Abandoned mines in Fentress County, Tennessee

1. Mine openings

   shafts, adits, air shafts, portals and vertical openings: the ways into underground workings
   47 26.6%
2. Prospect pits and trenches

   shallow exploration diggings that never became a mine
   16 9.0%
3. Mines and surface workings

   labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
   61 34.5%
4. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits

   construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
   6 3.4%
5. Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob

   what mining left above ground
   17 9.6%
6. Mills, tipples and facilities

   processing plants and hazardous structures
   3 1.7%
7. Other reclamation problems

   highwalls, subsidence, polluted or clogged water, fires, slides and gases in OSMRE's inventory
   27 15.3%

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 Strip

   Surface coal · Fentress Farms · MSHA ID 4002954
   Abandoned 1987-11-02
2. #3 Surface

   Surface coal · Fenco Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4002504
   Abandoned 1987-06-01
3. #9 Mine

   Surface coal · Bud Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4002183
   Abandoned 1980-12-15
4. Area #1

   Surface coal · B & B Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002583
   Abandoned 1981-07-20
5. Area No 1

   Surface coal · East Fork · MSHA ID 4003034
   Abandoned 1999-09-21
6. Area No 3

   Surface coal · Sierra Energy Corp · MSHA ID 4002294
   Abandoned 1989-02-17
7. Area-4

   Surface coal · Potter Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002913
   Abandoned 1990-10-11
8. B-6

   Surface coal · Blevins Ditching Inc · MSHA ID 4002598
   Abandoned 1985-10-22
9. Bon Air No 1 Strip

   Surface coal · Midas Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4002344
   Abandoned 1979-10-01
10. Buck Quarry

    Surface metal/non-metal · Buck Stone · MSHA ID 4003437
    Abandoned 2014-11-25
11. Clarkrange Quarry

    Surface metal/non-metal · Tennessee Stone & Timber Harvesting · MSHA ID 4003423
    Abandoned 2012-06-30
12. Cole-Fentress No 1

    Surface coal · Cole Mining Company · MSHA ID 4001788
    Abandoned 1981-12-09
13. Cumberland #1 Mine

    Surface coal · Tennessee Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4003091
    Abandoned 1999-08-17
14. Cumberland #3

    Surface coal · NEMO Coal LLC · MSHA ID 4003033
    Abandoned and Sealed 2013-10-18
15. Fentress County Sand Quarry And Mill

    Surface metal/non-metal · Fentress County Highway Department · MSHA ID 4002234
    Abandoned 1982-09-13
16. Fentress No 1

    Surface coal · Three King Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4002777
    Abandoned 1985-11-13
17. Fentress Strip Mine No 1

    Surface coal · D & H Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4001683
    Abandoned 1982-01-04
18. Fox Creek No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Rodney H Greenway Inc · MSHA ID 4002362
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
19. Grimsley Sand Mine

    Surface metal/non-metal · Rogers Group Inc. · MSHA ID 4003063
    Abandoned 2009-02-12
20. Jamestown Quarries LLC

    Surface metal/non-metal · Jamestown Quarries LLC · MSHA ID 4003399
    Abandoned 2016-10-18
21. Jamestown Stone

    Surface metal/non-metal · Rogers Group Inc. · MSHA ID 4001317
    Abandoned 2025-05-06
22. Larue

    Surface coal · Coal Energy Inc · MSHA ID 4002639
    Abandoned 1982-05-03
23. No 1

    Underground coal · Nabors Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4002578
    Abandoned 1980-06-19
24. No 1 Mine

    Underground coal · Cheyenne Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002610
    Abandoned and Sealed 1981-06-24
25. No 1 Mine

    Surface coal · Ralph Kilby Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002877
    Abandoned 1985-04-10
26. No 1 Strip

    Surface coal · Banner Springs Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4001428
    Abandoned 1976-05-20
27. No 1 Strip

    Underground coal · Quality Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4002451
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
28. No 1 Strip

    Surface coal · G & G Excavating · MSHA ID 4002720
    Abandoned 1982-10-22
29. No 1 Strip Mine

    Surface coal · Layton P Hood Coal Company · MSHA ID 4001663
    Abandoned 1989-02-17
30. No 1 Strip Mine

    Surface coal · Alamo Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002398
    Abandoned 1984-10-22
31. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Tizen Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4001828
    Abandoned 1976-03-08
32. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Kay Fabe Coal Co · MSHA ID 4001858
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
33. No 1 Surface

    Underground coal · Bimco Of Tennessee · MSHA ID 4001869
    Abandoned 1976-10-21
34. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Angela Mountain Coal Company · MSHA ID 4001988
    Abandoned 1976-09-27
35. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Circle F Coal Co · MSHA ID 4002015
    Abandoned 1976-10-21
36. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · York Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4002086
    Abandoned 1986-06-26
37. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Apachie Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4002091
    Abandoned 1977-01-06
38. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Gary Rogers Mining Company · MSHA ID 4002132
    Abandoned 1977-01-04
39. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Alco Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4002299
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
40. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Spizer Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002328
    Abandoned 1979-11-30
41. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Newcastle Coal & Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 4002366
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
42. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Fen Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4002497
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
43. No 1 Surface Mine

    Surface coal · Ringo Coal Company · MSHA ID 4001766
    Abandoned 1976-02-19
44. No 1 Surface Mine

    Surface coal · Dusty Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002491
    Abandoned 1982-10-13
45. No 1 Tipple

    Facility coal · Putnam County Coal Company Ltd · MSHA ID 4002056
    Abandoned 1977-12-29
46. No 101 & 102 Surface

    Surface coal · P & H Equipment Company · MSHA ID 4001796
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
47. No 2 & 3 Strip

    Surface coal · Putnam County Coal Company Ltd · MSHA ID 4001969
    Abandoned 1977-12-29
48. No 2 Mine

    Underground coal · Layton P Hood Coal Company · MSHA ID 4000347
    Abandoned 1980-06-11
49. No 2 Surface

    Surface coal · Robert Smith Excavating Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002042
    Abandoned 1977-01-06
50. No 2 Surface

    Surface coal · Page Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002523
    Abandoned 1980-04-10
51. No 3 Strip

    Surface coal · Allardt Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4002267
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
52. No1 Strip

    Surface coal · Jones Coal Company · MSHA ID 4001638
    Abandoned 1976-05-20
53. Number 1

    Surface coal · Targa Energy Inc · MSHA ID 4002904
    Abandoned 1986-12-19
54. Pit #1 And Plant

    Surface metal/non-metal · C & H Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 4002846
    Abandoned 1988-09-16
55. Quarry Number 1

    Surface metal/non-metal · Jamestown Blue LLC · MSHA ID 4003405
    Abandoned 2024-01-10
56. Sonny Brook No 2 Strip Mine

    Surface coal · Avon Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4001862
    Abandoned 1976-05-24
57. Strip #1f

    Surface coal · Micuron Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002400
    Abandoned 1980-06-11
58. Surface Mine No 1

    Surface coal · Taylor Place Mining Company · MSHA ID 4003025
    Abandoned 1990-02-09
59. Surface No 1

    Surface coal · Meta Elkhorn Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4001861
    Abandoned 1990-09-30
60. Tipple #1

    Facility coal · Hood Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4002930
    Abandoned 1993-05-25
61. Viking No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Viking Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4002402
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
62. Wilder Mountain Ug Mine

    Underground coal · Blue Hill Coal Company · MSHA ID 4000340
    Abandoned 1980-06-11
63. Williams Mine No 1

    Underground coal · Wilson Coal Company · MSHA ID 4000354
    Abandoned and Sealed 1986-03-24

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
• Anderson County 360
• Cumberland County 349
• Morgan County 348
• Hamilton County 277
• Sequatchie County 168
• Shelby County 160
• Grundy County 149
• Hardin County 142

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.