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Abandoned mine inventory

Abandoned mines in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania

Jefferson County, Pennsylvania has 948 mine and prospect features on USGS topographic maps published 1922–1994, including 14 mine openings (shafts, adits and air shafts); 1 of the features carry a name on the map. OSMRE's abandoned mine land inventory lists 197 problems in the county, 102 of them not yet reclaimed. MSHA's register carries 203 mines in the county with status Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed.

Every mine and prospect feature the USGS digitized from historical topographic maps covering Jefferson 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)
948
Mine openings
14
OSMRE problems unreclaimed
102
MSHA mines marked abandoned
203
1 features carry a name0 prospect pits25 quadrangle maps, published 1922–1994 197 OSMRE problems, 95 reclaimed 9 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
    28 2.4%
  2. Mines and surface workings
    labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
    918 80.2%
  3. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits
    construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
    8 0.7%
  4. Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob
    what mining left above ground
    52 4.5%
  5. Mills, tipples and facilities
    processing plants and hazardous structures
    19 1.7%
  6. Other reclamation problems
    highwalls, subsidence, polluted or clogged water, fires, slides and gases in OSMRE's inventory
    120 10.5%
Named features on the maps1 named · from the USGS compilation
Name on map Feature
Eleanora Mines Mine

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 problems197 on inventory
Problem area Problem Status
(carson 2) Newlife P1 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
(carson 2) Newlife P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Adrian P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Adrian P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Adrian P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Ames P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Anita P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Anita P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Anita P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Anita P2 Underground Mine Fires Reclamation Completed
Anita P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Anita Cemetery (glenn Coal Co.) Act P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Anita Cemetery (glenn Coal Co.) Act P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Anita East P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Anita East P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Anita East P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Anita North P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Baxter North P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Baxter North P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Baxter North P2 Dangerous Highwalls In Reclamation
Baxter North P3 Pits In Reclamation
Baxter North P3 Spoil Area In Reclamation
Baxter North P3 Spoil Area In Reclamation
Baxter Southeast P3 High Wall Reclamation Completed
Beechtree Northeast P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Bollinger Church West P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Bollinger Church West P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Bollinger Church West P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Bowley P1 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Bowley P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Brockway East P2 Clogged Streams Reclamation Pending
Brockway East P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Pending
Brookville Southeast P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Brookville Southeast P3 Slump Reclamation Completed
Brookville Southeast P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Catalano P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Catalano P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Catalano P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Champion Coal P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Champion Coal P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Cliff Church West P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Clover Run #1 P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Clover Run #1 P3 Water Problems Reclamation Completed
Clover Run #1 P3 Water Problems Reclamation Pending
Coeist P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Coeist P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Conifer P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Conifer P2 Dangerous Highwalls In Reclamation
Conifer P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Conifer P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Conifer P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Conifer P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Conifer P3 Spoil Area In Reclamation
Conifer P3 Spoil Area In Reclamation
Conifer P3 Water Problems Reclamation Pending
Conifer East P2 Dangerous Highwalls In Reclamation
Conifer East P3 Spoil Area In Reclamation
Corsica Southeast P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Crawfordtown P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Crawfordtown P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Crawfordtown P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Crawfordtown P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Curry Run East P1 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Curry Run East P2 Dangerous Highwalls In Reclamation
Curry Run East P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Curry Run East P3 Spoil Area In Reclamation
Dalersio P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Dell Point North P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Dell Point North P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Dell Point North P3 Water Problems Reclamation Completed
Dell Point North P3 Water Problems Reclamation Completed
Esposito P1 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Esposito P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Esposito P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Falls Creek West P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Falls Creek West P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Falls Creek West P3 Spoil Area In Reclamation
Foundry Run North P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Frostburg West P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Fuller North P2 Surface Burning Reclamation Pending
Glenn Coal Company P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Glenn Coal Company P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Pending
Grange North East P1 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Grange North East P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Hamilton Run P1 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Hamilton Run P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Hamilton Run P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Hamilton Run P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Harlan East P2 Dangerous Highwalls In Reclamation
Harlan East P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Harlan East P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Harlan East P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Harlan East P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Harlan East P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Harmony North (brown Project) P2 Dangerous Highwalls In Reclamation
Harmony North (brown Project) P3 Slump In Reclamation
Harmony North (brown Project) P3 Slump Reclamation Completed
Horatia West P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
I-80 Interchange 12 East P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
I-80 Interchange 12 East P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Knoxdale West P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Knoxdale West P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Knoxdale West P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Pending
Knoxdale West P3 Water Problems Reclamation Pending
Lanes Mill South P2 Clogged Streams Reclamation Completed
Lanes Mill South P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Lanes Mill South P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Lanes Mill South P3 Spoil Area In Reclamation
Leechburg (east Branch 2) P2 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Mc Clure P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Mc Clure P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Mc Clure P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Mc Clure P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Mc Minns Summit P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Mc Minns Summit Northeas P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Mccracken Run East P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Mccracken Run East P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Mccracken Run East P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Mcgarey Northeast P2 Clogged Stream Lands Reclamation Completed
Mcgarey Northeast P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Mcgarey South P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Mcgarey South P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Mill Creek South P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Mill Creek South P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Mill Creek South P3 Water Problems In Reclamation
Mill Creek South P3 Water Problems In Reclamation
Nicely Run P3 Equipment Facility Reclamation Pending
Nicely Run P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Nicely Run P3 Other Reclamation Pending
Nicely Run West P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Ohl South P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Pa - Jefferson - Fea P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Pa - Jefferson - Fea P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Pancoast West P1 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Pancoast West P3 Pits Reclamation Pending
Pancoast West P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Pending
Perry Cemetery Southeast P3 High Wall Reclamation Completed
Perry Cemetery Southeast P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Perryville Run North P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Pine Grove Cemetery P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Pine Grove Cemetery P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Pine Grove Cemetery Sse P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Pine Grove Cemetery Sse P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Powell P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Powell P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Powell P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Powell P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Ramsaytown West P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Rathmel West P2 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Rathmel West P3 Slump Reclamation Completed

…and 47 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 Abandoned203 on register
  1. #2 Mine
    Underground coal · A Kennedy Coal Company · MSHA ID 3604701
    Abandoned and Sealed
  2. Afton #1
    Surface coal · Olive Afton · MSHA ID 3607710
    Abandoned
  3. Allen Mine
    Surface coal · Walter L Houser Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3608433
    Abandoned
  4. Alvin Gearhart
    Surface coal · Krach & Gearhart Coal Company · MSHA ID 3603983
    Abandoned
  5. Andray Auger
    Surface coal · Andray Mining Company · MSHA ID 3604679
    Abandoned
  6. Arm #1
    Surface coal · Arm Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3607445
    Abandoned
  7. Auger I
    Surface coal · Brocious Coal Augering LLC · MSHA ID 3609195
    Abandoned
  8. B & B #1
    Surface coal · B & B Mining Inc · MSHA ID 3607566
    Abandoned
  9. Barilar #1 Strip Mine
    Surface coal · Cloe Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 3605951
    Abandoned
  10. Beechwood Stables Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · Robert J Cole · MSHA ID 3608198
    Abandoned
  11. Benjamin No 17 Strip
    Surface coal · Benjamin Coal Company · MSHA ID 3606000
    Abandoned
  12. Beveridge Jefferson Strip
    Surface coal · R J B Coal Company · MSHA ID 3608131
    Abandoned
  13. Bigler Plant Quarries
    Surface metal/non-metal · Glen Gery Corp. · MSHA ID 3609092
    Abandoned
  14. Bigler Rail Loadout
    Facility coal · Rosebud Mining Company · MSHA ID 3609114
    Abandoned
  15. Blackhawk
    coal · Pansy Hollow Contr-Inc · MSHA ID 3607126
    Abandoned
  16. Blackhawk Mine
    Surface coal · Pansy Hollow Contractor'S Inc · MSHA ID 3606172
    Abandoned
  17. Boyer Strip
    Surface coal · Boyer Coal Company · MSHA ID 3602674
    Abandoned
  18. Brockway Clay Company
    Surface metal/non-metal · Brockway Clay Company · MSHA ID 3600675
    Abandoned
  19. BROCKWAY QUARRY
    Surface metal/non-metal · New Enterprise Stone & Lime Company Inc · MSHA ID 3606729
    Abandoned
  20. Brockway Strip
    Facility coal · P & N Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3605210
    Abandoned
  21. Brockway Tipple
    Facility coal · Rosebud Mining Company · MSHA ID 3609648
    Abandoned
  22. Brosious Mine
    Surface coal · Cookport Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3606071
    Abandoned
  23. Brubaker Strip
    Surface coal · Brubaker Brothers Coal Company · MSHA ID 3601377
    Abandoned
  24. Burkett Strip
    Surface coal · Gary C Doverspike · MSHA ID 3606169
    Abandoned
  25. C & K Strips
    Surface coal · C & K Coal Company · MSHA ID 3602781
    Abandoned
  26. Calhoun Strip
    Surface coal · Dwight M Calhoun · MSHA ID 3601381
    Abandoned
  27. Chernicky Strips
    Surface coal · Chernicky Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3606616
    Abandoned
  28. Clear Run Coal Co Inc
    Surface coal · Clear Run Coal Company · MSHA ID 3607693
    Abandoned
  29. Clutch Run Mine
    Underground coal · Doverspike Brothers Coal Company · MSHA ID 3608191
    Abandoned and Sealed
  30. Coal Handlers Inc
    Facility coal · Coal Handlers Inc · MSHA ID 3607460
    Abandoned
  31. Coolspring Sand & Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Coolspring Sand & Gravel Co Inc · MSHA ID 3609155
    Abandoned
  32. Coolspring Strip & Auger
    Surface coal · H & G Coal & Clay Company Inc · MSHA ID 3604706
    Abandoned
  33. Coolspring Strip & Auger Mine
    Surface coal · H & G Coal & Clay Company Inc · MSHA ID 3602712
    Abandoned
  34. Copus Mine
    Surface coal · Dutch Run Coal Inc · MSHA ID 3608348
    Abandoned
  35. CORSICA QUARRY & MILL
    Surface metal/non-metal · Glenn Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 3605095
    Abandoned
  36. Coulter #1
    Surface coal · Eastern Energy Corp · MSHA ID 3607807
    Abandoned
  37. Crescent Brick Co Inc Fallscreek Di
    Facility metal/non-metal · Crescent Brick Company Inc · MSHA ID 3605946
    Abandoned
  38. Deemer #1 Strip Mine
    Surface coal · Fred A Deemer Jr · MSHA ID 3605843
    Abandoned
  39. Dora #6
    Underground coal · Doverspike Brothers Coal Company · MSHA ID 3606583
    Abandoned
  40. Dora #7 Mine
    Underground coal · Doverspike Brothers Coal Company · MSHA ID 3608614
    Abandoned and Sealed
  41. Dora No 5
    Underground coal · Doverspike Brothers Coal Company · MSHA ID 3605021
    Abandoned
  42. Dora Prep Plant
    Facility coal · Doverspike Brothers Coal Company · MSHA ID 3606474
    Abandoned
  43. Doug #4
    Surface coal · Doug Coal Company · MSHA ID 3607638
    Abandoned
  44. Eagle #12 Strip
    Surface coal · Helm Mining Company · MSHA ID 3605723
    Abandoned
  45. Eagle Strips
    Facility coal · Doverspike Brothers Coal Company · MSHA ID 3602948
    Abandoned
  46. East Branch Strip Mine
    Surface coal · East Branch Equipment Company · MSHA ID 3603558
    Abandoned
  47. Edward Mine
    Surface coal · Jaro Mining Company · MSHA ID 3606882
    Abandoned
  48. Elmer Fye
    Surface coal · Elmer Fye · MSHA ID 3606623
    Abandoned
  49. Emerickville
    Surface coal · Round Top Coal Inc · MSHA ID 3606856
    Abandoned
  50. Emery #3 Tipple
    Surface coal · Robert L Emery Trucking Inc · MSHA ID 3602734
    Abandoned
  51. Energy Resources Inc
    Surface coal · Energy Resources Inc · MSHA ID 3602695
    Abandoned
  52. Engle Bros Coal Co
    Surface coal · Engle Brothers Coal Company · MSHA ID 3607669
    Abandoned
  53. Enterline Strip
    Surface coal · P & N Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3606700
    Abandoned
  54. Esquire Strip #2
    Surface coal · Esquire Fuel Company · MSHA ID 3606841
    Abandoned
  55. F & S Fuel
    Surface coal · F & S Fuel Company · MSHA ID 3607025
    Abandoned
  56. Fairview #5
    Underground coal · G R Mining · MSHA ID 3601387
    Abandoned
  57. Fehley Run Contracting Co Inc
    Surface coal · Fehley Run Contracting Company Inc · MSHA ID 3607907
    Abandoned
  58. Ferrara Ug
    Underground coal · Ferrara Coal Company · MSHA ID 3601389
    Abandoned
  59. Fetterman Strip
    Surface coal · Fetterman Coal Company · MSHA ID 3604369
    Abandoned
  60. Floyd Mine Strip No 2
    Surface coal · Floyd Mottern Coal Inc · MSHA ID 3607634
    Abandoned
  61. Fremer Strip
    Surface coal · Thomas Fuels Inc · MSHA ID 3606328
    Abandoned
  62. G L R #2
    Surface coal · G L R Mining Inc · MSHA ID 3607824
    Abandoned
  63. G L R #2
    Surface coal · G L R Mining Inc · MSHA ID 3608333
    Abandoned
  64. Gaffney Strip Mine
    Surface coal · Jefferson Energy Inc · MSHA ID 3605632
    Abandoned
  65. Gathers Strip
    Surface coal · Vista Mining Company · MSHA ID 3608184
    Abandoned
  66. Gearhart No 2 Mine
    Surface coal · Alvin Gearhart · MSHA ID 3603984
    Abandoned
  67. Gertz Mine
    Surface coal · Hollobaugh Excavating · MSHA ID 3608707
    Abandoned
  68. Gibson #1
    Surface coal · U S Coal Inc · MSHA ID 3605646
    Abandoned
  69. Gibson #1
    Surface coal · Gibson Coal Company · MSHA ID 3608125
    Abandoned
  70. Gibson No 1 Mine
    Surface coal · Continental Coal Company · MSHA ID 3606607
    Abandoned
  71. Glacial Strips #2
    Surface coal · Glacial Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 3607327
    Abandoned
  72. Glenn Quarry #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Glenn Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 3609339
    Abandoned
  73. Gp - Mill Creek Mine
    Surface coal · J & P Fuel Company · MSHA ID 3608522
    Abandoned
  74. H & G Strips #2
    Surface coal · H & G Coal & Clay Company Inc · MSHA ID 3607326
    Abandoned
  75. H & R Strip
    Surface coal · H & R Coal Co Inc · MSHA ID 3606971
    Abandoned
  76. Hamilton Shop
    Facility coal · Rosebud Mining Company · MSHA ID 3608704
    Abandoned
  77. Hanley No 4 A Mine & Mill
    Underground metal/non-metal · Hanley Brick Inc · MSHA ID 3600630
    Abandoned
  78. Hanslovan #1 Strip
    Surface coal · Ed Hanslovan Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3605450
    Abandoned
  79. Harmon Strips #2
    Surface coal · Harmon Mining Company · MSHA ID 3607728
    Abandoned
  80. Hilbert Tract
    Surface coal · A A Smith Coal Company · MSHA ID 3606173
    Abandoned
  81. Himes-Millen
    Surface coal · C & M Contracting Company · MSHA ID 3607364
    Abandoned
  82. Hollis Mine
    Surface coal · Black Diamond Coal Company · MSHA ID 3607957
    Abandoned
  83. J O T No 7 Mine
    Surface coal · J O T Coal Corp · MSHA ID 3606506
    Abandoned
  84. Jefferson Strips
    Surface coal · Mahoning Mining Inc · MSHA ID 3608496
    Abandoned
  85. Jeffrey Strip #2
    Surface coal · Penn-Grampian Coal Company · MSHA ID 3607719
    Abandoned
  86. Jer - Jon Mine
    Surface coal · E & L Earthmovers Inc · MSHA ID 3607594
    Abandoned
  87. Kann Strip Mine
    Surface coal · Kann Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3603556
    Abandoned
  88. Kennedy #4
    Underground coal · Kennedy Coal Company · MSHA ID 3601398
    Abandoned
  89. Knapp Mine
    Surface coal · K I T Industries Inc · MSHA ID 3605687
    Abandoned
  90. Knapp Mine
    Surface coal · Planet Mining Inc · MSHA ID 3608481
    Abandoned
  91. Kniseley Coal Co
    Underground coal · Kniseley Coal Company · MSHA ID 3600934
    Abandoned and Sealed
  92. Kniseley Strip
    Surface coal · Kniseley Coal Company · MSHA ID 3606063
    Abandoned
  93. Knoxdale Mines 1 2 3 & 4
    Surface coal · A & T Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3607009
    Abandoned
  94. Knoxdale Strip
    Surface coal · Ladon Coal Corp · MSHA ID 3607781
    Abandoned
  95. Knoxdale Strip And Auger Mine
    Surface coal · Robert L Emery Trucking Inc · MSHA ID 3604770
    Abandoned
  96. Kona Tipple
    Facility coal · Kona Koal Inc · MSHA ID 3607473
    Abandoned
  97. Koppers No 1
    Surface coal · Brookvalley Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3606715
    Abandoned
  98. Koppers Strip
    Surface coal · Three J'S Mining · MSHA ID 3606343
    Abandoned
  99. Krach And Gearhart Strip Mine
    Surface coal · Krach & Gearhart · MSHA ID 3606324
    Abandoned
  100. L N Contracting
    Surface coal · L N Contracting · MSHA ID 3608692
    Abandoned
  101. Leasure No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · Leasure Coal Company · MSHA ID 3606520
    Abandoned
  102. Lindsey Strip Mine
    Surface coal · Hamilton Mining Company · MSHA ID 3602717
    Abandoned
  103. Little Elk Run
    Surface coal · K M P Associates · MSHA ID 3607502
    Abandoned
  104. Lost Hills Reclamation #1
    Facility coal · S B P Coal Company · MSHA ID 3607565
    Abandoned
  105. M S M Coal Company Inc
    Surface coal · M S M Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3607514
    Abandoned
  106. Manor No 7 Strip
    Surface coal · Old Home Manor Inc · MSHA ID 3605044
    Abandoned
  107. Marsh #1(Doak)
    Surface coal · Markle Bullers Coal Company · MSHA ID 3605871
    Abandoned
  108. Martz Mine
    Surface coal · H & R Coal Company · MSHA ID 3607343
    Abandoned
  109. Mason Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · J M DeLullo Stone Sales Inc · MSHA ID 3610158
    Abandoned
  110. Mauk Mine
    Underground coal · Doverspike Brothers Coal Company · MSHA ID 3608361
    Abandoned and Sealed
  111. Mauk Mine (Strip No 1)
    Surface coal · Markle Bullers Coal Company · MSHA ID 3605661
    Abandoned
  112. Mayo Operation
    Surface coal · P & N Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3610256
    Abandoned
  113. McClure Strip
    Surface coal · P & N Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3603561
    Abandoned
  114. McGregor Mine
    Underground coal · Rosebud Mining Company · MSHA ID 3608843
    Abandoned and Sealed
  115. Mckay Strip
    Surface coal · Mc Kay Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3607729
    Abandoned
  116. Means #1
    Surface coal · Valier Mining · MSHA ID 3606814
    Abandoned
  117. Mears Mine
    Surface coal · S & M Mining · MSHA ID 3608797
    Abandoned
  118. Miller Mine
    Surface coal · Laurel Hill Mining · MSHA ID 3606452
    Abandoned
  119. Milliron
    Surface coal · Prushnok Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3607141
    Abandoned
  120. Milliron Mine
    Surface coal · Shaffer Mining Corp · MSHA ID 3606514
    Abandoned
  121. Minich Mine
    Surface coal · Minich Coal Company · MSHA ID 3606859
    Abandoned
  122. Mock Job #1 (Strip)
    Surface coal · Rice Coal Company · MSHA ID 3605592
    Abandoned
  123. Moore Mine
    Surface coal · Colt Resources Inc · MSHA ID 3602755
    Abandoned
  124. Mottern Hollow
    Surface coal · Laurel Land Development Inc · MSHA ID 3608476
    Abandoned
  125. Neal Strip
    Surface coal · Howard Neal Coal Corp · MSHA ID 3605989
    Abandoned
  126. Neal Strip #3
    Surface coal · Howard Neal Coal Corp · MSHA ID 3606676
    Abandoned
  127. Neal Strip Mine
    Surface coal · Red Gap Coal Company · MSHA ID 3605696
    Abandoned
  128. No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · Skyline Dairy Inc · MSHA ID 3605654
    Abandoned
  129. No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · Thompson Fuel Company · MSHA ID 3606671
    Abandoned
  130. No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · Keystone Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 3607150
    Abandoned
  131. No 11 Mine
    Surface coal · Thomas J Smith · MSHA ID 3608510
    Abandoned
  132. No 2 Strip Mine
    Surface coal · Black Hill Coal Company · MSHA ID 3606794
    Abandoned
  133. P & G
    coal · Pascaret James · MSHA ID 3604193
    Abandoned
  134. Pifer
    Surface coal · H A Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 3607577
    Abandoned
  135. Pioneer #3 Mine
    Surface coal · Warren C Hartman Contractor · MSHA ID 3606976
    Abandoned
  136. Porter Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Glen-Gery Corp · MSHA ID 3607151
    Abandoned
  137. Preston No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · Ornan Preston Coal Company · MSHA ID 3603985
    Abandoned
  138. Punxy #1
    Surface coal · Punxy Contractors Inc · MSHA ID 3602709
    Abandoned
  139. R & L Strip
    Surface coal · R & L Coal Corp · MSHA ID 3606710
    Abandoned
  140. R B Contracting #2
    Surface coal · R B Contracting · MSHA ID 3608318
    Abandoned
  141. Ramseytown Mine
    Underground coal · Doverspike Brothers Coal Company · MSHA ID 3608487
    Abandoned and Sealed
  142. Rathmel Strip Mine
    Surface coal · Thomas Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 3606118
    Abandoned
  143. Rayne Coal No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · Rayne Coal Company · MSHA ID 3606421
    Abandoned
  144. Reed Strip
    Surface coal · Bracken Construction Company · MSHA ID 3605220
    Abandoned
  145. Reeseman Mine
    Surface coal · T & T Company · MSHA ID 3607292
    Abandoned
  146. Reichard Strips
    Surface coal · Reichard Contracting, Inc. · MSHA ID 3606562
    Abandoned
  147. Reiner Strip
    Surface coal · Melvin Reiner · MSHA ID 3606033
    Abandoned
  148. Reitz Mine
    Surface coal · Dunamis Resources Inc · MSHA ID 3608743
    Abandoned
  149. Remco #2
    Facility coal · Rockwood Energy & Mineral Corp · MSHA ID 3605974
    Abandoned
  150. Ringgold #2
    Underground coal · Doverspike Brothers Coal Company · MSHA ID 3606254
    Abandoned

…and 53 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 868
P2 Dangerous Highwalls 52
Open Pit Mine or Quarry 47
P3 Spoil Area 30
P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments 18
Adit 14
P3 Water Problems 12
P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities 11
P3 High Wall 9
P1 Dangerous Highwalls 8
P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption 8
Tipple 8
P3 Slump 5
P2 Subsidence 5
P2 Vertical Openings 5
P1 Vertical Openings 5
P2 Dangerous Slides 4
Gravel Pit 4
P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments 3
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated 3
P3 Other 3
P1 Subsidence 3
P2 Portals 3
P2 Clogged Streams 2
P3 Pits 2
P2 Clogged Stream Lands 1
P3 Industrial/Residential Waste 1
P1 Portals 1
Clay Pit 1
Open Pit Mine 1
Mine 1
P2 Flooding 1
P2 Underground Mine Fires 1
P2 Surface Burning 1
Open Pit Mine or Quarry 1
P3 Mine Opening 1
P3 Gobs 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.