Abandoned mines in Salt Lake County, Utah

1. Mine openings

   shafts, adits, air shafts, portals and vertical openings: the ways into underground workings
   558 56.4%
2. Prospect pits and trenches

   shallow exploration diggings that never became a mine
   227 22.9%
3. Mines and surface workings

   labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
   26 2.6%
4. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits

   construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
   119 12.0%
5. Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob

   what mining left above ground
   60 6.1%

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.

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. 2200 NORTH WASH PLANT

   Surface metal/non-metal · Granite Construction Company · MSHA ID 4200369
   Abandoned 1998-01-23
2. 24-1023

   Surface metal/non-metal · W. W. Clyde & Co. · MSHA ID 4201797
   Abandoned 2001-02-01
3. A-1 Sand And Gravel Pit

   Surface metal/non-metal · A-1 Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 4201379
   Abandoned 1977-12-31
4. All Minerals Mill

   Facility metal/non-metal · All Minerals Corp · MSHA ID 4201360
   Abandoned 1986-07-07
5. ALLROC PIT-A

   Surface metal/non-metal · Allroc Products LLC · MSHA ID 4202062
   Abandoned 2015-09-28
6. Ames Portable Unit 42-02164

   Surface metal/non-metal · Ames Construction Inc · MSHA ID 4202164
   Abandoned 2024-11-08
7. AMES PU 42-02300

   Surface metal/non-metal · Ames Construction Inc · MSHA ID 4202300
   Abandoned 2025-07-30
8. Arthur Concentrator

   Facility metal/non-metal · Kennecott Utah Copper Corp · MSHA ID 4200712
   Abandoned 1984-10-31
9. B & G Portable Crusher

   Surface metal/non-metal · Burchett & Good Contractors Inc · MSHA ID 4202029
   Abandoned 1989-09-18
10. Bacchus Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Geneva Rock Products Inc · MSHA ID 4202274
    Abandoned 2009-02-19
11. BACCHUS PIT

    Surface metal/non-metal · Monroc Inc · MSHA ID 4200895
    Abandoned 2000-09-15
12. Bachus Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Concrete Products Co-Div/Gibbons & Reed Company · MSHA ID 4201436
    Abandoned 1981-11-13
13. Bay Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Bay Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 4201911
    Abandoned 1987-06-26
14. Beck Street South

    Surface metal/non-metal · Staker & Parson Companies · MSHA ID 4200410
    Abandoned 2016-10-03
15. Beehive Sand And Gravel Inc Beehive

    Surface metal/non-metal · Beehive Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 4200362
    Abandoned 1980-01-24
16. BENTON PIT

    Surface metal/non-metal · Foss Lewis Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 4201972
    Abandoned 2001-03-01
17. Big Cottonwood

    Surface metal/non-metal · Thomas J Peck & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 4201217
    Abandoned 1979-08-07
18. BIG COTTONWOOD SAND & GRAVEL INC

    Surface metal/non-metal · Big Cottonwood Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 4200363
    Abandoned 2008-07-03
19. Bingham Canyon

    Facility metal/non-metal · Energy Fuels Nuclear Inc · MSHA ID 4201528
    Abandoned 1989-07-18
20. Bland Recycling Location #1

    Surface metal/non-metal · Bland Recycling, LLC · MSHA ID 4202253
    Abandoned 2008-07-03
21. Browns Canyon

    Surface metal/non-metal · Staker & Parson Companies · MSHA ID 4202354
    Abandoned 2013-08-06
22. Cobble Mountain

    Surface metal/non-metal · Bohman Aggregates LLC · MSHA ID 4202608
    Abandoned 2015-08-25
23. Cottonwood Pit No 1

    Surface metal/non-metal · Fogle Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 4200922
    Abandoned 1981-07-20
24. CRACAR PORTABLE CRUSHER #1

    Surface metal/non-metal · Cracar Construction Company · MSHA ID 4202069
    Abandoned 2003-10-10
25. Crusher #1

    Surface metal/non-metal · Intermountain Concrete Co. · MSHA ID 4201559
    Abandoned 2019-10-21
26. Custom Milling & Supply Mill

    Facility metal/non-metal · Custom Milling & Supply · MSHA ID 4200989
    Abandoned 1994-06-22
27. D.J. JOHNSON TRUCKING PORTABLE

    Surface metal/non-metal · D G Johnson Trucking Inc · MSHA ID 4202170
    Abandoned 1998-04-10
28. Dan R Fogle Red E Mix Pit No 4

    Surface metal/non-metal · Fogle Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 4200937
    Abandoned 1978-03-09
29. Don Wirthlin Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Don E Wirthlin & Son Construction Company · MSHA ID 4201805
    Abandoned 1985-10-07
30. DRY FORK TUNNEL

    Underground metal/non-metal · Patrick Harrison Constructors Inc · MSHA ID 4202118
    Abandoned 1998-12-01
31. East Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Salt Lake County Public Works · MSHA ID 4200384
    Abandoned 1990-01-11
32. Eisenman Chemical Barite Mill

    Facility metal/non-metal · Eisenman Chemical Company · MSHA ID 4201351
    Abandoned 1985-11-18
33. ESPEC PORTABLE

    Surface metal/non-metal · Espec · MSHA ID 4202162
    Abandoned 1998-01-09
34. Eugene Morgan & Son Portable

    Surface metal/non-metal · Eugene Morgan & Son Excavating · MSHA ID 4202097
    Abandoned 2005-03-31
35. Exhaust Shaft Carr Fork Mine

    Underground metal/non-metal · R H Gunn Mine Development · MSHA ID 4201219
    Abandoned 1982-12-09
36. Falcon Ridge

    Surface metal/non-metal · Staker & Parson Co. · MSHA ID 4201874
    Abandoned 2011-07-22
37. Finlay Screening Plant

    Surface metal/non-metal · Strang Excavation, Inc. · MSHA ID 4202389
    Abandoned 2014-02-03
38. Gallegos Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Gallegos Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 4201946
    Abandoned 1985-09-09
39. General Rock Products #1

    Surface metal/non-metal · General Rock Products Corp · MSHA ID 4201147
    Abandoned 1983-09-08
40. General Rock Products #2

    Surface metal/non-metal · General Rock Products Corp · MSHA ID 4200944
    Abandoned 1981-02-19
41. General Rock Products #3

    Surface metal/non-metal · General Rock Products Corp · MSHA ID 4201624
    Abandoned 1980-07-07
42. Hobush Sand and Gravel

    Surface metal/non-metal · Granite Construction Company · MSHA ID 4200950
    Abandoned 2004-09-20
43. HPGR Test Unit

    Surface metal/non-metal · FLSmidth Salt Lake City, Inc. · MSHA ID 4202563
    Abandoned 2012-03-23
44. James B Mascaro & Sons

    Surface metal/non-metal · James B Mascaro & Sons LLC · MSHA ID 4202473
    Abandoned 2008-08-21
45. Jaw Crusher-Cedar Rapids 3042

    Surface metal/non-metal · Kenny Seng Construction, Inc. · MSHA ID 4202139
    Abandoned 2025-02-03
46. JC Paterson Trucking

    Surface metal/non-metal · JC Paterson Trucking · MSHA ID 4202374
    Abandoned 2005-07-01
47. KC (WY)-Portable 3

    Surface metal/non-metal · Kilgore Contracting LLC · MSHA ID 4801626
    Abandoned 2014-07-01
48. KC-Portable 2

    Surface metal/non-metal · Kilgore Contracting, LLC · MSHA ID 4801625
    Abandoned 2014-07-01
49. Kearns Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Bbc Sand & Gravel Division · MSHA ID 4200365
    Abandoned 1987-03-23
50. KEITH ALLRED PORTABLE

    Surface metal/non-metal · K J Allred & Sons · MSHA ID 4202156
    Abandoned 2000-09-06
51. Kennecott Barneys Canyon Mining

    Surface metal/non-metal · Kennecott Barneys Canyon Mining · MSHA ID 4202040
    Abandoned 2015-02-17
52. L J MASCARO PIT

    Surface metal/non-metal · L J Mascaro Inc · MSHA ID 4201957
    Abandoned 2009-11-16
53. Lime Kiln

    Facility metal/non-metal · Kennecott Utah Copper Corp · MSHA ID 4200703
    Abandoned 1984-10-31
54. LITTLE COTTONWOOD CANYON

    Surface metal/non-metal · Idaho Travertine Corp · MSHA ID 4202197
    Abandoned 2000-01-12
55. M E I Rock Products Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · M E I Rock Products · MSHA ID 4201930
    Abandoned 1987-10-13
56. Magna Concentrator

    Facility metal/non-metal · Kennecott Utah Copper Corp · MSHA ID 4200716
    Abandoned 1984-10-31
57. Merrico Corp Pit No 1

    Surface metal/non-metal · Merrico Inc · MSHA ID 4200916
    Abandoned 1979-05-21
58. Mobile Crusher

    Surface metal/non-metal · Morgan Asphalt · MSHA ID 4202680
    Abandoned 2019-07-29
59. Moffit Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Geneva Rock Products Inc · MSHA ID 4200399
    Abandoned 1981-05-08
60. Mona

    Surface metal/non-metal · Kilgore Contracting · MSHA ID 4201545
    Abandoned 2010-08-05
61. Monroc Cottonwood Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Monroc Inc · MSHA ID 4200411
    Abandoned 1991-04-15
62. Monroc Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · W W & W B Gardner Inc · MSHA ID 4201464
    Abandoned 1980-05-14
63. Monroc Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Wiser Construction L L C · MSHA ID 4202086
    Abandoned 1994-11-09
64. Monroc Union Plant

    Surface metal/non-metal · Monroc Inc · MSHA ID 4201082
    Abandoned 1994-06-02
65. Ore Haulage Plant

    Facility metal/non-metal · Kennecott Utah Copper Corp · MSHA ID 4201660
    Abandoned 1984-10-31
66. Parleys Bluff

    Surface metal/non-metal · Merrico Inc · MSHA ID 4200701
    Abandoned 1978-04-14
67. Parleys Canyon Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Granite Construction Company · MSHA ID 4201735
    Abandoned 2002-06-06
68. Parleys Quarry

    Surface metal/non-metal · Lone Star Industries Inc · MSHA ID 4200017
    Abandoned 1986-09-16
69. PETERSON DEVELOPMENT (PORTABLE)

    Surface metal/non-metal · Peterson Development · MSHA ID 4202174
    Abandoned 2002-06-30
70. Pioneer Track Jaw

    Surface metal/non-metal · W.W. Clyde & Co. · MSHA ID 4202346
    Abandoned 2014-02-12
71. PIT #1

    Surface metal/non-metal · Bland's Topsoil Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 4202064
    Abandoned 2003-08-29
72. Pit #11

    Surface metal/non-metal · Harper Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 4202026
    Abandoned 1993-05-31
73. Pit #6

    Surface metal/non-metal · Harper Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 4201820
    Abandoned 1988-08-01
74. PIT #6

    Surface metal/non-metal · Harper Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 4201546
    Abandoned 2007-03-25
75. Pit 6

    Surface metal/non-metal · Rulon Harper Construction Materials · MSHA ID 4202203
    Abandoned 2025-07-11
76. Pit No 1

    Surface metal/non-metal · Kenneth F White Construction Co · MSHA ID 4200942
    Abandoned 1979-01-29
77. Point Of Mountain Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Savage Rock Products · MSHA ID 4201737
    Abandoned 1990-07-30
78. Portable #3

    Surface metal/non-metal · Reynolds Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 4202561
    Abandoned 2017-07-20
79. Portable #4

    Surface metal/non-metal · Tru Crushing, Inc. · MSHA ID 4202558
    Abandoned 2011-06-02
80. Portable #5

    Surface metal/non-metal · Tru Crushing Inc · MSHA ID 4202559
    Abandoned 2011-06-02
81. Portable 1

    Surface metal/non-metal · Gough Construction · MSHA ID 4202550
    Abandoned 2020-01-23
82. Portable 2

    Surface metal/non-metal · South Valley Rock Products, LLC · MSHA ID 4202665
    Abandoned 2025-07-18
83. PORTABLE 2 & 3

    Surface metal/non-metal · Big Cottonwood Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 4202152
    Abandoned 2001-06-18
84. Portable Crusher #2

    Surface metal/non-metal · Kiewit Western Company · MSHA ID 4201848
    Abandoned 1985-03-25
85. Portable Crusher No 1

    Surface metal/non-metal · Peter Kiewit Sons' Company · MSHA ID 4201594
    Abandoned 1982-12-14
86. Portable Plant #5

    Surface metal/non-metal · Granite Construction Company · MSHA ID 4202536
    Abandoned 2023-08-24
87. Portable Southwest Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Savage Rock Products · MSHA ID 4201901
    Abandoned 1990-03-05
88. Quality Asphalt Sand And Gravel Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Quality Asphalt Inc · MSHA ID 4201344
    Abandoned 1979-01-29
89. Rainbow Mine

    Surface metal/non-metal · Provis Enterprises, Inc. · MSHA ID 4202602
    Abandoned 2013-11-13
90. Reed Brothers Operation

    Surface metal/non-metal · Reed & Reed · MSHA ID 4201226
    Abandoned 1982-05-27
91. Rental Mobile Crusher

    Surface metal/non-metal · W. W. Clyde & Co. · MSHA ID 4202379
    Abandoned 2008-12-16
92. Richins portable 1

    Surface metal/non-metal · Richins General Engineering Co · MSHA ID 4202755
    Abandoned 2024-08-13
93. Rocky Mountain Refractories Mill

    Facility metal/non-metal · Rocky Mountain Refractories · MSHA ID 4201350
    Abandoned 1989-07-20
94. S & S Mining Company

    Underground metal/non-metal · S & S Mining Company · MSHA ID 4201722
    Abandoned 1982-09-24
95. S And S Sand And Gravel Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · S & S Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 4201000
    Abandoned 1978-04-14
96. Salt Lake City Plant

    Facility metal/non-metal · Lone Star Industries Inc · MSHA ID 4201340
    Abandoned 1989-03-20
97. Saltair Plant

    Surface metal/non-metal · Morton Salt Division · MSHA ID 4201080
    Abandoned 1982-05-21
98. Schocker Sand And Gravel Pit

    Surface metal/non-metal · Schocker Construction Company · MSHA ID 4201225
    Abandoned 1978-06-09
99. Screener Plant

    Surface metal/non-metal · Standard Builders Supply Inc · MSHA ID 4201962
    Abandoned 1993-01-11
100. Smitty'S Pit

     Surface metal/non-metal · W W & W B Gardner Inc · MSHA ID 4202010
     Abandoned 1989-05-16
101. Sorensen Sand & Gravel

     Surface metal/non-metal · Sorensen Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 4201113
     Abandoned 2022-03-21
102. Sorensen Sand And Gravel Pit

     Surface metal/non-metal · Sorensen Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 4200404
     Abandoned 1978-06-09
103. South Hansen Pit

     Surface metal/non-metal · Geneva Rock Products, Inc. · MSHA ID 4201791
     Abandoned 2011-04-20
104. South Hecla Mine

     Underground metal/non-metal · South Decla Development Corp · MSHA ID 4201424
     Abandoned 1983-08-27
105. Southeast Sand & Gravel Pit

     Surface metal/non-metal · Moulton Excavating Inc · MSHA ID 4201866
     Abandoned 1984-04-24
106. Staker-West Pit

     Surface metal/non-metal · Staker Paving & Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 4201677
     Abandoned 1984-05-30
107. Strang Excavating, Inc.

     Surface metal/non-metal · Strang Excavating, Inc. · MSHA ID 4202172
     Abandoned 2015-05-27
108. Summit Rock Products Pit

     Surface metal/non-metal · Summit Rock Products Company · MSHA ID 4201899
     Abandoned 1985-09-09
109. Sunline Sand & Gravel

     Surface metal/non-metal · Sunline Trucking & Construction · MSHA ID 4202049
     Abandoned 1991-11-27
110. Thomas Pit

     Surface metal/non-metal · W W & W B Gardner Inc · MSHA ID 4201165
     Abandoned 1979-07-20
111. TONY MASCARO INC PORTABLE

     Surface metal/non-metal · Tony Mascaro Inc · MSHA ID 4202173
     Abandoned 2002-06-30
112. Utah Concentrator North

     Facility metal/non-metal · Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation · MSHA ID 4200717
     Abandoned 2002-01-01
113. Walker Sand & Gravel Pit

     Surface metal/non-metal · Granite Construction Company · MSHA ID 4201014
     Abandoned 2025-02-25
114. Walker Sand And Gravel Pit Walker S

     Surface metal/non-metal · Walker Sand & Gravel Co · MSHA ID 4200414
     Abandoned 1978-12-21
115. Welby Pit

     Surface metal/non-metal · Salt Lake County Public Works · MSHA ID 4200890
     Abandoned 2003-11-13
116. West Jordan Pit

     Surface metal/non-metal · Staker & Parson Companies · MSHA ID 4202192
     Abandoned 2021-06-09
117. West Pit

     Surface metal/non-metal · Shaker Construction Company · MSHA ID 4201521
     Abandoned 1979-05-21
118. West Valley Pit

     Surface metal/non-metal · Staker & Parson Companies · MSHA ID 4202381
     Abandoned 2019-07-29
119. Westemco Mill

     Facility metal/non-metal · Westemco Inc · MSHA ID 4201129
     Abandoned 1983-12-09
120. Whitaker - Portable 1

     Surface metal/non-metal · Whitaker Construction, Co. Inc. · MSHA ID 4202650
     Abandoned 2016-03-16
121. White Pit No 2

     Surface metal/non-metal · W W & W B Gardner Inc · MSHA ID 4201010
     Abandoned 1978-03-24
122. WHITEHILL SAND & GRAVEL

     Surface metal/non-metal · Granite Construction Company · MSHA ID 4200381
     Abandoned 2000-12-14
123. Wiser Portable No 1

     Surface metal/non-metal · Wiser Construction L L C · MSHA ID 4202089
     Abandoned 1994-11-09
124. Wolff Excavating Incorporated

     Surface metal/non-metal · Wolff Excavating Inc · MSHA ID 4201956
     Abandoned 1993-02-22

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
• Box Elder County 846
• Piute County 788
• Millard County 730
• Grand County 583
• Uintah County 465
• Emery County 458
• Iron County 420

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.