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Abandoned mine inventory

Abandoned mines in Clinton County, Pennsylvania

Clinton County, Pennsylvania has 209 mine and prospect features on USGS topographic maps published 1921–1995; 1 of the features carry a name on the map. OSMRE's abandoned mine land inventory lists 53 problems in the county, 18 of them not yet reclaimed. MSHA's register carries 41 mines in the county with status Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed.

Every mine and prospect feature the USGS digitized from historical topographic maps covering Clinton 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)
209
Mine openings
0
OSMRE problems unreclaimed
18
MSHA mines marked abandoned
41
1 features carry a name0 prospect pits20 quadrangle maps, published 1921–1995 53 OSMRE problems, 35 reclaimed 0 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
    6 2.3%
  2. Mines and surface workings
    labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
    186 71.0%
  3. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits
    construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
    23 8.8%
  4. Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob
    what mining left above ground
    14 5.3%
  5. Other reclamation problems
    highwalls, subsidence, polluted or clogged water, fires, slides and gases in OSMRE's inventory
    33 12.6%
Named features on the maps1 named · from the USGS compilation
Name on map Feature
Perry Moshannon Mine Strip Mine area

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 problems53 on inventory
Problem area Problem Status
Bear Swamp P3 Water Problems Reclamation Pending
Bear Swamp P3 Water Problems Reclamation Pending
Brewery Run West P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Brewery Run West P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Brewery Run West P2 Hazardous Water Bodies Reclamation Completed
Camp Run P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Camp Run P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Camp Run P3 Water Problems Reclamation Completed
Camp Run P3 Water Problems Reclamation Completed
Cooks Run (bear Hollow) P3 Water Problems Reclamation Pending
Drury Ridge South P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Drury Ridge South P2 Hazardous Water Bodies Reclamation Completed
Drury Ridge South P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Drury Ridge South P3 Water Problems Reclamation Pending
Farrandsville North P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Pending
Fivemile Hollow P2 Dangerous Highwalls In Reclamation
Fivemile Hollow P2 Portals In Reclamation
Fivemile Hollow P3 Spoil Area In Reclamation
Fivemile Hollow P3 Water Problems In Reclamation
Huling Branch P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Huling Branch P3 Equipment Facility Reclamation Completed
Huling Branch P3 Mine Opening Reclamation Completed
Huling Branch P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Huling Branch Central P3 Gobs Reclamation Completed
Huling Branch Central P3 Slurry Reclamation Completed
Huling Branch East P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Huling Branch East P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Huling Branch East P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Huling Branch East P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Huling Branch East P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Huling Branch South P2 Dangerous Highwalls In Reclamation
Huling Branch South P3 Other In Reclamation
Huling Branch South P3 Spoil Area In Reclamation
Loop Run P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Loop Run P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Middle Branch P3 Mine Opening Reclamation Completed
Middle Branch P3 Water Problems Reclamation Completed
Middle Branch P3 Water Problems In Reclamation
Middle Branch P3 Water Problems Reclamation Completed
Milligan Run Hollow P2 Vertical Openings In Reclamation
Pitch Pine Hollow P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Queens Run North P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Robbins Hollow P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Robbins Hollow P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Robbins Hollow P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Robbins Hollow P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Robbins Hollow P3 Water Problems In Reclamation
Robbins Hollow P3 Water Problems In Reclamation
Robbins Hollow P3 Water Problems In Reclamation
Robbins Hollow P3 Water Problems Reclamation Completed
Sandy Run P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Sandy Run P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Short Bond Run P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed

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 Abandoned41 on register
  1. Aaa Strip No 2
    Surface coal · A A A Coal Company · MSHA ID 3606342
    Abandoned
  2. Benjamin No 11 Strip
    Surface coal · Benjamin Coal Company · MSHA ID 3602668
    Abandoned
  3. Benjamin No 5 Strip
    Surface coal · Benjamin Coal Company · MSHA ID 3602669
    Abandoned
  4. Benjamin No 8 Strip
    Surface coal · Benjamin Coal Company · MSHA ID 3602670
    Abandoned
  5. Berner Strips
    Surface coal · Berner Construction, Inc. · MSHA ID 3610095
    Abandoned
  6. Big Hepburn
    Surface metal/non-metal · Fink & Stackhouse Inc · MSHA ID 3600614
    Abandoned
  7. Big Run
    Surface coal · Avery Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3606473
    Abandoned
  8. Camp Run #1 Strip
    Surface coal · Fran Contracting Inc · MSHA ID 3605621
    Abandoned
  9. Castanea Pit & Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mill Hall Clay Products Inc · MSHA ID 3603471
    Abandoned
  10. Country No 1
    Surface coal · Country Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 3605193
    Abandoned
  11. DRAKETOWN MINE
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mill Hall Clay Products Inc · MSHA ID 3607621
    Abandoned
  12. Extec Jaw Megabite
    Surface metal/non-metal · R.S. Services · MSHA ID 3609771
    Abandoned
  13. Extec S-5 Screener
    Surface metal/non-metal · R. S. Services · MSHA ID 3609903
    Abandoned
  14. Fenush Strip #1
    Surface coal · Fenush Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3606621
    Abandoned
  15. Hamer #2 Strip Mine
    Surface coal · Ardell B Hamer Coal & Clay · MSHA ID 3606073
    Abandoned
  16. Hixson Contracting
    Surface coal · Hixson Contracting · MSHA ID 3609378
    Abandoned
  17. J50V2 SN# 85835
    Surface metal/non-metal · Superior Crushing LLC · MSHA ID 3610100
    Abandoned
  18. K And J No 4 Strip Mine
    Surface coal · K & J Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3606202
    Abandoned
  19. Keating
    Surface coal · Ed Hanslovan Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3607768
    Abandoned
  20. Lingle Strip Mine No 2
    Surface coal · Shawville Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3606241
    Abandoned
  21. Loganton Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Faylor-Middlecreek Inc · MSHA ID 3606414
    Abandoned
  22. Monument Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Fink & Stackhouse Inc · MSHA ID 3605540
    Abandoned
  23. Murphy
    Surface coal · Ashcroft Coal Company · MSHA ID 3607873
    Abandoned
  24. Narco #1
    Surface coal · Lobb Inc · MSHA ID 3608421
    Abandoned
  25. Pine Creek Plant No 42 Pit And Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Herbert R Imbt Inc · MSHA ID 3605211
    Abandoned
  26. Pioneer 4240 Impactor Crusher
    Surface metal/non-metal · R. S. Services · MSHA ID 3609904
    Abandoned
  27. Pioneer Fast Trac 3055-409506
    Surface metal/non-metal · Siri Sand & Stone LLC · MSHA ID 3609990
    Abandoned
  28. Pioneer Fast Trax 5260-411518
    Surface metal/non-metal · Siri Sand & Stone LLC · MSHA ID 3609991
    Abandoned
  29. Pioneer Iv
    Surface coal · Warren C Hartman Contractor · MSHA ID 3608059
    Abandoned
  30. Renovo Strip
    Surface coal · Anderson Creek Coal & Clay Co · MSHA ID 3601251
    Abandoned
  31. Ronald Rutledge Strip
    Surface coal · Ron Rutledge Contracting · MSHA ID 3606604
    Abandoned
  32. Scootac
    Surface coal · Con-Coal Inc · MSHA ID 3600895
    Abandoned
  33. Scootac Job
    Surface coal · Avery Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3606893
    Abandoned
  34. Scootac Nw
    Surface coal · Antrim Mining Incorported · MSHA ID 3607608
    Abandoned
  35. Snooks Road Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · R.C. Bowman, Inc. · MSHA ID 3610378
    Abandoned
  36. Telsmith 6060 Impactor #44698
    Surface metal/non-metal · Superior Crushing LLC · MSHA ID 3610260
    Abandoned
  37. Tesab 623 impactor crusher
    Surface metal/non-metal · R. S. Services · MSHA ID 3609902
    Abandoned
  38. Twinrun Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Fink & Stackhouse Inc · MSHA ID 3606198
    Abandoned
  39. West Branch
    Surface coal · Quinn Coal & Clay Mines · MSHA ID 3600662
    Abandoned
  40. Westport Strip
    Surface coal · Cooks Run Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3600894
    Abandoned
  41. Westport Tipple
    Surface coal · Avery Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3606322
    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
Strip Mine 127
Open Pit Mine or Quarry 37
P3 Water Problems 14
Strip Mine 13
P2 Dangerous Highwalls 10
Quarry 9
Disturbed Surface 9
P3 Spoil Area 8
P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments 5
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated 4
Clay Pit 4
P2 Vertical Openings 4
Quarry 3
P3 Mine Opening 2
P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption 2
P2 Portals 2
P2 Hazardous Water Bodies 2
P3 Gobs 1
Gravel Pit 1
Shale Pit 1
P3 Slurry 1
Clay Pit 1
P3 Other 1
P3 Equipment Facility 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.