Abandoned mines in Carbon County, Utah

1. Mine openings

   shafts, adits, air shafts, portals and vertical openings: the ways into underground workings
   136 37.4%
2. Prospect pits and trenches

   shallow exploration diggings that never became a mine
   37 10.2%
3. Mines and surface workings

   labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
   40 11.0%
4. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits

   construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
   18 4.9%
5. Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob

   what mining left above ground
   42 11.5%
6. Mills, tipples and facilities

   processing plants and hazardous structures
   18 4.9%
7. Other reclamation problems

   highwalls, subsidence, polluted or clogged water, fires, slides and gases in OSMRE's inventory
   73 20.1%

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.

…and 13 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.

1. 24-1028

   Surface metal/non-metal · W. W. Clyde & Co. · MSHA ID 4201799
   Abandoned 2015-10-12
2. 3-D Sand & Gravel

   Surface metal/non-metal · 3-D Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 4201910
   Abandoned 1988-08-31
3. 4 Mile Pit

   Surface metal/non-metal · James Aggregate Supply Company · MSHA ID 4201837
   Abandoned 1984-10-02
4. A J Pit

   Surface metal/non-metal · Nielson Construction Corp · MSHA ID 4201941
   Abandoned 1985-08-05
5. A U Mines Inc Hiawatha

   Surface coal · A U Mines Inc · MSHA ID 4201402
   Abandoned 1979-10-01
6. Aberdeen

   Underground coal · Andalex Resources Inc · MSHA ID 4202028
   Abandoned and Sealed 2008-09-25
7. Airport #1

   Surface metal/non-metal · Castle Valley Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 4200403
   Abandoned 1988-08-31
8. Aletha #1

   Underground coal · First Western Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4201625
   Abandoned 1980-06-01
9. Anderson Pit

   Surface metal/non-metal · Eagle Construction Company · MSHA ID 4201667
   Abandoned 1981-03-19
10. Apex

    Underground coal · Andalex Resources Inc · MSHA ID 4201750
    Abandoned 2008-01-08
11. Banning Train Loadout

    Facility coal · Canyon Fuel Company Llc · MSHA ID 4201756
    Abandoned 2003-12-03
12. Blazon No1

    Underground coal · Blazon Company · MSHA ID 4201582
    Abandoned and Sealed 1982-02-01
13. Braztah No 4 Mine

    Underground coal · Braztah Corp · MSHA ID 4201198
    Abandoned 1979-12-17
14. BRC Wellington LLC

    Facility coal · BRC Wellington LLC · MSHA ID 4202398
    Abandoned 2018-11-21
15. Carbon County Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Carbon County Road Department · MSHA ID 4201681
    Abandoned 1982-11-24
16. Carbon Fuel #2

    Facility coal · Carbon Fuel Company · MSHA ID 4200091
    Abandoned 1971-10-04
17. Castle Gate Mine

    Underground coal · Castle Gate Holding Company · MSHA ID 4200165
    Abandoned and Sealed 1991-10-23
18. Castle Gate No 4 Ug

    Underground coal · North American Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4200095
    Abandoned 1971-09-28
19. Castle Gate Portal No 5

    Underground coal · Castle Gate Holding Company · MSHA ID 4201202
    Abandoned and Sealed 1988-03-31
20. Castle Gate Prep Plant

    Facility coal · Castle Gate Holding Company · MSHA ID 4201517
    Abandoned 1987-10-28
21. Clear Creek No 5 Mine

    Underground coal · North American Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4200908
    Abandoned 1973-02-02
22. Clear Creek Strip Mine

    Surface coal · Otani Mining Company · MSHA ID 4200690
    Abandoned 1973-04-09
23. Coal Creek Mine

    Underground coal · Sunedco Coal Company · MSHA ID 4201589
    Abandoned 1982-06-01
24. Corn Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Corn Construction Company · MSHA ID 4201598
    Abandoned 1982-12-09
25. Dime Mine

    Underground metal/non-metal · Johnson Mining Company · MSHA ID 4201451
    Abandoned 1980-09-22
26. DTE Utah Synfuels LLC

    Facility coal · DTE Utah Synfuels LLC · MSHA ID 4202238
    Abandoned 2008-06-16
27. Dugout Canyon Mines

    Underground coal · Canyon Fuel Company Llc · MSHA ID 4201888
    Abandoned 1983-11-01
28. Dugout Canyon Mines

    Underground coal · Canyon Fuel Company Llc · MSHA ID 4201889
    Abandoned 1983-11-01
29. Environmental Technologies Group, LLC

    Surface coal · Headwaters Incorporated · MSHA ID 4202357
    Abandoned 2011-09-15
30. Fish Creek Mine

    Underground coal · Sunedco Coal Company · MSHA ID 4201788
    Abandoned 1983-11-01
31. Gordon Creek No 2 Mine

    Underground coal · Beaver Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 4200125
    Abandoned and Sealed 1985-10-09
32. Gordon Creek No 3 Mine

    Underground coal · Beaver Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 4201254
    Abandoned and Sealed 1984-12-20
33. Gordon Creek No 6 Mine

    Underground coal · Beaver Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 4201471
    Abandoned and Sealed 1980-11-17
34. Gordon Creek No 7 Mine

    Underground coal · Beaver Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 4201814
    Abandoned and Sealed 1990-12-17
35. Gordon Creek No 8 Mine

    Underground coal · Beaver Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 4201968
    Abandoned and Sealed 1990-12-17
36. Horizon Mine

    Underground coal · Hidden Splendor Resources Inc · MSHA ID 4202074
    Abandoned and Sealed 2018-07-28
37. Huntington Canyon No 5 Mine

    Underground coal · Swisher Coal Company · MSHA ID 4200084
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
38. King 4

    Underground coal · American Fuel Corp · MSHA ID 4200098
    Abandoned and Sealed 1993-10-18
39. King 6 Mine

    Underground coal · Gentry Mountain Mining LLC · MSHA ID 4201599
    Abandoned 2025-02-03
40. King Mine

    Facility coal · Hiawatha Coal Company · MSHA ID 4202737
    Abandoned 2022-04-19
41. King No 5 Mine

    Underground coal · American Fuel Corp · MSHA ID 4201389
    Abandoned and Sealed 1993-09-02
42. Kinney # 2

    Underground coal · Coal Energy Group 3, LLC · MSHA ID 4202566
    Abandoned 2025-01-29
43. Kinney No 2 Mine

    Underground coal · Pleasant Valley Coal Partners · MSHA ID 4201819
    Abandoned 1983-05-01
44. Kristine No 1 Mine

    Underground coal · Sandex Mining Corp · MSHA ID 4201636
    Abandoned 1979-12-01
45. LEAUTAUD PIT

    Surface metal/non-metal · Henrie Construction · MSHA ID 4201541
    Abandoned 2007-03-25
46. Lowdermilk Gravel Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Elbert Lowdermilk Inc · MSHA ID 4201539
    Abandoned 1988-08-01
47. Minchey Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Minchey Digging · MSHA ID 4201684
    Abandoned 1983-08-25
48. Nelco Portable 1

    Surface metal/non-metal · Nelco Contractors, Inc. · MSHA ID 4202122
    Abandoned 2020-10-01
49. Pinnacle Mine

    Facility coal · Utah Land Resources Inc. · MSHA ID 4201474
    Abandoned and Sealed 2024-02-12
50. Price River No 6 Mine

    Underground coal · Price River Coal Company · MSHA ID 4201269
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
51. Price River No 6a Mine

    Underground coal · Price River Coal Company · MSHA ID 4200096
    Abandoned and Sealed 1979-10-01
52. Price River No 7 Mine

    Underground coal · Price River Coal Company · MSHA ID 4201276
    Abandoned 1980-12-01
53. Reclaim #1

    Surface coal · New-Tech Mining Corp · MSHA ID 4201595
    Abandoned 1980-09-01
54. RME Pit #1

    Surface metal/non-metal · Rocky Mountain Excavation · MSHA ID 4202454
    Abandoned 2006-11-01
55. Rock Canyon East Mine

    Underground coal · Sunedco Coal Company · MSHA ID 4201590
    Abandoned and Sealed 1982-08-31
56. SCA Manshaft Water Well

    Underground coal · Sunnyside Cogeneration Assoc. · MSHA ID 4200093
    Abandoned and Sealed 2002-11-15
57. School House Cnyn Refuse Pile/Sediment

    Surface coal · Plateau Mining Corporation · MSHA ID 4202367
    Abandoned 2004-08-27
58. Scofield Mine

    Underground coal · Winter Quarters Mining Corp · MSHA ID 4201746
    Abandoned 1981-07-01
59. Siaperas Sand And Gravel

    Surface metal/non-metal · Siaperas Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 4201951
    Abandoned 1989-08-07
60. Skyline Coal Processing Facilities

    Facility coal · Utah Fuel Company · MSHA ID 4201704
    Abandoned 1987-08-19
61. Skyline Mine No 1

    Underground coal · Canyon Fuel Company Llc · MSHA ID 4201435
    Abandoned 1998-10-30
62. Skyline Mine No 2

    Underground coal · Utah Fuel Company · MSHA ID 4201565
    Abandoned 1979-01-01
63. Soldier Canyon

    Underground coal · Canyon Fuel Company Llc · MSHA ID 4200077
    Abandoned and Sealed 1999-08-26
64. South Lease

    Underground coal · Kaiser Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4201752
    Abandoned 1981-09-01
65. Star Point No 1

    Underground coal · Plateau Mining Company · MSHA ID 4200170
    Abandoned and Sealed 1985-09-10
66. Star Point No 1 Mine

    Underground coal · Plateau Mining Company · MSHA ID 4200076
    Abandoned 1971-10-04
67. Star Point No2

    Underground coal · Plateau Mining Corp · MSHA ID 4200171
    Abandoned and Sealed 2002-01-23
68. Sunnyside Mine No 3

    Underground coal · Sunnyside Coal Company · MSHA ID 4200092
    Abandoned 1990-09-20
69. Sunnyside No 2 Mine

    Underground coal · Sunnyside Coal Company · MSHA ID 4200094
    Abandoned and Sealed 1990-09-26
70. Sunnyside Surface Operations

    Facility coal · Sunnyside Coal Company · MSHA ID 4201813
    Abandoned 1994-08-08
71. TERRA SYSTEMS, INC.

    Facility coal · TERRA SYSTEMS, INC. · MSHA ID 4202371
    Abandoned 2005-04-04
72. Utah No 1

    Underground coal · Braztah Corp · MSHA ID 4201185
    Abandoned 1976-12-16
73. Val-Cam Load-Out Facility

    Facility coal · Valley Camp Of Utah Inc · MSHA ID 4201995
    Abandoned 1988-01-01
74. West Ridge Mine

    Facility coal · Utah Land Resources, Inc. · MSHA ID 4202233
    Abandoned and Sealed 2024-02-12
75. Whisky Creek No 1 Mine

    Surface coal · Lodestar Energy Incorporated · MSHA ID 4202315
    Abandoned 2003-05-28
76. White Oak Mine #1

    Underground coal · Lodestar Energy Inc · MSHA ID 4201279
    Abandoned 1999-08-24
77. White Oak Mine #2

    Underground coal · Lodestar Energy, Inc · MSHA ID 4201280
    Abandoned and Sealed 2001-12-13
78. White Oak Mine #3

    Underground coal · White Oak Mining & Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 4201126
    Abandoned and Sealed 1986-11-25
79. Wild Horse Ridge Mine

    Underground coal · Beaver Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 4201815
    Abandoned 1983-03-01
80. Wildcat Junction Shop

    Facility coal · Mountain Coal Company · MSHA ID 4202067
    Abandoned 1991-11-01
81. Wildcat Loadout

    Facility coal · Coal Energy Group 2, LLC · MSHA ID 4201864
    Abandoned and Sealed 2021-11-29
82. Wildcat Train Loading Facility

    Facility coal · Carbon Transport Corp · MSHA ID 4201801
    Abandoned 1987-08-12
83. Willow Creek Mine

    Underground coal · Plateau Mining Corporation · MSHA ID 4202113
    Abandoned and Sealed 2003-08-06
84. WWL Portable

    Surface metal/non-metal · Waste and Water Logistics, LLC · MSHA ID 4202671
    Abandoned 2017-12-04

Status and date are as reported to MSHA by the operator. Each mine's own page carries its accident, citation and inspection record.

• Juab County 2,946
• Utah County 2,096
• Tooele County 2,037
• Beaver County 1,811
• San Juan County 1,219
• Salt Lake County 974
• Box Elder County 846
• Piute County 788
• Millard County 730
• Grand County 583
• Uintah County 465
• Emery County 458

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.