Abandoned mines in Josephine County, Oregon

1. Mine openings

   shafts, adits, air shafts, portals and vertical openings: the ways into underground workings
   251 21.1%
2. Prospect pits and trenches

   shallow exploration diggings that never became a mine
   507 42.7%
3. Mines and surface workings

   labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
   244 20.6%
4. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits

   construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
   135 11.4%
5. Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob

   what mining left above ground
   50 4.2%

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. #8 Gulch

   Surface metal/non-metal · Althouse Placers Inc · MSHA ID 3503055
   Abandoned 1982-06-15
2. Angora Pit

   Surface metal/non-metal · Robco Inc · MSHA ID 3502964
   Abandoned 1980-07-14
3. APPLEGATE AGGREGATE

   Surface metal/non-metal · Applegate Aggregates Inc · MSHA ID 3503308
   Abandoned 2001-05-17
4. Applegate Pit

   Surface metal/non-metal · Southern Oregon Concrete Ltd · MSHA ID 3500719
   Abandoned 1985-02-25
5. Applegate Shale

   Surface metal/non-metal · Applegate Shale Llc · MSHA ID 3503526
   Abandoned 2002-09-29
6. Ash Bar

   Surface metal/non-metal · Star Group Inc · MSHA ID 3503252
   Abandoned 1996-02-20
7. Auropa Mine

   Surface metal/non-metal · Kola Mining Corp · MSHA ID 3503052
   Abandoned 1991-03-26
8. Bailey Mine

   Surface metal/non-metal · Bentley Exploration · MSHA ID 3502921
   Abandoned 1982-06-15
9. Barlow Pit

   Surface metal/non-metal · Barlow Rock · MSHA ID 3500721
   Abandoned 1985-08-26
10. BARLOW PIT

    Surface metal/non-metal · Barlow Rock · MSHA ID 3503309
    Abandoned 2005-04-27
11. Barlow Sand & Gravel LLC

    Surface metal/non-metal · Barlow Sand and Gravel LLC · MSHA ID 3503616
    Abandoned 2012-01-24
12. Benton Mine

    Underground metal/non-metal · Benton Resources (Us) Ltd · MSHA ID 3503316
    Abandoned 1989-11-06
13. Benton Mine

    Underground metal/non-metal · Dutch Mining LLC · MSHA ID 3503405
    Abandoned 2009-08-31
14. Billman Mine

    Surface metal/non-metal · Billman Mining & Exploration · MSHA ID 3501277
    Abandoned 1982-06-15
15. Black Bear Mine

    Underground metal/non-metal · Robert W Radcliffe · MSHA ID 3502537
    Abandoned 1982-06-15
16. Black Boulder Quarry

    Surface metal/non-metal · Weathers Crushing Inc · MSHA ID 3502871
    Abandoned 1978-11-30
17. Boswell Mine

    Surface metal/non-metal · Boswell Mining Company · MSHA ID 3503111
    Abandoned 1985-07-22
18. Buckskin Mine

    Surface metal/non-metal · Dayrim Company · MSHA ID 3502976
    Abandoned 1982-06-15
19. Carlon's Gravel Pit LLC

    Surface metal/non-metal · Carlon's Gravel Pit LLC · MSHA ID 3503770
    Abandoned 2012-01-13
20. Cheney Creek

    Surface metal/non-metal · Bottroff Excavation LLC · MSHA ID 3503783
    Abandoned 2014-02-28
21. Copeland Portable

    Surface metal/non-metal · Copeland Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 3500717
    Abandoned 1992-01-17
22. Coyote Creek Bar

    Surface metal/non-metal · Josephine County Road Department · MSHA ID 3502850
    Abandoned 1982-08-17
23. Daisy Mine

    Underground metal/non-metal · Summitt Mining, LLC · MSHA ID 3503822
    Abandoned 2015-08-04
24. Dark Canyon Mine

    Underground metal/non-metal · Dark Canyon Properties · MSHA ID 3503104
    Abandoned 1983-06-13
25. Defiance Mine

    Surface metal/non-metal · Grants Pass Gold · MSHA ID 3503593
    Abandoned 2006-04-10
26. FLANAGAN & EMERSON MINE

    Surface metal/non-metal · FLANAGAN & EMERSON MINING ASSOCIATION, LLC · MSHA ID 3503774
    Abandoned 2013-05-09
27. Fred & Freddy

    Surface metal/non-metal · Fred & Freddy LLC · MSHA ID 3503735
    Abandoned 2010-08-06
28. Freeman Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Valley Redi-Mix & Gravel · MSHA ID 3502895
    Abandoned 1979-12-13
29. Frye Bar

    Surface metal/non-metal · Copeland Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 3502851
    Abandoned 1979-07-06
30. Golden Bear

    Surface metal/non-metal · Golden Bear Mining · MSHA ID 3503780
    Abandoned 2018-08-01
31. Green Back Mine

    Underground metal/non-metal · Golden Reef Mining Company · MSHA ID 3502806
    Abandoned 1989-11-06
32. Highland Ave. Granite Quarry

    Surface metal/non-metal · Stein Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 3503582
    Abandoned 2022-09-12
33. Hobson Horn Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · E R Prefontaine Drilling · MSHA ID 3502554
    Abandoned 1978-06-14
34. Humdinger Mine

    Underground metal/non-metal · Dave Vallandigham · MSHA ID 3501051
    Abandoned 1981-01-15
35. Hyde Bar

    Surface metal/non-metal · Copeland Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 3502670
    Abandoned 1985-04-29
36. Jump Off Joe Louse Creeks Pit And P

    Surface metal/non-metal · Josephine County Road Department · MSHA ID 3502550
    Abandoned 1978-06-14
37. Kelley Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Bill Derrick · MSHA ID 3502326
    Abandoned 1985-04-29
38. LAST CHANCE

    Underground metal/non-metal · GEOFF GARCIA · MSHA ID 3503637
    Abandoned 2006-11-02
39. Lazy Man Mine

    Underground metal/non-metal · Otc Enterprises · MSHA ID 3502827
    Abandoned 1979-02-15
40. Logan Cut Placer & Mill

    Surface metal/non-metal · Cmae-Viking · MSHA ID 3502972
    Abandoned 1980-07-15
41. Lost Flat Mine

    Surface metal/non-metal · Lost Flat Mining · MSHA ID 3503102
    Abandoned 1983-06-27
42. Martha

    Underground metal/non-metal · Dragon'S Gold Inc · MSHA ID 3503318
    Abandoned 1991-03-08
43. Martha Mine

    Underground metal/non-metal · Dutch Mining Llc · MSHA ID 3503551
    Abandoned 2003-03-10
44. Martha Mine

    Underground metal/non-metal · Summitt Mining, LLC · MSHA ID 3503826
    Abandoned 2024-12-10
45. Mountain Top Quarry

    Surface metal/non-metal · Mountain Top Shale & Rock Company · MSHA ID 3502993
    Abandoned 1983-10-28
46. Murphy Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Josephine County Road Department · MSHA ID 3501000
    Abandoned 1982-08-17
47. Patton Road Bar And Plant

    Surface metal/non-metal · Southern Oregon Rock Company · MSHA ID 3502681
    Abandoned 1981-01-15
48. Portable Crusher

    Surface metal/non-metal · Jerry Bertagnolli Crushing · MSHA ID 3503784
    Abandoned 2012-10-16
49. Portable Plant #1

    Surface metal/non-metal · Timber Mountain Construction, Inc. · MSHA ID 3503660
    Abandoned 2009-01-20
50. Primary Crusher

    Surface metal/non-metal · Barlow Sand & Gravel LLC · MSHA ID 3503647
    Abandoned 2011-05-09
51. Rainbow Mine

    Underground metal/non-metal · Siskron Mining & Construction Inc · MSHA ID 3503080
    Abandoned 1983-06-13
52. Ranch Rock

    Surface metal/non-metal · Ranch Rock · MSHA ID 3503544
    Abandoned 2016-10-03
53. Roarick Mine

    Surface metal/non-metal · Cmae-Viking · MSHA ID 3503019
    Abandoned 1982-12-13
54. Rogue Gem & Geology #1

    Surface metal/non-metal · The Rogue Gem & Geology Club, Inc · MSHA ID 3503892
    Abandoned 2024-10-15
55. Screen

    Surface metal/non-metal · Camp's Custom Excavating · MSHA ID 3503781
    Abandoned 2012-06-28
56. Slate Creek Quarry

    Surface metal/non-metal · Stein Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 3503576
    Abandoned 2020-01-14
57. SPOTTED FAWN

    Underground metal/non-metal · B & G Energy Corp · MSHA ID 3503453
    Abandoned 1998-08-18
58. Star Placer

    Surface metal/non-metal · Paul Haggland · MSHA ID 3503101
    Abandoned 1983-06-27
59. Steam Beer Mine

    Surface metal/non-metal · Steam Beer Mining Ltd. · MSHA ID 3503553
    Abandoned 2011-06-14
60. Steatite Of Southern Oregon

    Surface metal/non-metal · Steatite Of Southern Oregon Inc · MSHA ID 3503109
    Abandoned 1985-05-20
61. Sugar Pine Mine

    Underground metal/non-metal · Isomeric Inc · MSHA ID 3503124
    Abandoned 1985-05-02
62. Summit

    Underground metal/non-metal · Willis K. Beach · MSHA ID 3503804
    Abandoned 2013-12-03
63. Town Crusher

    Surface metal/non-metal · Copeland Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 3502950
    Abandoned 1986-04-01
64. U S Placers

    Surface metal/non-metal · U S Placers · MSHA ID 3503103
    Abandoned 1983-09-01
65. Waldo Hill Mine & Mill

    Surface metal/non-metal · Mastern Corp · MSHA ID 3502918
    Abandoned 1982-06-15
66. Wildcat Claim

    Surface metal/non-metal · Naga Mining Corp · MSHA ID 3503112
    Abandoned 1983-09-01
67. Williams Pit And Plant

    Surface metal/non-metal · Josephine County Road Department · MSHA ID 3501001
    Abandoned 1981-01-15
68. Yeager Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Robco Inc · MSHA ID 3502961
    Abandoned 1979-12-13
69. Yellowhorn Mine & Mill

    Underground metal/non-metal · Macon Mining & Manufacturing Inc · MSHA ID 3502971
    Abandoned 1983-06-23

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

• Baker County 1,601
• Grant County 1,188
• Malheur County 1,060
• Jackson County 898
• Douglas County 876
• Linn County 836
• Harney County 767
• Lane County 716
• Lake County 606
• Crook County 499
• Clackamas County 421
• Klamath County 353

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.