Mining Incidents
Abandoned mine inventory

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
1 features carry a name0 prospect pits23 quadrangle maps, published 1921–1981 96 OSMRE problems, 22 reclaimed 55 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
    40 7.4%
  2. Mines and surface workings
    labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
    380 70.8%
  3. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits
    construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
    15 2.8%
  4. Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob
    what mining left above ground
    24 4.5%
  5. Mills, tipples and facilities
    processing plants and hazardous structures
    11 2.0%
  6. Other reclamation problems
    highwalls, subsidence, polluted or clogged water, fires, slides and gases in OSMRE's inventory
    67 12.5%
Named features on the maps1 named · from the USGS compilation
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.

OSMRE abandoned mine land problems96 on inventory
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.

MSHA-registered mines with status Abandoned222 on register
  1. #1 Mine
    Underground coal · Thurman Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4607374
    Abandoned and Sealed
  2. #1 Mine
    Underground coal · C S C Fuels Inc · MSHA ID 4607793
    Abandoned and Sealed
  3. #1-A Strip
    Surface coal · Acme Drilling Company · MSHA ID 4606407
    Abandoned
  4. #1a (Duplicate Of Id No 46-07492)
    Underground coal · Maple Leaf Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606953
    Abandoned and Sealed
  5. #2
    Underground coal · Little Sewell Mountain Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4607524
    Abandoned and Sealed
  6. #2 Strip
    Surface coal · Meadowdale Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4606022
    Abandoned
  7. #3 Mine
    Underground coal · Henry Miller Coal Company · MSHA ID 4607492
    Abandoned and Sealed
  8. #3a Strip
    Surface coal · Rama Drilling Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606476
    Abandoned
  9. #49 Mine
    Underground coal · Jenny Mining Company · MSHA ID 4603869
    Abandoned and Sealed
  10. #52 Mine
    Underground coal · Maple Leaf Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606133
    Abandoned and Sealed
  11. #54-A Mine
    Underground coal · Maple Leaf Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606748
    Abandoned and Sealed
  12. #55
    Underground coal · Maple Leaf Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606430
    Abandoned and Sealed
  13. #55-A Mine
    Underground coal · Lafayette Springs Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 4606762
    Abandoned and Sealed
  14. #55-B
    Underground coal · Lafayette Springs Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 4607189
    Abandoned and Sealed
  15. #60 Mine
    Underground coal · Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · MSHA ID 4606817
    Abandoned and Sealed
  16. #7 Mine & Grinding Plant
    Facility metal/non-metal · Acme Limestone Company Inc · MSHA ID 4603363
    Abandoned
  17. 5 Pts Deep
    Underground coal · Coastal Coal-West Virginia Llc · MSHA ID 4608123
    Abandoned and Sealed
  18. Acme Limestone Company No 3 Mine An
    Underground metal/non-metal · Acme Limestone Company · MSHA ID 4602801
    Abandoned
  19. Alma No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · Alma Mining Company · MSHA ID 4605565
    Abandoned
  20. Auger
    Surface coal · Princess Pollyanna · MSHA ID 4607686
    Abandoned
  21. Auger #2 Job
    Surface coal · T & L Augering Corp · MSHA ID 4607155
    Abandoned and Sealed
  22. Auger #4
    Surface coal · B & E Inc · MSHA ID 4607575
    Abandoned and Sealed
  23. Big Clear Creek Preparation Plant
    Facility coal · Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · MSHA ID 4606657
    Abandoned
  24. Big Mountain #1
    Surface coal · Colt Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4608270
    Abandoned
  25. Black Water Auger #2
    Surface coal · Black Water, Inc. · MSHA ID 4609551
    Abandoned
  26. Blizzard Run Mine
    Underground coal · D Short Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4607574
    Abandoned and Sealed
  27. Blue Knob Surface
    Surface coal · Coastal Coal-West Virginia Llc · MSHA ID 4608182
    Abandoned
  28. Blue Ridge No 105
    Surface coal · Cherry Knoll Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4607927
    Abandoned
  29. Blue Ridge No 107
    Surface coal · Colt Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4607973
    Abandoned
  30. Blue Ridge No 203
    Surface coal · Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · MSHA ID 4607974
    Abandoned
  31. Bonanza No 2 Mine
    Underground coal · Bonanza Coal Company · MSHA ID 4604151
    Abandoned and Sealed
  32. Burdettes Creek #1 Strip
    Surface coal · Burdette'S Creek Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4603413
    Abandoned
  33. Bush Knob No 1
    Underground coal · Maple Leaf Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4607067
    Abandoned and Sealed
  34. Cherry Knoll No 1
    Underground coal · Royal Scot Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 4607389
    Abandoned and Sealed
  35. Cherry Knoll No 1 (1)
    Surface coal · Royal Scot Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 4607239
    Abandoned
  36. Cherry Knoll No 2 (1)
    Surface coal · Romac Inc · MSHA ID 4608729
    Abandoned
  37. Cherry Knoll No 3
    Underground coal · Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · MSHA ID 4607730
    Abandoned and Sealed
  38. Clear Creek Fuel Corp Prep Plant
    Facility coal · Clear Creek Fuel Corp · MSHA ID 4607084
    Abandoned
  39. Clearco Preparation Plant
    Facility coal · Greenbrier Coal Company · MSHA ID 4608303
    Abandoned
  40. Clearco Surface
    Surface coal · Coastal Coal-West Virginia Llc · MSHA ID 4608127
    Abandoned
  41. Cool Ridge No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · Cool Ridge Mining · MSHA ID 4605456
    Abandoned
  42. Duo Deep
    Underground coal · Anr Coal-West Virginia Llc · MSHA ID 4608189
    Abandoned and Sealed
  43. Duo Surface
    Surface coal · Webster County Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605010
    Abandoned
  44. Duo Surface
    Surface coal · Coastal Coal-West Virginia Llc · MSHA ID 4606895
    Abandoned
  45. E G & S #2 Surface Mine
    Surface coal · E G & S Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4606957
    Abandoned
  46. Eugene A Mckenzie No 1 Tipple
    Facility coal · Mc Kenzie Company · MSHA ID 4604797
    Abandoned
  47. Field Stone Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · Fara Natural Stone Company Inc · MSHA ID 4604710
    Abandoned
  48. Fire Creek No. 1 Deep Mine
    Underground coal · Quinwood Coal Company, LLC · MSHA ID 4609567
    Abandoned
  49. Firecreek Mine No. 1
    Underground coal · Raders Run Mining, LLC · MSHA ID 4608962
    Abandoned
  50. Fort Spring Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Boxley Aggregates of WV LLC · MSHA ID 4600001
    Abandoned
  51. Green Siding
    Facility coal · Rainelle Air Park Inc · MSHA ID 4605590
    Abandoned
  52. Greenbrier No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · Tygart Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605350
    Abandoned
  53. Greenbrier No 3 Surface
    Surface coal · Tygart Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605983
    Abandoned
  54. Greenbrier Strip
    Surface coal · Rocky Branch Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4603892
    Abandoned
  55. Greenbrier Surface #2
    Surface coal · Coal Corp Of America Inc · MSHA ID 4604765
    Abandoned
  56. Greenbrier Surface #5
    Surface coal · Coal Corp Of America Inc · MSHA ID 4605861
    Abandoned
  57. H Frazier Company Incorporated Quarry An
    Surface metal/non-metal · H Frazier Company Inc · MSHA ID 4600011
    Abandoned
  58. Hart Quarry
    Surface metal/non-metal · D L H PLLC · MSHA ID 4609367
    Abandoned
  59. Hickory Patch - Surface Mine #10
    Surface coal · H B Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4606761
    Abandoned
  60. HWM 61
    Surface coal · South Fork Coal Co., LLC · MSHA ID 3304642
    Abandoned
  61. Joe'S Knob No 110
    Surface coal · Colt Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4608024
    Abandoned and Sealed
  62. Joe'S Knob Strip
    Surface coal · Round Mountain Coal Company · MSHA ID 4606127
    Abandoned
  63. Joe'S Knob Surface Mine No 109
    Surface coal · Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · MSHA ID 4608023
    Abandoned
  64. Julian-Elizabeth No 2 Tipple
    Facility coal · John B Harris Inc · MSHA ID 4605402
    Abandoned
  65. Kent Unit Train Tipple #2
    Facility coal · Kent Coal Company · MSHA ID 4607179
    Abandoned
  66. Kuhn Ridge Surface
    Surface coal · Cherry Knoll Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4608157
    Abandoned
  67. Kuhn Ridge Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Greenbrier Minerals, LLC · MSHA ID 4609489
    Abandoned
  68. Leslie Refuse Area
    Facility coal · Rainelle Land Development Inc · MSHA ID 4606862
    Abandoned
  69. Leslie Refuse Pile
    Facility coal · Westmoreland Coal Company · MSHA ID 4604234
    Abandoned
  70. Leslie Refuse Pile
    Facility coal · Leslie Refuse Pile · MSHA ID 4606428
    Abandoned
  71. Little Sewell Mt Coal Co No 1
    Underground coal · Little Sewell Mountain Coal Company · MSHA ID 4606181
    Abandoned and Sealed
  72. Low Ash Strip
    Surface coal · Low Ash Inc · MSHA ID 4603432
    Abandoned
  73. Medo No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · Anna B Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4607026
    Abandoned
  74. Midland Trail #1
    Underground coal · Greenbrier Smokeless Coal Mining LLC · MSHA ID 4609543
    Abandoned
  75. Midland Trail Mine No 2
    Underground coal · Greenbrier Smokeless Coal Mining, LLC. · MSHA ID 4608909
    Abandoned and Sealed
  76. Midland Trail Mine No. 1
    Underground coal · West Virginia Mine Power, Inc · MSHA ID 4608522
    Abandoned and Sealed
  77. Midland Trail Mine No. 2-A
    Surface coal · Greenbrier Minerals, LLC · MSHA ID 4609488
    Abandoned
  78. Midland Trail Mine No. 3
    Underground coal · Greenbrier Smokeless Coal Mining LLC · MSHA ID 4608695
    Abandoned
  79. Midland Trail Mine No. 4
    Underground coal · Greenbrier Smokeless Coal Mining LLC · MSHA ID 4608696
    Abandoned and Sealed
  80. Midland Trail No. 1 Plant
    Facility coal · West Virginia Mine Power, Inc · MSHA ID 4608783
    Abandoned
  81. Midland Trails #1
    Underground coal · Greer Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4609305
    Abandoned
  82. Mine #1
    Underground coal · Clear Creek Fuel Corp · MSHA ID 4603816
    Abandoned and Sealed
  83. Mine No 1
    Underground coal · New River Mineral Resources Company · MSHA ID 4608237
    Abandoned
  84. Mine No 101
    Surface coal · M & M Augering Inc · MSHA ID 4607507
    Abandoned
  85. Mine No 103
    Surface coal · M & M Augering Inc · MSHA ID 4607914
    Abandoned
  86. Mine No 2
    Underground coal · New River Mineral Resources Company · MSHA ID 4608238
    Abandoned
  87. Mine No 2a
    Underground coal · P & W Mine Parts & Services Inc · MSHA ID 4608318
    Abandoned and Sealed
  88. Mine No 3
    Underground coal · D & A Resources Inc · MSHA ID 4606995
    Abandoned and Sealed
  89. Mine No 3
    Underground coal · P & W Mine Parts & Services Inc · MSHA ID 4607129
    Abandoned and Sealed
  90. Mine No 3
    Surface coal · Bryant Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4607959
    Abandoned
  91. Mine No 3
    Underground coal · P & W Mine Parts & Services Inc · MSHA ID 4608331
    Abandoned and Sealed
  92. Mine No 47
    Underground coal · Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601840
    Abandoned
  93. Mine No 57
    Underground coal · West Virginia Mine Power, Inc · MSHA ID 4607414
    Abandoned and Sealed
  94. Mine No 59
    Underground coal · Royal Scot Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 4606426
    Abandoned and Sealed
  95. Mine No 62
    Underground coal · Royal Scot Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 4606942
    Abandoned and Sealed
  96. Mine No 64
    Underground coal · Royal Scot Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 4607667
    Abandoned and Sealed
  97. Mine No 64a
    Underground coal · Royal Scot Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 4608236
    Abandoned and Sealed
  98. Mine No 65
    Underground coal · Royal Scot Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 4608125
    Abandoned
  99. Mountaineer Mine No 1 [1]
    Underground coal · Brock Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4608176
    Abandoned and Sealed
  100. Mountaineer Pocahontas No 3 Mine
    Underground coal · Greenbrier Smokeless Coal Mining LLC · MSHA ID 4609210
    Abandoned
  101. Muddy Creek Mountain Stone
    Surface metal/non-metal · Muddy Creek Mountain Stone Inc · MSHA ID 4608861
    Abandoned
  102. No 1
    Underground coal · West Virginia Mountain Resources Associates · MSHA ID 4605854
    Abandoned and Sealed
  103. No 1 Auger
    Surface coal · J & J Enterprises · MSHA ID 4604089
    Abandoned
  104. No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Brack Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4600381
    Abandoned
  105. No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · J B Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601960
    Abandoned
  106. No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Low Ash Inc · MSHA ID 4602086
    Abandoned
  107. No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · J L W Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4604302
    Abandoned
  108. No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · T J Fuel Company Inc · MSHA ID 4604307
    Abandoned
  109. No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Lynn Dale Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605235
    Abandoned
  110. No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Wolfe Contracting Inc · MSHA ID 4605558
    Abandoned and Sealed
  111. No 1 Mine
    Surface coal · Lee Ann Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606967
    Abandoned
  112. No 1 Preparation Plant
    Facility coal · Coastal Coal-West Virginia Llc · MSHA ID 4600376
    Abandoned
  113. No 1 Preparation Plant
    Facility coal · Royal Scot Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 4603939
    Abandoned
  114. No 1 Strip
    Surface coal · John B Harris Inc · MSHA ID 4603972
    Abandoned
  115. No 1 Strip Mine
    Surface coal · Superior Paving Company · MSHA ID 4602293
    Abandoned
  116. No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · Jenkins Industries Inc · MSHA ID 4604082
    Abandoned
  117. No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · Eugene A Mc Kenzie Company · MSHA ID 4605232
    Abandoned
  118. No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · Ten J Inc · MSHA ID 4606094
    Abandoned
  119. No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · John B Harris Inc · MSHA ID 4606363
    Abandoned
  120. No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · Mountaineer Cherokee Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4607136
    Abandoned
  121. No 1 Surface
    Surface coal · ARJ Construction Company, Inc. · MSHA ID 4609479
    Abandoned
  122. No 1 Surface Mine
    Surface coal · L T N Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4604451
    Abandoned
  123. No 1 Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Mc Kenzie Specialty Company · MSHA ID 4604521
    Abandoned
  124. No 1 Surface Mine
    Surface coal · T & H Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4604626
    Abandoned
  125. No 10
    Underground coal · Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601311
    Abandoned
  126. No 11 Mine
    Underground coal · Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601581
    Abandoned
  127. No 11d Mine
    Underground coal · Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601768
    Abandoned
  128. No 12
    Underground coal · International Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605753
    Abandoned
  129. No 14 Mine
    Underground coal · Campbell & Campbell Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601794
    Abandoned
  130. No 2 Mine
    Underground coal · T J Fuel Company Inc · MSHA ID 4601910
    Abandoned
  131. No 2 Mine
    Underground coal · Mountain Resources · MSHA ID 4604371
    Abandoned
  132. No 2 Mine
    Underground coal · T J Fuel Company Inc · MSHA ID 4604564
    Abandoned
  133. No 2 Mine
    Underground coal · Brent Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4604996
    Abandoned
  134. No 2 Preparation Plant
    Facility coal · Green Valley Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605403
    Abandoned
  135. No 2 Strip
    Surface coal · R B S Inc · MSHA ID 4603435
    Abandoned
  136. No 2 Strip Mine
    Surface coal · Superior Paving Company · MSHA ID 4602889
    Abandoned
  137. No 2 Surface
    Surface coal · Mc Clung Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605227
    Abandoned
  138. No 2 Ug
    Underground coal · Johns Coal Company · MSHA ID 4600387
    Abandoned
  139. No 27 Mine
    Underground coal · Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601582
    Abandoned
  140. No 29 Mine
    Surface coal · Lady H Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4604994
    Abandoned
  141. No 3 Mine
    Underground coal · T J Fuel Company Inc · MSHA ID 4604162
    Abandoned and Sealed
  142. No 3 Mine
    Underground coal · Elk Knob Mining Company · MSHA ID 4604814
    Abandoned
  143. No 3 Mine
    Underground coal · Princess Polly Anna Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4606639
    Abandoned and Sealed
  144. No 36
    Underground coal · Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · MSHA ID 4606005
    Abandoned
  145. No 3a Mine
    Underground coal · Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601580
    Abandoned
  146. No 4 Mine
    Underground coal · Lee Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601731
    Abandoned
  147. No 4 Ug Mine
    Underground coal · Lilly Coal Company · MSHA ID 4600392
    Abandoned
  148. No 42 Mine
    Underground coal · Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · MSHA ID 4604346
    Abandoned and Sealed
  149. No 48 Mine
    Underground coal · Leckie Smokeless Coal Company · MSHA ID 4603465
    Abandoned and Sealed
  150. No 5 Mine
    Underground coal · K & M Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605170
    Abandoned and Sealed

…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.

By source vocabularythe publishers' own terms
Feature type Features
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
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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.