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Abandoned mine inventory

Abandoned mines in Fayette County, West Virginia

Fayette County, West Virginia has 1,082 mine and prospect features on USGS topographic maps published 1908–1996, including 175 mine openings (shafts, adits and air shafts); 13 of the features carry a name on the map. OSMRE's abandoned mine land inventory lists 507 problems in the county, 288 of them not yet reclaimed. MSHA's register carries 363 mines in the county with status Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed.

Every mine and prospect feature the USGS digitized from historical topographic maps covering Fayette 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)
1,082
Mine openings
175
OSMRE problems unreclaimed
288
MSHA mines marked abandoned
363
13 features carry a name0 prospect pits28 quadrangle maps, published 1908–1996 507 OSMRE problems, 219 reclaimed 98 MSHA mines abandoned and sealed
What the features are
  1. Mine openings
    shafts, adits, air shafts, portals and vertical openings: the ways into underground workings
    281 17.7%
  2. Mines and surface workings
    labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
    834 52.5%
  3. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits
    construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
    14 0.9%
  4. Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob
    what mining left above ground
    106 6.7%
  5. Mills, tipples and facilities
    processing plants and hazardous structures
    68 4.3%
  6. Other reclamation problems
    highwalls, subsidence, polluted or clogged water, fires, slides and gases in OSMRE's inventory
    286 18.0%
Named features on the maps13 named · from the USGS compilation
Name on map Feature
Former Mine Strip Mine area
Former Mine Strip Mine area
Former Mine Strip Mine area
Former Mine Strip Mine area
Former Mine Strip Mine area
Former Mine Strip Mine area
Former Mine Strip Mine area
Former Mine Strip Mine area
Former Mine Strip Mine area
Former Mine Strip Mine area
Old Gauley Open Pit Mine or Quarry
Slate Dump Mine Dump area
Slate Dump Mine Dump area

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 problems507 on inventory
Problem area Problem Status
Alfred Hatfield-layland P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Alice Hunt (glen Jean Ramp) P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Ames (clare) Landslide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Ames Complex P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Ames Complex P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Ames Complex P2 Portals In Reclamation
Arbuckle Portals P3 Equipment Facility Reclamation Pending
Arbuckle Portals P3 Mine Opening Reclamation Pending
Armstrong Creek Structur P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Armstrong Mountain P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Babcock South Mine P3 Bench Reclamation Pending
Babcock State Park Subsidence P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Beards Fork "A" Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Beards Fork "B" Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Beards Fork Complex P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Beards Fork Complex P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Beards Fork Complex P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Beards Fork Complex P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Beauty Mt. Sub Station Road Waterli P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Beelick Knob Refuse Pile P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Beelick Knob Refuse Pile P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Beelick Knob Refuse Pile P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Beelick Knob Tipple P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Beelick Knob Tipple P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Bellwood Tipple P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Bellwood Tipple P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Bellwood Tipple P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Completed
Beury Mountain High P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Beury Top Strip P3 Bench In Reclamation
Big Creek Complex P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Big Creek Complex P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Big Creek Complex P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Big Creek Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Big Stony Creek Structre P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Blake Branch Structures P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities In Reclamation
Blake Branch Structures P2 Underground Mine Fires In Reclamation
Boomer (wallace) Drainage P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Boomer (wallace) Landslide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Boomer (wallace) Landslide Ii P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Brock (mt. Hope) P2 Clogged Streams Reclamation Pending
Brooklyn (wvawc) Portal P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Brooklyn Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Brooklyn Red Dog Pile P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Brooklyn Red Dog Pile P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Buffalo Creek Complex P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Buffalo Creek Complex P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Buffalo Creek East Strip P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Buffalo Creek East Strip P3 Bench Reclamation Pending
Buffalo Creek Point Mines P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Buffalo Creek Point Mines P3 Gobs Reclamation Pending
Buffalo Creek West P3 Bench Reclamation Pending
Butler Branch Complex P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Butler Branch Complex P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Butler Branch Complex P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Cane Branch (howell) Burning Refuse P2 Surface Burning Reclamation Pending
Cannelton (miller) Drainage P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Cannelton #2 Gas Min P2 Clogged Stream Lands Reclamation Completed
Cannelton #2 Gas Min P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Cannelton Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Cannelton No. 1 P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Carbondale Portals P1 Dangerous Slides In Reclamation
Carbondale Portals P2 Dangerous Impoundments In Reclamation
Carbondale Portals P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Carbondale Portals P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Carlisle Refuse Piles P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Carlisle Refuse Piles P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Carlisle Refuse Piles P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Carlisle Vertical Opening P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Cecil Dent Landslide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Cedar Creek Refuse Pile P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Cedar Creek Refuse Pile P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Chestnut Flat Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Chestnut Knob Highwall "a" P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Chestnut Knob Highwall "b" P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Chestnut Knob Highwall "c" P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Chestnut Knob Highwall "d" P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Clifftop (Park) Subsidence P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Clifftop (Road Fork) Drainage P2 Clogged Streams Reclamation Pending
Clifftop (Road Fork) Drainage P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Clifftop (Road Fork) Drainage P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Clifftop (Road Fork) Drainage P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Clifftop Drainage P1 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Clifftop Drainage P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Clifftop Drainage P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Clifftop Rt.41 Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Clifftop Strip Complex P2 Clogged Streams Reclamation Pending
Clifftop Strip Complex P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Clifftop Strip Complex P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Clifftop Strip South P2 Clogged Stream Lands Reclamation Pending
Clifftop Strip South P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Clifftop Strip South P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Coleman Branch East Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Coleman Branch Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Concho Slide P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Concho Slide P3 Spoil Area Reclamation Pending
County Rt. 82 Portals P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
County Rt. 82 Portals P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
County Rt. 82 Portals P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Craig Hollow Refuse Pile P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Craig Hollow Refuse Pile P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Craig Hollow Refuse Pile P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Crickmer Highwalls P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Crickmer Highwalls P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Crickmer Road Waterline Extension P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Cunard (grimmett) Portals P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Danese (jenkins) Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Danese Psd Waterline Extension P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Dempsey Branch Mine Drainage P1 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Derryhale and Sun Mine Road Waterli P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Dimmock Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Dimmock Highwall P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Dunkley Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Dunkley Highwall P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Dunloup Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Dunloup North Deep Mines P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Eagle (hamrick) Drainage P2 Clogged Stream Lands Reclamation Pending
Eagle (hamrick) Drainage P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
East Oak Hill "tincher' Subsidence P2 Subsidence Reclamation Pending
East Oak Hill "tincher" Subsidence P2 Subsidence Reclamation Pending
Edmond (snyder) Shaft P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Edmond (snyder) Shaft P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Pending
Elkridge Refuse Pile P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Elkridge Refuse Pile P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Elverton Drainage P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Elverton Drainage P3 Gobs Reclamation Pending
Elverton Drainage P3 Water Problems Reclamation Pending
Equilibrium Inc. P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Equilibrium Inc. P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Equilibrium Inc. P2 Clogged Stream Lands Reclamation Pending
Evergreen Church Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Fayette St. Refuse Pile P1 Surface Burning Reclamation Completed
Fayette Station (nps) Slide P1 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Fayette Station (nps) Slide P1 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Fayette Station (nps) Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Fayette Station (nps) Slide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Fayette Station (nps) Slide P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Fayette Station Mine Complex P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Fayette Station Mine Complex P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Fayette Station Mine Complex P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Fayette Station Mine Complex P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Fayetteville "hawkins" Vertical Ope P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Fayetteville "hawkins" Vertical Ope P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Pending
Fayetteville (Bills) Subsidence P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Fayetteville (fletcher) L.s. P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Fire Creek #2 P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Fire Creek East P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Floyd Creek "B" Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Floyd Creek Highwall and Drainage P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Pending
Floyd Creek Highwall and Drainage P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Floyd Creek Highwall and Drainage P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending

…and 357 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 Abandoned363 on register
  1. #1 Mine
    Underground coal · North Fork Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 4605562
    Abandoned and Sealed
  2. #1 Mine
    Underground coal · Yankee Coal Company · MSHA ID 4606138
    Abandoned and Sealed
  3. #1 Mine
    Underground coal · Open Fork Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4607090
    Abandoned and Sealed
  4. #1 Mine
    Underground coal · Grindstone Mining Corp · MSHA ID 4607459
    Abandoned and Sealed
  5. #1 Strip
    Surface coal · Craddock & Son Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4607095
    Abandoned
  6. #1 Surface
    Surface coal · Maple Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4606122
    Abandoned
  7. #1 Surface
    Surface coal · Hill Top Excavating Company · MSHA ID 4606504
    Abandoned
  8. #1 Surface
    Surface coal · C T J Mining Corp · MSHA ID 4606625
    Abandoned
  9. #1 Surface
    Surface coal · Rapid River Rafters Inc · MSHA ID 4607098
    Abandoned
  10. #1 Surface Auger
    Surface coal · Springdale Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4608282
    Abandoned
  11. #1 Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Dino Contractors Inc · MSHA ID 4604195
    Abandoned
  12. #1 Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Bryant Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605633
    Abandoned
  13. #1 Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Seamcoal Ltd · MSHA ID 4606308
    Abandoned
  14. #1 Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Bryant Trucking Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606442
    Abandoned
  15. #1-A
    Surface coal · Rocon Mining Company Lp · MSHA ID 4607580
    Abandoned
  16. #2 Mine
    Underground coal · North Fork Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 4605974
    Abandoned and Sealed
  17. #2 Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Tri-County Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4605362
    Abandoned
  18. #2 Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Energy Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 4606446
    Abandoned
  19. #2 Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Hill Top Excavating Company · MSHA ID 4606913
    Abandoned
  20. #3 Surface
    Surface coal · Whipple Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4606501
    Abandoned
  21. #3 Surface
    Surface coal · Hill Top Excavating Company · MSHA ID 4607023
    Abandoned
  22. #3 Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Energy Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 4606634
    Abandoned
  23. #3 Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Meadowdale Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4606685
    Abandoned
  24. #3 Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Rupert Feed & Supply Inc · MSHA ID 4607038
    Abandoned
  25. #4 Mine
    Underground coal · Mountain Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 4601296
    Abandoned and Sealed
  26. #4 Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Energy Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 4606769
    Abandoned
  27. #5 Surface
    Surface coal · M R K T Coals Inc · MSHA ID 4604239
    Abandoned
  28. #5 Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Energy Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 4606302
    Abandoned
  29. #6 Surface
    Surface coal · Harvey Energy Corp · MSHA ID 4606857
    Abandoned
  30. #One (Surface)
    Surface coal · Rupert Feed & Supply Inc · MSHA ID 4606808
    Abandoned
  31. 1 Main Extension
    Underground coal · Armco Inc · MSHA ID 4601895
    Abandoned and Sealed
  32. 5 Block No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Allied Chemical Corp-Semet Solvay Div · MSHA ID 4604279
    Abandoned
  33. 5 Block No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · L P Coal Company · MSHA ID 4604441
    Abandoned
  34. 5 Block No 2 Mine
    Underground coal · Allied Chemical Corp-Semet Solvay Div · MSHA ID 4604345
    Abandoned
  35. 5 Block No 3 Mine
    Underground coal · Allied Chemical Corp-Semet Solvay Div · MSHA ID 4604563
    Abandoned
  36. 5 Block No 6 Mine
    Underground coal · Hawks Nest Mining Company · MSHA ID 4604828
    Abandoned and Sealed
  37. 5-Block Auger Mine
    Surface coal · Hawks Nest Mining Company · MSHA ID 4607387
    Abandoned and Sealed
  38. A Mine
    Underground coal · Allied Chemical Corp-Semet Solvay Div · MSHA ID 4601896
    Abandoned and Sealed
  39. Abaddon Mining Inc
    Underground coal · Abaddon Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4607863
    Abandoned and Sealed
  40. Alloy Dock
    Facility coal · Periama Handling, LLC · MSHA ID 4606497
    Abandoned
  41. Alloy No 1
    Underground coal · Mammoth Coal Co. · MSHA ID 4608007
    Abandoned
  42. Alloy Powellton
    Underground coal · Mammoth Coal Co. · MSHA ID 4609237
    Abandoned and Sealed
  43. Alloy Prep Plant #1
    Facility coal · Lexington Coal Company, LLC · MSHA ID 4607968
    Abandoned
  44. Alloy Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Lexington Coal Company, LLC · MSHA ID 4607537
    Abandoned
  45. Ansted Surface
    Surface coal · Williams Construction Company · MSHA ID 4608191
    Abandoned
  46. Appalachian Mining Auger (1)
    Surface coal · Stear Auger Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4608452
    Abandoned
  47. Auger #1
    Surface coal · Larry Lilly Augering Services Inc · MSHA ID 4607335
    Abandoned
  48. Auger #3 Job
    Surface coal · Golden Decade Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4607096
    Abandoned
  49. Auger #4
    Surface coal · Golden Decade Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4607124
    Abandoned
  50. Auger Mine
    Surface coal · Darrell Robinette Company · MSHA ID 4604301
    Abandoned
  51. Auger No 4
    Surface coal · Old Mill Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4606864
    Abandoned
  52. B Mine
    Underground coal · Allied Chemical Corp-Semet Solvay Div · MSHA ID 4601894
    Abandoned
  53. Backus (Surface)
    Surface coal · Quadlee Inc · MSHA ID 4607379
    Abandoned
  54. BAM 3 Auger
    Surface coal · Bundy Auger Mining Inc · MSHA ID 3609183
    Abandoned
  55. Beards Fork
    Underground coal · Hawley Coal Mining Corp · MSHA ID 4601293
    Abandoned and Sealed
  56. Beech Glen Mine #1
    Underground coal · Relgis Inc · MSHA ID 4606608
    Abandoned and Sealed
  57. Beech Glen Mine #4
    Underground coal · Double S Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4607477
    Abandoned and Sealed
  58. Beelick Knob Surface Tipple
    Facility coal · Beelick Mining Company · MSHA ID 4603941
    Abandoned
  59. Beelick No 1 Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Raleigh Commercial Development Corp · MSHA ID 4605000
    Abandoned
  60. Bellwood Strip
    Surface coal · Raleigh Commercial Development Corp · MSHA ID 4603405
    Abandoned
  61. Belt Tunnel Mine
    Underground coal · Kingston Resources Inc · MSHA ID 4606019
    Abandoned and Sealed
  62. Betty Jo No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · Perry & Hylton Inc · MSHA ID 4606173
    Abandoned
  63. Beury Mountain Mine No 2
    Surface coal · Mountain Energy Holdings, LLC · MSHA ID 4609158
    Abandoned
  64. Beury Mountain Mine No 3
    Surface coal · Eagle Ridge Development Group LLC · MSHA ID 4609202
    Abandoned
  65. Beury Mountain Mine No. 1
    Surface coal · Eagle Ridge Development Group LLC · MSHA ID 4608183
    Abandoned
  66. Big Creek #1
    Surface coal · Mammoth Coal Co. · MSHA ID 4607904
    Abandoned
  67. Big Creek Auger
    Surface coal · Stear Auger Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4608896
    Abandoned
  68. Big Creek No 2 Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Lexington Coal Company, LLC · MSHA ID 4607934
    Abandoned
  69. Big Creek Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Gracie Inc · MSHA ID 4607708
    Abandoned and Sealed
  70. Big Eagle No. 2
    Underground coal · Lazy J Mining, INC · MSHA ID 4608943
    Abandoned
  71. Black Bear Mine No 1
    Underground coal · Black Bear Coal Company · MSHA ID 4604427
    Abandoned
  72. Black Rose No 1
    Underground coal · Donner Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606489
    Abandoned and Sealed
  73. Bob White Auger Mine
    Surface coal · Whitesville A & S Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4602300
    Abandoned
  74. Boomer Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Perry & Hylton Inc · MSHA ID 4603434
    Abandoned
  75. Bridge Fork Prospect No 1
    Underground coal · Imperial Colliery Company · MSHA ID 4601763
    Abandoned
  76. Bridge Fork Surface Mine No 1
    Surface coal · Southeastern Land LLC · MSHA ID 4608889
    Abandoned
  77. Brock
    Underground coal · Brock Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4608271
    Abandoned and Sealed
  78. Brock No 1
    Underground coal · Brock Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4608021
    Abandoned and Sealed
  79. Brock No 4
    Underground coal · Brock Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4608623
    Abandoned
  80. Brock No 5
    Underground coal · Brock Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4608624
    Abandoned
  81. Burnwell Strip
    Surface coal · Mountain Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 4607944
    Abandoned
  82. Cannelton Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Perry & Hylton Inc · MSHA ID 4602355
    Abandoned
  83. Carlisle Loadout
    Facility coal · Lodestar Energy Inc · MSHA ID 4606735
    Abandoned
  84. Cedar Bend Page Loadout
    Facility coal · Cedar Bend Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605507
    Abandoned
  85. Chilton No 1a Deep Mine
    Underground coal · Cyprus Kanawha Corp · MSHA ID 4607382
    Abandoned and Sealed
  86. Claremont Cl Plant
    Facility coal · Royal Coal Company · MSHA ID 4603294
    Abandoned
  87. Clifftop #1 Mine
    Underground coal · New Freedom Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4607287
    Abandoned and Sealed
  88. Clifftop Cannon No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · Hawthorne Mining Corp · MSHA ID 4605004
    Abandoned
  89. Clifftop No 1 Ug
    Underground coal · Westmoreland Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601306
    Abandoned
  90. Clifftop No 1-A Mine Ug
    Underground coal · Westmoreland Coal Company · MSHA ID 4602514
    Abandoned
  91. Clifftop Prep Plant
    Facility coal · Delma Land Corp · MSHA ID 4601305
    Abandoned
  92. Clifftop Prep Plant
    Facility coal · Westmoreland Coal Company · MSHA ID 4603172
    Abandoned
  93. Clifftop Surface Mine No 1
    Surface coal · Resources Limited, LLC · MSHA ID 4609117
    Abandoned
  94. Coal Cave Surface
    Facility coal · Coal Cave Inc · MSHA ID 4605687
    Abandoned
  95. Copeland Mine
    Underground coal · Peabody Coal Company · MSHA ID 4604642
    Abandoned and Sealed
  96. Corliss Surface
    Surface coal · Whitesville A & S Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605160
    Abandoned
  97. Cotton Hill Highwall
    Surface coal · Neese Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4608223
    Abandoned
  98. Cotton Hill No 4
    Underground coal · Woolwine Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605277
    Abandoned and Sealed
  99. Cyprus-Conti (2)
    Surface coal · Continental Augering Inc · MSHA ID 4608568
    Abandoned
  100. Danese No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · Mt State Contracting Inc · MSHA ID 4605838
    Abandoned
  101. Danese Strip Mine
    Surface coal · Whitesville A & S Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4602426
    Abandoned
  102. Dark Hollow Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · State Construction Inc · MSHA ID 4606697
    Abandoned
  103. Deep Mine No 15
    Underground coal · Resilient Mining, LLC · MSHA ID 4609209
    Abandoned and Sealed
  104. Doris Mine
    Underground coal · Hawks Nest Mining Company · MSHA ID 4602596
    Abandoned
  105. Doris Shop & Storage
    Facility coal · Hawks Nest Mining Company · MSHA ID 4606046
    Abandoned
  106. E J & L
    Surface coal · E J & L Company Inc · MSHA ID 4607559
    Abandoned
  107. Eagle #1 Mine
    Underground coal · Mammoth Coal Company · MSHA ID 4609164
    Abandoned and Sealed
  108. Eagle No 1
    Underground coal · Hawks Nest Mining Company · MSHA ID 4605331
    Abandoned and Sealed
  109. Eagle No 2 Mine
    Underground coal · Riverton Coal Company · MSHA ID 4604787
    Abandoned
  110. Eagle No. 1 Surface Mine
    Surface coal · F & N Construction, LLC · MSHA ID 4609181
    Abandoned
  111. Eagle River Tipple
    Facility coal · Maple Coal Co., LLC · MSHA ID 4603115
    Abandoned
  112. Elk Ridge Strip Mine
    Surface coal · Whitesville A & S Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4602299
    Abandoned
  113. Elk Ridge Tipple
    Facility coal · Riverton Coal Co · MSHA ID 4603311
    Abandoned
  114. Elm No 4
    Surface coal · Elm Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4606410
    Abandoned
  115. Falls Creek #2 Surface (3)
    Surface coal · J & T Energy Inc · MSHA ID 4607281
    Abandoned
  116. Fayette Mines
    Surface coal · Ansted Coal Company · MSHA ID 4608173
    Abandoned
  117. Fayette Surface
    Surface coal · Perry & Hylton Inc · MSHA ID 4605953
    Abandoned
  118. Firecreek #1
    Underground coal · Fire Creek Fuels Inc · MSHA ID 4605440
    Abandoned and Sealed
  119. Four Mile Deep Mine
    Underground coal · Spartan Mining Co dba Mammoth Coal Co · MSHA ID 4609085
    Abandoned and Sealed
  120. Francis #1 Surface
    Surface coal · Perry & Hylton Inc · MSHA ID 4606295
    Abandoned
  121. Gango #1 Surface
    Surface coal · Perry & Hylton Inc · MSHA ID 4605874
    Abandoned
  122. Garden Ground Surface
    Surface coal · Hickory Resources Partnership · MSHA ID 4607244
    Abandoned
  123. Garden Ground Tipple
    Facility coal · New River Company · MSHA ID 4604073
    Abandoned
  124. Garden Ground Tipple
    Facility coal · Perry & Hylton Inc · MSHA ID 4606107
    Abandoned
  125. Gauley Bridge Auger
    Surface coal · Perry & Hylton Inc · MSHA ID 4602729
    Abandoned
  126. Gauley Bridge Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Perry & Hylton Inc · MSHA ID 4600313
    Abandoned
  127. Glen Jean No 1 Mine (Surface)
    Surface coal · Fayette Coal & Land Corp · MSHA ID 4606283
    Abandoned
  128. Glen Jean Surface
    Surface coal · Indian Coal Land Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605384
    Abandoned
  129. Glen Jean Surface
    Surface coal · Pavex Inc · MSHA ID 4605557
    Abandoned
  130. Grindstone No 1
    Surface coal · Level Land Mining Corp · MSHA ID 4608070
    Abandoned
  131. H Mine
    Underground coal · Allied Chemical Corp-Semet Solvay Div · MSHA ID 4601893
    Abandoned
  132. Harewood Mine U G
    Underground coal · Hawks Nest Mining Company · MSHA ID 4601288
    Abandoned and Sealed
  133. Harewood Prep Plant/Refuse Area
    Facility coal · Kanawha Development Corp · MSHA ID 4603183
    Abandoned
  134. Harewood Shop
    Facility coal · Kanawha Development Corp · MSHA ID 4603958
    Abandoned
  135. Harvey Tipple
    Facility coal · Energy Leasing Inc · MSHA ID 4604181
    Abandoned
  136. Hico Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Energy Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 4607143
    Abandoned
  137. Highwall Miner #1
    Surface coal · Town Of Shirley · MSHA ID 4608075
    Abandoned
  138. Hobet No 9 Surface
    Surface coal · Hobet Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4603782
    Abandoned
  139. Hughes Creek Mine (Surface)
    Surface coal · Kanawha Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4607291
    Abandoned
  140. Ingram Branch Tipple
    Facility coal · Perry & Hylton Inc · MSHA ID 4606582
    Abandoned
  141. Jodie #1
    Underground coal · Jodie Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4606824
    Abandoned and Sealed
  142. Jodie Mine Number 1
    Underground coal · Jodie Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4606575
    Abandoned and Sealed
  143. Kaymoor Project #1
    Facility coal · Kaymoor Associates · MSHA ID 4606256
    Abandoned
  144. Kim Lynn Tipple
    Facility coal · Layland Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605811
    Abandoned
  145. Kingston No 1
    Underground coal · Kingston Mining, Inc. · MSHA ID 4608625
    Abandoned
  146. Knob Strip Mine
    Surface coal · Knob Mining Company · MSHA ID 4603502
    Abandoned
  147. Landisburg Auger
    Surface coal · Raider Run Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4607319
    Abandoned
  148. Laurel Branch No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Jacks Branch Coal Company · MSHA ID 4602757
    Abandoned
  149. Laurel Coalburg Tunnel Mine
    Underground coal · Mammoth Coal Co · MSHA ID 4609148
    Abandoned and Sealed
  150. Layand Tipple
    Facility coal · Royal Coal Company · MSHA ID 4600325
    Abandoned

…and 213 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 Features
Strip Mine 599
Open Pit Mine or Quarry 227
Adit 158
P2 Portals 58
P2 Dangerous Highwalls 58
P2 Dangerous Impoundments 52
P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments 51
P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities 44
P1 Subsidence 26
P1 Dangerous Slides 22
Tipple 20
Mine Dump 18
P1 Vertical Openings 18
P1 Portals 18
Air Shaft 16
P2 Clogged Stream Lands 12
P2 Vertical Openings 12
P2 Dangerous Slides 11
Tailings - Pond 11
P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption 11
P2 Clogged Streams 10
P2 Subsidence 10
P3 High Wall 10
P1 Dangerous Impoundments 9
Tailings - Undifferentiated 9
P3 Gobs 9
P2 Surface Burning 8
P3 Water Problems 8
Quarry 8
P2 Polluted Water: Agricultural & Industrial 8
Disturbed Surface 8
P3 Bench 6
P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments 5
P1 Surface Burning 5
P3 Mine Opening 4
P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities 4
P3 Other 3
P2 Industrial/Residential Waste 3
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated 3
Quarry 3
P3 Equipment Facility 3
P1 Clogged Streams 2
P3 Spoil Area 2
P1 Hazardous Water Bodies 1
P3 Industrial/Residential Waste 1
P1 Clogged Stream Lands 1
P2 Underground Mine Fires 1
Mine Shaft 1
Mine Dump 1
P3 Slump 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.