Mining Incidents
Abandoned mine inventory

Abandoned mines in Cambria County, Pennsylvania

Cambria County, Pennsylvania has 753 mine and prospect features on USGS topographic maps published 1902–1998, including 164 mine openings (shafts, adits and air shafts); 4 of the features carry a name on the map. OSMRE's abandoned mine land inventory lists 414 problems in the county, 158 of them not yet reclaimed. MSHA's register carries 159 mines in the county with status Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed.

Every mine and prospect feature the USGS digitized from historical topographic maps covering Cambria 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)
753
Mine openings
164
OSMRE problems unreclaimed
158
MSHA mines marked abandoned
159
4 features carry a name0 prospect pits27 quadrangle maps, published 1902–1998 414 OSMRE problems, 256 reclaimed 18 MSHA mines abandoned and sealed
What the features are
  1. Mine openings
    shafts, adits, air shafts, portals and vertical openings: the ways into underground workings
    239 20.5%
  2. Mines and surface workings
    labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
    475 40.7%
  3. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits
    construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
    11 0.9%
  4. Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob
    what mining left above ground
    155 13.3%
  5. Mills, tipples and facilities
    processing plants and hazardous structures
    61 5.2%
  6. Other reclamation problems
    highwalls, subsidence, polluted or clogged water, fires, slides and gases in OSMRE's inventory
    226 19.4%
Named features on the maps4 named · from the USGS compilation
Name on map Feature
F Portal Mine Shaft
Slag Dump Slag Pile area
Slag Dump Slag Pile area
Y Portal Mine Shaft

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.

OSMRE abandoned mine land problems414 on inventory
Problem area Problem Status
1998 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Clogged Streams Reclamation Completed
1998 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
1998 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
1998 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
1998 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Polluted Water: Agricultural & Industrial Reclamation Completed
1998 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
1998 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
1998 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Underground Mine Fires Reclamation Completed
1998 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
1999 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Clogged Streams Reclamation Completed
1999 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
1999 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
1999 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
1999 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
1999 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
1999 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Surface Burning Reclamation Completed
1999 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
2000 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Clogged Streams Reclamation Completed
2000 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
2000 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
2000 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
2000 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Surface Burning Reclamation Completed
2000 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
2005 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Clogged Streams Reclamation Completed
2005 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
2005 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
2005 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
2005 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
2005 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
2005 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Underground Mine Fires Reclamation Completed
2005 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
2006 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Clogged Streams Reclamation Completed
2006 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
2006 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
2006 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
2006 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
2006 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
2006 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
2006 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Surface Burning Reclamation Completed
2006 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Underground Mine Fires Reclamation Completed
2006 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
2007 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Clogged Streams Reclamation Completed
2007 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
2007 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
2007 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
2007 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Hazardous Water Bodies Reclamation Completed
2007 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Polluted Water: Agricultural & Industrial Reclamation Completed
2007 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
2007 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
2007 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Underground Mine Fires Reclamation Completed
2007 Statewide Ad/bd Project P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
623 Portage St. P2 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Allendale P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments In Reclamation
Allendale P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Allendale P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Allendale P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Allendale P3 Gobs In Reclamation
Allendale P3 Gobs Reclamation Pending
Allendale P3 Water Problems Reclamation Pending
Allport Northwest P1 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Allport Northwest P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Allport Northwest P3 High Wall In Reclamation
Allport Northwest P3 High Wall In Reclamation
Ashville P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Bakerton # 1 P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Bakerton # 1 P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Bakerton # 3 P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Bakerton # 3 P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Bakerton # 3 P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Bakerton # 3 P3 Mine Opening Reclamation Completed
Bakerton # 3 P3 Water Problems In Reclamation
Barnes/bakerton P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Barnes/bakerton P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Barnes/bakerton P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Barnesboro P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Barnesboro P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Barnesboro P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Barnesboro P2 Clogged Streams Reclamation Pending
Barnesboro P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments In Reclamation
Barnesboro P2 Surface Burning Reclamation Pending
Barnesboro P3 Equipment Facility In Reclamation
Barr Township P2 Clogged Streams Reclamation Completed
Barr Township P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Barr Township P2 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Beaver Street Hastings P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Beaver Street Hastings P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Beaver Street Hastings P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Beaver Street Hastings P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Beaver Street Hastings P2 Subsidence Reclamation Pending
Beaver Valley West P1 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Beaver Valley West P2 Dangerous Highwalls In Reclamation
Beaver Valley West P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Beaverdale P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments In Reclamation
Beaverdale P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Beaverdale P1 Surface Burning In Reclamation
Beaverdale P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Beaverdale P2 Industrial/Residential Waste Reclamation Pending
Becks Run Road P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Becks Run Road P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Bellwood Reservoir North P3 Water Problems In Reclamation
Bellwood Reservoir North P3 Water Problems Reclamation Completed
Belsano Crossing P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Ben's Creek P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments In Reclamation
Ben's Creek P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Ben's Creek P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Ben's Creek P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Ben's Creek P3 Gobs In Reclamation
Beulah Road P2 Clogged Streams Reclamation Pending
Beulah Road P2 Vertical Openings In Reclamation
Beulah Road P3 Gobs Reclamation Completed
Beulah Road P3 Gobs In Reclamation
Beulah Road P3 Other In Reclamation
Big Bend P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Big Bend P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Big Bend P2 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Big Bend P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Big Bend P3 Mine Opening Reclamation Pending
Blue Goose South P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Brubaker Run P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Brubaker Run P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Brubaker Run P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Buckhorn North P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Carrolltown Road #1 P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Carrolltown Road #1 P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Carrolltown Road #1 P3 Water Problems In Reclamation
Clapboard Run P2 Clogged Streams Reclamation Pending
Clapboard Run P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Clearfield Creek East P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Coal Pit Phase Ii P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Coal Pit Run P3 Water Problems In Reclamation
Cochran Jr. High School P1 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Cochran Jr. High School P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Cochran Jr. High School P3 Other Reclamation Completed
Cochran Jr. High School P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Cochran Jr. High School P3 Water Problems Reclamation Pending
Coopersdale North P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Coopersdale North P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Coopersdale North P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Cymbria P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Cymbria P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Pending
Cymbria P3 Equipment Facility Reclamation Completed
Cymbria P3 Gobs In Reclamation
Cymbria P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Cymbria P3 Water Problems In Reclamation
Cymbria East P2 Dangerous Highwalls In Reclamation
Cymbria East P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Pending
Cymbria East P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Cymbria East P3 Mine Opening Reclamation Pending
Cymbria East P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Downey Run P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities In Reclamation

…and 264 more problems not listed here.

Problem types carry OSMRE's priority prefix: P1 and P2 are threats to health, safety and property, P3 is environmental. A problem area is a cluster of problems reclaimed as one project; several rows can share one location.

MSHA-registered mines with status Abandoned159 on register
  1. #1 Ug
    Underground coal · A E Holtz Coal Company · MSHA ID 3601097
    Abandoned
  2. #1 Ug
    Underground coal · Lonely Coal Company · MSHA ID 3601143
    Abandoned
  3. #70 #80 #90
    Facility coal · Universal Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 3605546
    Abandoned
  4. 3139
    Surface coal · E.E. & S. AUGER MINING INC · MSHA ID 3609956
    Abandoned
  5. A/C Power-Colver Operations
    Facility coal · A/C Power-Colver Operations · MSHA ID 3608469
    Abandoned
  6. Airport
    Surface coal · Ratay Coal Inc · MSHA ID 3607191
    Abandoned
  7. Airway #1 Ug
    Underground coal · New Hope Coal Company · MSHA ID 3601149
    Abandoned
  8. Auger #2
    Surface coal · Brocious Coal Augering LLC · MSHA ID 3609196
    Abandoned
  9. Auger No 3132
    Surface coal · E E & S Auger Mining Inc · MSHA ID 3609187
    Abandoned
  10. B & B #1 Mine
    Surface coal · M E Berzonsky Coal Company · MSHA ID 3607597
    Abandoned
  11. B & F Coal Company
    Facility coal · B & F Coal Company · MSHA ID 3607633
    Abandoned
  12. B & Y SAND & GRAVEL INC.
    Surface metal/non-metal · B & Y Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 3607713
    Abandoned
  13. Bakerton Pile
    Facility coal · Ridge Energy Company Inc · MSHA ID 3608523
    Abandoned
  14. Balzano Mine
    Underground coal · Balzano Coal Company · MSHA ID 3601098
    Abandoned
  15. Barnhart No 3 Mine
    Underground coal · Super Coal Company · MSHA ID 3602376
    Abandoned
  16. Beaver Valley Strip 2
    Surface coal · Petrof Contracting Company · MSHA ID 3606436
    Abandoned
  17. Beaverdale Mine
    Surface coal · AMFIRE Mining Company, LLC · MSHA ID 3608549
    Abandoned
  18. Becker/Bender
    Surface coal · Paul F Becker Coal Company · MSHA ID 3606928
    Abandoned
  19. Beltz Strip
    Surface coal · B & K Coal Company · MSHA ID 3607902
    Abandoned
  20. Benscreek No 2 Ug
    Underground coal · H W Z Coal Company · MSHA ID 3601131
    Abandoned
  21. Bethmar No 1
    Surface coal · Bethmar Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 3607830
    Abandoned
  22. Bird #3
    Underground coal · Island Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 3600846
    Abandoned
  23. Black Oak Pit #002
    Surface coal · Black Oak Development Corp · MSHA ID 3607947
    Abandoned
  24. Bopp Coal Co
    Facility coal · Bopp Coal Company · MSHA ID 3607213
    Abandoned
  25. Broad Top
    Surface coal · Robindale Energy Services, Inc. · MSHA ID 3609717
    Abandoned
  26. Brookdale Land Developing
    Surface coal · S A Yurasek & Son Inc · MSHA ID 3607042
    Abandoned
  27. Brookdale Mine No 77
    Underground coal · Bethlehem Mines Corp · MSHA ID 3600843
    Abandoned and Sealed
  28. Brown Mine
    Surface coal · Amerikohl Mining · MSHA ID 3610294
    Abandoned
  29. Buckhorn Strip
    Surface coal · Monarf Inc · MSHA ID 3606426
    Abandoned
  30. Cambria
    Facility coal · Senate Coal Mines Inc · MSHA ID 3608312
    Abandoned
  31. Cambria Coal Strips & Tipples
    Surface coal · Cambria Coal Company · MSHA ID 3602738
    Abandoned
  32. Cambria Cogen Facility
    Facility coal · Cambria CoGen Company · MSHA ID 3608276
    Abandoned
  33. Cambria County
    Surface coal · Swistock Associates Coal Corp · MSHA ID 3606991
    Abandoned
  34. Cambria Minerals Proc Co
    Surface coal · Laurel Land Development Inc · MSHA ID 3607385
    Abandoned
  35. Cambria Mines
    Surface coal · Mustang Coal & Contracting Corp · MSHA ID 3606995
    Abandoned
  36. CAMBRIA PITT 001
    Surface coal · ROSEBUD MINING COMPANY · MSHA ID 3608848
    Abandoned
  37. Cambria Slope Preparation Plant
    Facility coal · Beth Energy Mines Inc · MSHA ID 3600845
    Abandoned
  38. Cardiff Reclamation
    Surface coal · S & K Enterprises · MSHA ID 3606386
    Abandoned
  39. Chickaree Mt Strip No 2
    Surface coal · Ace Drilling Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3603044
    Abandoned
  40. Cloe #1
    Surface coal · Cloe Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 3608566
    Abandoned
  41. Coal Utilities Corp
    Surface coal · Coal Utilities Corp · MSHA ID 3602794
    Abandoned
  42. Colver Ug
    Underground coal · Eastern Associated Coal Corp · MSHA ID 3600848
    Abandoned and Sealed
  43. Commercial #4 Ug
    Underground coal · Commercial Coal Company Of Twin Rocks · MSHA ID 3601108
    Abandoned
  44. Conemaugh Division Repair Shop
    Facility coal · Beth Energy Mines Inc · MSHA ID 3607259
    Abandoned
  45. Cramer Pike Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · C B S Mining Inc · MSHA ID 3600200
    Abandoned
  46. Dean #3 Strip
    Surface coal · Cooney Brothers Coal Company · MSHA ID 3601112
    Abandoned
  47. Dean No 1 Mine-Strip
    Surface coal · Ridge Mining Company · MSHA ID 3604748
    Abandoned
  48. Driscoll Hollow Strip Mine
    Surface coal · North Cambria Fuel Company Inc · MSHA ID 3606190
    Abandoned
  49. E P Bender Strip
    Surface coal · E P Bender Coal Company · MSHA ID 3603555
    Abandoned
  50. East Run Coal Keilman
    Surface coal · East Run Coal Co. · MSHA ID 3609907
    Abandoned
  51. Ehrenfeld Mine 38
    Underground coal · Beth Energy Mines Inc · MSHA ID 3600852
    Abandoned and Sealed
  52. EPB Strip
    Surface coal · E P Bender Coal Company · MSHA ID 3608398
    Abandoned
  53. Eureka 37 Upper Mine
    Underground coal · Berwind Corp - Willmore Division · MSHA ID 3601113
    Abandoned
  54. Exact #1
    Surface coal · Pine Creek Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3607322
    Abandoned
  55. Feller #2 Strip
    Surface coal · Cooney Bros Coal Co · MSHA ID 3601110
    Abandoned
  56. Feller No 3 Strip Mine
    Surface coal · Cooney Brothers Coal Company · MSHA ID 3603041
    Abandoned
  57. Fisanick Strip
    Surface coal · Howard Neal Coal Corp · MSHA ID 3607740
    Abandoned
  58. Fisanick Strip
    Surface coal · Ladon Coal Corp · MSHA ID 3607774
    Abandoned
  59. Fisanick Strip
    Surface coal · Howard Neal Coal Corp · MSHA ID 3608426
    Abandoned and Sealed
  60. Freedom Coal
    Surface coal · Herb Oshall Trucking · MSHA ID 3609565
    Abandoned
  61. Gallitzin Job
    Facility coal · M & Y Services Inc · MSHA ID 3608569
    Abandoned
  62. Garmantown #8
    Surface coal · Gator Coal LP · MSHA ID 3609398
    Abandoned
  63. Garmantown Mine
    Surface coal · L & J Energy Co., Inc. · MSHA ID 3607270
    Abandoned
  64. Garmantown Mine
    Underground coal · L & J Energy Company Inc · MSHA ID 3608483
    Abandoned
  65. Gates #1 Strip Mine
    Surface coal · Sky Haven Coal Inc · MSHA ID 3607739
    Abandoned
  66. Glasgow Operation
    Surface coal · Robert T Noel Coal Inc · MSHA ID 3607016
    Abandoned
  67. Glasgow Strip
    Surface coal · Robert T Noel Coal Inc · MSHA ID 3605622
    Abandoned
  68. Glass Operation
    Surface coal · Minor Contracting Inc · MSHA ID 3607656
    Abandoned
  69. GLR #1
    Surface coal · GLR Mining Inc · MSHA ID 3610069
    Abandoned
  70. Greenwich Collieries No 2 Mine
    Underground coal · Greenwich Collieries-Div/Pa Mines Corp · MSHA ID 3602404
    Abandoned and Sealed
  71. Hastings #8 Mine
    Underground coal · North Cambria Fuel Company · MSHA ID 3605090
    Abandoned
  72. Hastings No 7 Mine
    Underground coal · North Cambria Fuel Company · MSHA ID 3602383
    Abandoned
  73. Hastings No 9 Mine
    Underground coal · North Cambria Fuel Company · MSHA ID 3605498
    Abandoned
  74. Heilwood #1
    Surface coal · Devon Coal Company · MSHA ID 3607543
    Abandoned
  75. Hillsdale #1
    Underground coal · Hillsdale Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 3601107
    Abandoned and Sealed
  76. Hilltop Mine
    Underground coal · Hill Top Coal Company · MSHA ID 3601130
    Abandoned
  77. Hite Slate Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hite Coal & Stone Supply · MSHA ID 3609890
    Abandoned
  78. Holtz D Vein Mine
    Underground coal · C B Holtz Coal Company · MSHA ID 3601104
    Abandoned
  79. Horse Hill Mine
    Surface coal · Pennsylvania Energy Corp · MSHA ID 3603042
    Abandoned
  80. Johnson Operation
    Surface coal · C M T Energy Inc · MSHA ID 3609362
    Abandoned
  81. Johnstown Mill
    Facility metal/non-metal · Swank Refractories Company · MSHA ID 3605720
    Abandoned
  82. Jplmj Strip
    Surface coal · Westrick Coal Company · MSHA ID 3607571
    Abandoned and Sealed
  83. Kolak Strip Mine
    Surface coal · Kolak Coal Company · MSHA ID 3605733
    Abandoned
  84. Kuzemchak #1 Mine
    Surface coal · George J Kuzemchak · MSHA ID 3607008
    Abandoned
  85. Lamkie No 2 Strip
    Surface coal · Lamkie Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3602737
    Abandoned
  86. Lancashire Central Services
    Facility coal · Barnes & Tucker Company · MSHA ID 3606787
    Abandoned
  87. Lancashire Coal Company Prep Plant
    Facility coal · Lancashire Coal Company · MSHA ID 3600838
    Abandoned
  88. Lancashire Mine No 20
    Underground coal · Barnes & Tucker Company · MSHA ID 3600836
    Abandoned and Sealed
  89. Landfill Strip
    Surface coal · Lasky Landfill Inc · MSHA ID 3607906
    Abandoned
  90. Lasky Strip
    Surface coal · Cooney Brothers Coal Company · MSHA ID 3601109
    Abandoned
  91. Lawrence Mine No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · Lawrence Resources Inc · MSHA ID 3606302
    Abandoned
  92. Lechene Coal Company Inc
    Surface coal · Lechene Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3604308
    Abandoned
  93. Lovell #1 Strip
    Surface coal · Allan E Lovell · MSHA ID 3605596
    Abandoned
  94. M H Bigan Strip
    Surface coal · M H Bigan Coal Company · MSHA ID 3604273
    Abandoned
  95. Magic Mine
    Facility coal · Exact Mining Inc · MSHA ID 3607325
    Abandoned
  96. Main Complex
    Facility coal · Greenwich Collieries-Div/Pa Mines Corp · MSHA ID 3605031
    Abandoned
  97. Marian Operation
    Surface coal · Rich Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3607816
    Abandoned and Sealed
  98. Marstellar #1
    Facility coal · Skyco Engineering Inc · MSHA ID 3608231
    Abandoned
  99. Martindale No 2 Strip Mine Mp 238-8
    Surface coal · Cooney Brothers Coal Company · MSHA ID 3602688
    Abandoned
  100. Mcdermott
    Surface coal · Laurel Land Development Inc · MSHA ID 3607814
    Abandoned
  101. Meadows & Leonard #1 Mine
    Underground coal · Meadows & Leonard Mining Inc · MSHA ID 3602603
    Abandoned and Sealed
  102. Migyanka Strip
    Surface coal · Mazzarella Coal Company · MSHA ID 3605521
    Abandoned
  103. Mine #37
    Facility coal · G M K Company · MSHA ID 3605547
    Abandoned
  104. Mine #5
    Surface coal · East Ridge Mining Inc · MSHA ID 3607046
    Abandoned
  105. Mine 40
    Underground coal · Colfax Inc · MSHA ID 3600849
    Abandoned
  106. Mine 40 Greenley Ener Hldngs Of Pa
    Facility coal · Greenley Energy Holdings Of Pa Inc · MSHA ID 3605553
    Abandoned
  107. MINE 78 - ST. MICHAEL TREATMENT PLANT
    Facility coal · ROSEBUD MINING COMPANY · MSHA ID 3610083
    Abandoned
  108. Mine No 31
    Facility coal · Beth Energy Mines Inc · MSHA ID 3600841
    Abandoned
  109. Mine No 9
    Surface coal · Bentley Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3605531
    Abandoned
  110. Morningstar
    Underground coal · Tjs Mining Inc · MSHA ID 3608987
    Abandoned
  111. Moss Creek No 3
    Underground coal · Barr Coal Corp · MSHA ID 3600839
    Abandoned
  112. N G #2
    Surface coal · Laurel Land Development Inc · MSHA ID 3608137
    Abandoned
  113. Nanty Glo
    Surface coal · Ken-Lin Coal Inc · MSHA ID 3606246
    Abandoned
  114. Nanty Glo East
    Surface coal · Ebensburg Power Company · MSHA ID 3608032
    Abandoned
  115. Nanty Glo Refuse Site
    Facility coal · Smith Energy Inc · MSHA ID 3608589
    Abandoned
  116. No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · Paul F Becker Coal Company · MSHA ID 3605896
    Abandoned
  117. No 59 Mine
    Surface coal · Anderson Creek Coal & Clay Co · MSHA ID 3606758
    Abandoned
  118. No 9 Mine
    Underground coal · Laney Coal Company · MSHA ID 3601137
    Abandoned and Sealed
  119. No 9 Ug
    Underground coal · Garay Coal Co · MSHA ID 3601119
    Abandoned
  120. Northern Mine
    Underground coal · St Lawrence Coal Company · MSHA ID 3607809
    Abandoned
  121. Pat-Dol Inc
    Surface coal · Pat-Dol Inc · MSHA ID 3606016
    Abandoned
  122. Peles No 5 Strip
    Surface coal · Joseph Peles Coal Company · MSHA ID 3606429
    Abandoned
  123. Pierce No Ii
    Facility coal · Pierce Bros Inc · MSHA ID 3606675
    Abandoned
  124. Ponderosa Coal Co
    Underground coal · Ponderosa Coal Company · MSHA ID 3607411
    Abandoned and Sealed
  125. R J C Kohl #1
    Surface coal · R J C Kohl Inc · MSHA ID 3608396
    Abandoned
  126. Rampside #1
    Surface coal · Rampside Collieries, Inc. · MSHA ID 3600844
    Abandoned
  127. Reade No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Reade Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 3604351
    Abandoned
  128. Reed Mine
    Surface coal · Cloe Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 3608455
    Abandoned
  129. Reed Operation
    Surface coal · Macro Coal Company · MSHA ID 3608283
    Abandoned
  130. Resources Land Strip
    Surface coal · Large Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3605609
    Abandoned
  131. Revloc Mine 32
    Underground coal · Beth Energy Mines Inc · MSHA ID 3600842
    Abandoned and Sealed
  132. Rice No 2
    Underground coal · Trent Coal Inc · MSHA ID 3603636
    Abandoned and Sealed
  133. Richland #1 Strip
    Surface coal · Interstate Fuels Company Inc · MSHA ID 3606214
    Abandoned
  134. Richland Mine
    Surface coal · Richland Resources Inc · MSHA ID 3607085
    Abandoned
  135. Rock Run
    Surface coal · Hepburnia Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3606757
    Abandoned
  136. Roudabush Strip
    Surface coal · Mazzarella Coal Company · MSHA ID 3607365
    Abandoned
  137. Sheehan No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · Sheehan Coal Company · MSHA ID 3605585
    Abandoned
  138. Shero Strip
    Surface coal · Gard Mining Inc · MSHA ID 3606969
    Abandoned
  139. Shuster No 2 Mine
    Underground coal · Shuster Coal Company · MSHA ID 3601160
    Abandoned
  140. Solomon Run Mine
    Surface coal · RJC Kohl Inc · MSHA ID 3609886
    Abandoned
  141. South Fork
    Surface coal · East Run Coal Co. · MSHA ID 3608592
    Abandoned
  142. South Mine
    Underground coal · Red Oak Mining Company · MSHA ID 3607810
    Abandoned
  143. Sponsky No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Sponsky Coal Company · MSHA ID 3601161
    Abandoned
  144. Spruce Hill No 2 Strip
    Surface coal · Spruce Hill Coal Company · MSHA ID 3606243
    Abandoned
  145. St Clair Strip
    Surface coal · Marquise Mining Corp · MSHA ID 3608387
    Abandoned
  146. Standard #2 Ug
    Underground coal · G W S Coal Co · MSHA ID 3601122
    Abandoned
  147. Starford #1 Strip
    Surface coal · Starford Coal Corp · MSHA ID 3603045
    Abandoned
  148. Starford No 1-Mine
    Underground coal · Starford Coal Corp · MSHA ID 3604164
    Abandoned
  149. Stella Maris Ug
    Underground coal · Stella Maris Coal Company · MSHA ID 3601163
    Abandoned
  150. Storm GFCC
    Surface coal · K B Coal Inc · MSHA ID 3609582
    Abandoned

…and 9 more mines not listed here.

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
Strip Mine 449
Adit 151
Mine Dump 52
P2 Dangerous Highwalls 47
Tipple 38
P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments 37
P3 Water Problems 31
P2 Vertical Openings 29
P3 Spoil Area 27
P2 Clogged Streams 23
P2 Portals 22
P3 Gobs 19
Open Pit Mine or Quarry 18
P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption 17
P2 Dangerous Slides 16
P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities 16
P2 Subsidence 16
P1 Vertical Openings 12
P1 Portals 12
P1 Subsidence 11
P3 Mine Opening 9
P2 Surface Burning 8
Disturbed Surface 8
P1 Dangerous Highwalls 8
P3 Other 8
Quarry 7
Air Shaft 7
P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities 7
P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments 7
Mine Dump 6
Mine Shaft 6
P3 High Wall 6
P2 Clogged Stream Lands 5
Tailings - Undifferentiated 5
P2 Underground Mine Fires 4
P2 Hazardous Water Bodies 4
P3 Equipment Facility 4
P2 Polluted Water: Agricultural & Industrial 2
Slag Pile 2
P2 Dangerous Impoundments 2
Gravel Pit 1
P1 Dangerous Slides 1
Clay Pit 1
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated 1
P2 Industrial/Residential Waste 1
P3 Haul Road 1
P1 Hazardous Water Bodies 1
P1 Surface Burning 1
Borrow 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.