Abandoned mines in Morgan County, Tennessee

1. Mine openings

   shafts, adits, air shafts, portals and vertical openings: the ways into underground workings
   59 13.0%
2. Mines and surface workings

   labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
   300 65.9%
3. Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob

   what mining left above ground
   29 6.4%
4. Mills, tipples and facilities

   processing plants and hazardous structures
   4 0.9%
5. Other reclamation problems

   highwalls, subsidence, polluted or clogged water, fires, slides and gases in OSMRE's inventory
   60 13.2%
6. Other

   symbols outside the classes above
   3 0.7%

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 · G & M Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002419
   Abandoned and Sealed 1980-12-15
2. #1 Mine Ug

   Underground coal · L & C Coal Company · MSHA ID 4000421
   Abandoned 1975-05-20
3. #1 Strip

   Surface coal · Coach Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4001737
   Abandoned 1991-09-17
4. #1 Tipple

   Facility coal · Walnut Mountain Inc · MSHA ID 4001104
   Abandoned 1988-12-15
5. #1 Tipple

   Facility coal · Universal Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002564
   Abandoned 1979-11-01
6. #4

   Underground coal · Laurel Fork Mining Company · MSHA ID 4002198
   Abandoned and Sealed 1988-02-19
7. #6

   Underground coal · Laurel Fork Mining Company · MSHA ID 4002976
   Abandoned and Sealed 1990-03-05
8. A&W Auger Corp No 1 Surface

   Surface coal · A & W Auger Corp · MSHA ID 4001808
   Abandoned 1989-01-18
9. Buffalo Mtn #4

   Underground coal · B & D Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002962
   Abandoned and Sealed 1990-01-02
10. Clear Creek

    Surface metal/non-metal · Bassescreekstone · MSHA ID 4003482
    Abandoned 2019-09-18
11. Clear Creek Quarry

    Surface metal/non-metal · Basses Creek Stone LLC · MSHA ID 4003484
    Abandoned 2018-06-06
12. County Quarry

    Surface metal/non-metal · Morgan County Highway Department · MSHA ID 4002613
    Abandoned 1985-05-03
13. D & W No 1

    Underground coal · D & W Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002445
    Abandoned and Sealed 1981-03-04
14. Dalco #1

    Underground coal · Dalco Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4003126
    Abandoned 1998-05-13
15. Gobey Strip Mine

    Surface coal · G & F Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4000655
    Abandoned 1986-06-19
16. Hambright Branch Strip

    Surface coal · Overton Coal Company · MSHA ID 4001820
    Abandoned 1977-01-24
17. Longwa No 2 Strip

    Surface coal · Longwa Inc · MSHA ID 4002548
    Abandoned 1982-06-01
18. Low Gap #1

    Underground coal · Kew Mining #2 · MSHA ID 4003037
    Abandoned and Sealed 1991-04-29
19. Lueking Coal Company No 2 Strip

    Surface coal · Hi Tenn Inc · MSHA ID 4001662
    Abandoned 1985-07-01
20. Mine #1

    Underground coal · Smith Branch Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002212
    Abandoned and Sealed 1985-10-28
21. Mine #1

    Underground coal · Dalco Coal Of Tennessee Llc · MSHA ID 4002966
    Abandoned 2002-08-29
22. Mine #2

    Underground coal · Dalco Coal Of Tennessee Llc · MSHA ID 4003146
    Abandoned 2002-08-29
23. Mine #7

    Underground coal · B & D Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002944
    Abandoned 1999-06-17
24. Mine #8

    Surface coal · Tri-Dean Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4003049
    Abandoned 1991-11-13
25. Mine #8

    Underground coal · B & D Coal Company · MSHA ID 4003076
    Abandoned 1999-06-17
26. No 1

    Underground coal · Skiles Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4002247
    Abandoned and Sealed 1982-09-29
27. No 1

    Underground coal · R & F Mining · MSHA ID 4002466
    Abandoned and Sealed 1985-02-28
28. No 1

    Surface coal · X C O Corp · MSHA ID 4002667
    Abandoned 1981-11-30
29. No 1

    Underground coal · Mary Glen Inc · MSHA ID 4003090
    Abandoned and Sealed 1995-12-12
30. No 1 Auger

    Surface coal · Mc Farland Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 4001731
    Abandoned 1976-06-10
31. No 1 Mine

    Underground coal · Fodder Stack Coal Company · MSHA ID 4000422
    Abandoned 1977-04-14
32. No 1 Mine

    Underground coal · Mill Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 4000575
    Abandoned 1971-10-04
33. No 1 Mine

    Underground coal · D & E Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4001934
    Abandoned 1976-08-11
34. No 1 Mine

    Underground coal · Triangle Coal Co Inc · MSHA ID 4002018
    Abandoned 1976-08-11
35. No 1 Mine

    Underground coal · P & S Mining · MSHA ID 4002201
    Abandoned 1978-07-03
36. No 1 Mine

    Underground coal · Kelly Mountain Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4002341
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
37. No 1 Mine

    Underground coal · Emory River Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002535
    Abandoned and Sealed 1981-12-07
38. No 1 Mine

    Underground coal · J R & T Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002656
    Abandoned and Sealed 1981-05-19
39. No 1 Mine

    Underground coal · Casa Land & Development Company Inc · MSHA ID 4002900
    Abandoned and Sealed 1986-10-30
40. No 1 Strip

    Surface coal · Shemco Inc · MSHA ID 4000766
    Abandoned 1988-09-06
41. No 1 Strip

    Surface coal · James Kilby Coal Company · MSHA ID 4001973
    Abandoned 1978-02-09
42. No 1 Strip

    Surface coal · Radford Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4002715
    Abandoned 1982-04-28
43. No 1 Strip

    Surface coal · Black Mountain Mining Corp · MSHA ID 4002860
    Abandoned 1986-01-15
44. No 1 Strip Mine

    Surface coal · Carter Mc Call Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 4000646
    Abandoned 1972-12-12
45. No 1 Strip Mine

    Surface coal · Lewis Coal Company · MSHA ID 4001312
    Abandoned 1976-07-13
46. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · A & W Auger Corp · MSHA ID 4001037
    Abandoned 1981-03-01
47. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Triangle Coal Co Inc · MSHA ID 4001684
    Abandoned 1976-11-26
48. No 1 Surface

    Underground coal · Wage Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4001793
    Abandoned 1975-06-01
49. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Clayco Inc · MSHA ID 4001825
    Abandoned 1976-06-14
50. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Black Lightning Coal Company · MSHA ID 4001871
    Abandoned 1975-10-01
51. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Carl Kirby Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002089
    Abandoned 1977-12-15
52. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Daugherty & Vann Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002168
    Abandoned 1980-02-07
53. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Earl Cook Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002176
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
54. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Big Valley Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4002226
    Abandoned 1977-11-29
55. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Helton Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002361
    Abandoned 1984-09-01
56. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Jackson & Son Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002433
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
57. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · V E M Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4002586
    Abandoned 1983-06-02
58. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Mill Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002605
    Abandoned 1983-06-02
59. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · T & S Products · MSHA ID 4002640
    Abandoned 1981-08-19
60. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Fred Cook Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002662
    Abandoned 1981-01-20
61. No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · G B A Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002893
    Abandoned 1985-12-17
62. No 1 Surface Mine

    Surface coal · Larry Brown Inc · MSHA ID 4001718
    Abandoned 1978-02-09
63. No 1 Tipple

    Facility coal · G & F Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4001140
    Abandoned 1980-06-11
64. No 1 Tipple

    Facility coal · Longwa Mining Co · MSHA ID 4002016
    Abandoned 1978-03-06
65. No 1 Tipple

    Facility coal · B & D Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002157
    Abandoned 2002-02-21
66. No 1 Tipple

    Facility coal · Oakdale Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002635
    Abandoned 1983-05-25
67. No 1 Ug

    Underground coal · Hickory Coal Co · MSHA ID 4000417
    Abandoned 1971-06-28
68. No 1 Ug

    Underground coal · Lone Mountain Coal Company · MSHA ID 4000423
    Abandoned 1971-09-30
69. No 1 Ug Mine

    Underground coal · Maples Coal Company · MSHA ID 4000425
    Abandoned 1974-03-19
70. No 2

    Underground coal · Tri-Dean Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4002753
    Abandoned and Sealed 1982-09-03
71. No 2 Mine

    Underground coal · Royal Dean Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4001967
    Abandoned 1977-07-05
72. No 2 Mine

    Underground coal · B & W Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4002435
    Abandoned and Sealed 1985-04-03
73. No 2 Mine

    Underground coal · D & W Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002471
    Abandoned 1980-06-11
74. No 2 Strip

    Surface coal · H & B Mining Co · MSHA ID 4001429
    Abandoned 1974-04-08
75. No 2 Strip

    Surface coal · Kay Fabe Coal Co · MSHA ID 4001824
    Abandoned 1978-07-06
76. No 2 Strip

    Surface coal · Whizco Inc · MSHA ID 4002248
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
77. No 2 Surface

    Surface coal · B S E Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002492
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
78. No 2 Surface

    Surface coal · Republic Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4002499
    Abandoned 1980-06-11
79. No 2 Tipple

    Facility coal · G & F Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4001109
    Abandoned 1977-01-06
80. No 3 Mine

    Underground coal · G & B Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4001963
    Abandoned 1976-05-20
81. No 3 Strip

    Surface coal · Longwa Inc · MSHA ID 4001036
    Abandoned 1980-06-11
82. No 4 Surface

    Surface coal · Tenna-Tech · MSHA ID 4001933
    Abandoned 1976-09-27
83. No 5 Area

    Surface coal · Bud Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4002420
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
84. No 5a Strip

    Surface coal · Fred Walt Mining Company · MSHA ID 4000829
    Abandoned 1980-06-11
85. Number 1

    Surface coal · Wagon Wheel Inc · MSHA ID 4002931
    Abandoned 1986-09-30
86. Possom Jaw #1

    Underground coal · Bill Smith Coal Company · MSHA ID 4002905
    Abandoned and Sealed 1985-11-27
87. Southland C-6 Surface

    Surface coal · Southland Contractors Inc · MSHA ID 4002048
    Abandoned 1977-03-07
88. SRS Surface Mine

    Surface coal · H Group Construction, LLC · MSHA ID 4003267
    Abandoned 2006-09-27
89. Sunbright No 1 Mine

    Underground coal · T T & W Coal Company · MSHA ID 4000609
    Abandoned 1977-06-23
90. Surface #1

    Surface coal · Eaglepoint Inc · MSHA ID 4002752
    Abandoned 1983-06-02
91. Tipple #1

    Facility coal · Dalco Coal Of Tennessee Llc · MSHA ID 4002127
    Abandoned 2000-10-03
92. Tipple No 1

    Facility coal · Coach Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4001105
    Abandoned 1989-01-19
93. Tipple No 2

    Facility coal · Meta Elkhorn Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4002009
    Abandoned 1990-09-30
94. Tyree No 1 Mine

    Underground coal · Southeastern Mining Company · MSHA ID 4001822
    Abandoned 1980-06-11
95. Tyree No 1 Strip

    Surface coal · Site Developers Inc · MSHA ID 4002448
    Abandoned 1980-06-11
96. Wartburg No 1 Mine

    Underground coal · Southeastern Mining Company · MSHA ID 4001853
    Abandoned 1976-08-11
97. West Prg Mine #2

    Underground coal · West Prg 1 Inc · MSHA ID 4003066
    Abandoned and Sealed 1992-11-16
98. WHETSTONE QUARRY

    Surface metal/non-metal · Whetstone Mountain Management Inc · MSHA ID 4003158
    Abandoned 2000-08-14

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
• 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.