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Abandoned mine inventory

Abandoned mines in Garfield County, Utah

Garfield County, Utah has 391 mine and prospect features on USGS topographic maps published 1952–2002, including 178 mine openings (shafts, adits and air shafts) and 110 prospect pits; 8 of the features carry a name on the map. OSMRE's abandoned mine land inventory lists 26 problems in the county, 4 of them not yet reclaimed. MSHA's register carries 48 mines in the county with status Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed.

Every mine and prospect feature the USGS digitized from historical topographic maps covering Garfield 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)
391
Mine openings
178
OSMRE problems unreclaimed
4
MSHA mines marked abandoned
48
8 features carry a name110 prospect pits59 quadrangle maps, published 1952–2002 26 OSMRE problems, 22 reclaimed 0 MSHA mines abandoned and sealed
What the features are
  1. Mine openings
    shafts, adits, air shafts, portals and vertical openings: the ways into underground workings
    195 46.8%
  2. Prospect pits and trenches
    shallow exploration diggings that never became a mine
    110 26.4%
  3. Mines and surface workings
    labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
    16 3.8%
  4. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits
    construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
    85 20.4%
  5. Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob
    what mining left above ground
    5 1.2%
  6. Mills, tipples and facilities
    processing plants and hazardous structures
    1 0.2%
  7. Other reclamation problems
    highwalls, subsidence, polluted or clogged water, fires, slides and gases in OSMRE's inventory
    5 1.2%
Named features on the maps8 named · from the USGS compilation
Name on map Feature
Cherry Creek Mine Adit
Corn Creek Mine Adit
Del Monte Mine Adit
Kimble and Turner Mine Adit
Mammoth Cave Adit
Shakespeare Mine Adit
Shootaring Mine Adit
Stanton Mine Open Pit Mine

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.

OSMRE abandoned mine land problems26 on inventory
Problem area Problem Status
Alvey P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Alvey P3 Gobs In Reclamation
Bed Canyon P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Bed Canyon P3 Gobs Reclamation Completed
Circle Cliffs P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Circle Cliffs P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Circle Cliffs P3 Other Reclamation Completed
Davies P3 Bench In Reclamation
Duchess Mine P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Dugout Creek P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Griffin Point P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Griffin Point P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Griffin Point P2 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Griffin Point P3 Gobs Reclamation Completed
Henrieville P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Rainy Day P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Shakespear Mine P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Shakespear Mine P3 Haul Road Reclamation Completed
Stanton Mine P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Terry P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Terry P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Trachyte P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Trachyte P1 Portals In Reclamation
Trachyte P1 Vertical Openings In Reclamation
Trachyte P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Trachyte P3 Other Reclamation Completed

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.

MSHA-registered mines with status Abandoned48 on register
  1. Bromide Project
    Surface metal/non-metal · Prolific Mining Corporation · MSHA ID 4202579
    Abandoned
  2. Brown Construction Gravel Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Brown Brothers Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 4201892
    Abandoned
  3. Bryce Canyon Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · R & M Custom Crushing · MSHA ID 4201846
    Abandoned
  4. Congress 46
    Underground metal/non-metal · Demco Mining Company · MSHA ID 4201439
    Abandoned
  5. Congress Claim #29
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ted Ekker · MSHA ID 4201489
    Abandoned
  6. CRESENT CREEK PROJECT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Martinique Mining Corporation · MSHA ID 4202188
    Abandoned
  7. Donald Duck No 2
    Underground metal/non-metal · J Calvin Bastian · MSHA ID 4201548
    Abandoned
  8. Elora Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Jackson Mining Company · MSHA ID 4201508
    Abandoned
  9. Engstrom Crusher
    Surface metal/non-metal · Engstrom Construction Company · MSHA ID 4201631
    Abandoned
  10. Engstrom Crusher #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Engstrom Construction Company · MSHA ID 4201632
    Abandoned
  11. Escalante Sand & Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Escalante Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 4202521
    Abandoned
  12. Farmers Knob/Trachyte & Blitz Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Associated Energy Corp · MSHA ID 4200577
    Abandoned
  13. Frandsen-Alvey Underground
    Underground coal · Moulin Rouge Inc · MSHA ID 4201563
    Abandoned
  14. Frandsen-Cherry Creek Underground
    Underground coal · Moulin Rouge Inc · MSHA ID 4201564
    Abandoned
  15. Golden Eagle Mine/ Pandora Mill
    Facility metal/non-metal · Pandora Mineral Resources LLC · MSHA ID 4202578
    Abandoned
  16. Hanni #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hanni Mining Company · MSHA ID 4201674
    Abandoned
  17. Hanson Creek Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Clyde Behunin · MSHA ID 4201593
    Abandoned
  18. Henrieville Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Corn Construction Company · MSHA ID 4201918
    Abandoned
  19. Horse Head Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Colt Mesa Mining Company · MSHA ID 4201271
    Abandoned
  20. Jeffery Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Demco Mining Company · MSHA ID 4201455
    Abandoned
  21. John Hill Flats No 3
    Underground metal/non-metal · George Jackson Operator · MSHA ID 4201768
    Abandoned
  22. LINCOLN LYMAN CONST CO GRAVEL
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lincoln Lyman Construciton Company Inc · MSHA ID 4201162
    Abandoned
  23. Lucky Strike Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Plateau Resources Limited · MSHA ID 4201150
    Abandoned
  24. MayDay Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · MayDay Mining, LLC · MSHA ID 4202597
    Abandoned
  25. Million Dollar Gulch
    Surface metal/non-metal · Buffalo Mining Company · MSHA ID 4201763
    Abandoned
  26. NORTH CREEK AGGREGATE SCREEN
    Surface metal/non-metal · Coleman Excavation Inc · MSHA ID 4202257
    Abandoned
  27. North Hatch Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Utah Department Of Transportation · MSHA ID 4201764
    Abandoned
  28. North Knob Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Minerals Recovery Corp · MSHA ID 4201238
    Abandoned
  29. North Wash Gold #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · S M Bullard · MSHA ID 4201673
    Abandoned
  30. North Wash Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · State Department Of Transportation District #3 · MSHA ID 4201151
    Abandoned
  31. Pangreen
    Surface metal/non-metal · River Equities Trust · MSHA ID 4202448
    Abandoned
  32. Panguitch Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Western Rock Products · MSHA ID 4202150
    Abandoned
  33. PANGUITCH PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Jerry'S Red-E Mix · MSHA ID 4201845
    Abandoned
  34. Portable #5
    Surface metal/non-metal · Progressive Contracting, Inc · MSHA ID 4202522
    Abandoned
  35. Power Screen Panguitch
    Surface metal/non-metal · Rock Landscape & Construction, Inc. · MSHA ID 4202432
    Abandoned
  36. Shakespeare Mine
    Underground coal · Shakespear Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4201199
    Abandoned
  37. Shootaring Canyon Mill
    Facility metal/non-metal · Anfield Resources Holding Corp. · MSHA ID 4201550
    Abandoned
  38. Siwash Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Aztec Exploration & Mining Corp · MSHA ID 4201628
    Abandoned
  39. Slate Creek
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hunts Service · MSHA ID 4201646
    Abandoned
  40. Star Spring Road
    Surface metal/non-metal · Mountain Gravel & Construction Company · MSHA ID 4201569
    Abandoned
  41. State Lease 34281
    Surface metal/non-metal · Shelco Inc · MSHA ID 4201440
    Abandoned
  42. State School Section #2
    Underground metal/non-metal · Urango Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4201488
    Abandoned
  43. Straight Creek Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · C & D Exploration Inc · MSHA ID 4201608
    Abandoned
  44. Trachyte No 5
    Underground metal/non-metal · Garth Noyes & George Jackson-Partners · MSHA ID 4201749
    Abandoned
  45. Trackyte #11 Mine
    Underground metal/non-metal · Harper Mining Company · MSHA ID 4201454
    Abandoned
  46. Trackyte No 5
    Underground metal/non-metal · Garth Noyes · MSHA ID 4201531
    Abandoned
  47. Trackyte Pits
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ekker & Hunt Mining Company · MSHA ID 4201282
    Abandoned
  48. Urango Mining Company
    Underground metal/non-metal · Urango Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4201205
    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
Adit 173
Prospect Pit 110
Borrow Pit 41
Gravel Pit 19
Open Pit Mine 13
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated 12
P1 Portals 9
Gravel Pit 7
Quarry 6
P2 Portals 5
Air Shaft 3
P3 Gobs 3
P1 Vertical Openings 3
Mine Shaft 2
Tailings - Pond 2
Open Pit Mine or Quarry 2
P3 Other 2
P2 Subsidence 1
Open Pit Mine 1
P3 Haul Road 1
P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities 1
P3 Bench 1
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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.