · Siri Sand & Stone LLC · MSHA ID 3003625

Abandoned 2009-08-20
Sleve Pit
Surface metal/non-metal · Town Of Wayne · MSHA ID 3002204

Abandoned 1985-05-13
TOWN OF GROVELAND PIT
Surface metal/non-metal · Town of Groveland · MSHA ID 3001949

Abandoned 2001-08-15
Town Pit
Surface metal/non-metal · Town Of Prattsburg Highway Department · MSHA ID 3002585

Abandoned 1985-08-07
Town Pit
Surface metal/non-metal · Town Of Wheeler · MSHA ID 3002649

Abandoned 1994-09-12
Town Source
Surface metal/non-metal · Town Of Hornby · MSHA ID 3002087

Abandoned 1995-10-27
Town Source
Surface metal/non-metal · Town of Canisteo · MSHA ID 3002627

Abandoned 2014-06-23
Town Source
Surface metal/non-metal · Town Of Troupsburg · MSHA ID 3002674

Abandoned 1992-06-05
TOWN SOURCE
Surface metal/non-metal · Town Of Lindley · MSHA ID 3002072

Abandoned 2002-05-02
TOWN SOURCE
Surface metal/non-metal · Town Of Cameron · MSHA ID 3002429

Abandoned 1999-06-23
TOWN SOURCE
Surface metal/non-metal · Town Of Thurston · MSHA ID 3002525

Abandoned 2003-10-09
WADE RATHBONE PIT
Surface metal/non-metal · Wades Coal & Concrete Inc · MSHA ID 3003215

Abandoned 2005-08-31
WADE WASH PIT
Surface metal/non-metal · Wades Coal & Concrete Inc · MSHA ID 3003216

Abandoned 2005-08-31
Walrath Pit
Surface metal/non-metal · Town Of Bradford · MSHA ID 3002443

Abandoned 1987-08-13
WERTH PIT
Surface metal/non-metal · SWEETENERS PLUS INC · MSHA ID 3003414

Abandoned 2012-08-08
WINDING STAIRS PIT
Surface metal/non-metal · Town Of Urbana · MSHA ID 3001833

Abandoned 2000-10-26
Woodhull Source & Mill
Surface metal/non-metal · Town Of Woodhull · MSHA ID 3002473

Abandoned 1988-03-22
Youngs Farm Aggregate Plant #26
Surface metal/non-metal · Glenn O. Hawbaker, Inc. · MSHA ID 3003730

Abandoned 2017-08-25

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)	62
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated	Quarries, gravel and borrow pits	USGS topo symbol (point)	43
Open Pit Mine or Quarry	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (point)	28
Disturbed Surface	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (area)	23
Gravel Pit	Quarries, gravel and borrow pits	USGS topo symbol (area)	10
Sand and Gravel Pit	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.