How many abandoned mines are in Tazewell County, Virginia?

Abandoned mine inventory

Abandoned mines in Tazewell County, Virginia

Tazewell County, Virginia has 305 mine and prospect features on USGS topographic maps published 1909–2001, including 116 mine openings (shafts, adits and air shafts); 2 of the features carry a name on the map. OSMRE's abandoned mine land inventory lists 192 problems in the county, 131 of them not yet reclaimed. MSHA's register carries 140 mines in the county with status Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed.

Every mine and prospect feature the USGS digitized from historical topographic maps covering Tazewell 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): 305
Mine openings: 116
OSMRE problems unreclaimed: 131
MSHA mines marked abandoned: 140

2 features carry a name0 prospect pits18 quadrangle maps, published 1909–2001 192 OSMRE problems, 61 reclaimed 60 MSHA mines abandoned and sealed

What the features are

Mine openings

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

158 31.8%
Mines and surface workings

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

167 33.6%
Quarries, gravel and borrow pits

construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction

12 2.4%
Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob

what mining left above ground

30 6.0%
Mills, tipples and facilities

processing plants and hazardous structures

24 4.8%
Other reclamation problems

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

105 21.1%
Other

symbols outside the classes above

1 0.2%

Named features on the maps2 named · from the USGS compilation

Name on map	Feature	Quadrangle	First mapped
Pocahontas Mine	Adit	Bramwell	1962
Pocahontas Mine	Mine Dump area	Bramwell	1962

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 problems192 on inventory

Problem area	Problem	Program	Status
Beech Fork	P1 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Beech Fork	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Beech Fork	P1 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Beech Fork	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Beech Fork	P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	In Reclamation
Big Stone Ridge Strip	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Big Stone Ridge Strip	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Big Stone Ridge Strip	P3 Industrial/Residential Waste	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Boissevain Gob Pile/impo	P1 Clogged Streams	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Boissevain Gob Pile/impo	P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Boissevain Gob Pile/impo	P1 Subsidence	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Boissevain Gob Pile/impo	P1 Subsidence	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Boissevain Gob Pile/impo	P1 Vertical Openings	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Boissevain Gob Pile/impo	P2 Dangerous Impoundments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Boissevain Gob Pile/impo	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Boissevain Gob Pile/impo	P2 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Boissevain Gob Pile/impo	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Coaldan	P1 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Coaldan	P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Coaldan	P1 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Coaldan	P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Coaldan	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Coaldan	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Corder Branch	P2 Dangerous Impoundments	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Corder Branch	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Corder Branch	P2 Portals	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Corder Branch	P3 Equipment Facility	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Corder Branch	P3 Gobs	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Corder Branch	P3 High Wall	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Corder Branch	P3 Other	AMLER	Reclamation Pending
Corder Branch	P3 Spoil Area	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Faraday	P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Enhanced AML Rule Project	In Reclamation
Faraday	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Faraday	P2 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Faraday	P3 Equipment Facility	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Faraday	P3 Gobs	Enhanced AML Rule Project	In Reclamation
Faraday	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Faraday	P3 High Wall	Remining	In Reclamation
Gap Of Sandy	P1 Dangerous Slides	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Gap Of Sandy	P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Gap Of Sandy	P1 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Gap Of Sandy	P1 Portals	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Gap Of Sandy	P1 Subsidence	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Gap Of Sandy	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Gap Of Sandy	P2 Dangerous Impoundments	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Gap Of Sandy	P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Gap Of Sandy	P2 Portals	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Gap Of Sandy	P3 Gobs	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Gap Of Sandy	P3 High Wall	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Gap Of Sandy	P3 Mine Opening	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Gap Of Sandy	P3 Spoil Area	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Haynes Branch	P1 Subsidence	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Haynes Branch Shaft	P2 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Jamison Creek	P1 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Jamison Creek	P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Lower Raven Mill Creek	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Lower Raven Mill Creek	P2 Clogged Streams	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Lower Raven Mill Creek	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Meredith Branch	Problem type not recorded		In Reclamation
Mill Creek Slate Pile	P1 Dangerous Highwalls	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Mill Creek Slate Pile	P1 Dangerous Impoundments	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Mill Creek Slate Pile	P1 Dangerous Slides	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Mill Creek Slate Pile	P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Mill Creek Slate Pile	P1 Portals	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Mill Creek Slate Pile	P2 Clogged Streams	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Mill Creek Slate Pile	P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	In Reclamation
Mill Creek Slate Pile	P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Enhanced AML Rule Project	Reclamation Pending
Mill Creek Slate Pile	P2 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Mill Creek Slate Pile	P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Mill Creek Slate Pile	P2 Portals	Enhanced AML Rule Project	Reclamation Pending
Mill Creek Slate Pile	P3 Gobs	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Mill Creek Slate Pile	P3 Haul Road	Enhanced AML Rule Project	Reclamation Pending
Mill Creek Slate Pile	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Millstone Hollow	P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Mud Lick/zeke Creek	P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	In Reclamation
Mud Lick/zeke Creek	P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Mud Lick/zeke Creek	P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Mud Lick/zeke Creek	P1 Dangerous Impoundments	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Mud Lick/zeke Creek	P1 Dangerous Slides	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Mud Lick/zeke Creek	P1 Portals	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Mud Lick/zeke Creek	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Mud Lick/zeke Creek	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Mud Lick/zeke Creek	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Mud Lick/zeke Creek	P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Mud Lick/zeke Creek	P2 Portals	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Mud Lick/zeke Creek	P3 Equipment Facility	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Mud Lick/zeke Creek	P3 Gobs	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Mud Lick/zeke Creek	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Mud Lick/zeke Creek	P3 High Wall	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Mud Lick/zeke Creek	P3 Mine Opening	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Mud Lick/zeke Creek	P3 Spoil Area	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Pine Ridge	P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Pocahontas Sedimentation	P1 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Pocahontas Sedimentation	P1 Clogged Streams	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Pocahontas Sedimentation	P1 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Pocahontas Sedimentation	P1 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Pocahontas Sedimentation	P1 Portals	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Pocahontas Sedimentation	P1 Subsidence	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Pocahontas Sedimentation	P1 Subsidence	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Pocahontas Sedimentation	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Pocahontas Sedimentation	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Pocahontas Sedimentation	P2 Subsidence	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Pocahontas Sedimentation	P2 Vertical Openings	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Pocahontas Sedimentation	P2 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Pocahontas Sedimentation	P3 Equipment Facility	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Pocahontas Sedimentation	P3 Gobs	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Pocahontas Sedimentation	P3 High Wall	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Pocahontas Sedimentation	P3 Mine Opening	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Pocahontas Sedimentation	P3 Other	AMLER	In Reclamation
Pocahontas Sedimentation	P3 Other	AMLER	Reclamation Completed
Pocahontas Sedimentation	P3 Slump	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Pocahontas Sedimentation	P3 Spoil Area	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Pocahontas Shaft Emergency	P1 Subsidence	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Pocahontas Shaft Emergency	P1 Vertical Openings		Reclamation Completed
Pocahontas Shaft Emergency	P1 Vertical Openings	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Pocahontas Shaft Emergency	P2 Subsidence	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Pocahontas Shaft Emergency	P2 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Pocahontas Shaft Emergency	P3 Bench	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Pocahontas Shaft Emergency	P3 Equipment Facility	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Raven	P1 Portals	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Completed
Red Ash Gob Pile	P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Red Ash Gob Pile	P1 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Red Ash Gob Pile	P2 Clogged Streams	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Red Ash Gob Pile	P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Red Ash Gob Pile	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Red Ash Gob Pile	P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Red Ash Gob Pile	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Red Root Ridge	P1 Portals	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Red Root Ridge	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Pending
Red Root Ridge	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Red Root Ridge	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Pending
Red Root Ridge	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Red Root Ridge	P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Red Root Ridge	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Red Root Ridge	P2 Portals	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Pending
Right Fork Mill Creek	P1 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Right Fork Mill Creek	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Right Fork Mill Creek	P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Right Fork Mill Creek	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Right Fork Mill Creek	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Right Fork Mill Creek	P3 Industrial/Residential Waste	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Road Ridge Church	P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Sayersville	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Sayersville	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Completed
Sayersville	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Sayersville	P2 Portals	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Completed
Sayersville	P3 Gobs	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Sayersville	P3 Gobs	Rural Abandoned Mine Program	Reclamation Pending
Seaboard	P1 Clogged Streams	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Seaboard	P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending

…and 42 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 Abandoned140 on register

#1
Underground coal · Bear Ridge Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4406227

Abandoned and Sealed 2003-05-14
#1
Underground coal · Black Eagle Inc · MSHA ID 4406768

Abandoned 1998-12-30
#16
Underground coal · Mc Glothlin Coal Company · MSHA ID 4406605

Abandoned and Sealed 1995-02-07
#2
Underground coal · Hiope Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4405746

Abandoned and Sealed 1994-10-12
#2 Surface
Surface coal · Rpr Inc · MSHA ID 4406664

Abandoned 1994-03-15
#3
Underground coal · Jamie Marcus Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4405888

Abandoned and Sealed 1991-10-21
#4
Underground coal · Terrie Lynn Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4406765

Abandoned and Sealed 1997-06-30
Big Creek Jewell Mine
Underground coal · Jewell Ridge Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4401487

Abandoned 1973-04-09
Big Creek Seaboard No 1 Mine
Underground coal · Sea B Mining Company · MSHA ID 4402253

Abandoned and Sealed 1993-12-08
Big Creek Seaboard No 2 Mine
Underground coal · Sea B Mining Company · MSHA ID 4403479

Abandoned and Sealed 1998-01-27
Big Creek Tiller Mine
Underground coal · Sea B Mining Company · MSHA ID 4401488

Abandoned and Sealed 1992-01-08
Blair Mine
Underground coal · Sea · MSHA ID 4406855

Abandoned and Sealed 2003-09-25
Brooks Loading Dock No 1
Facility coal · Hunnicutt Coal Sales Inc · MSHA ID 4404907

Abandoned 1977-12-01
Capital No 3
Underground coal · Knox Creek Coal Corporation · MSHA ID 4403600

Abandoned and Sealed 1997-02-18
Central Prep Plant
Facility coal · Raven Anchor Smokeless Coal Company · MSHA ID 4401261

Abandoned 1980-01-15
Central Shop
Facility coal · Sea B Mining Company · MSHA ID 4404302

Abandoned 1998-01-27
Clinch River Operation
Surface metal/non-metal · Clinch River Stone, LLC · MSHA ID 4407330

Abandoned 2017-07-17
Comanche No 9
Underground coal · Knox Creek Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4406210

Abandoned and Sealed 1996-02-14
Covenant Coal Corp Lower Seaboard E
Underground coal · Covenant Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4406649

Abandoned and Sealed 2002-08-20
Deep Mine #1
Underground coal · Ritchie Equipment Inc · MSHA ID 4406278

Abandoned and Sealed 1994-05-30
Fork Ridge No 1
Underground coal · Knox Creek Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4406926

Abandoned 2005-06-23
Genesis Preparation Plant
Facility coal · Covenant Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4406474

Abandoned 2000-06-01
Greasy Creek Mine
Underground coal · Consolidation Coal Company · MSHA ID 4406239

Abandoned and Sealed 2007-09-28
Jawbone #2
Underground coal · Covenant Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4406717

Abandoned and Sealed 2002-08-20
Laurel 2
Underground coal · Consolidation Coal Company · MSHA ID 4401484

Abandoned 1976-11-11
Lower Horsepen Mine
Underground coal · Lower Horsepen Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4406431

Abandoned and Sealed 1991-10-07
Miles Branch Mine
Underground coal · Consolidation Coal Company · MSHA ID 4403932

Abandoned and Sealed 2011-03-09
Mine #1
Underground coal · New Life Energy Inc · MSHA ID 4404837

Abandoned and Sealed 2002-08-20
Mine #2
Underground coal · Big Butt Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4402701

Abandoned and Sealed 1994-12-07
Mine #2
Underground coal · Corbin Collieries, Inc · MSHA ID 4406857

Abandoned and Sealed 2003-09-25
Mine #4
Underground coal · J R & R Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4403770

Abandoned and Sealed 1988-03-21
Mine #7
Underground coal · Calico Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4406571

Abandoned and Sealed 1995-06-22
Mine No 1
Underground coal · Clinch Valley Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4403469

Abandoned 1980-11-03
Mine No 1
Underground coal · J R & R Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4404818

Abandoned 1984-09-26
Mine No 1
Underground coal · J O J Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4405122

Abandoned and Sealed 2011-02-01
Mine No 1
Underground coal · Double O Mining · MSHA ID 4405246

Abandoned and Sealed 2011-02-01
Mine No 1
Underground coal · R-Ten Mining Corp · MSHA ID 4405469

Abandoned 1980-09-23
Mine No 1
Underground coal · Hiope Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4405748

Abandoned and Sealed 1991-02-07
Mine No 1
Underground coal · Canada Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4406713

Abandoned and Sealed 1997-11-18
Mine No 14
Underground coal · W A Bennett Coal Co Inc · MSHA ID 4401681

Abandoned 1977-01-10
Mine No 2
Underground coal · Judy C Coal Company · MSHA ID 4405893

Abandoned and Sealed 1984-03-30
Mine No 3
Underground coal · J R & R Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4406106

Abandoned and Sealed 1995-06-05
Mine No 5
Underground coal · Alfredton Coal Company · MSHA ID 4400283

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Mine No 5 And Mill
Surface metal/non-metal · General Shale Products Corp · MSHA ID 4402823

Abandoned 1982-11-01
Mine No. 1
Underground coal · Ramaco Resources Land Holdings, LLC · MSHA ID 4407369

Abandoned and Sealed 2025-02-04
No 1
Underground coal · Leslie Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4403530

Abandoned 1976-02-19
No 1
Underground coal · J & W Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4403680

Abandoned 1982-08-03
No 1
Underground coal · Colley Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4403734

Abandoned and Sealed 1987-06-23
No 1
Underground coal · R A O Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4405736

Abandoned and Sealed 1985-10-10
No 1
Underground coal · W & D Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4405737

Abandoned and Sealed 1988-04-18
No 1
Underground coal · S & D Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4405811

Abandoned and Sealed 1989-01-11
No 1
Underground coal · Repco Inc · MSHA ID 4405838

Abandoned 1986-02-14
No 1
Underground coal · Fiddle Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4405874

Abandoned and Sealed 1992-10-05
No 1
Underground coal · S & D Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4405886

Abandoned and Sealed 1984-03-19
No 1
Underground coal · Mullins & Skeens Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4405925

Abandoned and Sealed 1986-02-24
No 1
Underground coal · Greasy Creek Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4405976

Abandoned and Sealed 1989-06-23
No 1
Underground coal · Valley River Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4406368

Abandoned and Sealed 1992-09-15
No 1
Underground coal · C & O Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4406606

Abandoned and Sealed 1998-06-16
No 1
Underground coal · Lonesome Dove Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4406720

Abandoned and Sealed 1994-07-12
No 1
Underground coal · Mud Lick Mining Corp · MSHA ID 4406809

Abandoned and Sealed 2002-08-20
No 1 Auger
Surface coal · Red Oak Coal Company · MSHA ID 4402612

Abandoned 1980-04-07
No 1 Dock
Facility coal · R & D Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 4404207

Abandoned 1979-10-01
No 1 Loading Dock
Facility coal · Tazewell Coal Equipment Partnership · MSHA ID 4404801

Abandoned 1981-03-25
No 1 Mine
Underground coal · Davis & Whited Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4401769

Abandoned 1980-04-07
No 1 Mine
Underground coal · Brant & Huffman Coal Company · MSHA ID 4402290

Abandoned 1977-04-14
No 1 Mine
Underground coal · Banjo Branch Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4403468

Abandoned 1981-07-01
No 1 Mine
Underground coal · W & R Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4403529

Abandoned 1977-09-08
No 1 Mine
Underground coal · Jo Flo Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4403669

Abandoned 1982-04-23
No 1 Mine
Underground coal · Amonate Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4404070

Abandoned 1977-07-07
No 1 Mine
Underground coal · Cherokee Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4404230

Abandoned 1979-10-01
No 1 Mine
Underground coal · Third Pocahontas Smokeless Coal Company · MSHA ID 4404636

Abandoned 1978-02-09
No 1 Mine
Underground coal · Dunford Branch Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4404702

Abandoned 1979-10-01
No 1 Mine
Underground coal · Lewis Fork Coal Company · MSHA ID 4404850

Abandoned 1979-10-01
No 1 Mine
Underground coal · Covenant Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4405772

Abandoned and Sealed 1997-10-14
No 1 Strip
Surface coal · Mud Fork Coal Company · MSHA ID 4402580

Abandoned 1972-06-01
No 1 Strip
Surface coal · Brooks Coal Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 4404775

Abandoned 1978-06-01
No 1 Strip
Surface coal · Pedlar Coal Company · MSHA ID 4405289

Abandoned 1982-07-20
No 1 Strip Mine
Surface coal · Looney Coal Company · MSHA ID 4402562

Abandoned 1972-06-01
No 1 Ug
Underground coal · Delta Coals Inc · MSHA ID 4401252

Abandoned 1973-03-19
No 11 Dock
Facility coal · Interstate Mining & Equipment Company Inc · MSHA ID 4404466

Abandoned 1983-09-13
No 12 Mine
Underground coal · Mc Glothlin Coal Company · MSHA ID 4402862

Abandoned 1974-02-11
No 13 Mine
Underground coal · Mc Glothlin Coal Company · MSHA ID 4403659

Abandoned and Sealed 1990-03-30
No 14 Mine
Underground coal · Mc Glothlin Coal Company · MSHA ID 4404050

Abandoned 1975-04-01
No 15 Mine
Underground coal · Mc Glothlin Coal Company · MSHA ID 4404208

Abandoned 1982-05-28
No 16 Mine
Underground coal · H M Mc Glothlin Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4405871

Abandoned 1982-05-07
No 2
Underground coal · J R & R Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4401250

Abandoned and Sealed 1987-06-19
No 2
Underground coal · W A Bennett Coal Co Inc · MSHA ID 4404663

Abandoned 1982-04-30
No 2
Underground coal · P A Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4404947

Abandoned 1991-10-31
No 2
Underground coal · J K & G Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4405696

Abandoned and Sealed 1992-11-11
No 2
Underground coal · Shady Lane Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4405899

Abandoned and Sealed 1989-10-31
No 2
Underground coal · Stanleytown Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4406182

Abandoned and Sealed 1987-02-27
No 2
Underground coal · C & O Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4406902

Abandoned and Sealed 1998-12-03
No 2 Mine
Underground coal · Clinch Valley Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4403687

Abandoned and Sealed 1984-11-01
No 2 Mine
Underground coal · Cherokee Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4404426

Abandoned 1978-03-13
No 2 Mine
Underground coal · C & R Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4405833

Abandoned 1983-01-24
No 2 Mine
Underground coal · Gordie Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4405927

Abandoned and Sealed 1988-04-25
No 3
Underground coal · Omega Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4405314

Abandoned and Sealed 1985-05-07
No 3
Underground coal · Clinch Valley Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4406143

Abandoned and Sealed 1988-03-21
No 3
Underground coal · Hiope Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4406635

Abandoned and Sealed 1992-10-19
No 3 Mine
Underground coal · S M A Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4404938

Abandoned 1979-10-01
No 3 Mine
Underground coal · Bristol Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4406465

Abandoned and Sealed 1991-12-30
No 3 Strip Mine
Surface coal · Pocahontas Fuel Company · MSHA ID 4402754

Abandoned 1972-06-01
No 4
Underground coal · Four D Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4405234

Abandoned and Sealed 1985-10-01
No 4
Underground coal · East Star Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4405616

Abandoned and Sealed 2006-03-30
No 4 Mine
Underground coal · B & V Coal Company · MSHA ID 4403452

Abandoned 1980-04-07
No 5 Mine
Underground coal · B & V Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4403513

Abandoned 1980-08-07
No 7 Mine
Underground coal · Pigeon Branch Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4401679

Abandoned 1980-04-07
No. 2
Surface coal · Mattie Boo, LLC. · MSHA ID 4407023

Abandoned 2006-07-17
NO. 2
Surface coal · SOUTHEASTERN COAL, INC · MSHA ID 4407161

Abandoned 2006-06-27
No. 5
Underground coal · East Star Mining, Inc. · MSHA ID 4405745

Abandoned and Sealed 2011-02-01
No1
Underground coal · P A Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4404889

Abandoned and Sealed 1990-09-04
Pocahontas Central Shop
Facility coal · Consolidation Coal Company · MSHA ID 4403221

Abandoned 1994-12-30
Pocahontas Lab
Facility coal · Consolidation Coal Company · MSHA ID 4406658

Abandoned 2003-12-18
Pocahontas Prep Plant
Facility coal · Consolidation Coal Company · MSHA ID 4402841

Abandoned 1982-01-18
Premier Dock
Facility coal · Wildcat Coal Company · MSHA ID 4404653

Abandoned 1978-01-17
Prep Plant
Facility coal · Norma Mining Corp · MSHA ID 4401257

Abandoned 1980-04-07
Preparation Plant
Facility coal · Tazewell Coal Equipment Partnership · MSHA ID 4404638

Abandoned 1988-03-31
Seaboard Dock
Facility coal · Sea B Mining Company · MSHA ID 4406901

Abandoned 2002-07-26
Silver Creek Mine
Underground coal · Sea · MSHA ID 4406895

Abandoned and Sealed 2003-11-12
Solus #1
Underground coal · Solus Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4406708

Abandoned 1999-06-22
Surface Mine
Surface coal · Lacy Elswick Coal Co · MSHA ID 4402549

Abandoned 1976-02-02
Surface Mine #4 001-0
Surface coal · Anderson & Anderson Contractors Inc · MSHA ID 4401951

Abandoned 1975-05-22
Surface Mine No 1
Surface coal · Consolidation Coal Company · MSHA ID 4402080

Abandoned 1984-07-30
Surface Mine No 1
Surface coal · Neese Mining Corp · MSHA ID 4402212

Abandoned 1973-12-18
Surface Mine No 1
Surface coal · Preservati Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 4403528

Abandoned 1987-03-11
Surface Mine No 1
Surface coal · Clinch Valley Enterprises · MSHA ID 4403755

Abandoned 1976-10-04
Surface Mine No 1
Surface coal · Miller & Greenland Inc · MSHA ID 4403809

Abandoned 1978-09-14
Surface Mine No 1
Surface coal · Stanton Coal Company · MSHA ID 4403817

Abandoned 1976-04-08
Surface Mine No 1
Surface coal · Town Hill Creek Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4404041

Abandoned 1978-09-11
Surface Mine No 1
Surface coal · Neese Enterprises · MSHA ID 4404052

Abandoned 1975-12-08
Surface Mine No 1
Surface coal · Triple Hhh Inc · MSHA ID 4404519

Abandoned 1977-11-14
Surface Mine No 2
Surface coal · Consolidation Coal Company · MSHA ID 4404627

Abandoned 1978-06-01
Surface Mine No 5
Surface coal · S & D Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4405593

Abandoned 1982-07-14
Surface No 1
Surface coal · Little Nugget Coal · MSHA ID 4404066

Abandoned 1975-04-01
Surface No 1
Surface coal · Virginia Limestone Corp · MSHA ID 4404277

Abandoned 1977-04-14
Tazewell
Facility metal/non-metal · Reiss Viking Division · MSHA ID 4405607

Abandoned 1993-10-21
Tazewell Clay Products
Surface metal/non-metal · Tazewell Clay Products Company · MSHA ID 4400209

Abandoned 1989-03-17
Town Hill Creek Surface Mine No. 1
Surface coal · Surface Minerals Company · MSHA ID 4407130

Abandoned 2007-09-07
WAR CREEK NO. 1
Underground coal · Black River Coal, LLC · MSHA ID 4406859

Abandoned and Sealed 2023-08-16
Wildcat No 1 Tipple
Facility coal · Southeast Energy Inc · MSHA ID 4404824

Abandoned 1982-06-01

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)	114
Strip Mine	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (area)	106
Open Pit Mine or Quarry	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (point)	49
P3 High Wall	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	18
P1 Portals	Mine openings	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	18
P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Mills, tipples and facilities	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	14
P2 Portals	Mine openings	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	14
Disturbed Surface	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (area)	12
P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	11
P3 Gobs	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	11
P3 Equipment Facility	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	9
P1 Subsidence	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	8
P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Mills, tipples and facilities	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	7
P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	7
P2 Vertical Openings	Mine openings	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	6
P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	6
P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	6
P3 Mine Opening	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	5
Mine Dump	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	USGS topo symbol (area)	5
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated	Quarries, gravel and borrow pits	USGS topo symbol (point)	5
P3 Other	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	5
P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	5
P2 Clogged Streams	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	5
P3 Spoil Area	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	5
P1 Vertical Openings	Mine openings	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	4
P1 Clogged Streams	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	4
P1 Dangerous Slides	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	4
P1 Dangerous Impoundments	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	3
Tipple	Mills, tipples and facilities	USGS topo symbol (point)	3
P2 Dangerous Impoundments	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	3
P2 Subsidence	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	2
Mine Shaft	Mine openings	USGS topo symbol (point)	2
Quarry	Quarries, gravel and borrow pits	USGS topo symbol (area)	2
P3 Haul Road	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	2
Clay Pit	Quarries, gravel and borrow pits	USGS topo symbol (point)	2
P3 Industrial/Residential Waste	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	2
P1 Clogged Stream Lands	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	2
Quarry	Quarries, gravel and borrow pits	USGS topo symbol (point)	2
Tailings - Pond	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	USGS topo symbol (area)	1
P3 Slump	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
Problem type not recorded	Other	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P2 Dangerous Slides	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
Mine Dump	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	USGS topo symbol (point)	1
P3 Bench	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P2 Hazardous Water Bodies	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
Gravel Pit	Quarries, gravel and borrow pits	USGS topo symbol (point)	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.