Abandoned mines in Greenbrier County, West Virginia
Greenbrier County, West Virginia has 441 mine and prospect features on USGS topographic maps published 1921–1981, including 34 mine openings (shafts, adits and air shafts); 1 of the features carry a name on the map. OSMRE's abandoned mine land inventory lists 96 problems in the county, 74 of them not yet reclaimed. MSHA's register carries 222 mines in the county with status Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed.
Every mine and prospect feature the USGS digitized from historical topographic maps covering Greenbrier 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)
- 441
- Mine openings
- 34
- OSMRE problems unreclaimed
- 74
- MSHA mines marked abandoned
- 222
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40 7.4%Mine openingsshafts, adits, air shafts, portals and vertical openings: the ways into underground workings
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380 70.8%Mines and surface workingslabelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
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15 2.8%Quarries, gravel and borrow pitsconstruction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
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24 4.5%Dumps, tailings, spoil and gobwhat mining left above ground
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11 2.0%Mills, tipples and facilitiesprocessing plants and hazardous structures
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67 12.5%Other reclamation problemshighwalls, subsidence, polluted or clogged water, fires, slides and gases in OSMRE's inventory
| Name on map | Feature |
|---|---|
| Slag Dump | Slag Pile 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.
| Problem area | Problem | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Alta Sand Quarry | P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities | In Reclamation |
| Alta Sand Quarry | P2 Hazardous Water Bodies | In Reclamation |
| Bear Run Highwalls | P3 High Wall | Reclamation Pending |
| Bear Run Highwalls | P3 Pits | Reclamation Pending |
| Bear Run Highwalls | P3 Spoil Area | Reclamation Pending |
| Bear Run Highwalls | P3 Water Problems | Reclamation Pending |
| Bear Run Mine | P2 Polluted Water: Agricultural & Industrial | Reclamation Pending |
| Bear Run Mine | P2 Portals | Reclamation Pending |
| Bear Run Mine | P3 Gobs | Reclamation Pending |
| Bear Run Mine | P3 High Wall | Reclamation Pending |
| Bear Run Mine | P3 Spoil Area | Reclamation Pending |
| Beargarden Knob Refuse Pile | P3 Gobs | In Reclamation |
| Beargarden Knob Refuse Pile | P3 Pits | In Reclamation |
| Brown Creek Highwall #2 | P2 Dangerous Highwalls | In Reclamation |
| Bruffman Branch Highwall | P2 Dangerous Highwalls | Reclamation Pending |
| Burdette Complex | P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments | Reclamation Completed |
| Carl Mine Complex | P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities | Reclamation Completed |
| Carl Mine Complex | P2 Dangerous Highwalls | Reclamation Pending |
| Carl Mine Complex | P2 Dangerous Impoundments | Reclamation Pending |
| Carl Mine Complex | P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments | Reclamation Completed |
| Carl Mine Complex | P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities | Reclamation Pending |
| Carl Mine Complex | P2 Portals | Reclamation Completed |
| Clear Creek Mountain Highwall | P2 Dangerous Highwalls | Reclamation Pending |
| Clearco Highwall | P2 Dangerous Highwalls | Reclamation Pending |
| Cobb Highwall | P2 Dangerous Highwalls | Reclamation Pending |
| Cold Knob B Highwall | P2 Dangerous Highwalls | Reclamation Pending |
| Cold Knob Highwall | P2 Dangerous Highwalls | Reclamation Pending |
| Crichton Refuse Pile | P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments | Reclamation Completed |
| Crichton Refuse Pile | P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities | Reclamation Completed |
| Crichton Refuse Pile | P2 Portals | Reclamation Completed |
| Crichton Refuse Pile | P2 Surface Burning | Reclamation Completed |
| Crozier Road (G.A. Pacific) Portals | P2 Dangerous Highwalls | Reclamation Pending |
| Crozier Road (G.A. Pacific) Portals | P2 Dangerous Impoundments | Reclamation Pending |
| Crozier Road (G.A. Pacific) Portals | P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments | Reclamation Pending |
| Crozier Road (G.A. Pacific) Portals | P2 Hazardous Water Bodies | Reclamation Pending |
| Crozier Road (G.A. Pacific) Portals | P2 Portals | Reclamation Pending |
| Duo Refuse Pile | P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments | Reclamation Completed |
| Duo Refuse Pile | P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities | Reclamation Completed |
| East Bruffman Branch | P2 Dangerous Highwalls | Reclamation Pending |
| East Maple Branch Highwall | P2 Dangerous Highwalls | Reclamation Pending |
| Elijah Branch Highwall | P2 Dangerous Highwalls | Reclamation Pending |
| Et. Old Field Branch | P2 Dangerous Highwalls | Reclamation Pending |
| Fork Mountain Highwall | P3 High Wall | Reclamation Pending |
| Fork Mountain Highwall | P3 Pits | Reclamation Pending |
| Fork Mountain Highwall | P3 Spoil Area | Reclamation Pending |
| Green Valley Highwall "D" and Refus | P2 Clogged Streams | In Reclamation |
| Green Valley Highwall "D" and Refus | P2 Dangerous Highwalls | In Reclamation |
| Green Valley Highwall "D" and Refus | P2 Dangerous Impoundments | In Reclamation |
| Green Valley Highwall "D" and Refus | P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments | In Reclamation |
| Hogcamp Branch Hgh W | P2 Dangerous Highwalls | Reclamation Pending |
| Huggins Ridge Highwall | P2 Dangerous Highwalls | Reclamation Pending |
| Jackson Run Highwall | P2 Dangerous Highwalls | Reclamation Completed |
| Kuhn Branch Highwall | P2 Dangerous Highwalls | In Reclamation |
| Leslie (nelson) Drainage Settlement | P2 Dangerous Impoundments | Reclamation Completed |
| Leslie (nelson) Draining Portals | P2 Dangerous Impoundments | Reclamation Completed |
| Lile "a" Highwall | P3 High Wall | Reclamation Pending |
| Lile "B" Highwall | P2 Dangerous Highwalls | Reclamation Pending |
| Little Beech Knob | P2 Dangerous Highwalls | Reclamation Completed |
| Long Branch Highwall | P2 Dangerous Highwalls | Reclamation Pending |
| Manning Knob Highwal | P2 Dangerous Highwalls | Reclamation Completed |
| Manning Knob Highwal | P3 Pits | Reclamation Pending |
| Manning Knob Highwal | P3 Spoil Area | Reclamation Pending |
| Manning Knob Highwal | P3 Water Problems | Reclamation Pending |
| Maple Branch Highwall | P2 Dangerous Highwalls | Reclamation Pending |
| Marfrance Complex | P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments | Reclamation Completed |
| Marfrance Complex | P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities | Reclamation Completed |
| Marfrance Complex | P2 Portals | Reclamation Completed |
| McMillion Creek Highwall | P2 Dangerous Highwalls | Reclamation Pending |
| Mcross Highwall | P2 Dangerous Highwalls | Reclamation Pending |
| Meadow Bluff Highwall "B" | P2 Dangerous Highwalls | Reclamation Pending |
| Middle Mountain Hghw | P2 Clogged Streams | Reclamation Pending |
| Middle Mountain Hghw | P2 Dangerous Highwalls | Reclamation Pending |
| Middle Mountain Hghw | P2 Hazardous Water Bodies | Reclamation Pending |
| Old Field Branch Hgh | P2 Dangerous Highwalls | In Reclamation |
| Old Field Mountain Spoil Pile | P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments | Reclamation Pending |
| Old Field Mountain Spoil Pile | P2 Clogged Stream Lands | Reclamation Pending |
| Peaser Branch Refuse Ple | P3 Gobs | Reclamation Pending |
| Peaser Knob - Bingham Road Waterlin | P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption | Reclamation Pending |
| Point Mountain Hghw | P2 Dangerous Highwalls | Reclamation Pending |
| Quinwood (booth) Subsidence | P1 Subsidence | Reclamation Completed |
| Quinwood (booth) Subsidence | P2 Dangerous Impoundments | Reclamation Completed |
| Quinwood (booth) Subsidence | P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments | Reclamation Completed |
| Quinwood (booth) Subsidence | P3 Other | Reclamation Completed |
| Quinwood (gassman) Drng Prtl & Rfse | P2 Dangerous Impoundments | Reclamation Pending |
| Quinwood (gassman) Drng Prtl & Rfse | P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments | Reclamation Pending |
| Quinwood (gassman) Drng Prtl & Rfse | P3 Mine Opening | Reclamation Pending |
| Rupe Hinton Branch Highwall | P2 Dangerous Highwalls | Reclamation Pending |
| Russellville Rd Waterline Extension | P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption | Reclamation Pending |
| Sam Ridge Highwall | P2 Dangerous Highwalls | Reclamation Pending |
| Smokehouse Ridge Highwall | P2 Dangerous Highwalls | Reclamation Pending |
| Snake Island Highwall | P2 Clogged Streams | Reclamation Pending |
| Snake Island Highwall | P2 Dangerous Highwalls | Reclamation Pending |
| Snake Island Highwall | P2 Portals | Reclamation Pending |
| South Elijah Branch Highwall | P2 Dangerous Highwalls | Reclamation Pending |
| South Fork Highwall | P2 Dangerous Highwalls | Reclamation Pending |
| Wildcat Branch Highwall | P2 Dangerous Highwalls | Reclamation Pending |
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.
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#1 MineAbandoned and Sealed 1989-03-14Underground coal · Thurman Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4607374
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#1 MineAbandoned and Sealed 1990-05-23Underground coal · C S C Fuels Inc · MSHA ID 4607793
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#1-A StripAbandoned 1982-06-28Surface coal · Acme Drilling Company · MSHA ID 4606407
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#1a (Duplicate Of Id No 46-07492)Abandoned and Sealed 1986-07-02Underground coal · Maple Leaf Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606953
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#2Abandoned and Sealed 1988-11-22Underground coal · Little Sewell Mountain Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4607524
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#2 StripAbandoned 1983-07-21Surface coal · Meadowdale Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4606022
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#3 MineAbandoned and Sealed 2012-06-26Underground coal · Henry Miller Coal Company · MSHA ID 4607492
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#3a StripAbandoned 1984-07-30Surface coal · Rama Drilling Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606476
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#49 MineAbandoned and Sealed 1980-06-24Underground coal · Jenny Mining Company · MSHA ID 4603869
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#52 MineAbandoned and Sealed 1985-12-03Underground coal · Maple Leaf Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606133
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#54-A MineAbandoned and Sealed 1984-09-06Underground coal · Maple Leaf Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606748
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#55Abandoned and Sealed 1984-10-01Underground coal · Maple Leaf Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606430
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#55-A MineAbandoned and Sealed 1986-11-03Underground coal · Lafayette Springs Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 4606762
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#55-BAbandoned and Sealed 1987-12-09Underground coal · Lafayette Springs Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 4607189
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#60 MineAbandoned and Sealed 1987-07-07Underground coal · Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · MSHA ID 4606817
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#7 Mine & Grinding PlantAbandoned 1994-12-15Facility metal/non-metal · Acme Limestone Company Inc · MSHA ID 4603363
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5 Pts DeepAbandoned and Sealed 1993-07-22Underground coal · Coastal Coal-West Virginia Llc · MSHA ID 4608123
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Acme Limestone Company No 3 Mine AnAbandoned 1981-01-30Underground metal/non-metal · Acme Limestone Company · MSHA ID 4602801
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Alma No 1 SurfaceAbandoned 1977-11-03Surface coal · Alma Mining Company · MSHA ID 4605565
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AugerAbandoned 1989-05-10Surface coal · Princess Pollyanna · MSHA ID 4607686
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Auger #2 JobAbandoned and Sealed 1986-07-16Surface coal · T & L Augering Corp · MSHA ID 4607155
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Auger #4Abandoned and Sealed 1989-04-25Surface coal · B & E Inc · MSHA ID 4607575
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Big Clear Creek Preparation PlantAbandoned 1984-07-30Facility coal · Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · MSHA ID 4606657
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Big Mountain #1Abandoned 1994-03-10Surface coal · Colt Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4608270
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Black Water Auger #2Abandoned 2025-02-20Surface coal · Black Water, Inc. · MSHA ID 4609551
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Blizzard Run MineAbandoned and Sealed 1989-09-01Underground coal · D Short Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4607574
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Blue Knob SurfaceAbandoned 1995-11-06Surface coal · Coastal Coal-West Virginia Llc · MSHA ID 4608182
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Blue Ridge No 105Abandoned 1991-04-15Surface coal · Cherry Knoll Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4607927
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Blue Ridge No 107Abandoned 1992-01-06Surface coal · Colt Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4607973
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Blue Ridge No 203Abandoned 1992-01-08Surface coal · Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · MSHA ID 4607974
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Bonanza No 2 MineAbandoned and Sealed 1980-03-07Underground coal · Bonanza Coal Company · MSHA ID 4604151
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Burdettes Creek #1 StripAbandoned 1978-03-02Surface coal · Burdette'S Creek Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4603413
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Bush Knob No 1Abandoned and Sealed 1987-05-26Underground coal · Maple Leaf Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4607067
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Cherry Knoll No 1Abandoned and Sealed 1987-12-11Underground coal · Royal Scot Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 4607389
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Cherry Knoll No 1 (1)Abandoned 1998-09-10Surface coal · Royal Scot Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 4607239
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Cherry Knoll No 2 (1)Abandoned 2010-01-20Surface coal · Romac Inc · MSHA ID 4608729
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Cherry Knoll No 3Abandoned and Sealed 1989-07-20Underground coal · Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · MSHA ID 4607730
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Clear Creek Fuel Corp Prep PlantAbandoned 1989-10-05Facility coal · Clear Creek Fuel Corp · MSHA ID 4607084
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Clearco Preparation PlantAbandoned 1994-06-29Facility coal · Greenbrier Coal Company · MSHA ID 4608303
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Clearco SurfaceAbandoned 1993-07-21Surface coal · Coastal Coal-West Virginia Llc · MSHA ID 4608127
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Cool Ridge No 1 SurfaceAbandoned 1977-07-11Surface coal · Cool Ridge Mining · MSHA ID 4605456
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Duo DeepAbandoned and Sealed 1992-06-24Underground coal · Anr Coal-West Virginia Llc · MSHA ID 4608189
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Duo SurfaceAbandoned 1977-11-03Surface coal · Webster County Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605010
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Duo SurfaceAbandoned 1987-10-19Surface coal · Coastal Coal-West Virginia Llc · MSHA ID 4606895
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E G & S #2 Surface MineAbandoned 1985-10-17Surface coal · E G & S Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4606957
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Eugene A Mckenzie No 1 TippleAbandoned 2010-01-20Facility coal · Mc Kenzie Company · MSHA ID 4604797
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Field Stone QuarryAbandoned 1985-12-09Surface metal/non-metal · Fara Natural Stone Company Inc · MSHA ID 4604710
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Fire Creek No. 1 Deep MineAbandoned 2024-02-01Underground coal · Quinwood Coal Company, LLC · MSHA ID 4609567
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Firecreek Mine No. 1Abandoned 2025-02-20Underground coal · Raders Run Mining, LLC · MSHA ID 4608962
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Fort Spring PlantAbandoned 2003-08-26Surface metal/non-metal · Boxley Aggregates of WV LLC · MSHA ID 4600001
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Green SidingAbandoned 1982-08-31Facility coal · Rainelle Air Park Inc · MSHA ID 4605590
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Greenbrier No 1 SurfaceAbandoned 1980-12-12Surface coal · Tygart Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605350
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Greenbrier No 3 SurfaceAbandoned 1980-12-12Surface coal · Tygart Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605983
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Greenbrier StripAbandoned 1992-05-04Surface coal · Rocky Branch Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4603892
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Greenbrier Surface #2Abandoned 1986-01-09Surface coal · Coal Corp Of America Inc · MSHA ID 4604765
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Greenbrier Surface #5Abandoned 1984-02-02Surface coal · Coal Corp Of America Inc · MSHA ID 4605861
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H Frazier Company Incorporated Quarry AnAbandoned 1989-05-18Surface metal/non-metal · H Frazier Company Inc · MSHA ID 4600011
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Hart QuarryAbandoned 2010-10-25Surface metal/non-metal · D L H PLLC · MSHA ID 4609367
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Hickory Patch - Surface Mine #10Abandoned 1985-12-10Surface coal · H B Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4606761
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HWM 61Abandoned 2019-12-13Surface coal · South Fork Coal Co., LLC · MSHA ID 3304642
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Joe'S Knob No 110Abandoned and Sealed 1991-08-29Surface coal · Colt Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4608024
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Joe'S Knob StripAbandoned 1982-11-12Surface coal · Round Mountain Coal Company · MSHA ID 4606127
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Joe'S Knob Surface Mine No 109Abandoned 1992-04-17Surface coal · Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · MSHA ID 4608023
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Julian-Elizabeth No 2 TippleAbandoned 1979-10-01Facility coal · John B Harris Inc · MSHA ID 4605402
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Kent Unit Train Tipple #2Abandoned 1986-08-21Facility coal · Kent Coal Company · MSHA ID 4607179
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Kuhn Ridge SurfaceAbandoned 1996-04-05Surface coal · Cherry Knoll Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4608157
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Kuhn Ridge Surface MineAbandoned 2022-07-11Surface coal · Greenbrier Minerals, LLC · MSHA ID 4609489
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Leslie Refuse AreaAbandoned 1987-07-01Facility coal · Rainelle Land Development Inc · MSHA ID 4606862
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Leslie Refuse PileAbandoned 1977-04-14Facility coal · Westmoreland Coal Company · MSHA ID 4604234
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Leslie Refuse PileAbandoned 1981-12-01Facility coal · Leslie Refuse Pile · MSHA ID 4606428
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Little Sewell Mt Coal Co No 1Abandoned and Sealed 1985-08-15Underground coal · Little Sewell Mountain Coal Company · MSHA ID 4606181
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Low Ash StripAbandoned 1973-12-03Surface coal · Low Ash Inc · MSHA ID 4603432
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Medo No 1 StripAbandoned 1990-04-09Surface coal · Anna B Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4607026
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Midland Trail #1Abandoned 2024-02-01Underground coal · Greenbrier Smokeless Coal Mining LLC · MSHA ID 4609543
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Midland Trail Mine No 2Abandoned and Sealed 2015-06-25Underground coal · Greenbrier Smokeless Coal Mining, LLC. · MSHA ID 4608909
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Midland Trail Mine No. 1Abandoned and Sealed 2009-08-26Underground coal · West Virginia Mine Power, Inc · MSHA ID 4608522
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Midland Trail Mine No. 2-AAbandoned 2022-07-11Surface coal · Greenbrier Minerals, LLC · MSHA ID 4609488
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Midland Trail Mine No. 3Abandoned 2025-02-20Underground coal · Greenbrier Smokeless Coal Mining LLC · MSHA ID 4608695
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Midland Trail Mine No. 4Abandoned and Sealed 2025-02-11Underground coal · Greenbrier Smokeless Coal Mining LLC · MSHA ID 4608696
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Midland Trail No. 1 PlantAbandoned 2021-01-08Facility coal · West Virginia Mine Power, Inc · MSHA ID 4608783
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Midland Trails #1Abandoned 2025-02-20Underground coal · Greer Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4609305
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Mine #1Abandoned and Sealed 1990-02-05Underground coal · Clear Creek Fuel Corp · MSHA ID 4603816
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Mine No 1Abandoned 2010-01-20Underground coal · New River Mineral Resources Company · MSHA ID 4608237
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Mine No 101Abandoned 1990-09-10Surface coal · M & M Augering Inc · MSHA ID 4607507
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Mine No 103Abandoned 1990-12-11Surface coal · M & M Augering Inc · MSHA ID 4607914
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Mine No 2Abandoned 2010-01-20Underground coal · New River Mineral Resources Company · MSHA ID 4608238
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Mine No 2aAbandoned and Sealed 1994-02-15Underground coal · P & W Mine Parts & Services Inc · MSHA ID 4608318
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Mine No 3Abandoned and Sealed 1988-01-27Underground coal · D & A Resources Inc · MSHA ID 4606995
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Mine No 3Abandoned and Sealed 1993-09-01Underground coal · P & W Mine Parts & Services Inc · MSHA ID 4607129
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Mine No 3Abandoned 1993-02-03Surface coal · Bryant Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4607959
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Mine No 3Abandoned and Sealed 1994-02-16Underground coal · P & W Mine Parts & Services Inc · MSHA ID 4608331
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Mine No 47Abandoned 1974-11-04Underground coal · Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601840
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Mine No 57Abandoned and Sealed 2010-01-20Underground coal · West Virginia Mine Power, Inc · MSHA ID 4607414
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Mine No 59Abandoned and Sealed 1989-03-09Underground coal · Royal Scot Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 4606426
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Mine No 62Abandoned and Sealed 1989-04-20Underground coal · Royal Scot Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 4606942
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Mine No 64Abandoned and Sealed 2012-05-21Underground coal · Royal Scot Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 4607667
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Mine No 64aAbandoned and Sealed 2010-01-21Underground coal · Royal Scot Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 4608236
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Mine No 65Abandoned 2010-01-20Underground coal · Royal Scot Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 4608125
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Mountaineer Mine No 1 [1]Abandoned and Sealed 2012-06-26Underground coal · Brock Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4608176
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Mountaineer Pocahontas No 3 MineAbandoned 2016-09-07Underground coal · Greenbrier Smokeless Coal Mining LLC · MSHA ID 4609210
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Muddy Creek Mountain StoneAbandoned 2011-10-19Surface metal/non-metal · Muddy Creek Mountain Stone Inc · MSHA ID 4608861
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No 1Abandoned and Sealed 1982-03-31Underground coal · West Virginia Mountain Resources Associates · MSHA ID 4605854
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No 1 AugerAbandoned 1980-07-29Surface coal · J & J Enterprises · MSHA ID 4604089
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No 1 MineAbandoned 1972-07-12Underground coal · Brack Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4600381
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No 1 MineAbandoned 1976-10-04Underground coal · J B Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601960
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No 1 MineAbandoned 1975-06-05Underground coal · Low Ash Inc · MSHA ID 4602086
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No 1 MineAbandoned 1977-03-01Underground coal · J L W Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4604302
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No 1 MineAbandoned 1976-11-11Underground coal · T J Fuel Company Inc · MSHA ID 4604307
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No 1 MineAbandoned 1977-07-05Underground coal · Lynn Dale Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605235
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No 1 MineAbandoned and Sealed 1986-08-28Underground coal · Wolfe Contracting Inc · MSHA ID 4605558
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No 1 MineAbandoned 1986-01-08Surface coal · Lee Ann Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606967
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No 1 Preparation PlantAbandoned 2000-10-10Facility coal · Coastal Coal-West Virginia Llc · MSHA ID 4600376
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No 1 Preparation PlantAbandoned 1999-08-25Facility coal · Royal Scot Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 4603939
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No 1 StripAbandoned 1990-09-30Surface coal · John B Harris Inc · MSHA ID 4603972
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No 1 Strip MineAbandoned 1972-12-19Surface coal · Superior Paving Company · MSHA ID 4602293
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No 1 SurfaceAbandoned 1980-03-28Surface coal · Jenkins Industries Inc · MSHA ID 4604082
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No 1 SurfaceAbandoned 1979-10-01Surface coal · Eugene A Mc Kenzie Company · MSHA ID 4605232
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No 1 SurfaceAbandoned 1981-04-20Surface coal · Ten J Inc · MSHA ID 4606094
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No 1 SurfaceAbandoned 1983-05-11Surface coal · John B Harris Inc · MSHA ID 4606363
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No 1 SurfaceAbandoned 1986-06-11Surface coal · Mountaineer Cherokee Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4607136
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No 1 SurfaceAbandoned 2021-04-01Surface coal · ARJ Construction Company, Inc. · MSHA ID 4609479
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No 1 Surface MineAbandoned 1975-05-22Surface coal · L T N Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4604451
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No 1 Surface MineAbandoned 1976-08-16Surface coal · Mc Kenzie Specialty Company · MSHA ID 4604521
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No 1 Surface MineAbandoned 1980-07-29Surface coal · T & H Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4604626
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No 10Abandoned 1980-07-10Underground coal · Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601311
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No 11 MineAbandoned 1976-08-16Underground coal · Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601581
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No 11d MineAbandoned 1971-02-25Underground coal · Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601768
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No 12Abandoned 1980-07-01Underground coal · International Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605753
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No 14 MineAbandoned 1973-12-06Underground coal · Campbell & Campbell Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601794
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No 2 MineAbandoned 1976-08-16Underground coal · T J Fuel Company Inc · MSHA ID 4601910
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No 2 MineAbandoned 1979-10-02Underground coal · Mountain Resources · MSHA ID 4604371
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No 2 MineAbandoned 1975-06-19Underground coal · T J Fuel Company Inc · MSHA ID 4604564
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No 2 MineAbandoned 1976-05-03Underground coal · Brent Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4604996
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No 2 Preparation PlantAbandoned 2012-04-26Facility coal · Green Valley Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605403
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No 2 StripAbandoned 1973-02-02Surface coal · R B S Inc · MSHA ID 4603435
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No 2 Strip MineAbandoned 1973-02-02Surface coal · Superior Paving Company · MSHA ID 4602889
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No 2 SurfaceAbandoned 1976-11-11Surface coal · Mc Clung Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605227
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No 2 UgAbandoned 1975-06-05Underground coal · Johns Coal Company · MSHA ID 4600387
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No 27 MineAbandoned 1971-09-29Underground coal · Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601582
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No 29 MineAbandoned 1984-07-30Surface coal · Lady H Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4604994
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No 3 MineAbandoned and Sealed 1980-06-30Underground coal · T J Fuel Company Inc · MSHA ID 4604162
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No 3 MineAbandoned 1976-01-26Underground coal · Elk Knob Mining Company · MSHA ID 4604814
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No 3 MineAbandoned and Sealed 1986-07-17Underground coal · Princess Polly Anna Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4606639
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No 36Abandoned 1980-05-06Underground coal · Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · MSHA ID 4606005
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No 3a MineAbandoned 1976-08-16Underground coal · Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601580
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No 4 MineAbandoned 1972-02-14Underground coal · Lee Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601731
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No 4 Ug MineAbandoned 1971-12-21Underground coal · Lilly Coal Company · MSHA ID 4600392
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No 42 MineAbandoned and Sealed 1979-12-14Underground coal · Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · MSHA ID 4604346
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No 48 MineAbandoned and Sealed 1979-12-27Underground coal · Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · MSHA ID 4603465
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No 5 MineAbandoned and Sealed 1981-06-26Underground coal · K & M Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605170
…and 72 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.
| Feature type | Features |
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| Strip Mine | 348 |
| P2 Dangerous Highwalls | 36 |
| Adit | 34 |
| Open Pit Mine or Quarry | 18 |
| Quarry | 13 |
| Disturbed Surface | 13 |
| P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments | 9 |
| P2 Dangerous Impoundments | 7 |
| P2 Portals | 6 |
| P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities | 5 |
| Tipple | 5 |
| P3 Spoil Area | 4 |
| P3 Pits | 4 |
| Mine Dump | 4 |
| P3 High Wall | 4 |
| P2 Clogged Streams | 3 |
| P3 Gobs | 3 |
| P2 Hazardous Water Bodies | 3 |
| Tailings - Undifferentiated | 2 |
| P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption | 2 |
| P3 Water Problems | 2 |
| P3 Other | 1 |
| P1 Subsidence | 1 |
| Quarry | 1 |
| P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities | 1 |
| P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments | 1 |
| P2 Polluted Water: Agricultural & Industrial | 1 |
| P3 Mine Opening | 1 |
| Gravel Pit | 1 |
| P2 Surface Burning | 1 |
| Slag Pile | 1 |
| P2 Clogged Stream Lands | 1 |
| Open Pit Mine | 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.