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Abandoned mine inventory

Abandoned mines in Dallas County, Texas

Dallas County, Texas has 647 mine and prospect features on USGS topographic maps published 1957–1995. MSHA's register carries 95 mines in the county with status Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed.

Every mine and prospect feature the USGS digitized from historical topographic maps covering Dallas 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)
647
Mine openings
0
OSMRE problems unreclaimed
0
MSHA mines marked abandoned
95
0 features carry a name0 prospect pits35 quadrangle maps, published 1957–1995 0 MSHA mines abandoned and sealed
What the features are
  1. Mines and surface workings
    labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
    43 6.6%
  2. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits
    construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
    604 93.4%
MSHA-registered mines with status Abandoned95 on register
  1. 34 Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · South Gate Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 4105188
    Abandoned
  2. 4 County Materials Incorporated
    Surface metal/non-metal · 4 County Materials Inc · MSHA ID 4103385
    Abandoned
  3. A L L Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · A L L Material Company · MSHA ID 4103541
    Abandoned
  4. AAA LOAM
    Surface metal/non-metal · Aaa-Loam · MSHA ID 4103653
    Abandoned
  5. Atlo Pit And Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Free State Construction Company · MSHA ID 4102587
    Abandoned
  6. B PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · South Gate Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 4105745
    Abandoned
  7. BECKETT PLANT
    Surface metal/non-metal · A & A Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 4103692
    Abandoned
  8. BECKETT RD PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mc Comas Materials Inc · MSHA ID 4103720
    Abandoned
  9. Beckett S & G Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Trinity Materials, Inc. · MSHA ID 4101849
    Abandoned
  10. Blue Bird Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · B & J Excavating Inc · MSHA ID 4103047
    Abandoned
  11. Blue Bird Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lone Star Industries Inc · MSHA ID 4102772
    Abandoned
  12. BLUE BIRD SAND PLANT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Apac-Texas Inc · MSHA ID 4104235
    Abandoned
  13. BLUEBIRD PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Trinity Materials Inc · MSHA ID 4103899
    Abandoned
  14. BLUEBIRD PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Weir Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 4103944
    Abandoned
  15. Bob Meals Pit And Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bob Meals Company Inc · MSHA ID 4102625
    Abandoned
  16. Bob Meals Sand And Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bob Meals Company Inc · MSHA ID 4102502
    Abandoned
  17. Bobwyn Pit & Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Gifford-Hill Cement Company Of Texas · MSHA ID 4101087
    Abandoned
  18. Byrd Pit #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Byrd Ranch Inc · MSHA ID 4102247
    Abandoned
  19. C E Bruton Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Charles E Bruton Sand/Gravel Company · MSHA ID 4103031
    Abandoned
  20. Chris Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Kenyatta Sand & Gravel Company Inc · MSHA ID 4102961
    Abandoned
  21. COBB PLANT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hanson Aggregates West Inc · MSHA ID 4103422
    Abandoned
  22. Connellys Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Tom Connelly & Associates Inc · MSHA ID 4102911
    Abandoned
  23. CSM SAND
    Surface metal/non-metal · Caylor Specialty Materials Inc · MSHA ID 4103555
    Abandoned
  24. CUSTOM MATERIALS
    Surface metal/non-metal · TXI Operations LP · MSHA ID 4104189
    Abandoned
  25. D & D MATERIALS, INC.
    Surface metal/non-metal · D & D Materials Inc · MSHA ID 4104242
    Abandoned
  26. Dallas Expansion Plant
    Facility metal/non-metal · W R Grace & Company · MSHA ID 4102888
    Abandoned
  27. Dallas Mining Company Incorporated
    Surface metal/non-metal · Dallas Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4103387
    Abandoned
  28. Dallas Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · General Portland Inc · MSHA ID 4102931
    Abandoned
  29. Dallas Quarry & Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lafarge Corp · MSHA ID 4100022
    Abandoned
  30. DALLAS SAND PLANT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Apac-Texas Inc · MSHA ID 4104096
    Abandoned
  31. DANCO SAND
    Surface metal/non-metal · Danco Sand · MSHA ID 4102991
    Abandoned
  32. Finlay Screening Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · APAC Texas Inc · MSHA ID 4104669
    Abandoned
  33. FULGHUM RD PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Suburban Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 4103900
    Abandoned
  34. Genesis Sand & Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Genesis Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 4103379
    Abandoned
  35. Gk Sand & Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Gk Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 4103875
    Abandoned
  36. Grand Prairie Pits
    Surface metal/non-metal · Crouch Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 4102954
    Abandoned
  37. Grand-Prairie Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Fowler Brothers Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 4102218
    Abandoned
  38. GRAVEL SLOUGH PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Genesis Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 4104101
    Abandoned
  39. HALL PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Rjg Enterprises · MSHA ID 4104236
    Abandoned
  40. Haymarket Industries Incorporated
    Surface metal/non-metal · Haymarket Industries Inc · MSHA ID 4103381
    Abandoned
  41. Henson Pit And Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Henson Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 4102730
    Abandoned
  42. Hilco Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Landscapers Company · MSHA ID 4102231
    Abandoned
  43. HONEYCUTT SAND & GRAVEL
    Surface metal/non-metal · Honeycutt Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 4103649
    Abandoned
  44. HONEYCUTT SAND & GRAVEL
    Surface metal/non-metal · Honeycutt Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 4103745
    Abandoned
  45. HONEYCUTT SAND & GRAVEL
    Surface metal/non-metal · Honeycutt Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 4104288
    Abandoned
  46. Hunter Ferrell Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Dooley Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 4102626
    Abandoned
  47. Hutchins Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Novo West Mining Corp · MSHA ID 4103383
    Abandoned
  48. J & W Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · J & W Sand & Gravel Company Inc · MSHA ID 4103640
    Abandoned
  49. JACKSON SAND & GRAVEL
    Surface metal/non-metal · D K Jackson Inc · MSHA ID 4103705
    Abandoned
  50. Jet Underground Utilities No. 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Jet Underground Utilities Inc · MSHA ID 4105190
    Abandoned
  51. JIMMY F WRAY SAND & GRAVEL
    Surface metal/non-metal · Jimmy F Wray Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 4101074
    Abandoned
  52. John D Hall Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · John D Hall Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 4103448
    Abandoned
  53. Jones Pit & Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Jones Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 4102242
    Abandoned
  54. Jones Pit & Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Jones Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 4103380
    Abandoned
  55. Jones Sand & Gravel #3
    Surface metal/non-metal · Jones Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 4103536
    Abandoned
  56. Jones Sand & Gravel Pit #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Jones Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 4103386
    Abandoned
  57. Kleberg Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lagow Gravel Company · MSHA ID 4102953
    Abandoned
  58. LAGOW GRAVEL CO
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lagow Gravel Company · MSHA ID 4102385
    Abandoned
  59. Landess Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Pioneer Concrete Of Texas Inc · MSHA ID 4103104
    Abandoned
  60. Lueck Pit & Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lueck Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 4102352
    Abandoned
  61. Matbon Inc
    Surface metal/non-metal · Matbon Inc · MSHA ID 4103959
    Abandoned
  62. MATBON INC I30 PLANT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Matbon Inc · MSHA ID 4104067
    Abandoned
  63. Metroplex Sand & Gravel Incorporated
    Surface metal/non-metal · Metroplex Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 4103382
    Abandoned
  64. NAILS DREDGE & PLANT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Nails Catfish Farm · MSHA ID 4103638
    Abandoned
  65. Onix Gravel Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Onix Inc · MSHA ID 4102845
    Abandoned
  66. Ouachita Dredging Of Texas
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ouachita Dredging Of Texas · MSHA ID 4103402
    Abandoned
  67. Paul'S Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Paul'S Pit · MSHA ID 4103639
    Abandoned
  68. PAUL'S PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Paul'S Pit · MSHA ID 4104102
    Abandoned
  69. PILLIARD PIT & MILL
    Surface metal/non-metal · Chambers Brothers Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 4101246
    Abandoned
  70. Pioneer Aggregates
    Surface metal/non-metal · Pioneer Aggregates · MSHA ID 4101223
    Abandoned
  71. Plant #4 Fulghum Road
    Surface metal/non-metal · Gifford-Hill Cement Company Of Texas · MSHA ID 4102960
    Abandoned
  72. Plant 30
    Surface metal/non-metal · Chico Crushed Stone Partnership · MSHA ID 4103672
    Abandoned
  73. Post Oak Mine
    Surface metal/non-metal · South Gate Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 4105139
    Abandoned
  74. RMR ENTERPRISES
    Surface metal/non-metal · Rmr Enterprises · MSHA ID 4103874
    Abandoned
  75. Roy Orr
    Surface metal/non-metal · Crouch Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 4104485
    Abandoned
  76. S & R Sand and Gravel Inc
    Surface metal/non-metal · S & R Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 4104149
    Abandoned
  77. SCB CO MATERIALS DIV
    Surface metal/non-metal · Scb Company · MSHA ID 4103885
    Abandoned
  78. Seagoville
    Facility metal/non-metal · North Texas Rock & Sand, Ltd. · MSHA ID 4104819
    Abandoned
  79. Seagoville Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · S Horrice Excavating Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 4102621
    Abandoned
  80. Seagoville S & G Plant 280
    Surface metal/non-metal · Trinity Materials Inc · MSHA ID 4101163
    Abandoned
  81. Sims Sand & Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Sims Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 4103544
    Abandoned
  82. SO DA S & CONST MATS
    Surface metal/non-metal · South Dallas Sand & Construction Materials · MSHA ID 4103901
    Abandoned
  83. South Dallas Plant 534
    Surface metal/non-metal · Txi (A/K/A Texas Industries Inc) · MSHA ID 4101154
    Abandoned
  84. Sparkman Washing And Screening Plan
    Facility metal/non-metal · Sparkman Material Company · MSHA ID 4101702
    Abandoned
  85. Swor Kleberg Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Swor Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 4102751
    Abandoned
  86. Tanner Sand & Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Tanner Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 4103416
    Abandoned
  87. Tanner Sand & Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Tanner Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 4103449
    Abandoned
  88. Ten Hagen Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ten Hagen Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 4102741
    Abandoned
  89. Texas Stone
    Surface metal/non-metal · Texas Stone Industries Inc · MSHA ID 4103438
    Abandoned
  90. Tj Mining Company
    Surface metal/non-metal · Tj Mining Company · MSHA ID 4103644
    Abandoned
  91. Weedn Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Southwest Sandman · MSHA ID 4103368
    Abandoned
  92. Western Aggregates II
    Surface metal/non-metal · Western Aggregates · MSHA ID 4105171
    Abandoned
  93. Whitlow Pit & Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Southwest Sandman · MSHA ID 4102843
    Abandoned
  94. WOLF SPRINGS SAND & GRAVEL
    Surface metal/non-metal · Wolf Springs Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 4103729
    Abandoned
  95. Woody Sand Pit #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Charles Grayson Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 4102296
    Abandoned

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
Gravel Pit 341
Gravel Pit 154
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated 55
Strip Mine 27
Quarry 19
Quarry 17
Disturbed Surface 11
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated 9
Clay Pit 7
Open Pit Mine or Quarry 3
Borrow Pit 2
Disturbed Surface - Pit 2
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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.