Abandoned mines in Anderson County, Tennessee

1. Mine openings

   shafts, adits, air shafts, portals and vertical openings: the ways into underground workings
   58 12.6%
2. Mines and surface workings

   labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
   309 67.0%
3. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits

   construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
   6 1.3%
4. Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob

   what mining left above ground
   21 4.6%
5. Mills, tipples and facilities

   processing plants and hazardous structures
   6 1.3%
6. Other reclamation problems

   highwalls, subsidence, polluted or clogged water, fires, slides and gases in OSMRE's inventory
   60 13.0%
7. Other

   symbols outside the classes above
   1 0.2%

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.

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. #1

   Underground coal · Tri-Dean Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4000232
   Abandoned and Sealed 1984-09-18
2. #1

   Underground coal · C & L Coal Company · MSHA ID 4001612
   Abandoned and Sealed 1990-04-02
3. #1

   Underground coal · Key Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4002346
   Abandoned and Sealed 1991-11-24
4. #1

   Surface coal · Gipson Mining Company · MSHA ID 4002884
   Abandoned 1985-12-17
5. #1 Mine

   Underground coal · B & P Coal Co · MSHA ID 4000222
   Abandoned 1975-05-20
6. #1 Surface

   Surface coal · San Jose Minerals & Development Company Inc · MSHA ID 4002734
   Abandoned 1983-12-09
7. #1 Surface-002 Section

   Surface coal · Premium Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4003103
   Abandoned 2017-01-01
8. #1 Tipple

   Facility coal · Lloyd Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002235
   Abandoned 1988-12-23
9. #1-A Mine

   Underground coal · J L Long Coal Company · MSHA ID 4000240
   Abandoned 1980-06-11
10. #12

    Underground coal · Oliver Springs Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4002637
    Abandoned and Sealed 1981-09-17
11. #15 Mine

    Underground coal · Premium Coal Company, Inc. · MSHA ID 4003407
    Abandoned 2014-05-06
12. #2

    Underground coal · Buffalo Ridge Coals Inc · MSHA ID 4002978
    Abandoned and Sealed 1988-07-14
13. #2

    Underground coal · Stoney Ridge Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4003020
    Abandoned and Sealed 1991-07-18
14. #2 Mine Ug

    Underground coal · Lee Roy Galbraith Coal Company · MSHA ID 4000243
    Abandoned 1971-06-28
15. #2 Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Montes Stone Products Co. · MSHA ID 4003308
    Abandoned 2008-03-27
16. #3

    Underground coal · Key Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4001746
    Abandoned and Sealed 1991-12-20
17. #3

    Underground coal · Round Mountain Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4002790
    Abandoned and Sealed 1985-08-28
18. #5

    Underground coal · Key Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4002814
    Abandoned and Sealed 1991-11-22
19. #6

    Underground coal · Key Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4003062
    Abandoned and Sealed 1992-12-23
20. #9

    Underground coal · Kline Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4001874
    Abandoned and Sealed 1992-09-21
21. Alice No 1

    Underground coal · Spartan Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4002421
    Abandoned and Sealed 1980-12-21
22. Anderson County Highway Department

    Surface metal/non-metal · Anderson County Hwy Dept · MSHA ID 4000003
    Abandoned 1978-03-31
23. Area No 1

    Surface coal · B S E Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002525
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
24. Beech Grove Plant

    Facility coal · Beech Grove Processing Inc · MSHA ID 4002368
    Abandoned 2003-06-25
25. Black Gem Coal Company

    Underground coal · Black Gem Coal Company · MSHA ID 4001770
    Abandoned 1975-12-31
26. Briceville Plant

    Facility coal · Premium Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4001138
    Abandoned 2020-03-17
27. Buffalo Mountain

    Surface coal · Addington Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 4003088
    Abandoned 1997-10-08
28. Buffalo Mountain #1

    Surface coal · Robert Clear Coal Corporation · MSHA ID 4003369
    Abandoned 2011-12-05
29. Clinton Quarry

    Surface metal/non-metal · Rogers Group Inc · MSHA ID 4003417
    Abandoned 2012-05-14
30. Coal Halg Fac #1

    Facility coal · B & D Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002580
    Abandoned 1989-07-18
31. D C No 1

    Underground coal · D C Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4002287
    Abandoned and Sealed 1986-12-08
32. Dean Mine

    Underground coal · Oliver Springs Mining Co Inc · MSHA ID 4000514
    Abandoned 1980-06-11
33. Dean Mine

    Underground coal · Gay Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4000610
    Abandoned 1980-06-11
34. Devonia Coal Corp Mine #5

    Underground coal · Devonia Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4002789
    Abandoned and Sealed 1985-11-04
35. Earthworks LLC Mine #2

    Surface coal · Earthworks, LLC · MSHA ID 4003190
    Abandoned 2002-10-03
36. Fork Mountain

    Surface coal · Tennessee Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4003102
    Abandoned 1998-10-20
37. Francis No1

    Underground coal · Pinnacle Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4001782
    Abandoned and Sealed 1984-02-09
38. Grays Gap No 2 Mine

    Underground coal · Gay Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4000518
    Abandoned 1976-07-19
39. Grays Gap No 3 Mine

    Underground coal · Gay Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4001611
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
40. H & B Strip

    Surface coal · H & B Mining Co · MSHA ID 4000658
    Abandoned 1977-10-31
41. H & W No 3

    Underground coal · H & W Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002431
    Abandoned and Sealed 1980-11-26
42. J J #1 Section 2

    Underground coal · D & D Coal Company · MSHA ID 4001738
    Abandoned and Sealed 1984-02-02
43. Jellico Mine #2

    Surface coal · Tennessee Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4003087
    Abandoned 1995-10-12
44. Lloyd No 1

    Underground coal · Lloyd Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002031
    Abandoned and Sealed 1988-11-16
45. Lloyd No 2 Mine

    Underground coal · Williams Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4002443
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
46. Lloyd No 3

    Underground coal · Williams Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4002218
    Abandoned and Sealed 1982-09-29
47. Longwa No 1 Tipple

    Facility coal · Longwa Mining Co · MSHA ID 4002478
    Abandoned 1982-11-01
48. M & G #4

    Surface coal · M & G MINING, LLC · MSHA ID 1519103
    Abandoned 2009-04-20
49. M & G Mining #1

    Surface coal · M & G Mining, LLC · MSHA ID 1518857
    Abandoned and Sealed 2014-03-18
50. Mary Lynn Mine

    Underground coal · Mary Lynn Coal Company · MSHA ID 4000246
    Abandoned 1980-06-11
51. Mine #1

    Underground coal · River Basin Coals Inc · MSHA ID 4002447
    Abandoned and Sealed 1984-02-06
52. Mine #1

    Underground coal · Cage Creek Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4002799
    Abandoned and Sealed 1985-08-26
53. Mine #1

    Underground coal · P & W Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002835
    Abandoned and Sealed 1989-09-25
54. Mine #2

    Underground coal · Allied Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4001623
    Abandoned and Sealed 1989-02-01
55. Mine #2

    Underground coal · Scarab Energy Corp · MSHA ID 4002611
    Abandoned and Sealed 1992-01-22
56. Mine #2

    Underground coal · Key Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4002996
    Abandoned and Sealed 1992-12-18
57. Mine #2-A

    Underground coal · Little T Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4002178
    Abandoned and Sealed 1985-04-17
58. Mine #3

    Underground coal · Scarab Energy Corp · MSHA ID 4002880
    Abandoned and Sealed 1986-11-04
59. Mine #7

    Underground coal · Scarab Energy Corp · MSHA ID 4001137
    Abandoned and Sealed 1986-07-14
60. Mine #8

    Underground coal · American Standard Coal Sales Inc · MSHA ID 4002868
    Abandoned and Sealed 1986-01-16
61. Mine No 1

    Underground coal · Monarch Coals Inc · MSHA ID 4002064
    Abandoned and Sealed 1982-12-27
62. Mine No 1

    Underground coal · Inner Mountain Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4002407
    Abandoned and Sealed 1983-09-08
63. Mine No 1

    Underground coal · J J Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4002616
    Abandoned 1980-10-15
64. Mine No 1

    Underground coal · Lake City Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4002850
    Abandoned and Sealed 1985-11-25
65. Mine No 1

    Underground coal · Buffalo Ridge Coals Inc · MSHA ID 4002852
    Abandoned and Sealed 1985-12-24
66. Mine No 1

    Underground coal · Srs Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4002894
    Abandoned and Sealed 1991-08-05
67. Mine No 1

    Underground coal · Big Mountain Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4002988
    Abandoned 1998-08-05
68. Mine No 1

    Underground coal · National Coal Corporation · MSHA ID 4003109
    Abandoned and Sealed 2006-01-06
69. Mine No 10

    Underground coal · Tennessee Coal Company · MSHA ID 4003082
    Abandoned and Sealed 1998-07-27
70. Mine No 11

    Underground coal · Tennessee Coal Company · MSHA ID 4003101
    Abandoned and Sealed 1996-12-09
71. Mine No 17

    Underground coal · Premium Coal · MSHA ID 4003279
    Abandoned 2016-10-17
72. Mine No 2

    Underground coal · J J Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4000239
    Abandoned and Sealed 1984-02-02
73. Mine No 2

    Surface coal · Imperial Coals Inc · MSHA ID 4001197
    Abandoned 1982-05-31
74. Mine No 3

    Underground coal · Reatta Mining · MSHA ID 4003117
    Abandoned and Sealed 1998-03-11
75. Mine No 3r

    Underground coal · Scarab Energy Corp · MSHA ID 4002939
    Abandoned and Sealed 1988-11-28
76. Mine No 4

    Underground coal · Reatta Mining · MSHA ID 4003118
    Abandoned and Sealed 1997-11-25
77. Mine No 4

    Surface coal · Premium Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4003206
    Abandoned 2005-08-19
78. Mine No 5

    Underground coal · Tennessee Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002970
    Abandoned and Sealed 1990-04-11
79. Mine No 7

    Underground coal · Tennessee Coal Company · MSHA ID 4003065
    Abandoned and Sealed 1998-02-05
80. Mine No 9

    Underground coal · Tennessee Coal Company · MSHA ID 4003081
    Abandoned and Sealed 1994-07-15
81. No 1

    Underground coal · Calvin Branch Coal Company · MSHA ID 4000683
    Abandoned 1971-06-28
82. No 1

    Underground coal · Fork Mountain Mining Company · MSHA ID 4002861
    Abandoned and Sealed 1988-12-15
83. No 1

    Underground coal · Mc Coy Mining & Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 4002870
    Abandoned and Sealed 1986-09-11
84. No 1 A Mine

    Underground coal · Little T Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4001630
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
85. No 1 Auger

    Surface coal · Mountco Inc · MSHA ID 4000681
    Abandoned 1981-10-30
86. No 1 Mine

    Underground coal · Volunteer Mining Corp · MSHA ID 4000255
    Abandoned 1978-01-05
87. No 1 Mine

    Underground coal · Little Pearl Coal Company · MSHA ID 4000547
    Abandoned 1980-06-11
88. No 1 Mine

    Underground coal · Little Dean Coal Company · MSHA ID 4000551
    Abandoned 1971-06-28
89. No 1 Mine

    Underground coal · Earl Phillips Coal Company · MSHA ID 4000554
    Abandoned 1972-11-15
90. No 1 Mine

    Underground coal · Queen Anne Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4000591
    Abandoned 1980-06-11
91. No 1 Mine

    Underground coal · Buffalo Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4000682
    Abandoned 1976-11-26
92. No 1 Mine

    Underground coal · Indian Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 4000685
    Abandoned and Sealed 1980-06-11
93. No 1 Mine

    Underground coal · Devonia Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4000765
    Abandoned 1978-05-16
94. No 1 Mine

    Underground coal · Tenn Tex Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4001156
    Abandoned 1972-09-18
95. No 1 Mine

    Underground coal · Jackson Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4001302
    Abandoned 1976-03-29
96. No 1 Mine

    Underground coal · Southern States Mining Company · MSHA ID 4001424
    Abandoned 1975-05-20
97. No 1 Mine

    Underground coal · Carson & Byrd Coal Company · MSHA ID 4001446
    Abandoned 1977-11-17
98. No 1 Mine

    Underground coal · Deep Mine Coal Company · MSHA ID 4001614
    Abandoned 1976-08-24
99. No 1 Mine

    Underground coal · Frost Bottom Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4001700
    Abandoned 1980-06-11
100. No 1 Mine

     Underground coal · Harness Coal Company · MSHA ID 4001712
     Abandoned 1974-10-01
101. No 1 Mine

     Underground coal · Alrosha Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4001723
     Abandoned 1980-09-22
102. No 1 Mine

     Underground coal · Byrd & Son Coal Company · MSHA ID 4001757
     Abandoned 1979-10-01
103. No 1 Mine

     Underground coal · J & V Walnut Mountain Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4001771
     Abandoned and Sealed 1982-05-14
104. No 1 Mine

     Underground coal · K & K Coal Company · MSHA ID 4001986
     Abandoned 1977-06-23
105. No 1 Mine

     Underground coal · Hawkins Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002067
     Abandoned 1978-07-25
106. No 1 Mine

     Underground coal · J J & M Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002117
     Abandoned 1977-07-11
107. No 1 Mine

     Underground coal · C D & S Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4002277
     Abandoned 1980-06-11
108. No 1 Mine

     Underground coal · Big Valley Minerals Corp · MSHA ID 4002317
     Abandoned and Sealed 1987-01-22
109. No 1 Mine

     Underground coal · Thunder Mt Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002325
     Abandoned 1978-05-30
110. No 1 Mine

     Underground coal · Dale Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4002345
     Abandoned and Sealed 1980-06-11
111. No 1 Mine

     Underground coal · B & M Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4002376
     Abandoned 1978-07-25
112. No 1 Mine

     Underground coal · Middle Ridge Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4002423
     Abandoned 1978-12-01
113. No 1 Mine

     Underground coal · Seiber Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002432
     Abandoned 1978-07-25
114. No 1 Mine

     Underground coal · Double S Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002757
     Abandoned and Sealed 1984-08-28
115. No 1 Mine

     Surface coal · Rob Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 4002878
     Abandoned 1985-10-22
116. No 1 Mine

     Surface coal · Carson & Walden Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002879
     Abandoned 1985-04-18
117. No 1 Prep Plant

     Facility coal · Cumberland Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4001125
     Abandoned 1974-05-02
118. No 1 Prep Plant

     Facility coal · Frances Energy Inc · MSHA ID 4002482
     Abandoned 1980-12-03
119. No 1 Strip

     Surface coal · Lueking Coal Company · MSHA ID 4000245
     Abandoned 1977-03-07
120. No 1 Strip

     Surface coal · C L & C Coal Company · MSHA ID 4000258
     Abandoned 1986-08-01
121. No 1 Strip

     Surface coal · Paul Lay Coal Company · MSHA ID 4001798
     Abandoned 1975-12-31
122. No 1 Strip Mine

     Surface coal · Cummins-Hall Fuel Inc · MSHA ID 4000660
     Abandoned 1976-02-19
123. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · Maurice Coal Company · MSHA ID 4001139
     Abandoned 1980-06-11
124. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · Cook & Cook Coal Company · MSHA ID 4001670
     Abandoned 1978-04-04
125. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · Jackson Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4001779
     Abandoned 1979-10-01
126. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · L & L Coal Company · MSHA ID 4001797
     Abandoned 1976-04-01
127. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · Walden Ridge Coal Company · MSHA ID 4001857
     Abandoned 1981-01-13
128. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · Phillips Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002000
     Abandoned 1977-01-24
129. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · Piedmont Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4002069
     Abandoned 1976-07-29
130. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · Tenn-Tex Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 4002200
     Abandoned 1977-10-31
131. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · Mc Daniel Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002323
     Abandoned 1979-10-01
132. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · Thunder Mt Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002399
     Abandoned 1978-10-10
133. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · New River Coals Ltd · MSHA ID 4002544
     Abandoned 1980-06-11
134. No 1 Surface

     Surface coal · Lonnie Braden Company · MSHA ID 4002871
     Abandoned 1985-01-08
135. No 1 Surface Mine

     Surface coal · Cumberland Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4000830
     Abandoned 1976-10-18
136. No 1 Surface Mine

     Surface coal · Leon Phillips Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4001816
     Abandoned 1976-02-19
137. No 1 Surface Mine

     Surface coal · Larry Brown Inc · MSHA ID 4002324
     Abandoned 1983-06-01
138. No 1 T S M

     Surface coal · Betsy Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002783
     Abandoned 1983-02-02
139. No 1 Tipple

     Facility coal · Premium Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4001106
     Abandoned 1985-07-01
140. No 1 Tipple

     Facility coal · Briar Gap Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002110
     Abandoned 1981-04-01
141. No 1 Tipple

     Facility coal · Big Mountain Processing Inc · MSHA ID 4002536
     Abandoned 1989-01-19
142. No 1 Tipple

     Facility coal · Pinnacle Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4002603
     Abandoned 1983-06-01
143. No 11 Mine

     Underground coal · Gay Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4002472
     Abandoned and Sealed 1980-11-07
144. No 1a

     Underground coal · Oliver Springs Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4002468
     Abandoned and Sealed 1983-06-28
145. No 2 Mine

     Underground coal · Blue Bird Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4000688
     Abandoned 1980-06-11
146. No 2 Mine

     Underground coal · Laurel Fork Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4001617
     Abandoned 1976-03-25
147. No 2 Mine

     Underground coal · Scarlett Coals Inc · MSHA ID 4001817
     Abandoned and Sealed 1980-07-30
148. No 2 Mine

     Underground coal · J J & M Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002118
     Abandoned 1980-06-11
149. No 2 Mine

     Underground coal · Fire Creek Coal Company Of Tennessee · MSHA ID 4002394
     Abandoned 1978-07-03
150. No 3 Mine

     Underground coal · Laurel Fork Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4000230
     Abandoned and Sealed 1979-10-01

…and 32 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.

• Campbell County 626
• Scott County 471
• Marion County 409
• Maury County 382
• Cumberland County 349
• Morgan County 348
• Hamilton County 277
• Sequatchie County 168
• Shelby County 160
• Grundy County 149
• Hardin County 142
• Claiborne County 129

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.