Abandoned mines in Elk County, Pennsylvania

1. Mine openings

   shafts, adits, air shafts, portals and vertical openings: the ways into underground workings
   77 16.1%
2. Mines and surface workings

   labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
   239 50.1%
3. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits

   construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
   12 2.5%
4. Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob

   what mining left above ground
   38 8.0%
5. Mills, tipples and facilities

   processing plants and hazardous structures
   2 0.4%
6. Other reclamation problems

   highwalls, subsidence, polluted or clogged water, fires, slides and gases in OSMRE's inventory
   109 22.9%

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.

…and 8 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.

1. 31 South

   Surface coal · Little R Inc · MSHA ID 3608989
   Abandoned 2006-09-28
2. 3130

   Surface coal · Black Hawk Mining Inc · MSHA ID 3609201
   Abandoned 2020-02-06
3. Andray Auger Mine

   Surface coal · Andray Mining Company · MSHA ID 3602653
   Abandoned 1973-06-07
4. Benezette Operation

   Surface coal · P & N Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3609090
   Abandoned 2015-12-11
5. Benninger No 2

   Surface coal · Gurosik Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3606962
   Abandoned 1993-11-29
6. Benzinger Township Stone Quarry

   Surface metal/non-metal · Benzinger Township · MSHA ID 3605991
   Abandoned 1982-09-07
7. Bona #3 Deep

   Underground coal · Real Coal Company · MSHA ID 3601258
   Abandoned 1980-04-29
8. Brandy Camp

   Surface coal · Planet Mining Inc · MSHA ID 3608151
   Abandoned 2001-06-08
9. Brill Mine

   Surface coal · Hepburnia Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3606742
   Abandoned 1994-11-25
10. Brockport Strip

    Surface coal · Fran Contracting Inc · MSHA ID 3606756
    Abandoned 1981-08-31
11. Burton Mine

    Surface coal · Strishock Coal Company · MSHA ID 3607599
    Abandoned 1992-10-31
12. C & K Strips & Tipples

    Surface coal · C & K Coal Company · MSHA ID 3606585
    Abandoned 1982-10-26
13. Caladonia Strip

    Surface coal · Glen Irvan Corp · MSHA ID 3604766
    Abandoned 1987-05-05
14. Caledonia Strip And Auger Mine

    Surface coal · Bennetts Coal Company · MSHA ID 3602672
    Abandoned 1976-03-08
15. Carlson & Renwick Coal Agency

    Surface coal · Carlson & Renwick Coal Agency · MSHA ID 3606611
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
16. Clear Run #3

    Surface coal · Clear Run Coal Company · MSHA ID 3607984
    Abandoned 1993-10-09
17. Crenshaw Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · North Star Aggregates Inc · MSHA ID 3608005
    Abandoned 1988-09-27
18. Elco No 2

    Surface coal · Elco Coal Company · MSHA ID 3606517
    Abandoned 1985-06-15
19. Elk County Mine

    Surface coal · Jurassic Energy Inc · MSHA ID 3608984
    Abandoned 2017-09-06
20. Elk No 1

    Surface coal · Elk Contracting Company · MSHA ID 3607525
    Abandoned 1988-05-23
21. Esquire Strip

    Surface coal · Esquire Fuel Company · MSHA ID 3601384
    Abandoned 1995-09-14
22. F & L Coal Sales Ltd

    Surface coal · F & L Coal Sales Ltd · MSHA ID 3608584
    Abandoned 1996-09-10
23. Fairview No 1 Strip

    Surface coal · Fairview Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3605206
    Abandoned 2010-04-20
24. Floyd Mine Strip

    Surface coal · Floyd Mottern Coal Inc · MSHA ID 3607273
    Abandoned 1993-01-16
25. FSMR Inc Strip

    Surface coal · FSMR Inc · MSHA ID 3609438
    Abandoned 2010-04-08
26. Gallagher #3 Ug

    Underground coal · Gallagher Coal Company · MSHA ID 3601255
    Abandoned 1970-10-19
27. Gardner Hill

    Surface coal · R B Contracting · MSHA ID 3608153
    Abandoned 1990-08-13
28. Graham No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Bitumco Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 3606539
    Abandoned 1980-06-02
29. Hixon No 1

    Surface coal · Hixon Coal Company · MSHA ID 3606828
    Abandoned 1983-02-02
30. J D No 1 Strip

    Surface coal · J D Coal Company · MSHA ID 3606223
    Abandoned 1978-02-21
31. Job 127

    Surface coal · AMFIRE Mining Company, LLC · MSHA ID 3609161
    Abandoned 2006-09-28
32. Johnson Run Operation

    Surface coal · Northern Counties Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3606930
    Abandoned 1989-02-15
33. Jones Strip

    Surface coal · Black Oak Development Corp · MSHA ID 3602761
    Abandoned 1994-11-16
34. Keech No 1 Strip

    Surface coal · Keech Coal Company · MSHA ID 3606364
    Abandoned 1983-08-10
35. Kersey Strip

    Surface coal · Bauer Equipment Sales · MSHA ID 3607884
    Abandoned 2002-12-16
36. Kingland No 1 Strip

    Surface coal · Kingland Enterprises · MSHA ID 3604649
    Abandoned 1974-06-27
37. Laura Mine

    Surface metal/non-metal · J M DeLullo Stone Sales Inc · MSHA ID 3610159
    Abandoned 2016-03-14
38. Little Toby Mine

    Surface coal · Rosebud Mining Company · MSHA ID 3608847
    Abandoned 2018-07-20
39. Luchini

    Surface coal · H A Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 3607347
    Abandoned 1985-05-30
40. Marlowe #1 Strip & Auger

    Surface coal · Marlowe Mining Co · MSHA ID 3604859
    Abandoned 1977-02-16
41. Medix Run #1

    Surface coal · Falls Creek Energy Company Inc · MSHA ID 3608460
    Abandoned 1994-08-26
42. Micale No 1 Strip Mine

    Surface coal · Sky Haven Coal Inc · MSHA ID 3604382
    Abandoned 1980-12-02
43. Mine #3

    Surface coal · Yingling Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3607062
    Abandoned 1982-03-24
44. Mine 33

    Surface coal · Northern Son, Inc. · MSHA ID 3608575
    Abandoned 2017-07-20
45. Minns Strip No 138-8

    Surface coal · Minns Coal Company · MSHA ID 3602752
    Abandoned 1974-02-26
46. Montmorenci Job

    Surface metal/non-metal · North Star Aggregates Inc. · MSHA ID 3609986
    Abandoned 2017-04-20
47. Moshannon

    Surface coal · Northern Son Inc · MSHA ID 3609214
    Abandoned 2018-07-20
48. Mottern Strip Mine

    Surface coal · Mottern Coal Company · MSHA ID 3602757
    Abandoned 1977-02-16
49. Mowery No 1 Strip

    Surface coal · Mc Kendrick Coal Company · MSHA ID 3605861
    Abandoned 1977-12-20
50. No 1

    Surface coal · Susquehanna Mining Company · MSHA ID 3606927
    Abandoned 1981-03-23
51. Oyster Run

    Surface coal · J Alexander Contracting · MSHA ID 3608142
    Abandoned 1992-02-24
52. R & R Strip

    Surface coal · R & R Coal Company · MSHA ID 3601259
    Abandoned 1983-08-04
53. Rearick No 2 Strip

    Surface coal · William P Rearick Coal Company · MSHA ID 3606687
    Abandoned 1983-10-01
54. Red Hill Stone Quarry

    Surface metal/non-metal · M&M Contractors · MSHA ID 3609619
    Abandoned 2015-07-16
55. Reed Jacox Strip

    Surface coal · Reed Jacox Coal Company · MSHA ID 3605889
    Abandoned 1977-02-17
56. Remco #1

    Surface coal · Rockwood Energy & Mineral Corp · MSHA ID 3605805
    Abandoned 1989-09-29
57. S & S #1

    Surface coal · S & S Coal Leasing Company · MSHA ID 3607757
    Abandoned 1988-08-23
58. Shawmut Strip Mine

    Surface coal · Shawmut Fuel Inc · MSHA ID 3606316
    Abandoned 1980-03-15
59. Shutters No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Ronald F Huff Mining Company · MSHA ID 3606716
    Abandoned 1980-12-05
60. Toby Mine

    Surface coal · Hepburnia Coal Company · MSHA ID 3609165
    Abandoned 2005-07-08
61. Valley Preparation Plant

    Facility coal · Valley Coal & Supply Inc · MSHA ID 3606314
    Abandoned 1992-08-03
62. Vollmer Strip

    Surface coal · L B Vollmer · MSHA ID 3601256
    Abandoned 1992-04-28

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

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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.