Abandoned mines in Buchanan County, Virginia

1. Mine openings

   shafts, adits, air shafts, portals and vertical openings: the ways into underground workings
   2,357 51.0%
2. Mines and surface workings

   labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
   634 13.7%
3. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits

   construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
   4 0.1%
4. Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob

   what mining left above ground
   326 7.1%
5. Mills, tipples and facilities

   processing plants and hazardous structures
   168 3.6%
6. Other reclamation problems

   highwalls, subsidence, polluted or clogged water, fires, slides and gases in OSMRE's inventory
   1,133 24.5%

…and 1636 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. (Ug Mine)

   Underground coal · Mullins Coal Company · MSHA ID 4403327
   Abandoned 1973-04-09
2. #1

   Underground coal · Falcon Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4403707
   Abandoned and Sealed 1993-04-23
3. #1

   Underground coal · Highlander Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4404703
   Abandoned and Sealed 1995-01-26
4. #1

   Surface coal · B & W Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 4406202
   Abandoned 1990-07-10
5. #1

   Underground coal · Parts Corp Of America · MSHA ID 4406520
   Abandoned and Sealed 1995-04-18
6. #1

   Underground coal · Ram Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4406621
   Abandoned and Sealed 1998-03-16
7. #1

   Surface coal · Sabro Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4406642
   Abandoned 1991-10-23
8. #1

   Underground coal · L J Contracting, LLC · MSHA ID 4407032
   Abandoned 2006-03-23
9. #1 Auger

   Surface coal · Carbon Seam Systems Inc · MSHA ID 4406138
   Abandoned 1988-11-30
10. #1 Auger

    Surface coal · Pamelia Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4406449
    Abandoned 1989-06-05
11. #1 Dock

    coal · Black Watch/Blk Watch Coal Co · MSHA ID 4405337
    Abandoned 1979-11-26
12. #1 Loading Dock

    Facility coal · Black Diamond Company · MSHA ID 4402708
    Abandoned 1988-09-26
13. #1 Mine

    Underground coal · C S & S Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4401618
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
14. #1 Prep Plant

    Facility coal · Excalibur Ltd · MSHA ID 4404458
    Abandoned 1986-05-19
15. #1 Strip & Auger

    Surface coal · Rpr Inc · MSHA ID 4406523
    Abandoned 1994-03-15
16. #1 Surface

    Surface coal · Leslie M Coal Company · MSHA ID 4405468
    Abandoned 1981-02-23
17. #1 Tipple

    Facility coal · S & S Fuels · MSHA ID 4400419
    Abandoned 1985-12-31
18. #1 Ug

    Underground coal · Belibe Coal Company · MSHA ID 4400365
    Abandoned 1970-06-27
19. #1 Ug

    Underground coal · Mark Alan Coal Co · MSHA ID 4400735
    Abandoned 1970-09-24
20. #2

    Surface coal · Looney Brothers Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4405159
    Abandoned 1991-05-30
21. #2

    Underground coal · Parts Corp Of America · MSHA ID 4406687
    Abandoned and Sealed 1995-02-15
22. #2

    Underground coal · Tech Leasing & Rebuild, LLC · MSHA ID 4407179
    Abandoned and Sealed 2011-01-28
23. #2 Auger

    Surface coal · Pamelia Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4406553
    Abandoned 1990-02-12
24. #2 Mine

    Underground coal · Top Notch Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4405098
    Abandoned 1983-06-14
25. #2 Mine

    Surface coal · B & W Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 4405762
    Abandoned 1990-07-10
26. #2 Preparation Plant

    Facility coal · Patrick Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4404447
    Abandoned 1984-03-14
27. #2 U G

    Underground coal · Everett Bailey Coal Co Inc · MSHA ID 4400532
    Abandoned 1970-06-27
28. #2 Ug

    Underground coal · Purple Leaf Coal Company · MSHA ID 4400476
    Abandoned 1973-01-24
29. #2 Ug

    Underground coal · S Davis Coal Company · MSHA ID 4400914
    Abandoned 1972-06-01
30. #3

    Underground coal · Terrie Lynn Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4406293
    Abandoned and Sealed 1994-11-03
31. #3

    Underground coal · Old Dominion Energy Inc · MSHA ID 4406480
    Abandoned and Sealed 1990-08-28
32. #3

    Underground coal · J J Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4406497
    Abandoned and Sealed 2002-08-20
33. #3

    Underground coal · Shady Lane Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4406549
    Abandoned and Sealed 1993-04-23
34. #3

    Underground coal · Barton Mining Incorported · MSHA ID 4406712
    Abandoned and Sealed 1995-04-07
35. #3 Mine

    Underground coal · Top Gun Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4406348
    Abandoned 1995-10-24
36. #3 Strip

    coal · Race Fork Coal Corp. · MSHA ID 4406149
    Abandoned 1984-10-24
37. #3 Ug

    Underground coal · Doris Coal Company · MSHA ID 4400496
    Abandoned 1971-10-19
38. #5

    Underground coal · Laurel Creek Mining Corp · MSHA ID 4406896
    Abandoned and Sealed 2006-01-10
39. #6 Mine

    Underground coal · Winston Mining Company · MSHA ID 4402247
    Abandoned 1972-08-25
40. #6 Mine

    Underground coal · L & L Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4405084
    Abandoned 1980-06-02
41. 1-A

    Underground coal · Harman Mining Corp · MSHA ID 4406500
    Abandoned and Sealed 2001-11-19
42. Abes Fork Surface Mine

    Surface coal · Highwall Mining Company of Virginia, Inc. · MSHA ID 4407084
    Abandoned 2007-01-11
43. Abners Fork Splashdam Mine

    Underground coal · Clintwood JOD, LLC · MSHA ID 4406907
    Abandoned and Sealed 2023-08-24
44. Anchor Strip No 1

    Surface coal · Raven Anchor Smokeless Coal Company · MSHA ID 4404537
    Abandoned 1977-11-14
45. Apollo

    Underground coal · Banner Blue Coal Company · MSHA ID 4403317
    Abandoned and Sealed 2013-06-06
46. Auger #1

    Surface coal · Recona Inc · MSHA ID 4406536
    Abandoned 1990-01-25
47. Auger #1

    Surface coal · Highwall Mining Company Of Va Inc · MSHA ID 4406842
    Abandoned 2000-01-07
48. Auger #7

    Surface coal · Mountain Excavating Co LLC · MSHA ID 4407216
    Abandoned 2009-03-19
49. Auger Mine #3

    Surface coal · Montana Mining Company · MSHA ID 4405519
    Abandoned 1981-04-29
50. Auger Mine No 2

    Surface coal · Pee Wee Augering Company · MSHA ID 4404484
    Abandoned 1978-09-11
51. Auger Mine No 2

    Surface coal · Triple B Coal Company · MSHA ID 4405518
    Abandoned 1981-08-31
52. Auger No 1

    Surface coal · Apple Coal Company · MSHA ID 4405956
    Abandoned 1983-02-25
53. Auger No 2

    Surface coal · Labco, LLC · MSHA ID 4406998
    Abandoned 2003-12-31
54. Auger No 3

    Surface coal · Wells Auger Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4404977
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
55. Auger No 4

    Surface coal · Wells Auger Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4405010
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
56. Auger No. 4

    Surface coal · Mountain Excavating Company, LLC · MSHA ID 4407235
    Abandoned 2009-03-19
57. Ba #3

    Underground coal · Koch Carbon Inc · MSHA ID 4406081
    Abandoned and Sealed 1993-10-15
58. Bakertown Tipple

    Underground coal · Lester Coal Company · MSHA ID 4404453
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
59. Baldwin Mountain Strip No 1

    Surface coal · Dominion Coal Corporation · MSHA ID 4406426
    Abandoned 1988-02-22
60. Bandit Auger Mine #2

    Surface coal · Bandit Auger Company · MSHA ID 4406455
    Abandoned 1988-05-18
61. Barts Lick No 1

    Surface coal · L & J Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4406463
    Abandoned 1993-02-08
62. Bearwallow Surface

    Surface coal · Clintwood Elkhorn Mining · MSHA ID 4407043
    Abandoned 2010-05-07
63. Beatrice

    Underground coal · Beatrice Pocahontas Company · MSHA ID 4400238
    Abandoned and Sealed 1995-12-05
64. Bee Tree Mine

    Underground coal · Black Diamond Company · MSHA ID 4406744
    Abandoned and Sealed 2004-03-10
65. Black Dog #1

    Underground coal · Knox Creek Coal Corporation · MSHA ID 4405770
    Abandoned and Sealed 2011-02-01
66. Black Watch #2 Prep Plant

    Facility coal · Rapoca Energy Company · MSHA ID 4401863
    Abandoned 1998-09-02
67. Bristol Mine

    Underground coal · Black Diamond Company · MSHA ID 4406976
    Abandoned and Sealed 2007-01-24
68. Bristol No 5

    Underground coal · Knox Creek Coal Corporation · MSHA ID 4406785
    Abandoned and Sealed 1998-02-02
69. Bruce #2 Surface

    Surface coal · Bruce Mining Corp · MSHA ID 4403607
    Abandoned 1974-05-21
70. Buchanan No 2 Mine

    Underground coal · Consolidation Coal Company · MSHA ID 4404857
    Abandoned 1977-09-01
71. Burning Knob #1

    Surface coal · Burning Knob Resources, Inc. · MSHA ID 4407387
    Abandoned 2021-02-09
72. Burnt Poplar

    Surface coal · Surface Minerals Company · MSHA ID 4407177
    Abandoned 2007-03-28
73. Butcher Knife Surface Mine

    Surface coal · Paramont Coal Company Virginia LLC · MSHA ID 4407257
    Abandoned 2016-05-27
74. Carolyn No 1 Surface

    Surface coal · Cardinal Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4405001
    Abandoned 1979-10-01
75. Carrie #5 Mine

    Underground coal · Wellmore Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4405911
    Abandoned and Sealed 1990-05-14
76. Cedar Branch No 1

    Surface coal · Clintwood Elkhorn Mining · MSHA ID 4407108
    Abandoned 2012-01-11
77. Cedar Branch Surface

    Surface coal · Associated Contracting Llc · MSHA ID 4406989
    Abandoned 2000-09-20
78. Central Preparation Plant

    Facility coal · Harman Mining Corp · MSHA ID 4402714
    Abandoned 1998-12-02
79. Central Shop

    Facility coal · Island Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 4402704
    Abandoned 2006-06-26
80. Central Shop

    Facility coal · Harman Mining Corp · MSHA ID 4402716
    Abandoned 1984-07-27
81. Central Shop

    Facility coal · Jewell Smokeless Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4406716
    Abandoned and Sealed 2017-04-10
82. Clifton Fork Mine #1

    Underground coal · Appalachian Development & Construction LLC · MSHA ID 4407315
    Abandoned and Sealed 2023-08-16
83. Clintwood Dock

    Facility coal · Harman Mining Corp · MSHA ID 4402715
    Abandoned 1990-07-10
84. Clintwood Elkhorn Mining Mine #2

    Underground coal · Clintwood Elkhorn Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4406825
    Abandoned and Sealed 2002-09-12
85. Coal Augering Inc #6

    Surface coal · Coal Augering Inc · MSHA ID 4406956
    Abandoned 1999-09-14
86. Conaway Creek Deep Mine

    Underground coal · Conaway Creek Deep Mine · MSHA ID 4406868
    Abandoned and Sealed 2021-09-23
87. Conaway Creek Deep Mine

    Underground coal · Banner Blue Coal Company · MSHA ID 4407082
    Abandoned and Sealed 2023-08-16
88. Convict

    Surface coal · Surface Minerals Company · MSHA ID 4407061
    Abandoned 2019-01-31
89. Coronet Jewell Preparation Plant #1

    Facility coal · Jewell Smokeless Coal Corporation · MSHA ID 4403391
    Abandoned 2006-05-23
90. CR Surface Mine #1

    Surface coal · Son's Energy LLC · MSHA ID 4407171
    Abandoned 2022-05-10
91. CV#3 Surface MIne

    Surface coal · Civil, LLC · MSHA ID 4407406
    Abandoned 2022-02-01
92. D-19

    Underground coal · Blackjewel L.L.C. · MSHA ID 4407045
    Abandoned and Sealed 2026-02-19
93. DC-36

    Underground coal · Sons Energy, LLC. · MSHA ID 4406759
    Abandoned and Sealed 2023-08-16
94. Deel Branch Mine No 2

    Surface coal · Continental Colony Corp · MSHA ID 4406388
    Abandoned 1989-09-27
95. Deel Dock

    Facility coal · Vp-5 Mining Company · MSHA ID 4403735
    Abandoned 1980-08-15
96. Devils Br.

    Underground coal · Banner Blue Coal Company · MSHA ID 4407005
    Abandoned and Sealed 2021-10-15
97. Dismal Creek GOB Pile

    Surface coal · T & M Contractors, Inc. · MSHA ID 4407309
    Abandoned 2015-01-29
98. Dock #14

    Facility coal · Wellmore Coal Company, LLC · MSHA ID 4400693
    Abandoned 1990-05-18
99. Dock #15

    Facility coal · Wellmore Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4405580
    Abandoned 1981-02-18
100. Dock No 1

     Facility coal · Excello Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4401007
     Abandoned 1987-10-01
101. Dock No 2

     Facility coal · Excello Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4404224
     Abandoned 1978-04-24
102. Dock No 3

     Facility coal · Wellmore Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4403251
     Abandoned 1984-07-27
103. Dominion #22

     Underground coal · Dominion Coal Corporation · MSHA ID 4406645
     Abandoned 2008-05-02
104. Dominion No 1

     Underground coal · Dominion Coal Corporation · MSHA ID 4405254
     Abandoned and Sealed 1993-05-20
105. Dominion No 10

     Underground coal · Dominion Coal Corporation · MSHA ID 4405160
     Abandoned and Sealed 1994-03-11
106. Dominion No 11 Mine

     Underground coal · Dominion Coal Corporation · MSHA ID 4403763
     Abandoned and Sealed 1990-10-17
107. Dominion No 13

     Underground coal · Dominion Coal Corporation · MSHA ID 4406535
     Abandoned and Sealed 1990-10-17
108. Dominion No 14

     Underground coal · Dominion Coal Corporation · MSHA ID 4405384
     Abandoned and Sealed 1995-10-05
109. Dominion No 15

     Underground coal · Dominion Coal Corporation · MSHA ID 4406628
     Abandoned and Sealed 1995-07-10
110. Dominion No 17

     Underground coal · Dominion Coal Corporation · MSHA ID 4406177
     Abandoned 1990-11-29
111. Dominion No 18

     Underground coal · Dominion Coal Corporation · MSHA ID 4406577
     Abandoned and Sealed 1996-11-01
112. Dominion No 19

     Underground coal · Dominion Coal Corporation · MSHA ID 4406639
     Abandoned and Sealed 1995-03-15
113. Dominion No 2

     Underground coal · Dominion Coal Corporation · MSHA ID 4402239
     Abandoned and Sealed 1990-03-22
114. Dominion No 20

     Underground coal · Dominion Coal Corporation · MSHA ID 4405386
     Abandoned and Sealed 1993-06-02
115. Dominion No 21

     Underground coal · Dominion Coal Corporation · MSHA ID 4406644
     Abandoned and Sealed 1998-07-07
116. Dominion No 24

     Underground coal · Dominion Coal Corporation · MSHA ID 4406709
     Abandoned and Sealed 2002-03-11
117. Dominion No 3

     Underground coal · Dominion Coal Corporation · MSHA ID 4406146
     Abandoned and Sealed 1990-03-22
118. Dominion No 31

     Underground coal · Dominion Coal Corporation · MSHA ID 4406779
     Abandoned 1996-04-02
119. Dominion No 36b

     Underground coal · Dominion Coal Corporation · MSHA ID 4406758
     Abandoned and Sealed 2000-07-10
120. Dominion No 4

     Underground coal · Dominion Coal Corporation · MSHA ID 4406417
     Abandoned and Sealed 1991-04-24
121. Dominion No 6

     Underground coal · Dominion Coal Corporation · MSHA ID 4406486
     Abandoned and Sealed 1996-10-02
122. Dominion No 8

     Underground coal · Dominion Coal Corporation · MSHA ID 4406555
     Abandoned and Sealed 1997-12-31
123. Dominion No 9

     Underground coal · Dominion Coal Corporation · MSHA ID 4406482
     Abandoned and Sealed 1989-09-14
124. Duty Gob Pile

     Surface coal · Clintwood JOD, LLC · MSHA ID 4407425
     Abandoned 2026-05-26
125. Eagle 1

     Surface coal · BURNING KNOB RESOURCES INC. · MSHA ID 4407402
     Abandoned and Sealed 2023-08-24
126. Face-Up #1

     Underground coal · Black Diamond Company · MSHA ID 4406810
     Abandoned and Sealed 1996-04-22
127. Facility No 1

     Facility coal · Carbomin Corp · MSHA ID 4406521
     Abandoned 1991-05-15
128. Five Oaks Tipple

     Facility coal · South Atlantic Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4400538
     Abandoned 1980-04-07
129. Glamorgan Auger Mine #2

     Surface coal · Highwall Mining Company of Virginia, Inc. · MSHA ID 4407078
     Abandoned 2006-01-25
130. Greenbriar Creek Surface Mine

     Surface coal · Motivation Coal Company · MSHA ID 4406432
     Abandoned 1994-06-16
131. Greenbriar Strip No 2

     Surface coal · Clinchfield Coal Company · MSHA ID 4403873
     Abandoned 1981-01-28
132. Greenbrier Dock

     Facility coal · Paramont Coal Company Virginia, LLC · MSHA ID 4403328
     Abandoned 2008-08-06
133. Hackney Creek Hagy

     Underground coal · Banner Blue Coal Company · MSHA ID 4407318
     Abandoned and Sealed 2023-04-06
134. Hackney Hollow #8

     Surface coal · Motivation Coal Company · MSHA ID 4406647
     Abandoned 1996-03-13
135. Hagy 2

     Underground coal · Clinchfield Coal Company · MSHA ID 4401886
     Abandoned 1980-04-11
136. Hagy 3

     Underground coal · Clinchfield Coal Company · MSHA ID 4401885
     Abandoned 1972-04-20
137. Hagy Mine No 1

     Underground coal · Clinchfield Coal Company · MSHA ID 4401514
     Abandoned 1980-03-31
138. Heavy Equipment Shop

     Facility coal · Jewell Smokeless Coal Corporation · MSHA ID 4407058
     Abandoned 2015-05-01
139. Hiram Fork

     Underground coal · Banner Blue Coal Company · MSHA ID 4406920
     Abandoned and Sealed 2021-10-15
140. Hoot Owl Strip

     Surface coal · Lindbergh Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4406125
     Abandoned 1987-03-27
141. Horn #2 Strip #16

     Surface coal · Horn Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 4406358
     Abandoned 1997-06-09
142. Huffman Fk. Auger

     Surface coal · Surface Minerals Company · MSHA ID 4407178
     Abandoned 2017-12-27
143. Hurley Prep Plant #1

     Facility coal · Knox Creek Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4403223
     Abandoned 1988-04-05
144. Hurrican Branch Mine #1

     Underground coal · Hurricane Branch # 5 Associates · MSHA ID 4404918
     Abandoned 1980-09-22
145. Hurricane Branch Mine #2

     Underground coal · Hurricane Branch #6 Associates · MSHA ID 4404919
     Abandoned 1980-09-22
146. Hurricane Branch Strip #1

     Surface coal · Knox Creek Coal Corp. · MSHA ID 4407180
     Abandoned 2012-05-31
147. Industrial

     Underground coal · Black Diamond Company · MSHA ID 4406673
     Abandoned and Sealed 2006-07-25
148. Integrity

     Underground coal · Banner Blue Coal Company · MSHA ID 4407205
     Abandoned 2020-08-28
149. J S C C #11

     Underground coal · Jewell Smokeless Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4404802
     Abandoned and Sealed 1985-06-04
150. Jackson Fork #7

     Surface coal · Motivation Coal Company · MSHA ID 4406626
     Abandoned 1992-08-06

…and 1479 more mines not listed here.

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

• Wise County 899
• Dickenson County 588
• Lee County 344
• Russell County 334
• Tazewell County 305
• Henrico County 91
• Fairfax County 87
• Smyth County 84
• Caroline County 81
• Alleghany County 80
• Augusta County 79
• Chesterfield County 63

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.