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Abandoned mine inventory

Abandoned mines in Cowlitz County, Washington

Cowlitz County, Washington has 571 mine and prospect features on USGS topographic maps published 1941–1998. MSHA's register carries 65 mines in the county with status Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed.

Every mine and prospect feature the USGS digitized from historical topographic maps covering Cowlitz 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)
571
Mine openings
0
OSMRE problems unreclaimed
0
MSHA mines marked abandoned
65
0 features carry a name0 prospect pits38 quadrangle maps, published 1941–1998 0 MSHA mines abandoned and sealed
What the features are
  1. Mines and surface workings
    labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
    11 1.9%
  2. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits
    construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
    560 98.1%
MSHA-registered mines with status Abandoned65 on register
  1. 502 Rock Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Gibbons & Reed Company · MSHA ID 4502752
    Abandoned
  2. 9405 Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Harbor Rock Inc · MSHA ID 4502814
    Abandoned
  3. ALUMINA CLAY PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Cowlitz Valley Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 4503321
    Abandoned
  4. Amos Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Jesse Amos Excavating · MSHA ID 4503389
    Abandoned
  5. Ash Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · M A Segale Inc · MSHA ID 4502868
    Abandoned
  6. B R Rock
    Surface metal/non-metal · B R Rock · MSHA ID 4503528
    Abandoned
  7. Barnes Drive Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Farwest Portable Crushing, Inc. · MSHA ID 4503459
    Abandoned
  8. Barnes Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Cowlitz County Engineers · MSHA ID 4501224
    Abandoned
  9. Bob Walker Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Dave Smith Construction · MSHA ID 4502500
    Abandoned
  10. C M S Rock Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · C M S Rock Quarries Inc · MSHA ID 4502929
    Abandoned
  11. Camp 19 Mile Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Harbor Rock Inc · MSHA ID 4502865
    Abandoned
  12. Camp Baker Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Weyerhaeuser Company · MSHA ID 4502753
    Abandoned
  13. Carney Screen Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Carney Const Inc · MSHA ID 4503413
    Abandoned
  14. Coal Creek Quarry & Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Cowlitz County Road Department · MSHA ID 4501172
    Abandoned
  15. Columbia River Sand & Gravel Pit #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · B & K Paving Company Inc · MSHA ID 4502723
    Abandoned
  16. Columbia River Sand & Gravel Pit #2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Columbia River Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 4502724
    Abandoned
  17. Columbia River Sand & Gravel Pit #3
    Surface metal/non-metal · North Clark Construction · MSHA ID 4502725
    Abandoned
  18. Coweeman Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · De Rosier Trucking Inc · MSHA ID 4503237
    Abandoned
  19. Coweeman Pit & Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lakeside Industries · MSHA ID 4500829
    Abandoned
  20. Davis Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Davis Rock Company · MSHA ID 4502740
    Abandoned
  21. Dietz Brothers Alder Bluff Incorporated
    Surface metal/non-metal · Dietz Bros Alder Bluff Inc · MSHA ID 4502640
    Abandoned
  22. Eagle Wash Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · J L Storedahl & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 4503586
    Abandoned
  23. Good's Quarry @ Kelso
    Surface metal/non-metal · Good Inc · MSHA ID 4503560
    Abandoned
  24. Grady Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Grady & Trotter · MSHA ID 4502828
    Abandoned
  25. Headquarters Road Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · E W Eldridge Inc · MSHA ID 4502869
    Abandoned
  26. Indian Creek Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Matco Rock Inc · MSHA ID 4503238
    Abandoned
  27. J L S Permanent Jaw Crusher
    Surface metal/non-metal · J L Storedahl & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 4503486
    Abandoned
  28. JLS Crusher #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · J L Storedahl & Sons Inc · MSHA ID 4500840
    Abandoned
  29. JLS Screen-It
    Surface metal/non-metal · J. L. Storedahl & Sons, Inc · MSHA ID 4503517
    Abandoned
  30. Kalama Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Columbia West Materials & Constructors Inc · MSHA ID 4502409
    Abandoned
  31. Kalama Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Knife River Corporation-Northwest · MSHA ID 4503460
    Abandoned
  32. Kalama Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Harold Sorensen Trucking · MSHA ID 4503764
    Abandoned
  33. Kalama Washington Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Nesko Rock · MSHA ID 4503606
    Abandoned
  34. Kress Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Monte Kress Trucking · MSHA ID 4502525
    Abandoned
  35. Memorial Park Road Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Wally Marthaller Trucking · MSHA ID 4502138
    Abandoned
  36. Mount Solo Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Columbia West Materials & Constructors Inc · MSHA ID 4501330
    Abandoned
  37. Mt St Helens Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Granite Construction Company · MSHA ID 4503142
    Abandoned
  38. Mt.Top Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · J.L. Storedahl & Sons Inc. · MSHA ID 4503757
    Abandoned
  39. N-145-Ext Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Fiorito Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 4502478
    Abandoned
  40. Nelson Sand Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Longview Rock Company Inc · MSHA ID 4502479
    Abandoned
  41. Opsahl Pit & Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Craig Opsahl Rock & Construction · MSHA ID 4503296
    Abandoned
  42. Owl Creek Wasser & Winters Co
    Surface metal/non-metal · Wasser & Winters Co · MSHA ID 4503507
    Abandoned
  43. Pleasant Hill Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · De Rosier Trucking Inc · MSHA ID 4503236
    Abandoned
  44. Portable 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hadaller Construction · MSHA ID 4503809
    Abandoned
  45. Portable 4242SR Impactor
    Surface metal/non-metal · Landworks Northwest Inc. · MSHA ID 4503651
    Abandoned
  46. Portable Crusher
    Surface metal/non-metal · Landworks Northwest Inc · MSHA ID 4503335
    Abandoned
  47. Portable Crusher
    Surface metal/non-metal · Tim Brown Logging Inc. · MSHA ID 4503691
    Abandoned
  48. PORTABLE NUMBER TWO
    Surface metal/non-metal · Olson & Taylor Inc · MSHA ID 4503354
    Abandoned
  49. Radakovich Rock Crusher
    Surface metal/non-metal · Radakovich Construction Inc · MSHA ID 4500845
    Abandoned
  50. Rex For Rock Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Rex For Rock · MSHA ID 4502764
    Abandoned
  51. Rose Valley Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Columbia West Materials & Constructors Inc · MSHA ID 4501598
    Abandoned
  52. Rose Valley Quarry 2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ostrander Rock & Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 4501096
    Abandoned
  53. S.W. WASHINGTON
    Surface metal/non-metal · Weyerhaeuser Company · MSHA ID 4503053
    Abandoned
  54. Sand & Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Gardner Trucking · MSHA ID 4503583
    Abandoned
  55. Sari Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ostrander Rock & Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 4501331
    Abandoned
  56. SCREENING PLANT
    Surface metal/non-metal · American Ls Maintenance Inc · MSHA ID 4503407
    Abandoned
  57. Stella Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ostrander Rock & Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 4502380
    Abandoned
  58. TERRA FIRMA
    Surface metal/non-metal · Terra Firma Inc · MSHA ID 4503282
    Abandoned
  59. Tower Rock
    Surface metal/non-metal · Tower Rock Products Inc. · MSHA ID 4503453
    Abandoned
  60. Wa Portable #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Kiewit Construction Company · MSHA ID 4503230
    Abandoned
  61. Wallace Bros Inc
    Surface metal/non-metal · Wallace Bros Inc · MSHA ID 4503085
    Abandoned
  62. Westside Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Westside Construction Company · MSHA ID 4500950
    Abandoned
  63. WEYERHAEUSER LANDFILL CLAY STOCK
    Surface metal/non-metal · Weyerhaeuser Company · MSHA ID 4503408
    Abandoned
  64. Wohls Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Radakovich Construction Inc · MSHA ID 4501223
    Abandoned
  65. Wooley Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · U S Forest Service · MSHA ID 4501371
    Abandoned

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

By source vocabularythe publishers' own terms
Feature type Features
Borrow Pit 429
Quarry 58
Borrow Pit 32
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated 15
Gravel Pit 9
Quarry 9
Open Pit Mine or Quarry 6
Gravel Pit 4
Disturbed Surface 3
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated 2
Open Pit Mine 2
Quarry - Rock 1
Sand Pit 1
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How to read these numbers

A USGS feature is a symbol on a historical topographic map, there when the map was surveyed; it may since have been sealed, reclaimed, built over or reopened as a working mine, and the map does not say which. An OSMRE row is a problem the abandoned mine land program tracks, not a mine. An MSHA mine is a registered operation whose operator reported abandonment, a record that starts in the 1970s. The three overlap and are never added together. The county is assigned from each feature's coordinates against the Census 2023 county boundaries. The full method is on the national page.

Sources
  1. USGS, Consolidated Prospect- and Mine-Related Features from 7.5- and 15-Minute Topographic Quadrangle Maps of the United States (USMIN)
    597,612 point and area features digitized from about 106,350 historical topographic maps published 1886–2006; public domain (CC0). A feature is a map symbol, not a field-verified site, and the map does not say whether it was still worked.
  2. USGS Fact Sheet 2025–3003, The Abandoned Mine Inventory of the United States
    States that as of 2025 there is no comprehensive national inventory of abandoned mine features, and that the detailed national database now being built will not be published.
  3. OSMRE, Abandoned Mine Land Inventory System (e-AMLIS), public Problems layer
    One row per abandoned mine land problem in a problem area, with its type, funding program and reclamation status; mostly coal mined before the 1977 Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act. Coordinates are the problem area's.
  4. MSHA, Mines dataset (Mine Data Retrieval System)
    Every mine registered with MSHA since the 1970s; a mine reads Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed when its operator reported that status. Refreshed weekly.
  5. US Census Bureau, 2023 cartographic county boundaries (1:500,000)
    Each feature's county is assigned by its coordinates against these boundaries, not copied from the source file.
  6. GAO-20-238, Abandoned Hardrock Mines (March 2020)
    Federal agencies had identified at least 140,000 abandoned hardrock mine features on federal land and estimated more than 390,000 more not yet captured in their databases.
  7. Abandoned Hardrock Mine Reclamation (AHMR) Program, US Department of the Interior
    The program the USGS inventory is compiled for. Its appropriations and the 674,000 field-confirmed feature count on this page were provided by the program manager, Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance, and are cited with permission (2026-09-08).
  8. IMCC-NAAMLP Hardrock AML Report
    Page 48 carries the two figures this page leans on: USGS estimates 633,181 of the 725,690 mine features it recorded from historic topographic maps, 87 percent, are hardrock; and state and federal agencies have submitted more than 724,000 AML features to the national database being built, already more than the historic maps hold. Year-by-year AHMR funding is on page 35.