How many abandoned mines are in Dickenson County, Virginia?

Abandoned mine inventory

Abandoned mines in Dickenson County, Virginia

Dickenson County, Virginia has 588 mine and prospect features on USGS topographic maps published 1957–1992, including 305 mine openings (shafts, adits and air shafts); 3 of the features carry a name on the map. OSMRE's abandoned mine land inventory lists 605 problems in the county, 468 of them not yet reclaimed. MSHA's register carries 555 mines in the county with status Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed.

Every mine and prospect feature the USGS digitized from historical topographic maps covering Dickenson 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): 588
Mine openings: 305
OSMRE problems unreclaimed: 468
MSHA mines marked abandoned: 555

3 features carry a name0 prospect pits18 quadrangle maps, published 1957–1992 605 OSMRE problems, 137 reclaimed 161 MSHA mines abandoned and sealed

What the features are

Mine openings

shafts, adits, air shafts, portals and vertical openings: the ways into underground workings

403 33.8%
Mines and surface workings

labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings

267 22.4%
Quarries, gravel and borrow pits

construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction

1 0.1%
Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob

what mining left above ground

103 8.6%
Mills, tipples and facilities

processing plants and hazardous structures

33 2.8%
Other reclamation problems

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

386 32.4%

Named features on the maps3 named · from the USGS compilation

Name on map	Feature	Quadrangle	First mapped
Clinchfield-Moss Mines	Adit	Pound	1957
Clinchfield-Moss Mines	Adit	Pound	1957
Moss No 3 Mine	Adit	Duty	1958

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 problems605 on inventory

Problem area	Problem	Program	Status
Baden	P1 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Baden	P1 Clogged Streams	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Baden	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Baden	P2 Clogged Streams	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Baden	P2 Dangerous Highwalls		Reclamation Pending
Baden	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Baden	P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Completed
Baden	P2 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Baden	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Baden	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Baden	P3 Bench	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Baden	P3 High Wall		Reclamation Pending
Baden	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Baden	P3 High Wall	AMLER	In Reclamation
Baden	P3 Other	AMLER	In Reclamation
Baden	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Baden	P3 Spoil Area	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Completed
Bartley	P1 Portals	AMLER	Reclamation Completed
Bartley	P1 Portals	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Bartley	P1 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Bartley	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Bartley	P2 Portals	AMLER	Reclamation Completed
Bartley	P2 Portals	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Bartley	P3 Equipment Facility	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Bartley	P3 Equipment Facility	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Bartley	P3 Gobs	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Bartley	P3 High Wall	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Bartley	P3 Mine Opening	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Bartley	P3 Spoil Area	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Bartlick	P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Bartlick	P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Bartlick	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Bartlick	P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Bartlick	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Bartlick	P2 Portals	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Bartlick	P2 Surface Burning	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Bartlick	P3 Bench	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Bartlick	P3 Gobs	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Bartlick	P3 Haul Road	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Bartlick	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Bartlick	P3 Mine Opening	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Bartlick	P3 Spoil Area	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Bartlick	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Beech Branch	P1 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Beech Branch	P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Beech Branch	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Beech Branch	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Beech Branch Gob Pile	P3 Gobs		Reclamation Completed
Blair Branch	P2 Clogged Streams	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Blair Branch	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Blair Branch	P3 Industrial/Residential Waste	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Bowling Branch	P1 Portals	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Bowling Branch	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Bowling Branch	P2 Portals	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Bowling Branch	P3 Gobs	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Bowling Branch	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Brush Creek	P1 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Brush Creek	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Brush Creek	P2 Clogged Streams	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Brush Creek	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Brush Creek	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Brush Creek	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Bucu	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Bucu	P2 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Bucu	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Bucu	P2 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Bucu	P3 Gobs	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Bucu	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Cabin Ridge	P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Camp Creek	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Camp Creek	P2 Clogged Streams	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Camp Creek	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Camp Creek	P3 Bench	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Camp Creek	P3 Haul Road	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Camp Creek	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Camp Creek	P3 Other	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Camp Creek	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Cane Branch	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Cane Branch	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Cane Branch	P2 Portals	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Cane Branch	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Cane Branch	P3 Equipment Facility	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Cane Branch	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Cane Branch	P3 Mine Opening	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Cane Branch	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Cane Creek School	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Cane Creek School	P2 Clogged Streams	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Cane Creek School	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Cane Creek School	P3 Industrial/Residential Waste	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Cane Gap	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Cane Gap	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Cane Gap	P3 Industrial/Residential Waste	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Clintwood Bible Church	P1 Dangerous Slides	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Clintwood Bible Church	P1 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Clintwood Bible Church	P1 Hazardous Water Bodies	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Clintwood Bible Church	P1 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Clintwood Bible Church	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Clintwood Bible Church	P2 Clogged Streams	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Clintwood Bible Church	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Clintwood Bible Church	P3 Industrial/Residential Waste	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Clintwood Paylo	P1 Dangerous Impoundments	Coal Interim Site Funding	Reclamation Pending
Clintwood Paylo	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Clintwood Paylo	P2 Clogged Streams	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Clintwood Paylo	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Coon Branch	P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Coon Branch	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Coon Branch	P3 High Wall	Remining	In Reclamation
Cow Fork	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Cow Fork	P3 Spoil Area	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Cowan Rose Creek	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Cowan Rose Creek	P3 High Wall	Remining	In Reclamation
Cowan Rose Creek	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Cowan Rose Creek	P3 Industrial/Residential Waste	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Crabtree Fork	P1 Clogged Streams	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Crabtree Fork	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Crabtree Fork	P2 Clogged Streams	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Crabtree Fork	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Davis Ridge	P1 Clogged Streams	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Davis Ridge	P1 Dangerous Slides	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Davis Ridge	P1 Hazardous Water Bodies	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Davis Ridge	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Dingus Gap	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Dismal Ridge	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Dismal Ridge	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Dismal Ridge	P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Dismal Ridge	P2 Portals	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Dismal Ridge	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Dismal Ridge	P3 Gobs	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Dismal Ridge	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Dismal Ridge	P3 High Wall	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Dismal Ridge	P3 High Wall	Remining	In Reclamation
Dismal Ridge	P3 Industrial/Residential Waste	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Doe Branch	P1 Clogged Stream Lands	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Doe Branch	P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Doe Branch	P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Doe Branch	P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Doe Branch	P1 Hazardous Water Bodies	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Doe Branch	P1 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Doe Branch	P1 Portals	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Doe Branch	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Doe Branch	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Doe Branch	P2 Clogged Streams	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Doe Branch	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Doe Branch	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Doe Branch	P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Doe Branch	P2 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Doe Branch	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Doe Branch	P2 Hazardous Water Bodies	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Doe Branch	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Doe Branch	P2 Portals	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending

…and 455 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.

MSHA-registered mines with status Abandoned555 on register

#1
Underground coal · Nicky Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4404300

Abandoned 1992-07-15
#1
Underground coal · Apple Jacks Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4405036

Abandoned 2001-07-18
#1
Underground coal · Nbl Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4405654

Abandoned and Sealed 1993-10-29
#1
Underground coal · Nut & Slack Coal Company · MSHA ID 4405941

Abandoned and Sealed 1983-09-08
#1
Underground coal · T N T Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4406657

Abandoned and Sealed 1991-11-05
#1
Underground coal · Triple M Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4407109

Abandoned 2005-11-16
#1 Auger
coal · Dickerson Contr. Inc. · MSHA ID 4406221

Abandoned 1985-06-04
#1 Auger Mine
Surface coal · Cariebe Coal Company · MSHA ID 4406383

Abandoned 1989-01-03
#1 Deep Mine
Underground coal · Banner Company · MSHA ID 4406496

Abandoned 1990-06-25
#1 Mine
Underground coal · Right Fork Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4406397

Abandoned and Sealed 1993-03-29
#1 Mine
Underground coal · Wolverine Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4406616

Abandoned 1991-06-11
#1 Plant
Facility coal · Dickenson Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 4404642

Abandoned 1987-08-05
#1 Prep Plant
Facility coal · Rebel Coals Inc · MSHA ID 4406268

Abandoned 2000-02-16
#1 Strip
Surface coal · G & P Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4405734

Abandoned 1982-06-30
#1 Strip
Surface coal · Black Rock Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4406214

Abandoned 1994-11-21
#1 Strip
Surface coal · Three Forks Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4406385

Abandoned 1990-08-09
#1 Strip
Surface coal · Ramey Flats Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4406415

Abandoned 1988-05-04
#1 Strip
Surface coal · Three Forks Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4406693

Abandoned 1995-08-18
#1 Strip
Surface coal · Black Falcon Enterprise Inc · MSHA ID 4406774

Abandoned 1998-02-20
#1 Strip
Surface coal · Big D Enterprises, Inc · MSHA ID 4407012

Abandoned 2017-05-11
#1 Strip And Auger
Surface coal · Lambert & Arrington · MSHA ID 4405347

Abandoned 1986-09-16
#13
Underground coal · D O & W Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4405395

Abandoned and Sealed 2000-02-25
#14
Underground coal · Lambert Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4401656

Abandoned and Sealed 1990-09-11
#2
Underground coal · Oliver Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4403506

Abandoned and Sealed 1986-11-19
#2 Auger
Surface coal · Black Falcon Enterprise Inc · MSHA ID 4406827

Abandoned 1996-09-12
#2 Mine
Underground coal · South Hollow Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4405319

Abandoned 1979-11-05
#2 Mine
Underground coal · Lynn K Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4405345

Abandoned and Sealed 1983-07-19
#2 Mine
Underground coal · Right Fork Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4406398

Abandoned and Sealed 1993-06-10
#3 Mine
Underground coal · Lynn K Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4406020

Abandoned and Sealed 1986-06-23
#3 Strip
Surface coal · Mountain Enterprises Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4405312

Abandoned 1980-09-11
#3 Strip
Surface coal · Southwest Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4406418

Abandoned 1992-11-13
#3 Strip
Surface coal · A & G Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4406662

Abandoned 1992-08-18
#4 Strip
Surface coal · Sandy Ridge Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4405308

Abandoned 1986-12-17
#44
Underground coal · Gbl Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 4405210

Abandoned and Sealed 2006-01-04
#46
Underground coal · Lambert Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4406062

Abandoned and Sealed 2009-06-24
#47
Underground coal · Lambert Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4405831

Abandoned and Sealed 1995-06-06
#48
Underground coal · Lambert Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4406582

Abandoned and Sealed 1995-02-01
#49
Underground coal · Lambert Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4406655

Abandoned and Sealed 1997-07-31
#5
Surface coal · Hokie Mining Company · MSHA ID 4406941

Abandoned 2001-12-10
#6 Strip
Surface coal · Kodiak Mining Company · MSHA ID 4406724

Abandoned 1993-07-15
#7 Dwale Job
Surface coal · Kodiak Mining Company · MSHA ID 4406742

Abandoned 1994-12-28
#8 Lick Fork
Surface coal · Kodiak Mining Company · MSHA ID 4406757

Abandoned 1996-04-26
#9
Underground coal · D O & W Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4406055

Abandoned 1991-02-13
#9 Mine
Underground coal · R & W Coal Company · MSHA ID 4402303

Abandoned 1977-11-23
Anna Marie #1
Underground coal · Anna Marie Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4405062

Abandoned and Sealed 1979-12-19
Auger #1
Surface coal · Southern Auger Inc · MSHA ID 4406345

Abandoned 1992-02-05
Auger Mine #2
Surface coal · B & H Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4406472

Abandoned 1995-09-06
Auger Mine No 1
Surface coal · Hendrickson Drilling LLC · MSHA ID 1518700

Abandoned 2015-12-16
Austin Creek No 2 Mine
Underground coal · Clinchfield Coal Company · MSHA ID 4405128

Abandoned and Sealed 1996-01-25
Banner Dock
Facility coal · Clinchfield Coal Company · MSHA ID 4403296

Abandoned 1992-07-01
Banner Tipple No 1 & 2
Facility coal · Rapoca Energy Company · MSHA ID 4404668

Abandoned 1983-10-12
Berea Mine
Underground coal · Banner Company · MSHA ID 4405184

Abandoned and Sealed 2009-02-25
Big Ridge #1
Surface coal · R & T Contractors, Inc. · MSHA ID 4407054

Abandoned 2004-12-14
Black Bear #2 Surface
Surface coal · Motivation Coal Company · MSHA ID 4406950

Abandoned 2002-09-30
Black Thunder Mine
Surface coal · Clinchfield Coal Company · MSHA ID 4406525

Abandoned 1998-12-16
Brush Creek #33
Surface coal · Paramont Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4406666

Abandoned 1991-10-03
Brush Creek #34
Surface coal · Paramont Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4406677

Abandoned 1992-07-24
C & M #3
Surface coal · C & M Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4406806

Abandoned 1998-10-01
Cabin Ridge Surface Mine
Surface coal · Paramont Contura, LLC · MSHA ID 4407322

Abandoned 2019-01-28
Camp Creek #1 Strip
Surface coal · Lambert Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4406332

Abandoned 1989-12-14
Cane Branch Mine
Underground coal · Brushy Ridge Underground Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4406312

Abandoned and Sealed 1990-04-12
Cane Branch South #45
Surface coal · Paramont Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4406754

Abandoned 1997-07-22
Cane Creek Surface Mine
Surface coal · Clinchfield Coal Company · MSHA ID 4406217

Abandoned 1991-09-19
Cc Dock
Facility coal · Carbomin Corp · MSHA ID 4404562

Abandoned 1995-07-05
Cherokee Mine
Underground coal · Dickenson-Russell Coal Co LLC · MSHA ID 4406864

Abandoned and Sealed 2015-03-30
Clinchco #1
Surface coal · Mountain Fuels Inc. · MSHA ID 4407404

Abandoned 2023-01-12
Clinchco Mine #1
Surface coal · LIL O CONTRACTORS, LLC · MSHA ID 4407279

Abandoned 2011-04-08
Cobra Pit 1
Surface coal · Clinchfield Coal Company · MSHA ID 4406725

Abandoned 1993-02-22
Coon Branch
Underground coal · Banner Company · MSHA ID 4406590

Abandoned and Sealed 2001-01-25
Cove Creek No 2
Surface coal · Cove Creek Energies Inc · MSHA ID 4406316

Abandoned 1987-03-30
Cranes Nest Dock
Facility coal · Virginia Iron Coal & Coke Company · MSHA ID 4404301

Abandoned 1993-02-16
D & L Coal Company Inc #2
Underground coal · D & L Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4405396

Abandoned 1993-09-03
D-R-1
Underground coal · Dickenson-Russell Coal Co., LLC · MSHA ID 4404251

Abandoned and Sealed 2009-04-08
Deep Mine #23
Underground coal · Paramont Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4406858

Abandoned 2000-06-13
Deep Mine #26
Underground coal · Paramont Contura, LLC · MSHA ID 4406929

Abandoned and Sealed 2018-11-29
Deep Mine #28
Underground coal · Paramont Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4406953

Abandoned and Sealed 2003-04-01
Deep Mine #30
Underground coal · Paramont Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4405315

Abandoned and Sealed 2000-09-02
Deep Mine 25
Surface coal · Paramont Contura, LLC · MSHA ID 4407129

Abandoned and Sealed 2019-04-24
Deep Mine 37
Surface coal · Paramont Contura, LLC · MSHA ID 4407231

Abandoned and Sealed 2024-11-01
Dickenson Dock
Facility coal · Herrco Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4405730

Abandoned 1982-10-19
Dickenson Dock
Facility coal · H & G Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 4406396

Abandoned 1996-08-05
Dismal Fk. Upper Banner Mine
Underground coal · The Banner Company · MSHA ID 4407132

Abandoned and Sealed 2010-05-14
Dismal Splashdam #2
Underground coal · Banner Company · MSHA ID 4406940

Abandoned 2006-09-13
Dock No 1
Facility coal · Hillside Dock Company · MSHA ID 4406066

Abandoned 1994-09-07
Doe Branch #5
Surface coal · Motivation Coal Company · MSHA ID 4406619

Abandoned 1992-06-08
Dorchester #1 Mine
Underground coal · Dorchester Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4406337

Abandoned and Sealed 1994-09-15
Dwale #4
Surface coal · Victor Contracting Corp · MSHA ID 4406729

Abandoned 1993-06-21
Freeling #38
Surface coal · Paramont Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4406711

Abandoned 1994-02-09
Gay Branch #1
Surface coal · Mountain Fuels Inc. · MSHA ID 4407395

Abandoned 2020-12-31
Gem #1
Underground coal · Saber Mining Corp · MSHA ID 4405688

Abandoned and Sealed 1982-06-03
Georges Fork Surface Mine
Surface coal · Paramont Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4406893

Abandoned 2000-11-14
GOBCO #1
Surface coal · Mountain Fuels Inc. · MSHA ID 4407113

Abandoned 2014-11-04
GOBCO #2
Surface coal · Mountain Fuels, Inc. · MSHA ID 4407136

Abandoned 2006-08-28
GOBCO #3
Surface coal · Mountain Fuels Inc. · MSHA ID 4407200

Abandoned 2007-04-11
GOBCO #5
Surface coal · Mountain Fuels Inc. · MSHA ID 4407194

Abandoned 2007-03-27
Hagy Deep Mine #1
Underground coal · Mill Creek Mining, Inc. · MSHA ID 4407287

Abandoned and Sealed 2018-09-13
Harold Huff Inc Mine
Underground coal · Harold Huff Inc · MSHA ID 4404933

Abandoned 1978-05-09
Hokie Mining #2
Surface coal · Banner Company · MSHA ID 4406688

Abandoned 1999-05-31
Holly Creek Dock
Facility coal · Victor Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4404670

Abandoned 1980-07-31
Holly Creek No 1 Mine
Surface coal · Victor Contracting Corp · MSHA ID 4406399

Abandoned 1992-09-30
Holly Creek No 2 Mine
Surface coal · Victor Contracting Corp · MSHA ID 4406633

Abandoned 1992-06-03
Howell Branch #36
Surface coal · Paramont Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4406691

Abandoned 1993-07-07
Jack Branch
Surface coal · Motivation Coal Company · MSHA ID 4406732

Abandoned 1995-03-29
Jacobs Fork Dock
Facility coal · Clinchfield Coal Company · MSHA ID 4404655

Abandoned 1985-08-23
Jakes Branch #3 Strip Clintwood Sm
Surface coal · Lambert & Arrington · MSHA ID 4406093

Abandoned 1988-04-06
Kilgore Creek
Underground coal · Clinchfield Coal Company · MSHA ID 4404445

Abandoned 1990-06-25
Limestone Dust Mill
Facility metal/non-metal · Limestone Dust Corp · MSHA ID 4402763

Abandoned 1979-05-16
LMM
Underground coal · Estep Coal Co Inc · MSHA ID 4407167

Abandoned and Sealed 2013-08-28
M&M Quarry Site
Surface metal/non-metal · Glass Machinery & Excavation, Inc. · MSHA ID 4407438

Abandoned 2026-01-20
Manning Coal No 1
Surface coal · Manning Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4406877

Abandoned 1998-03-09
Maple House Branch
Underground coal · Clinchfield Coal Company · MSHA ID 4404937

Abandoned and Sealed 1991-01-04
Mcclure River Dock
Facility coal · Clinchfield Coal Company · MSHA ID 4406838

Abandoned 1997-02-19
Meade Fork S & A #2 Mine
Surface coal · Freeman Fuels Inc · MSHA ID 4406615

Abandoned 1991-07-26
Mill Creek #1 Surface Mine
Surface coal · Barnette Energy, LLC · MSHA ID 4407169

Abandoned 2017-04-26
Mill Creek No. 2
Surface coal · Appalachian Development LLC · MSHA ID 4407426

Abandoned 2024-08-01
Mine #1
Underground coal · H B & B Equipment Company Inc · MSHA ID 4404827

Abandoned 1990-04-02
Mine #1
Underground coal · Bird Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4405505

Abandoned and Sealed 1985-12-02
Mine #1
Underground coal · G & M Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4405715

Abandoned and Sealed 1988-02-26
Mine #1
Surface coal · Meadow Branch Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4405908

Abandoned 1984-09-28
Mine #1
Underground coal · Alpha Mining Company · MSHA ID 4406355

Abandoned and Sealed 1991-10-15
Mine #10
Underground coal · Hash Coal Company · MSHA ID 4401652

Abandoned 1971-10-28
Mine #1ine
Underground coal · R E Lynn Coal Company · MSHA ID 4405664

Abandoned and Sealed 1987-09-01
Mine #2
Underground coal · T & R Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4404991

Abandoned and Sealed 1985-05-15
Mine #2
Underground coal · J & J Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4405879

Abandoned 1983-09-28
Mine #28
Underground coal · Lambert Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4402257

Abandoned 1972-04-05
Mine #3
Underground coal · Champion Coal Co Inc · MSHA ID 4406787

Abandoned and Sealed 2005-05-18
Mine #4
Underground coal · Betty B Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4402136

Abandoned and Sealed 1986-12-29
Mine #4
Underground coal · H B & B Equipment Company Inc · MSHA ID 4406593

Abandoned and Sealed 1991-09-04
Mine #5
Underground coal · Betty B Coal Co · MSHA ID 4402246

Abandoned 1976-08-30
Mine #5
Underground coal · Blue Eagle Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4406184

Abandoned and Sealed 1986-08-15
Mine #5 Strip
Surface coal · Lonesome Pine Energy Company Inc · MSHA ID 4406324

Abandoned 1987-09-01
Mine #6
Underground coal · Bruce Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4404953

Abandoned and Sealed 1994-11-17
Mine No 1
Underground coal · Tdl Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4400266

Abandoned 1990-02-26
Mine No 1
Underground coal · R & L Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4401892

Abandoned 1972-09-01
Mine No 1
Underground coal · Nascoal Inc · MSHA ID 4405228

Abandoned and Sealed 1982-01-21
Mine No 1
Underground coal · Resa Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4405756

Abandoned 1983-12-06
Mine No 1
Underground coal · B M Coal Company · MSHA ID 4405767

Abandoned 1982-05-25
Mine No 1
Underground coal · Old Ralph Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4405779

Abandoned and Sealed 1988-06-09
Mine No 1
Underground coal · Richter & Hawkins Mining Company Of Va · MSHA ID 4405792

Abandoned and Sealed 1982-12-03
Mine No 1
Underground coal · Ranger Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4405818

Abandoned and Sealed 1985-08-06
Mine No 1
Underground coal · Muncho Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4405933

Abandoned and Sealed 1982-12-10
Mine No 1
Underground coal · Magnum Enterprise Inc · MSHA ID 4405946

Abandoned 1982-12-17
Mine No 1
Underground coal · Hope Inc · MSHA ID 4406298

Abandoned and Sealed 1987-02-18
Mine No 1
Underground coal · Silver Eagle Resources Inc · MSHA ID 4406568

Abandoned and Sealed 1992-06-15
Mine No 1
Underground coal · Dorchester Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 4406770

Abandoned and Sealed 1996-11-25
Mine No 1
Underground coal · Papaw Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4406916

Abandoned and Sealed 2000-01-10
Mine No 2
Underground coal · Papaw Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4406891

Abandoned and Sealed 2001-04-20
Mine No 2 Strip
Surface coal · Victor Contracting Corp · MSHA ID 4406522

Abandoned 1989-12-14
Mine No 3
Underground coal · Double D Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4403920

Abandoned 1979-10-03
Mine No 3
Underground coal · Big Ten Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4405587

Abandoned and Sealed 1984-10-17

…and 405 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.

By source vocabularythe publishers' own terms

Feature type	Class	Source	Features
Adit	Mine openings	USGS topo symbol (point)	305
Strip Mine	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (area)	236
P3 High Wall	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	83
P2 Portals	Mine openings	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	66
P3 Gobs	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	39
P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	37
P3 Spoil Area	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	35
Disturbed Surface	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (area)	30
P2 Clogged Streams	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	27
P3 Mine Opening	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	27
P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Mills, tipples and facilities	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	27
P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	27
P3 Equipment Facility	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	24
P1 Portals	Mine openings	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	24
P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	18
P3 Bench	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	17
P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	17
P1 Dangerous Slides	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	16
Mine Dump	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	USGS topo symbol (area)	14
P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	14
P3 Industrial/Residential Waste	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	13
P2 Dangerous Slides	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	11
P3 Haul Road	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	10
P1 Clogged Streams	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	9
P2 Vertical Openings	Mine openings	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	7
P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Mills, tipples and facilities	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	6
P3 Other	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	6
P2 Dangerous Impoundments	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	6
P1 Clogged Stream Lands	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	5
P1 Dangerous Impoundments	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	5
P1 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	4
P2 Surface Burning	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	4
P1 Hazardous Water Bodies	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	4
P3 Water Problems	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	4
P2 Hazardous Water Bodies	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	3
P1 Subsidence	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	3
P1 Surface Burning	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	2
P2 Subsidence	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	2
P1 Vertical Openings	Mine openings	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
Sand Pit	Quarries, gravel and borrow pits	USGS topo symbol (point)	1
Tailings - Pond	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	USGS topo symbol (area)	1
P3 Slump	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
Open Pit Mine or Quarry	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (point)	1
P5 Public Utilities	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	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

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.