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Abandoned mine inventory

Abandoned mines in Waukesha County, Wisconsin

Waukesha County, Wisconsin has 275 mine and prospect features on USGS topographic maps published 1958–1994. MSHA's register carries 49 mines in the county with status Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed.

Every mine and prospect feature the USGS digitized from historical topographic maps covering Waukesha 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)
275
Mine openings
0
OSMRE problems unreclaimed
0
MSHA mines marked abandoned
49
0 features carry a name0 prospect pits27 quadrangle maps, published 1958–1994 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
    34 12.4%
  2. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits
    construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
    241 87.6%
MSHA-registered mines with status Abandoned49 on register
  1. Artistic Stone Inc.
    Surface metal/non-metal · Artistic Stone Inc. · MSHA ID 4703129
    Abandoned
  2. Burton
    Surface metal/non-metal · Pett Construction Inc · MSHA ID 4700911
    Abandoned
  3. Cawley Limestone Qy
    Surface metal/non-metal · Cawley'S Stone Quarry · MSHA ID 4700022
    Abandoned
  4. Demilco Division
    Surface metal/non-metal · Nitragin Company Inc · MSHA ID 4700632
    Abandoned
  5. Dousman Pit Yard 11
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lafarge North America Great Lakes Division · MSHA ID 4700886
    Abandoned
  6. DR-1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Payne & Dolan Inc · MSHA ID 4703722
    Abandoned
  7. Dudovick Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Dudovick Stone Inc · MSHA ID 4700041
    Abandoned
  8. Evans Sand & Gravel Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Waukesha County Highway Department · MSHA ID 4700735
    Abandoned
  9. Fredericks Pit & Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · L & W Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 4701522
    Abandoned
  10. Good Hope Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Good Hope Stone Inc · MSHA ID 4703024
    Abandoned
  11. Hales Corners Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hales Corners Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 4701189
    Abandoned
  12. Hillview Sand & Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Genesee Aggregate Corp. · MSHA ID 4701519
    Abandoned
  13. J J Pit And Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Johnson Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 4700866
    Abandoned
  14. James Pit And Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · James Brothers Inc · MSHA ID 4700860
    Abandoned
  15. Jones Farm - Pit 605
    Surface metal/non-metal · Wolf Paving Co Inc · MSHA ID 4700786
    Abandoned
  16. KOHLER PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · Jms Aggregate Inc Llc · MSHA ID 4703090
    Abandoned
  17. KOHLER PIT, INC.
    Surface metal/non-metal · Kohler Pit Inc · MSHA ID 4700872
    Abandoned
  18. Lannon Pit & Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Richardson Sand & Gravel Company Inc · MSHA ID 4701818
    Abandoned
  19. Lannon Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · R & T Quality Stone Company · MSHA ID 4701744
    Abandoned
  20. LIPPMAN JAW L27
    Surface metal/non-metal · James Cape & Sons Company · MSHA ID 4703178
    Abandoned
  21. Lutz Sand & Gravel Division
    Surface metal/non-metal · Genesee Aggregate Corp · MSHA ID 4700820
    Abandoned
  22. North End Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · North End Quarry Lannon & Cut Stone Inc · MSHA ID 4700122
    Abandoned
  23. PC-6
    Surface metal/non-metal · Payne & Dolan Inc · MSHA ID 4703503
    Abandoned
  24. PORTABLE #1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Schneider Excavating Inc · MSHA ID 4703121
    Abandoned
  25. Portable No 5
    Surface metal/non-metal · Johnson Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 4703415
    Abandoned
  26. PORTABLE NO. 4
    Surface metal/non-metal · Johnson Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 4703060
    Abandoned
  27. Portable No. 6
    Surface metal/non-metal · Johnson Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 4703421
    Abandoned
  28. Portable Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Milwaukee Aggregate · MSHA ID 4702940
    Abandoned
  29. Power Screen
    Surface metal/non-metal · Johnson Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 4703553
    Abandoned
  30. PS-2
    Surface metal/non-metal · Northeast Asphalt Inc · MSHA ID 4703593
    Abandoned
  31. R T Stone Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · R & T Quality Stone Company · MSHA ID 4702259
    Abandoned
  32. Reimer & Sons Sand And Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Lester Reimer & Sons · MSHA ID 4700883
    Abandoned
  33. S&R Compost Screen 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · S&R Compost Services · MSHA ID 4703583
    Abandoned
  34. S&R Compost Screen 2
    Surface metal/non-metal · S&R Compost Services · MSHA ID 4703584
    Abandoned
  35. S&R Compost Screen 3
    Surface metal/non-metal · S&R Compost Services · MSHA ID 4703585
    Abandoned
  36. Sawyer Road Wash Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Wolf Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 4700966
    Abandoned
  37. State Sand & Gravel Wash Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Payne & Dolan Inc · MSHA ID 4700992
    Abandoned
  38. Taylor Pit And Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · L & W Construction Company Inc · MSHA ID 4701521
    Abandoned
  39. Theine Pit-Portable 1
    Surface metal/non-metal · Don Theine Grading · MSHA ID 4702895
    Abandoned
  40. Turner Sand & Gravel
    Surface metal/non-metal · Turner Sand & Gravel Inc · MSHA ID 4700951
    Abandoned
  41. Underground Pipeline Construction Inc
    Surface metal/non-metal · Underground Pipeline Construction Inc · MSHA ID 4703541
    Abandoned
  42. Underground Pipeline Construction Inc.
    Surface metal/non-metal · Underground Pipeline Construction Inc. · MSHA ID 4703560
    Abandoned
  43. United Stone Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · United Stone Corporation · MSHA ID 4700214
    Abandoned
  44. Valley Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Hillview Sand & Gravel Corp · MSHA ID 4701788
    Abandoned
  45. VALLEY PIT
    Surface metal/non-metal · New Valley Sand & Gravel Company · MSHA ID 4700952
    Abandoned
  46. Valley Pit & Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Valley Blacktop Corp · MSHA ID 4701787
    Abandoned
  47. Vogt Pit And Mill
    Surface metal/non-metal · Vogt Inc · MSHA ID 4700953
    Abandoned
  48. Werning Pit
    Surface metal/non-metal · Wolf Sand & Gravel Company Inc · MSHA ID 4701361
    Abandoned
  49. Wislanco Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Wislanco Stone Company Inc · MSHA ID 4700276
    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
Gravel Pit 103
Gravel Pit 101
Quarry 26
Disturbed Surface - Pit 22
Disturbed Surface 11
Quarry 8
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated 2
Sand Pit 1
Open Pit Mine or Quarry 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.