Abandoned mines in Snohomish County, Washington
Snohomish County, Washington has 272 mine and prospect features on USGS topographic maps published 1944–1999, including 38 mine openings (shafts, adits and air shafts) and 17 prospect pits; 14 of the features carry a name on the map. MSHA's register carries 114 mines in the county with status Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed.
Every mine and prospect feature the USGS digitized from historical topographic maps covering Snohomish 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)
- 272
- Mine openings
- 38
- OSMRE problems unreclaimed
- 0
- MSHA mines marked abandoned
- 114
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38 14.0%Mine openingsshafts, adits, air shafts, portals and vertical openings: the ways into underground workings
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17 6.2%Prospect pits and trenchesshallow exploration diggings that never became a mine
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5 1.8%Mines and surface workingslabelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
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212 77.9%Quarries, gravel and borrow pitsconstruction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
| Name on map | Feature |
|---|---|
| Bonanza Queen Mine | Adit |
| Bonanza Queen Mine | Adit |
| Copperbell Mine | Adit |
| Glacier Peak Mine | Adit |
| Glacier Peak Mines | Adit |
| Glacier Peak Mines | Prospect Pit |
| Honeymoon Mine | Adit |
| Kromona Mine | Adit |
| Lockwood Mine | Adit |
| Sperry-Iverson Mine | Adit |
| St Louis Mine | Adit |
| St Louis Mine | Adit |
| Sunset Mine | Adit |
| Wayside Mine | Mine Shaft |
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.
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15 Mile PitAbandoned 1981-09-24Surface metal/non-metal · Summit Timber Company · MSHA ID 4502898
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AAA DIORITE QUARRYAbandoned 2009-05-01Surface metal/non-metal · AAA Monroe Rock Corp · MSHA ID 4502417
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Anacortes QuarryAbandoned 2016-10-01Surface metal/non-metal · Lakeside Industries, Inc · MSHA ID 4501066
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Arlanco Pit & PlantAbandoned 1981-09-30Surface metal/non-metal · W L Perry · MSHA ID 4502647
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Arlington Heights QuarryAbandoned 1979-08-08Surface metal/non-metal · Snohomish County Road District · MSHA ID 4501151
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Arlington PitAbandoned 1993-09-13Surface metal/non-metal · Concrete Nor'West · MSHA ID 4500988
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Arlington Wash PlantAbandoned 2012-07-11Surface metal/non-metal · Cadman Materials · MSHA ID 4503425
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B A Gedstad Gravel PitAbandoned 1979-08-08Surface metal/non-metal · B A Gedstad · MSHA ID 4502469
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B N PitAbandoned 1990-02-15Surface metal/non-metal · Cadman Concrete Company · MSHA ID 4503193
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BIG BEAR QUARRYAbandoned 2001-08-13Surface metal/non-metal · Rominco Llc · MSHA ID 4500056
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Black Chuck Pit SiteAbandoned 1981-08-24Surface metal/non-metal · Olson & Taylor Trucking Inc · MSHA ID 4501968
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Boulder Northwest Sand & GravelAbandoned 2021-10-01Surface metal/non-metal · Boulder Northwest Sand & Gravel, LLC · MSHA ID 4503771
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Builders Supply Pit & PlantAbandoned 1979-05-15Surface metal/non-metal · Builders Supply · MSHA ID 4502300
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Cadman IncorporatedAbandoned 1993-12-27Surface metal/non-metal · Cadman Inc · MSHA ID 4500712
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Cagi Portable CrusherAbandoned 2005-02-08Surface metal/non-metal · Columbia Ready-Mix Inc · MSHA ID 4500674
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CANADIAN CRUSHERAbandoned 1998-04-08Surface metal/non-metal · Okanogan Aggregates Ltd · MSHA ID 4503355
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City Gravel PitAbandoned 1982-08-17Surface metal/non-metal · City Of Snohomish · MSHA ID 4502794
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Clay PitAbandoned 1981-01-06Surface metal/non-metal · Clayburn Inc · MSHA ID 4500255
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Coal Lake Pit And MillAbandoned 1977-12-03Surface metal/non-metal · U S Forest Service · MSHA ID 4502091
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Coe PitAbandoned 1979-07-10Surface metal/non-metal · Snohomish County Public Works · MSHA ID 4500946
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Conelly PitAbandoned 1978-11-24Surface metal/non-metal · Lakeside Industries · MSHA ID 4501744
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Crowsfoot No 1 PitAbandoned 1978-06-29Surface metal/non-metal · U S Forest Service · MSHA ID 4502431
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Crowsfoot No 2 PitAbandoned 1978-06-29Surface metal/non-metal · U S Forest Service · MSHA ID 4502432
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CRUSHERAbandoned 2007-06-14Surface metal/non-metal · Reece Bros Logging Inc · MSHA ID 4503477
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CTI PORTABLEAbandoned 2001-08-27Surface metal/non-metal · City Transfer Inc · MSHA ID 4503248
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D-193 PitAbandoned 1982-12-01Surface metal/non-metal · Fiorito Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 4502796
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Darrington Pit & MillAbandoned 1978-12-27Surface metal/non-metal · Snohomish County Road District · MSHA ID 4502001
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Dredger ProcessingAbandoned 2020-05-05Surface metal/non-metal · Wetlands Creation, Inc. · MSHA ID 4503602
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Edinger Pit And MillAbandoned 1978-12-29Surface metal/non-metal · Edinger Gravel Company · MSHA ID 4500621
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Evans Creek PitAbandoned 1979-10-01Surface metal/non-metal · Miller Shingle Company · MSHA ID 4502306
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Evans Creek Pit #3Abandoned 1978-05-24Surface metal/non-metal · U S Forest Service · MSHA ID 4502307
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Everett PitAbandoned 1980-08-29Surface metal/non-metal · M A Segale Inc · MSHA ID 4502738
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Everett Pit & PlantAbandoned 2019-04-02Surface metal/non-metal · Cadman Materials Inc · MSHA ID 4500577
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Everett Pit & PlantAbandoned 1979-08-08Surface metal/non-metal · M A Segale Inc · MSHA ID 4502651
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EXTEC #1Abandoned 2004-08-17Surface metal/non-metal · Pacific Road & Bridge · MSHA ID 4503457
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Far PointAbandoned 2004-08-17Surface metal/non-metal · Far Point Sand & Gravel LLC · MSHA ID 4503549
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Five Mile Andesite QuarryAbandoned 2008-06-20Surface metal/non-metal · Five Mile Quarry Co · MSHA ID 4503515
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Getchell PitAbandoned 1981-01-30Surface metal/non-metal · Snohomish County Public Works · MSHA ID 4501499
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Getchell PitAbandoned 1982-12-01Surface metal/non-metal · Cascade Roads Inc · MSHA ID 4502879
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GoochAbandoned 1993-08-26Surface metal/non-metal · Cadman (Redmond) Inc · MSHA ID 4501188
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GRANDRIDGEAbandoned 2000-12-11Surface metal/non-metal · D-4 Care Inc · MSHA ID 4503385
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Granite Falls QuarryAbandoned 2004-11-10Surface metal/non-metal · Iron Mountain Quarry · MSHA ID 4502665
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GREEN CROW ROCK PRODUCTSAbandoned 2007-04-30Surface metal/non-metal · Roads West Construction Inc · MSHA ID 4503428
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H R-700 QuarryAbandoned 1985-06-21Surface metal/non-metal · Weyerhaeuser Company · MSHA ID 4503036
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Hammeren PitAbandoned 1994-11-23Surface metal/non-metal · Hammeren Gravel Distributors Inc · MSHA ID 4503240
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Hewitt PitAbandoned 1982-10-28Surface metal/non-metal · Dis & Dat Construction Company · MSHA ID 4502600
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Jonkers PlacerAbandoned 1982-04-29Surface metal/non-metal · Gregory E Rogers · MSHA ID 4502849
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Joplin Pit & PlantAbandoned 1995-01-13Surface metal/non-metal · Lakeside Industries · MSHA ID 4502009
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Jordan SiteAbandoned 2013-04-30Surface metal/non-metal · Concrete Nor'West · MSHA ID 4503668
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Jorden Road PitAbandoned 1986-07-10Surface metal/non-metal · Builders Rock Inc · MSHA ID 4502726
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KUTZER ROCK CRUSHINGAbandoned 1998-02-17Surface metal/non-metal · Kutzer Rock Crushing · MSHA ID 4503056
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Lenz Enterprises Mobile CrushingAbandoned 2014-10-08Surface metal/non-metal · Lenz Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 4503714
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Lynnwood Pit And PlantAbandoned 1979-01-08Surface metal/non-metal · Lynnwood Sand & Gravel Incorporat · MSHA ID 4500620
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M & S PitAbandoned 1979-11-02Surface metal/non-metal · C Martin Trucking Inc · MSHA ID 4501340
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MALTBY RESOURCESAbandoned 1998-12-30Surface metal/non-metal · Csr Associated Sand & Gravel Company Inc · MSHA ID 4503221
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Mandan Sand & Gravel-RiversceneAbandoned 1995-08-16Surface metal/non-metal · Mandan Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 4503105
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May Creek Mine & QuarryAbandoned 1986-09-08Surface metal/non-metal · North Coast Miners · MSHA ID 4503025
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Merrill Creek PitAbandoned 1990-09-06Surface metal/non-metal · Merrill Creek Associates · MSHA ID 4500666
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MONROE ROCKAbandoned 2019-10-01Surface metal/non-metal · AAA Monroe Rock Corp · MSHA ID 4500557
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NW Sand & Gravel IncAbandoned 2003-03-11Surface metal/non-metal · Nw Sand & Gravel Products Inc · MSHA ID 4503421
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O'Brien QuarryAbandoned 2012-04-13Surface metal/non-metal · O'Brien Sand and Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 4503662
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Olson QuarryAbandoned 1981-01-14Surface metal/non-metal · Olson & Taylor Inc · MSHA ID 4501341
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Oso QuarryAbandoned 1978-12-22Surface metal/non-metal · Snohomish County Road District · MSHA ID 4501124
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PILCHUCK AGGREGATESAbandoned 1999-01-21Surface metal/non-metal · Pilchuck Aggregates · MSHA ID 4503123
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Pilchuck PitAbandoned 1981-01-15Surface metal/non-metal · Snohomish Rock Products · MSHA ID 4502698
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Pilchuck Quarry No 1Abandoned 1979-08-08Surface metal/non-metal · Pacific Denkmann Company · MSHA ID 4501347
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Pilchuck Quarry No 2Abandoned 1979-08-08Surface metal/non-metal · Pacific Denkmann Company · MSHA ID 4501972
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Pilchuck Roadside PitAbandoned 1978-06-29Surface metal/non-metal · U S Forest Service · MSHA ID 4502429
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Plant 1Abandoned 2021-10-01Surface metal/non-metal · Cascade H & A, L.L.C. · MSHA ID 4503736
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Plant 3Abandoned 2024-10-10Surface metal/non-metal · Seegert Crushing · MSHA ID 4503803
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Port Of Benton PitAbandoned 1980-10-01Underground metal/non-metal · Midland Rock Products · MSHA ID 4502853
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Port P-91 4242 Re-Circulating ImpactorAbandoned 2007-08-29Surface metal/non-metal · Pacific Topsoils, Inc. · MSHA ID 4503630
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Portable #P-77 Premiertrack Jaw CrusherAbandoned 2007-08-29Surface metal/non-metal · Pacific Topsoils, Inc. · MSHA ID 4503632
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Portable #2Abandoned 2018-07-20Surface metal/non-metal · Cadman Materials Inc. · MSHA ID 4503692
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Portable #P-86Abandoned 2009-04-27Surface metal/non-metal · Pacific Topsoils, Inc. · MSHA ID 4503631
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Portable CrusherAbandoned 2015-10-01Surface metal/non-metal · Cemex Construction Materials Pacific LLC · MSHA ID 4503381
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PORTABLE CRUSHER NO. 1Abandoned 2002-08-28Facility metal/non-metal · Olson & Taylor Inc · MSHA ID 4503106
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Portable Plant #1Abandoned 1985-12-23Surface metal/non-metal · Meridian Aggregates Company · MSHA ID 4503058
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PORTABLE WASH PLANTAbandoned 1997-10-27Surface metal/non-metal · Olson & Taylor Inc · MSHA ID 4503360
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Proctor Creek PitAbandoned 2008-01-17Surface metal/non-metal · Rinker Materials · MSHA ID 4502882
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Pugh Ridge QuarryAbandoned 1978-06-29Surface metal/non-metal · U S Forest Service · MSHA ID 4502396
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R-4 PitAbandoned 1985-09-24Surface metal/non-metal · C Martin Trucking Inc · MSHA ID 4502780
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Reiter PitAbandoned 1992-09-23Surface metal/non-metal · Reiter Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 4503232
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Reiter PitAbandoned 2018-10-01Surface metal/non-metal · Scarsella Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 4503442
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Riverside Pit & MillAbandoned 1993-09-13Surface metal/non-metal · Riverside Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 4500684
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Ross PitAbandoned 2024-10-10Surface metal/non-metal · Scarsella Bros., Inc. · MSHA ID 4503522
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Rosselli PitAbandoned 1979-05-15Surface metal/non-metal · Monroe Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 4502173
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Rotary PitAbandoned 1978-02-13Surface metal/non-metal · U S Forest Service · MSHA ID 4502430
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Safeway PitAbandoned 1982-10-28Surface metal/non-metal · Harold Hanson · MSHA ID 4502881
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Sand & Gravel PitAbandoned 1983-11-29Surface metal/non-metal · Village Sand & Gravel · MSHA ID 4501386
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Sand Hill PitAbandoned 2016-01-06Surface metal/non-metal · Snohomish County Public Works · MSHA ID 4501143
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Sandhill Or Sandhill PitAbandoned 1986-09-10Surface metal/non-metal · Snohomish County Public Works · MSHA ID 4502676
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Scotty Road PitAbandoned 2009-07-22Surface metal/non-metal · O'Brien Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 4503612
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Sea Mount ResourcesAbandoned 2004-08-04Surface metal/non-metal · Steve Gibson Trucking Inc · MSHA ID 4503563
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SILVANA PLANTAbandoned 2003-07-08Surface metal/non-metal · Stanwood Redi-Mix Inc · MSHA ID 4500698
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Simpson PitAbandoned 2017-11-01Surface metal/non-metal · SSG Mineral Resources & Recycling, Inc. · MSHA ID 4503524
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Skaglund QuarryAbandoned 1983-11-29Surface metal/non-metal · Art Skaglund · MSHA ID 4502759
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Skaglund QuarryAbandoned 2023-09-05Surface metal/non-metal · A & E LLC · MSHA ID 4503603
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Sky River PitAbandoned 2013-04-30Surface metal/non-metal · Cadman (Rock) Inc · MSHA ID 4503014
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Smoke QuarryAbandoned 1978-12-29Surface metal/non-metal · Cecil C Art & Beryl Smoke · MSHA ID 4502146
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Snohomish County Pit And MillAbandoned 1978-12-12Surface metal/non-metal · Snohomish County Road District · MSHA ID 4500694
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SNOHOMISH SAND & GRAVELAbandoned 2005-01-04Surface metal/non-metal · Snohomish Excavators · MSHA ID 4503324
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Stilly Sand and GravelAbandoned 2022-08-01Surface metal/non-metal · Stillaguamish Resources LLC · MSHA ID 4503699
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Suiattle PitAbandoned 1980-09-30Surface metal/non-metal · Summit Timber Company · MSHA ID 4502769
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Summit Portable CrusherAbandoned 1995-08-16Surface metal/non-metal · Summit Timber Company · MSHA ID 4502768
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Sunday Lake PitAbandoned 1978-06-15Surface metal/non-metal · Snohomish County Road District · MSHA ID 4502355
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Sunrise MineAbandoned 1982-11-18Underground metal/non-metal · Century Exploration Inc · MSHA ID 4500888
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Sunset MineAbandoned 1976-03-01Underground metal/non-metal · Index Mining Company · MSHA ID 4501142
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Trafton QuarryAbandoned 1979-08-08Surface metal/non-metal · Snohomish County Road District · MSHA ID 4501150
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Turk PitAbandoned 2016-10-07Surface metal/non-metal · Pacific Topsoils, Inc. · MSHA ID 4503715
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Twin Rivers QuarryAbandoned 1994-09-01Surface metal/non-metal · Twin Rivers Quarry · MSHA ID 4500553
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WILLARD AGGREGATESAbandoned 2001-08-13Surface metal/non-metal · Willard Aggregates · MSHA ID 4503383
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Williams PitAbandoned 1992-06-04Surface metal/non-metal · Harold Jordan Company Inc · MSHA ID 4500715
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Windy Pass Bornite MineAbandoned 1977-10-13Underground metal/non-metal · Unknown · MSHA ID 4502503
Status and date are as reported to MSHA by the operator. Each mine's own page carries its accident, citation and inspection record.
| Feature type | Features |
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| Gravel Pit | 72 |
| Gravel Pit | 47 |
| Adit | 37 |
| Quarry | 32 |
| Quarry | 21 |
| Prospect Pit | 17 |
| Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated | 15 |
| Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated | 12 |
| Borrow Pit | 8 |
| Disturbed Surface | 4 |
| Sand Pit | 3 |
| Sand Pit | 2 |
| Open Pit Mine or Quarry | 1 |
| Mine Shaft | 1 |
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.