How many abandoned mines are in Fayette County, Pennsylvania?

Abandoned mine inventory

Abandoned mines in Fayette County, Pennsylvania

Fayette County, Pennsylvania has 861 mine and prospect features on USGS topographic maps published 1902–1993, including 112 mine openings (shafts, adits and air shafts); 8 of the features carry a name on the map. OSMRE's abandoned mine land inventory lists 474 problems in the county, 172 of them not yet reclaimed. MSHA's register carries 306 mines in the county with status Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed.

Every mine and prospect feature the USGS digitized from historical topographic maps covering Fayette 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): 861
Mine openings: 112
OSMRE problems unreclaimed: 172
MSHA mines marked abandoned: 306

8 features carry a name0 prospect pits27 quadrangle maps, published 1902–1993 474 OSMRE problems, 302 reclaimed 10 MSHA mines abandoned and sealed

What the features are

Mine openings

shafts, adits, air shafts, portals and vertical openings: the ways into underground workings

223 16.7%
Mines and surface workings

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

656 49.1%
Quarries, gravel and borrow pits

construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction

33 2.5%
Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob

what mining left above ground

122 9.1%
Mills, tipples and facilities

processing plants and hazardous structures

42 3.1%
Other reclamation problems

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

259 19.4%

Named features on the maps8 named · from the USGS compilation

Name on map	Feature	Quadrangle	First mapped
Bridgeport Mine	Adit	California	1954
Casparis Caves	Adit	South Connellsville	1964
Casparis Caves	Adit	South Connellsville	1964
Maxwell Mine	Adit	California	1954
Pike Mine	Mine	California	1954
Slate Dump	Mine Dump	California	1954
Sludge Pond	Settling Pond area	California	1954
Summit Mines	Mine	Connellsville	1902

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 problems474 on inventory

Problem area	Problem	Program	Status
Adelaide	P2 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Allison	P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Allison	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Allison	P2 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Amend	P2 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Arnold City	P1 Portals	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Pending
Arnold City	P1 Subsidence	Federal Emergency	Reclamation Completed
Arnold City	P2 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Atlantic	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Atlantic	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Atlantic	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Balsinger West	P1 Vertical Openings	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Balsinger West	P2 Subsidence		Reclamation Completed
Balsinger West	P3 High Wall		Reclamation Completed
Balsinger West	P3 Spoil Area		Reclamation Completed
Banning	P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Belle Vernon Borough (lynnwood)	P1 Subsidence	Federal Emergency	Reclamation Completed
Belle Vernon Borough (lynnwood)	P1 Subsidence	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Belle Vernon Borough (lynnwood)	P1 Vertical Openings	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Belle Vernon Borough (lynnwood)	P2 Subsidence	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	In Reclamation
Belle Vernon Borough (lynnwood)	P2 Subsidence	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Belle Vernon Borough (lynnwood)	P2 Vertical Openings	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Bitner	P2 Clogged Streams	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Bitner	P2 Flooding	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Bitner	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Bitner	P2 Subsidence		Reclamation Completed
Blosser Hill I	P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Completed
Blosser Hill I	P1 Portals	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Completed
Blosser Hill I	P1 Subsidence	Federal Emergency	Reclamation Completed
Blosser Hill I	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Blosser Hill I	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Bowood Northwest	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	In Reclamation
Bowood Northwest	P3 Spoil Area	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	In Reclamation
Brier Hill	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Browneller Run	P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Browneller Run	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Brownsville	P2 Subsidence	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Buffington	P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Bufflehead	P1 Surface Burning	Federal Emergency	Reclamation Completed
Bufflehead	P2 Clogged Streams	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Bufflehead	P3 Water Problems	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Chestnut Ridge North	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Chestnut Ridge North	P2 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Chestnut Ridge North	P3 Equipment Facility	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Chestnut Ridge North	P3 Gobs	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Clarksburg Coal Company, Inc.	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Coal Interim Site Funding	Reclamation Completed
Clayford North	P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Pending
Clayford North	P1 Subsidence	Federal Emergency	Reclamation Completed
Clayford North	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Clayford North	P3 Slump	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	In Reclamation
Clayford North	P3 Slump	Enhanced AML Rule Project	In Reclamation
Clayford North	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Collier	P1 Vertical Openings	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Collier	P2 Hazardous Water Bodies	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Collier Southeast	P1 Vertical Openings	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Collier Southeast	P2 Industrial/Residential Waste	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Collier West	P3 High Wall		Reclamation Completed
Coolspring	P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Coolspring	P1 Vertical Openings	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Cornish Northwest	P2 Dangerous Highwalls		Reclamation Completed
Cornish Northwest	P2 Subsidence		Reclamation Completed
County Home	P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Completed
County Home	P1 Vertical Openings	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Completed
Cucumber Run	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Cucumber Run	P3 Water Problems	State Acid Mine Drainage Set-Aside	Reclamation Completed
Davidson	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Davidson	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Davidson	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Davidson	P2 Surface Burning	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Davidson	P2 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Davidson	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Dearth	P1 Vertical Openings	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Dearth	P2 Vertical Openings	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Dry Hill Northeast (gretz)	P1 Vertical Openings	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Dry Hill Northeast (gretz)	P2 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Dry Hill Northeast (gretz)	P3 High Wall		Reclamation Completed
Dunbar Township Mine Fire	P1 Vertical Openings	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Dunbar Township Mine Fire	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Dunbar Township Mine Fire	P2 Underground Mine Fires	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Dutch Hill	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Dutch Hill	P2 Surface Burning	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
East Francis Avenue	P1 Gases: Hazardous/Explosive	Federal Emergency	Reclamation Completed
East Francis Avenue	P1 Subsidence	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
East Francis Avenue	P1 Vertical Openings	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
East Francis Avenue	P2 Subsidence	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
East Francis Avenue	P2 Underground Mine Fires	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
East Nicholson Township	P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	In Reclamation
East Nicholson Township	P1 Portals	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	In Reclamation
Everson	P1 Underground Mine Fires	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Emergency	Reclamation Completed
Everson	P1 Vertical Openings	State Emergency Program	In Reclamation
Everson	P2 Subsidence	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Everson	P2 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Everson	P2 Vertical Openings	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Fairbank	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Fairchance	P1 Subsidence	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Pending
Fairchance	P1 Underground Mine Fires	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Emergency	Reclamation Completed
Fairchance	P1 Vertical Openings	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Fairchance	P2 Vertical Openings	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Fairchance	P3 Gobs	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	In Reclamation
Fairchance	P3 Slump		In Reclamation
Fairchance North	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Fairhope	P1 Subsidence	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Emergency	Reclamation Completed
Fairhope	P1 Subsidence	State Emergency Program	In Reclamation
Fairhope	P2 Subsidence	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Fayette City	P1 Dangerous Slides	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Fayette City	P1 Subsidence	Federal Emergency	Reclamation Completed
Fayette City	P1 Vertical Openings	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Fayette City	P2 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Fayette City	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Fayette City	P2 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Footedale	P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Footedale	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Footedale	P2 Vertical Openings	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Footedale	P3 Gobs	Enhanced AML Rule Project	In Reclamation
Footedale East	P3 Pits		Reclamation Completed
Fort Hill	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	In Reclamation
Fort Hill	P3 Spoil Area	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	In Reclamation
Full Gospel Church	P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Completed
Full Gospel Church	P1 Portals	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Completed
Full Gospel Church	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	AMLER	Reclamation Completed
Full Gospel Church	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Full Gospel Church	P3 Spoil Area		Reclamation Completed
Full Gospel Church	P3 Spoil Area	AMLER	Reclamation Completed
Gans Hill School	P1 Vertical Openings	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Gans Hill School	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Gans Hill School	P2 Underground Mine Fires	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Gans Hill School	P3 High Wall		Reclamation Completed
Gans Hill School	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Gans Northwest	P1 Portals	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Pending
Gans Northwest	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Gans Northwest	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Gans Northwest	P2 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Gans Northwest	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Gibson Avenue	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Gillespie	P1 Clogged Streams	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Gillespie	P1 Dangerous Slides	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Gillespie	P1 Flooding	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Gillespie	P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Completed
Gillespie	P1 Portals	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Completed
Gillespie	P2 Clogged Streams	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Gillespie	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Gillespie	P2 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Gillespie	P3 Water Problems	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Glade Run	P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption		Reclamation Completed
Glade Run	P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Watershed Cooperative Agreement	Reclamation Completed
Grays Landing	P1 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Grays Landing	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Grays Landing	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Grays Landing	P3 Gobs	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Greenwood Heights North	P1 Gases: Hazardous/Explosive	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Emergency	In Reclamation

…and 324 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 Abandoned306 on register

A M Kennedy Landfill
Surface coal · A M Kennedy Inc · MSHA ID 3608066

Abandoned 1989-03-13
Adams Strip
Surface coal · F E Adams Trucking Company · MSHA ID 3606015

Abandoned 1980-05-22
Allison
Facility coal · Pittsburgh Coal & Coke Inc · MSHA ID 3606727

Abandoned 1985-11-06
American Surface
Surface coal · American Coal Company · MSHA ID 3606477

Abandoned 1980-12-02
Angelo Coal
Underground coal · Angelo Coal · MSHA ID 3607345

Abandoned 2004-08-09
Angelo Mine
coal · Angelo Coal Co · MSHA ID 3607665

Abandoned 1987-03-03
B & B Coal Strip #1
Surface coal · B & B Coal Company · MSHA ID 3606836

Abandoned 1979-05-01
B & F Strip
Surface coal · B & F Coal Company · MSHA ID 3606362

Abandoned 1979-10-01
B & P Strip
Surface coal · B & P Coal Company · MSHA ID 3605081

Abandoned 1979-10-01
B A D Strip
Surface coal · B A D Coal Inc · MSHA ID 3607471

Abandoned 1985-11-22
B J Coal Co
Surface coal · B J Coal Company · MSHA ID 3606335

Abandoned 1984-09-13
Bailey Site
Facility coal · Ridgewood Mining Inc · MSHA ID 3608247

Abandoned 1994-07-26
Baker Strip
Surface coal · Baker Coal Company · MSHA ID 3605952

Abandoned 1984-09-13
Balling Strip
Surface coal · Nick Buncic Coal · MSHA ID 3605880

Abandoned 1984-09-13
Banning Refuse Dump
Facility coal · Russell Minerals Fayette Inc · MSHA ID 3607664

Abandoned 1993-11-12
Barger Strip
Surface coal · Eastern States Mining Company · MSHA ID 3607197

Abandoned 1981-08-01
Barger-Miller-Pritts
Surface coal · Eastern States Mining Company · MSHA ID 3605537

Abandoned 1981-10-27
Bartoni Surface Mine
Surface coal · Bartoni Coal Company · MSHA ID 3602957

Abandoned 1984-09-13
Basinger Strip
Surface coal · Basinger Coal Company · MSHA ID 3606558

Abandoned 1984-09-12
Beason Mine
Surface coal · Robert J. McGill · MSHA ID 3609688

Abandoned 2017-04-04
Belle 11-12-13
Surface coal · Rondell Company · MSHA ID 3604113

Abandoned 1982-06-03
Belle Vernon Yard
Facility coal · Pilot Energies Inc · MSHA ID 3607043

Abandoned 1984-01-20
Berdych Strip
Surface coal · Curtis Snyder Coal Company · MSHA ID 3605685

Abandoned 1984-09-12
Bertovich GFCC Site
Surface coal · Ray Eberhart Jr. · MSHA ID 3609145

Abandoned 2017-04-07
Betty Louise Strip
Surface coal · Betty Louise Coal Company · MSHA ID 3604379

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Bixler Strip
Surface coal · James Jordan Coal Company · MSHA ID 3607512

Abandoned 1993-11-17
Blythe
Surface coal · Meta-Elkhorn Excavating · MSHA ID 3607340

Abandoned 1982-07-31
Bortz Strip
Surface coal · Hillcrest Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 3607510

Abandoned 1984-03-12
Brier Hill
Facility coal · Mon River Energy Corp · MSHA ID 3608344

Abandoned 2019-12-30
Brooks Strip
Surface coal · Brooks Coal Company · MSHA ID 3605200

Abandoned 1980-02-01
Brown Hill
Surface coal · Grigas & Ryan Coal Company · MSHA ID 3605488

Abandoned 1980-06-25
Brownstown Strip
Surface coal · Brownstown Construction Company · MSHA ID 3605454

Abandoned 1984-09-12
Brownsville
Surface coal · Black Rock Exploration Company Inc · MSHA ID 3606472

Abandoned 1983-09-28
Buffington
Facility coal · C & S Coal Reclamation · MSHA ID 3606672

Abandoned 1985-12-24
Bukovitz Strip
Surface coal · Joseph Bukovitz · MSHA ID 3606731

Abandoned 1984-09-13
Bullskin Mine
Surface coal · Hawley Fuel Coal Inc · MSHA ID 3606843

Abandoned 1994-06-07
Bullskin Mine
Facility coal · Southwest Materials Inc · MSHA ID 3606904

Abandoned 1979-11-01
Bullskin Tipple
Facility coal · Bullskin Tipple Company · MSHA ID 3608647

Abandoned 2019-03-27
Buncic Coal Company
Surface coal · Buncic Coal Company · MSHA ID 3604688

Abandoned 1984-09-13
Bute Mine
Surface coal · Pittsburgh Coal & Coke Inc · MSHA ID 3606797

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Carbonara Coal Co
Surface coal · Carbonara Coal Company · MSHA ID 3604117

Abandoned 1991-05-15
Carbonara Job
Surface coal · Baker Coal Company · MSHA ID 3607874

Abandoned 1995-10-18
Cbf Mine
Surface coal · Cbf Inc · MSHA ID 3608190

Abandoned 1990-08-13
Central & Eastern Strip
Surface coal · Central & Eastern Coal Company · MSHA ID 3605226

Abandoned 1980-01-01
Champion #1
Surface coal · C & A Coal Company · MSHA ID 3606571

Abandoned 1984-09-12
Chanin Strip
Surface coal · Marsolino Coal-Coke Inc · MSHA ID 3605427

Abandoned 1987-01-05
Charles E Brooks
Facility coal · Charles E Brooks Coal Company · MSHA ID 3607711

Abandoned 1988-04-08
Chieftain 2400
Surface metal/non-metal · Bullskin Stone & Lime LLC · MSHA ID 3610251

Abandoned 2024-04-09
Chubboy Strip
Surface coal · Bart Bertocci Contractors Inc · MSHA ID 3608339

Abandoned 1995-11-13
Collier Mine
Surface coal · Coal Processing Equipment Inc · MSHA ID 3605534

Abandoned 1980-02-01
Connellsville 201 (Coal Yard)
Facility coal · Marsolino Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 3607454

Abandoned 1988-07-12
CONNELLSVILLE PLANT
Surface metal/non-metal · Pioneer Mid-Atlantic Inc · MSHA ID 3606875

Abandoned 1999-05-21
Connoley Strip
Surface coal · Fayette Coal Company · MSHA ID 3607116

Abandoned and Sealed 1984-12-13
Continental Three Site
Surface coal · Dunkard Disposal Corporation · MSHA ID 3609271

Abandoned 2008-11-07
COOLSPRING QUARRY
Surface metal/non-metal · Coolspring Stone Supply Inc · MSHA ID 3607627

Abandoned 1999-11-24
Cornell & Stuart Strips
Surface coal · Granbay Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3606486

Abandoned 1985-08-22
Cossell Strip
Surface coal · Ray Cossell Coal Company · MSHA ID 3605970

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Crocetti Strip Mine
Surface coal · Crocetti Coal · MSHA ID 3605607

Abandoned 1984-09-12
Crombie Strip
Surface coal · Wingrove Mining Inc · MSHA ID 3606633

Abandoned 1984-09-12
Csi #2
Surface coal · Coal Stripping Inc · MSHA ID 3608044

Abandoned 1995-11-02
Curry Strip
Surface coal · E & J Contracting Company Inc · MSHA ID 3606555

Abandoned 1983-10-14
DANA MINE
Surface metal/non-metal · Allan R Fiore Inc · MSHA ID 3607786

Abandoned 2001-02-23
Dearth Mine
Surface coal · Dearth Coal Company · MSHA ID 3607750

Abandoned 1992-02-27
Decker Strip
Surface coal · Decker Construction Company · MSHA ID 3604115

Abandoned 1973-11-12
Delbert Strip
Surface coal · Delbert Myers Coal Company · MSHA ID 3606876

Abandoned 1986-01-30
Dennis Strip
Surface coal · C & M Partnership · MSHA ID 3606799

Abandoned 1982-08-14
Dragan Strip
Surface coal · Lamar Coal Company · MSHA ID 3606791

Abandoned 1993-10-25
Dunbar Strip Mine
Surface coal · Laughead Fuel Company Inc · MSHA ID 3601282

Abandoned 1984-09-12
Duncan Strip
Surface coal · John Hustosky · MSHA ID 3604116

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Dunham Coal Co
Surface coal · Dunham Coal Company · MSHA ID 3605332

Abandoned 1983-12-06
Durant Strip 002 Pit
Surface coal · Durant Excavating Company · MSHA ID 3607671

Abandoned 2006-05-08
Dvorchak Strip
Surface coal · H & M Coal Company · MSHA ID 3606145

Abandoned 1984-09-12
Eagle No 1 Tipple
Surface coal · Laurita Coal Company · MSHA ID 3604951

Abandoned 1980-01-01
Edenborn
Facility coal · Carbon Fuel Resources Inc · MSHA ID 3608282

Abandoned 2008-03-06
Emelio Strip
Surface coal · Taylortown Mining Inc · MSHA ID 3608578

Abandoned 2000-03-15
Eola Strip
Surface coal · Eola Coal Corp · MSHA ID 3604082

Abandoned 1981-12-31
Eutsey
Surface coal · Solomon & Teslovich · MSHA ID 3604181

Abandoned 1984-09-13
Eva-Jane Tipple
Facility coal · Technical Mining Inc · MSHA ID 3607432

Abandoned 1985-12-24
Everson Mine
Surface coal · Linda Carol Coal Inc · MSHA ID 3607725

Abandoned 1994-06-22
Everson Shops
Facility coal · United States Steel Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 3600901

Abandoned 1987-01-13
F&J Strip
Surface coal · Oak Run Coal Inc · MSHA ID 3604359

Abandoned and Sealed 1998-10-07
Falco Tipple
Surface coal · Falco Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3602960

Abandoned 1987-09-21
Farkas Strip
Surface coal · Farkas Coal Company · MSHA ID 3606846

Abandoned 1984-09-12
Fast Surface
Surface coal · Fast Coal Company · MSHA ID 3605927

Abandoned 1980-02-01
Fay Penn #1
Surface coal · Valhalla Mining Company LLC · MSHA ID 3610053

Abandoned 2025-02-12
Fayette Co Strips
Surface coal · Amerikohl Mining Inc · MSHA ID 3607973

Abandoned 2019-03-27
Fayette County Strips
Surface coal · Bologna Mining Company · MSHA ID 3605881

Abandoned 1984-09-12
Fayette Pit 1
Surface coal · Pennsylvania Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3608389

Abandoned 1994-11-14
Fayette Strip
Surface coal · North Cambria Fuel Company Inc · MSHA ID 3608159

Abandoned and Sealed 1994-11-29
Ferguson Strip
Surface coal · Appalachian Industries Inc · MSHA ID 3607293

Abandoned 1986-05-21
Filbert Shop
Facility coal · United States Steel Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 3600900

Abandoned 1990-03-22
Firestone Strips
Surface coal · Firestone Coal Inc · MSHA ID 3606682

Abandoned 1986-05-21
Firmstone
Surface coal · Connellsville Construction Company · MSHA ID 3606358

Abandoned 1984-09-12
Flack Firestone Strip
Surface coal · Firestone Coal Inc · MSHA ID 3607050

Abandoned 1980-10-01
Flack Strip
Surface coal · Pine Flats Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3607048

Abandoned and Sealed 1996-09-25
Frank S Pizzurro Strip Mine
Surface coal · Frank S Pizzurro · MSHA ID 3606952

Abandoned 1984-09-13
Franks Coal Co
Surface coal · Franks Coal Company · MSHA ID 3607183

Abandoned 1983-10-25
Fred #1
Surface coal · Northbrook Mining Inc · MSHA ID 3607290

Abandoned 1984-12-12
Friendship Hill Farm
Surface coal · Koala Energy Inc · MSHA ID 3606437

Abandoned 1980-01-14
Fryske & Nole Strip
Surface coal · Fryske & Nole Coal Company · MSHA ID 3601271

Abandoned 1973-05-23
Fudula Strip
Surface coal · Jebco Coal Company · MSHA ID 3605202

Abandoned 1980-02-01
Gaggiani Strip
Surface coal · Fred Gaggiani · MSHA ID 3606508

Abandoned 1982-08-14
Gardner Strip
Surface coal · Mineral Resources Inc · MSHA ID 3606782

Abandoned 1984-09-12
Gaskill Auger Mine
Surface coal · Ryan Safety Consultant Service · MSHA ID 3607246

Abandoned 1987-07-01
General District - Frick Coal
coal · United States Steel Corp · MSHA ID 3600902

Abandoned 1986-07-15
Genovese Strip
Surface coal · Genovese Coal Co · MSHA ID 3601272

Abandoned 1985-11-21
Gillespie Coal Yard
Surface coal · Protz Brothers Coal Company · MSHA ID 3606348

Abandoned 1981-10-13
Gioia #1
Surface coal · Gioia Coal Company · MSHA ID 3606845

Abandoned 1992-02-28
Glacial Minerals
Facility coal · Glacial Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 3607465

Abandoned 1994-08-11
Gold Builders Strip
Surface coal · Gold Builders & Contracting Inc · MSHA ID 3605899

Abandoned 1984-09-12
Golden Flame Fuel Mine
Surface coal · Golden Flame Fuel Company · MSHA ID 3606768

Abandoned 1984-03-29
Golden Flame Strip
Surface coal · Golden Flame Fuel Company · MSHA ID 3605214

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Grandstone Coal Co Inc
Facility coal · Grandstone Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3607650

Abandoned 1988-03-08
Grays Landing Ramp
Facility coal · J & C Loading Company · MSHA ID 3604661

Abandoned 1988-03-03
Gretz Strip
Surface coal · L & E Trucking Company Inc · MSHA ID 3606300

Abandoned 1977-08-09
Griffen Site
Surface coal · TJ Enterprise · MSHA ID 3609128

Abandoned 2004-02-26
Grindstone Dock
Facility coal · Grindstone Coal Company · MSHA ID 3608054

Abandoned 1995-11-13
Gulya Strip
Surface coal · Grindstone Coal Company · MSHA ID 3607563

Abandoned 1990-10-16
Gun Glub Strip
Surface coal · Larry Chess Trucking Inc · MSHA ID 3608321

Abandoned and Sealed 1994-09-02
H & M Strip
Surface coal · H & M Coal Inc · MSHA ID 3607320

Abandoned 1984-09-13
H & T Processing Co
Facility coal · H & T Processing Inc · MSHA ID 3607699

Abandoned 1988-04-08
Hal Strip
Surface coal · Hal Coal Company · MSHA ID 3606385

Abandoned 1984-09-13
Hancheck Site
Surface metal/non-metal · Fayette Coal & Coke Inc · MSHA ID 3609498

Abandoned 2008-12-22
Harbison Walker Refractories Smith
Surface metal/non-metal · Harbison-Walker Refractories U S · MSHA ID 3600640

Abandoned 1982-05-21
Harlow Mine
Surface coal · Albert J Harlow Jr · MSHA ID 3607258

Abandoned 1987-10-09
Hartman Strip
Surface coal · Hartman & Hartman Coal · MSHA ID 3606786

Abandoned 1984-09-13
Helen Site
Surface coal · Royal Reclamation Inc · MSHA ID 3608308

Abandoned 1992-01-23
Henckel Strip
Surface coal · Henckel & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 3604304

Abandoned 1985-11-22
Henry Coal Co Strip
Surface coal · Laurel Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3605447

Abandoned 1984-09-12
Herman No 1 Strip
Surface coal · National Coal Corp · MSHA ID 3606498

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Herring Mine
Surface coal · Rolland Herring & Harry Lee · MSHA ID 3607632

Abandoned 1999-06-30
Higinbotham Strip No 1
Surface coal · Leroy Higinbotham & Son Inc · MSHA ID 3606434

Abandoned 1982-08-14
Hill Strip
Surface coal · T L Hill Coal Company · MSHA ID 3606253

Abandoned 2017-03-28
Hoffman No 3
Surface coal · Hoffman Mining Inc · MSHA ID 3608368

Abandoned 1995-01-23
Honsaker Strip
Surface coal · J B Coal Company · MSHA ID 3606679

Abandoned 1982-08-14
Hopwood Strip
Surface coal · Hopwood Construction Company · MSHA ID 3605029

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Horwath & Son'S Coal Co
Surface coal · Horwath & Sons Coal Company · MSHA ID 3606361

Abandoned 1987-03-13
Hutchesons Strip
Surface coal · Kin Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3606986

Abandoned 1982-08-14
Imblum
Surface coal · William Piccolomini · MSHA ID 3606796

Abandoned 1996-03-26
Indian Creek Strip
Surface coal · Brant Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3606280

Abandoned 1990-04-30
Ira Fast Mine
Surface coal · Hamilton Coal Inc · MSHA ID 3607490

Abandoned 1985-11-22
Isabella Mine
Facility coal · National Mines Corp · MSHA ID 3600899

Abandoned 1986-09-25
Isabella Site
Facility coal · Coal & Minerals Recovery Inc · MSHA ID 3608404

Abandoned 2005-03-03
J And B Mine
Surface coal · J & B Coal Company · MSHA ID 3606471

Abandoned 1984-09-13
J Gabeletto Farm
Surface coal · Car Can Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3607330

Abandoned 1984-09-13
Jackson Strip
Surface coal · Walter Ressler · MSHA ID 3606166

Abandoned 1984-09-12
Jem #3 Strip
Surface coal · Jem Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 3606507

Abandoned 1980-02-01
Jerry Laurita No 1 Strip
Surface coal · Jerry Laurita Trucking · MSHA ID 3605541

Abandoned 1982-08-14
John Strip
Surface coal · John Bartoni · MSHA ID 3606252

Abandoned 1989-09-27
Joseph Large Non-coal
Surface metal/non-metal · John Joseph · MSHA ID 3609439

Abandoned 2006-07-07

…and 156 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	Class	Source	Features
Strip Mine	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (area)	529
Adit	Mine openings	USGS topo symbol (point)	108
Open Pit Mine or Quarry	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (point)	64
Disturbed Surface	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (area)	45
P2 Vertical Openings	Mine openings	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	39
P3 Spoil Area	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	39
P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	38
P1 Vertical Openings	Mine openings	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	36
Mine Dump	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	USGS topo symbol (area)	30
P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Mills, tipples and facilities	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	27
P3 Slump	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	26
P1 Subsidence	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	25
P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	24
P2 Subsidence	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	24
P3 High Wall	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	23
P3 Water Problems	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	21
Quarry	Quarries, gravel and borrow pits	USGS topo symbol (point)	19
P2 Portals	Mine openings	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	19
P1 Portals	Mine openings	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	17
Mine Dump	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	USGS topo symbol (point)	15
P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	13
P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	13
Strip Mine	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (point)	13
P2 Underground Mine Fires	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	13
Tipple	Mills, tipples and facilities	USGS topo symbol (point)	11
P2 Clogged Streams	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	10
P3 Gobs	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	10
Quarry	Quarries, gravel and borrow pits	USGS topo symbol (area)	9
P2 Dangerous Slides	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	7
P2 Surface Burning	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	5
P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	5
P1 Gases: Hazardous/Explosive	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	5
P1 Underground Mine Fires	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	5
P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Mills, tipples and facilities	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	4
Mine Shaft	Mine openings	USGS topo symbol (point)	4
P3 Mine Opening	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	3
P3 Equipment Facility	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	3
P2 Industrial/Residential Waste	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	3
P1 Dangerous Slides	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	3
P3 Pits	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	3
Mine	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (point)	3
P2 Hazardous Water Bodies	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	2
P3 Other	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	2
P2 Flooding	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	2
Tailings - Pond	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	USGS topo symbol (area)	2
Sand Pit	Quarries, gravel and borrow pits	USGS topo symbol (point)	2
Settling Pond	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	USGS topo symbol (area)	1
Mine	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (area)	1
P1 Clogged Streams	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P1 Industrial/Residential Waste	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated	Quarries, gravel and borrow pits	USGS topo symbol (area)	1
Ore Stockpile/Storage	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	USGS topo symbol (area)	1
P1 Flooding	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P1 Surface Burning	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P3 Slurry	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
Gravel Pit	Quarries, gravel and borrow pits	USGS topo symbol (point)	1
Open Pit Mine	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (point)	1
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated	Quarries, gravel and borrow pits	USGS topo symbol (point)	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.