How many abandoned mines are in Kanawha County, West Virginia?

Abandoned mine inventory

Abandoned mines in Kanawha County, West Virginia

Kanawha County, West Virginia has 1,138 mine and prospect features on USGS topographic maps published 1908–2000, including 362 mine openings (shafts, adits and air shafts) and 25 prospect pits. OSMRE's abandoned mine land inventory lists 581 problems in the county, 320 of them not yet reclaimed. MSHA's register carries 349 mines in the county with status Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed.

Every mine and prospect feature the USGS digitized from historical topographic maps covering Kanawha 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): 1,138
Mine openings: 362
OSMRE problems unreclaimed: 320
MSHA mines marked abandoned: 349

0 features carry a name25 prospect pits37 quadrangle maps, published 1908–2000 581 OSMRE problems, 261 reclaimed 113 MSHA mines abandoned and sealed

What the features are

Mine openings

shafts, adits, air shafts, portals and vertical openings: the ways into underground workings

540 31.4%
Prospect pits and trenches

shallow exploration diggings that never became a mine

25 1.5%
Mines and surface workings

labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings

622 36.2%
Quarries, gravel and borrow pits

construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction

99 5.8%
Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob

what mining left above ground

43 2.5%
Mills, tipples and facilities

processing plants and hazardous structures

41 2.4%
Other reclamation problems

highwalls, subsidence, polluted or clogged water, fires, slides and gases in OSMRE's inventory

348 20.2%
Other

symbols outside the classes above

1 0.1%

OSMRE abandoned mine land problems581 on inventory

Problem area	Problem	Program	Status
Acme (perry) Blowout	P1 Dangerous Impoundments	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Acme (shannon) Drainage	P1 Clogged Streams	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Anns Branch Landslide	P1 Dangerous Slides	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Belcher Hollow Auger Holes	P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Belcher Hollow Auger Holes	P1 Underground Mine Fires	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Belcher Hollow Auger Holes	P2 Dangerous Impoundments	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Belcher Hollow Auger Holes	P2 Portals	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Belcher Hollow Auger Holes	P2 Underground Mine Fires	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Emergency	In Reclamation
Belle "malcolm" Landslide	P1 Dangerous Slides	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Belle "malcolm" Landslide Ii	P1 Dangerous Impoundments	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Belle "malcolm" Landslide Ii	P1 Dangerous Slides	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Belle (armstrong) Portal	P1 Portals	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Belle (medford) Portals	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Belle (pennington) Ls	P1 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Belle (proctor) Landslide	P2 Dangerous Impoundments	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Belle (proctor) Landslide	P2 Dangerous Slides	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Belle (sneed) Drainage	P2 Dangerous Impoundments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Belle (sneed) Drainage	P2 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Belle (sneed) Drainage	P3 Water Problems	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	In Reclamation
Belle (Turner) LS	P1 Dangerous Slides	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Belle (yeager) L.s.	P1 Dangerous Slides	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Berry Hill Dr. (lockhart) Portal	P2 Dangerous Impoundments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Bethel Portals	P1 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Bethel Portals	P1 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Big Chimney (fields) Portals	P1 Portals		Reclamation Completed
Big Chimney (fields) Portals	P2 Dangerous Impoundments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Big Chimney (shinn) Subsidence I	P1 Portals	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Big Chimney (shinn) Subsidence I	P1 Subsidence	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Big Chimney (shinn) Subsidence Ii	P2 Subsidence	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Big Chimney (white) Subsidence	P1 Subsidence	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Big Chimney (white) Subsidence	P2 Subsidence	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Big Hollow Portal	P1 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Big Hollow Portal	P2 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Big Hollow Portal	P3 Water Problems	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Black Bear Road High	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Blackhawk Hollow Portal	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Blakely (godfrey) Portals	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Blue Creek (seeburger) Portal	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Blue Creek (seeburger) Portal	P3 Other	AMLER	In Reclamation
Blue Creek (seeburger) Portal	P3 Other	AMLER	Reclamation Pending
Broad Run Portals	P1 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Broad Run Portals	P2 Dangerous Impoundments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	In Reclamation
Broad Run Portals	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Broad Run Portals	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Broad Run Portals	P3 Other	AMLER	Reclamation Pending
Brounland	P1 Dangerous Impoundments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Brounland	P1 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Brounland	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Browns Creek (cadd) Portals	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Browns Creek (shank) Portals	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Bufflick Br. (shaffer) Burning Ref.	P1 Surface Burning	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Bufflick Portals	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Bufflick Portals	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Burnwell Complex Burnwell B. Refuse	P1 Surface Burning	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Cabin Creek (Jackson) Drainage	P2 Dangerous Impoundments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Cabin Creek (Jackson) Drainage	P2 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Cabin Creek (shannon) Portals	P1 Subsidence	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Cabin Creek (shannon) Portals	P1 Vertical Openings	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Cabin Creek (shannon) Portals	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Cabin Creek (stapler) Drainage	P1 Clogged Streams	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Cabin Creek (stapler) Drainage	P1 Dangerous Impoundments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Cabin Creek Portals	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Cadbury Lane Drainage	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Cadbury Lane Drainage	P2 Dangerous Slides	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Campbell Ck. (arthur) Portal	P2 Dangerous Impoundments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Campbell Cr. (fisher) Drainage	P2 Dangerous Impoundments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Campbell Cr. (fisher) Drainage	P3 Other	AMLER	Reclamation Pending
Campbell Creek (norman) Ls	P1 Dangerous Slides	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Campbell's Ck. (crowder) Portal	P1 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Campbell's Creek (miller) Drng.	P1 Dangerous Impoundments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Campbells Ck. (stone) Drainage	P1 Portals	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Campbells Creek (Hall) Drainage	P2 Dangerous Impoundments	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	In Reclamation
Campbells Creek (Lawrence) Draining	P1 Dangerous Impoundments	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Campbells Creek (Stephenson) Draina	P2 Dangerous Impoundments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Cane Fork (casdorph) Portals	P1 Portals	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Cane Fork A	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Cane Fork Portal	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Carbon (williams) Burning Refuse	P1 Clogged Stream Lands	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Carbon Complex	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Carbon Complex	P3 Gobs	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Cedar Grove (austin) Protals	P2 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Cedar Grove (austin) Protals	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Cedar Grove (bass) L.s. (phase 4)	P2 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Cedar Grove (bass) L.s. (phase 4)	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Cedar Grove (bass) L.s.-phase Ii	P1 Dangerous Slides	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Cedar Grove (hager) Portals	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Cedar Grove (page) Eroding Ref Pile	P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Cedar Grove (ramsey) Ls	P2 Dangerous Impoundments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Cedar Grove (ramsey) Ls	P2 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Cedar Grove (young) Drainage	P2 Clogged Streams	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Cedar Grove Slide	P1 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Cedar Grove Slide	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Cedar Grove Slide	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Cedar Grove Slide	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Cedar Grove Vertical Opening	P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Cedar Grove Vertical Opening	P1 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Cedar Grove Vertical Opening	P1 Vertical Openings	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Chappel Hollow (Miller) Drainage	P2 Dangerous Impoundments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Chappel Hollow (Miller) Drainage	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Chappel Road (garden) Open Portals	P2 Clogged Streams	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Chappel Road (garden) Open Portals	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Charleston (clarke) Portals	P2 Clogged Streams	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Charleston (gould) Portals	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Charleston (hamlin) Portal	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Charleston (Hodge) Burning Refuse	P1 Surface Burning	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Charleston (honaker) Drainage	P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Charleston (honaker) Drainage	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Charleston (neville) Portal	P2 Dangerous Impoundments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Charleston (romeo) Landslide	P1 Dangerous Slides	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Charleston (romeo) Landslide	P1 Portals	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Charleston (stephenson) D.i.	P2 Dangerous Impoundments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Charleston (tomblin) Drainage	P2 Dangerous Impoundments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Charleston (tucker) Portals	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Charleston (whaples) Portals	P2 Dangerous Impoundments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Charleston(campbell Drai	P1 Clogged Streams	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Coal Fork (farrell)	P3 High Wall	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P3 only)	Reclamation Pending
Coal Fork (woodall) Air Shaft	P1 Vertical Openings	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Coalburg (armstrong) L.s.	P2 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Coalburg Open Portals	P2 Dangerous Impoundments	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Coalburg Open Portals	P2 Portals	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Coalburg Rt 61 WL Ext	P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Coco Road (ross) Portals	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Connell Rd Portal	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Coon Dog Hollow Port	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Coonskin Portals E	P1 Portals	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Emergency	In Reclamation
Coopers Creek (Harper) Portals	P2 Dangerous Impoundments		Reclamation Completed
Coopers Creek (Harper) Portals	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Crown Hill Portals and Drainage	P2 Clogged Streams	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Crown Hill Portals and Drainage	P2 Dangerous Impoundments	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Crown Hill Portals and Drainage	P2 Hazardous Water Bodies	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Crown Hill Portals and Drainage	P2 Portals	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Crown Hill Portals and Drainage	P3 Equipment Facility	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending
Crown Hill Refuse, Slide and Draina	P1 Dangerous Slides	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	In Reclamation
Crown Hill Refuse, Slide and Draina	P2 Dangerous Impoundments	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	In Reclamation
Crown Hill Refuse, Slide and Draina	P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	In Reclamation
Crown Hill Refuse, Slide and Draina	P2 Portals	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	In Reclamation
Davis Creek (harrison)	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Davis Creek (hightower) Portals	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Davis Creek (hyatt) Portal	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Completed
Davis Creek (lockhart) Drainage	P1 Clogged Streams	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Davis Creek (lockhart) Drainage	P1 Dangerous Impoundments	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Davis Creek (lockhart) Drainage	P1 Dangerous Slides	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Davis Creek Drainage	P2 Dangerous Impoundments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Deadening Hollow	P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Decota (Drennen) Portals & Drainage	P2 Portals	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Dry Branch "stewart" Drainage	P1 Dangerous Impoundments	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Dry Branch "stewart" Drainage	P1 Dangerous Slides	State Emergency Program	Reclamation Completed
Dry Branch "stewart" Drainage	P2 Dangerous Impoundments	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Dry Branch "stewart" Drainage	P2 Dangerous Slides	Pre-SMCRA Coal State/Tribe Program (P1, P2, P3)	Reclamation Pending
Dry Branch (arthur) Drainage	P1 Dangerous Impoundments	Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act	Reclamation Pending

…and 431 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 Abandoned349 on register

#1 Surface
Surface coal · F & F Mining Corp · MSHA ID 4602242

Abandoned 1985-11-22
#10 Mine
Underground coal · Union Carbide Corp-Metals Division · MSHA ID 4604175

Abandoned and Sealed 1983-11-30
#105
Surface coal · Lowlands Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4608020

Abandoned 1992-05-12
#11 Notomine
Surface coal · LCC West Virginia LLC · MSHA ID 4608301

Abandoned 2006-10-31
#18 Strip
Underground coal · Carbon Fuel Company · MSHA ID 4602066

Abandoned 1973-04-05
#2 Strip
Surface coal · Pratt Mining Company · MSHA ID 4602466

Abandoned 1972-05-25
#2 Ug
Underground coal · Candy Coal Company · MSHA ID 4600451

Abandoned 1971-03-11
#29 Strip
Surface coal · Carbon Fuel Company · MSHA ID 4602065

Abandoned 1972-11-06
#31
Surface coal · Muncy Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4602423

Abandoned 1973-11-20
#5 Mine
Underground coal · First Big Mountain Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4607514

Abandoned and Sealed 1989-10-11
#5 Shop
Facility coal · Union Carbide Corp-Metals Division · MSHA ID 4603312

Abandoned 1985-06-06
#58 Mine
Underground coal · Dome Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606052

Abandoned and Sealed 1981-12-01
#7 Mine
Underground coal · Union Carbide Corp-Metals Division · MSHA ID 4601345

Abandoned and Sealed 1984-07-23
#7 Shop
Facility coal · Union Carbide Corp-Metals Division · MSHA ID 4603853

Abandoned 1984-03-12
#8
Underground coal · Union Carbide Corp-Metals Division · MSHA ID 4605533

Abandoned and Sealed 1979-10-01
#8 Ug
Underground coal · Richard Mining Company · MSHA ID 4600485

Abandoned 1972-04-20
#9 Mine
Underground coal · Imperial Colliery Company · MSHA ID 4602152

Abandoned 1972-08-24
#9 Mine
Underground coal · Union Carbide Corp-Metals Division · MSHA ID 4606125

Abandoned and Sealed 1982-09-14
15-A Mine
Underground coal · Mammoth Coal Co. · MSHA ID 4603307

Abandoned 2010-01-12
2-A (1)
Underground coal · Leah Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4601903

Abandoned and Sealed 2005-10-03
3 J Mine
Underground coal · Union Carbide Corp-Metals Division · MSHA ID 4601347

Abandoned 1979-10-01
3-K
Underground coal · Union Carbide Corp-Metals Division · MSHA ID 4601908

Abandoned 1979-10-01
5-Mile Surface Mine
Surface coal · Shrewsbury Coal Company · MSHA ID 4608250

Abandoned 1992-12-22
7c Mine
Underground coal · Union Carbide Corp-Metals Division · MSHA ID 4603226

Abandoned and Sealed 1983-05-11
ABC Corp
Surface coal · ABC Corporation · MSHA ID 4608846

Abandoned 2004-10-01
Administrative Services Auger #2
Surface coal · Administrative Services Inc · MSHA ID 4609033

Abandoned 2026-06-11
Amherst Loading Facility
Facility coal · Amherst Industries Inc · MSHA ID 4607509

Abandoned 2026-06-30
Banner Hollow No 1 Surface Mine
Surface coal · Dino Contractors Inc · MSHA ID 4604849

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Big Mountain No 1 Mine
Underground coal · First Big Mountain Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606201

Abandoned and Sealed 1985-08-08
Big Mountain No 2 Mine
Underground coal · Belle Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 4606801

Abandoned and Sealed 1991-07-16
Big Mountain No 3 Mine
Underground coal · New King Fuel Company Inc · MSHA ID 4607018

Abandoned and Sealed 1992-01-17
Big Mountain No 4 Mine
Underground coal · First Big Mountain Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4607108

Abandoned 1986-04-30
Big Mountain No 4 Mine
Underground coal · First Big Mountain Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4607116

Abandoned 2005-10-03
Black Hawk Synfuel
Facility coal · Black Hawk Synfuel LLC · MSHA ID 4608793

Abandoned 2008-03-12
Blakely Surface
Surface coal · Princess Susan Coal Company · MSHA ID 4602417

Abandoned 1990-02-12
Blakley Auger
Surface coal · Princess Susan Coal Company · MSHA ID 4602415

Abandoned and Sealed 1984-10-04
Blue Creek No. 2 Mine
Underground coal · Blue Creek Mining LLC · MSHA ID 4609296

Abandoned and Sealed 2020-01-27
Brooklyn Strip Mine
Surface coal · Brooklyn Coal Company · MSHA ID 4602704

Abandoned 1972-11-06
Bufflick No 1 Mine
Underground coal · New King Fuel Company Inc · MSHA ID 4607344

Abandoned and Sealed 1992-08-21
Burnwell Prep Plant
Facility coal · Imperial Colliery Company · MSHA ID 4603195

Abandoned 1984-02-08
Cabin Creek Auger
Surface coal · W C A Auger Mining · MSHA ID 4608115

Abandoned 1993-02-26
Cabin Creek No 1 Mine (01)
Surface coal · W C A Inc · MSHA ID 4608316

Abandoned and Sealed 2001-11-20
Cabin Creek No 3 (1)
Surface coal · Princess Beverly Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4608697

Abandoned 2005-10-03
Cabin Creek Utility Area
Facility coal · Coal River Mining, LLC · MSHA ID 4609487

Abandoned 2025-02-20
Campbell'S Creek Plant
Facility coal · Vandalia Resources Inc · MSHA ID 4608797

Abandoned 2005-10-03
Campbell'S Creek Surface Mine
Surface coal · Princess Susan Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605482

Abandoned 1990-08-20
Campbells Creek #1
Surface coal · Appalachian Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4607649

Abandoned 1992-02-18
Campbells Creek No 2
Underground coal · Talon Resources Inc · MSHA ID 4607445

Abandoned and Sealed 1995-01-18
Campbells Creek No 3
Underground coal · Point Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4608256

Abandoned and Sealed 1998-10-10
Campbells Creek No 4
Underground coal · Point Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4608437

Abandoned 2005-10-10
Campbells Creek No 7 Mine
Underground coal · Midland Trail Energy LLC · MSHA ID 4609107

Abandoned and Sealed 2012-05-17
Campbells Creek Stockton-Lewiston#1
Underground coal · Appalachian Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4608206

Abandoned 1992-08-18
Carbon Misc Outside
Facility coal · Carbon Fuel Company · MSHA ID 4603091

Abandoned 1976-03-22
Carbon Shop
Facility coal · United States Steel Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4603086

Abandoned 1987-05-05
Cc #5
Underground coal · Catenary Coal Company · MSHA ID 4608718

Abandoned 2002-03-31
Cedar Gr River Tipple
Facility coal · Valley Camp Coal Company · MSHA ID 4603301

Abandoned 1980-12-11
Chelyan Loading Facility
Facility coal · Amherst Industries Inc · MSHA ID 4606987

Abandoned 2005-10-03
Chelyan Surface
Facility coal · Nu East Mining Corp · MSHA ID 4603299

Abandoned 1985-09-10
Chelyan Surface Mine
Surface coal · Johnstown Coal Company · MSHA ID 4607241

Abandoned 1993-02-02
Cheylan Dock
Facility coal · Mountain Edge Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4606956

Abandoned 2015-02-04
Clarion Mine
Underground coal · Cannelton Industries Inc · MSHA ID 4609008

Abandoned 2014-03-27
Clendenin Quarry And Plant
Surface metal/non-metal · Putillion Excavating & Stone Supplies · MSHA ID 4605986

Abandoned 1981-06-15
Coal Fork - Cut 28
Surface coal · Johnstown Coal Company · MSHA ID 4606622

Abandoned 1984-10-04
Coal Fork #1 Mine
Underground coal · Blair Mining Company · MSHA ID 4604628

Abandoned and Sealed 1981-09-24
Coal Fork No 2 Mine
Underground coal · Cedar Coal Company · MSHA ID 4604565

Abandoned and Sealed 1980-03-10
Coal River Dredge
Facility coal · Alum Creek Sand Company · MSHA ID 4606990

Abandoned 1986-05-15
Coalburg #1
Underground coal · Appalachian Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4608272

Abandoned 1993-02-22
Coalburg Extension
Underground coal · Mammoth Coal Company · MSHA ID 4609235

Abandoned 2008-12-31
Coalburg Mine No 1
Underground coal · Union Carbide Corp-Metals Division · MSHA ID 4606663

Abandoned and Sealed 1983-06-24
Coalburg No 1 Mine
Underground coal · Nu East Mining Corp · MSHA ID 4601335

Abandoned and Sealed 1986-07-23
Coalburg No 2 Mine
Underground coal · Nu East Mining Corp · MSHA ID 4603002

Abandoned and Sealed 1985-03-12
Coalburg No. 2 Mine
Underground coal · Emerald Processing, LLC. · MSHA ID 4609231

Abandoned and Sealed 2012-08-09
Continental-Mountain View (1)
Surface coal · Continental Augering Inc · MSHA ID 4608454

Abandoned 1995-07-06
Cow Creek Surface Mine
Surface coal · Princess Susan Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605570

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Custard Hollow Surface Mine
Surface coal · Pen Mining Company · MSHA ID 4607425

Abandoned 1991-10-28
Custer Hollow
Surface coal · Cannelton Industries Inc · MSHA ID 4606886

Abandoned and Sealed 1985-01-31
Cut #21
Surface coal · Cedar Coal Company · MSHA ID 4602408

Abandoned 1982-07-08
Cut #23
Surface coal · Cedar Coal Company · MSHA ID 4602406

Abandoned 1981-12-01
Deskins Mine
Underground coal · Remington LLC · MSHA ID 4608936

Abandoned and Sealed 2009-09-18
Dickinson Fuel Tract
Underground coal · C & E Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4603493

Abandoned 1978-05-15
Donaldson Culm/Bank (1)
Facility coal · Valley Camp Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605025

Abandoned 1995-07-31
Donaldson Tipple
Facility coal · Valley Camp Coal Company · MSHA ID 4603205

Abandoned 1977-11-14
Dunn Hollow Surface Mine
Surface coal · Pen Mining Company · MSHA ID 4607268

Abandoned 1990-01-23
E Q 1904 Auger
Surface coal · Cedar Coal Company · MSHA ID 4602409

Abandoned 1977-10-11
East Bank Dock
Facility coal · ICG Eastern LLC · MSHA ID 4608100

Abandoned 1998-04-14
Emerald Plant
Facility coal · Raleigh Mine & Industrial Supply Inc · MSHA ID 4608041

Abandoned 1992-07-31
Eq No 1902 Auger
Surface coal · Cedar Coal Company · MSHA ID 4602756

Abandoned 1974-01-14
ERP Cabin Creek Mine
Surface coal · ERP Environmental Fund Inc. · MSHA ID 4609529

Abandoned 2024-03-27
Eskdale Prep Plant
Facility coal · Imperial Colliery Company · MSHA ID 4603194

Abandoned 1989-10-02
Essex Mine
Underground coal · Siata, LLC · MSHA ID 4609006

Abandoned 2006-04-01
Falcon #1 Mine
Surface coal · Panther Creek Mining LLC · MSHA ID 4609576

Abandoned 2025-02-20
Five Block No 1
Underground coal · Central Appalachian Coal Company · MSHA ID 4604310

Abandoned and Sealed 1984-01-13
Fivemile Hollow Preparation Plant
Facility coal · Campbells Creek Contracting, LLC · MSHA ID 4609336

Abandoned 2025-02-20
Fourmile Auger
Surface coal · Mountain Edge Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4608881

Abandoned 2001-11-07
Fourmile Fork
Surface coal · Pritchard Mining Co Inc. · MSHA ID 4608596

Abandoned 2026-07-08
Frozen Branch Surface
Surface coal · Princess Susan Coal Company · MSHA ID 4606152

Abandoned 1987-11-20
Genesis Mining Co Spark #2
Underground coal · Genesis Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4607527

Abandoned and Sealed 1990-03-13
Goose Hollow 5 - Block Refuse Pile
Facility coal · Classic Coal Recovery Inc · MSHA ID 4606554

Abandoned 1983-01-05
Grace Mine
Underground coal · Cedar Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601926

Abandoned 1971-10-28
Grace No 3 Mine
Underground coal · Cedar Coal Company · MSHA ID 4604534

Abandoned and Sealed 1979-10-02
Gusto No 1
Underground coal · Bethk Inc · MSHA ID 4606440

Abandoned and Sealed 1982-09-02
Hernshaw #1 Surface Mine
Surface coal · Dino Contractors Inc · MSHA ID 4603380

Abandoned 1981-06-09
Highridge Strip
Surface coal · Clear Creek Fuel Corp · MSHA ID 4603306

Abandoned 1973-12-03
Howell #1
Surface coal · Howell Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4607779

Abandoned 1989-10-16
Hudson Mine
Underground coal · Hanover Resources, LLC · MSHA ID 4609314

Abandoned 2025-02-20
Hughes Branch Surface Mine
Surface coal · Pen Mining Company · MSHA ID 4607738

Abandoned 1994-06-16
Imperial No 12 Ug
Underground coal · Imperial Colliery Company · MSHA ID 4601342

Abandoned 1972-09-27
Imperial No 8
Underground coal · Imperial Colliery Company · MSHA ID 4601587

Abandoned 1972-03-13
Jannet Mine (S)
Surface coal · Eastern Energy Investments Inccorporated · MSHA ID 4607211

Abandoned and Sealed 1990-01-23
Joanne Mine
Underground coal · Southern Appalachian Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605829

Abandoned and Sealed 1983-03-10
K B G #1
Underground coal · K B G Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605999

Abandoned 1980-05-09
Kayford Central Shop
Facility coal · Beth Energy Mines Inc · MSHA ID 4603182

Abandoned 1984-01-16
Kayford No 1 Auger Mine
Surface coal · Mynu Coals Inc · MSHA ID 4602268

Abandoned 1974-04-29
Kayford No 1 Surface
Surface coal · Mynu Coals Inc · MSHA ID 4602269

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Kris-Beth Mine No 1
Underground coal · Kris-Beth Inc · MSHA ID 4606565

Abandoned and Sealed 1984-01-31
Lady Dunn 100 Mine
Underground coal · Cannelton Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601948

Abandoned 1972-03-06
Lady Dunn No 105
Underground coal · Cannelton Industries Inc · MSHA ID 4601325

Abandoned and Sealed 1987-11-12
Lady Dunn Repair Shop & Misc Outsid
Facility coal · Cannelton Industries Inc · MSHA ID 4603318

Abandoned 1986-01-08
Laurel Fork Deep Mine
Underground coal · Panther Creek Mining, LLC. · MSHA ID 4608836

Abandoned and Sealed 2008-03-31
Laurel Fork No. 2 Deep Mine
Underground coal · Panther Creek Mining LLC · MSHA ID 4609482

Abandoned 2025-02-20
Lease 1 Surface Mine
Surface coal · Hanover Resources LLC · MSHA ID 4608981

Abandoned 2010-03-29
Lens Creek Mine No 1
Surface coal · Pritchard Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4608184

Abandoned 2006-01-05
Lens Creek No 1 Mine
Underground coal · Southern Appalachian Coal Company · MSHA ID 4602784

Abandoned and Sealed 1982-06-29
Lewis No 4 Mine
Underground coal · Pioneer Company · MSHA ID 4605303

Abandoned 1979-10-01
Linville Coal Prep Plant
Facility coal · Linville Coal Preparation Plant Inc · MSHA ID 4606528

Abandoned 2006-12-29
Long Flame Coal Corp
Surface coal · Long Flame Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4608893

Abandoned and Sealed 2004-10-01
Main Shop #1
Facility coal · Arch Of West Virginia · MSHA ID 4603300

Abandoned 1993-03-29
Mammoth #2 Gas
Underground coal · Mammoth Coal Co. · MSHA ID 4609108

Abandoned 2014-03-26
Mammoth Coal Co. Surface Mine
Surface coal · Mammoth Coal Co. · MSHA ID 4608110

Abandoned and Sealed 2020-07-23
Marmet Dock No 1
Facility coal · Kanawha River Terminals Inc · MSHA ID 4607188

Abandoned 2008-09-10
Martin Hollow Surface Mine
Surface coal · Pen Mining Company · MSHA ID 4607269

Abandoned and Sealed 1987-03-17
Mine #2
Underground coal · Coal Management Inc · MSHA ID 4606145

Abandoned and Sealed 1983-11-01
Mine #2
Underground coal · Shelley Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4607323

Abandoned and Sealed 1987-10-06
Mine #3
Underground coal · Belle Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 4607806

Abandoned and Sealed 1990-12-13
Mine 110
Surface coal · Seamcoal Ltd · MSHA ID 4606397

Abandoned 1982-06-14
Mine No 1
Underground coal · D & E Resources Inc · MSHA ID 4607508

Abandoned and Sealed 1990-05-24
Mine No 1
Surface coal · F & B Construction Company · MSHA ID 4607890

Abandoned 1990-09-28
Mine No 1
Underground coal · Low Kit Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4607967

Abandoned and Sealed 1993-02-18
Mine No 1
Underground coal · Eugene B Hoover · MSHA ID 4608167

Abandoned 1992-04-20
Mine No 1
Underground coal · S E L A H Corporation · MSHA ID 4608999

Abandoned and Sealed 2012-11-02
Mine No 101 (1)
Underground coal · Eastern Energy Investments Inccorporated · MSHA ID 4607364

Abandoned 2005-10-03
Mine No 111
Underground coal · Bethlehem Mines Corp · MSHA ID 4601323

Abandoned and Sealed 1983-05-11
Mine No 113
Underground coal · Bethlehem Mines Corp · MSHA ID 4604141

Abandoned and Sealed 1984-02-03
Mine No 115
Underground coal · Bethlehem Mines Corp · MSHA ID 4601322

Abandoned and Sealed 1979-09-21
Mine No 119
Underground coal · Bethlehem Mines Corp · MSHA ID 4602077

Abandoned and Sealed 1979-09-21
Mine No 120
Underground coal · Bethlehem Mines Corp · MSHA ID 4605443

Abandoned 1978-03-13
Mine No 121
Underground coal · Bethlehem Mines Corp · MSHA ID 4605534

Abandoned and Sealed 1983-05-11
Mine No 140 (3)
Underground coal · Cannelton Industries Inc · MSHA ID 4608502

Abandoned and Sealed 1997-06-12
Mine No 145 (3)
Underground coal · Dunn Coal & Dock Company · MSHA ID 4608592

Abandoned and Sealed 1998-01-20
Mine No 150 (0)
Underground coal · Dunn Coal & Dock Company · MSHA ID 4608611

Abandoned and Sealed 1998-04-17

…and 199 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	Class	Source	Features
Strip Mine	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (area)	409
Adit	Mine openings	USGS topo symbol (point)	354
Open Pit Mine or Quarry	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (point)	147
P2 Portals	Mine openings	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	108
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated	Quarries, gravel and borrow pits	USGS topo symbol (point)	89
P1 Dangerous Slides	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	75
P2 Dangerous Impoundments	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	68
P1 Portals	Mine openings	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	57
Disturbed Surface	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (area)	56
P1 Dangerous Impoundments	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	34
P2 Dangerous Slides	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	32
Prospect Pit	Prospect pits and trenches	USGS topo symbol (point)	25
P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities	Mills, tipples and facilities	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	25
P2 Dangerous Highwalls	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	25
Tipple	Mills, tipples and facilities	USGS topo symbol (point)	16
P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	16
P1 Surface Burning	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	15
P2 Clogged Streams	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	13
P1 Vertical Openings	Mine openings	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	9
P1 Subsidence	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	9
P3 Other	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	8
P2 Polluted Water: Agricultural & Industrial	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	8
P1 Clogged Streams	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	7
Tailings - Undifferentiated	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	USGS topo symbol (area)	7
P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	7
P2 Underground Mine Fires	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	7
P2 Surface Burning	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	6
Air Shaft	Mine openings	USGS topo symbol (point)	6
P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	6
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated	Quarries, gravel and borrow pits	USGS topo symbol (area)	6
Strip Mine	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (point)	5
Tailings - Pond	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	USGS topo symbol (area)	5
P3 Mine Opening	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	5
P3 Gobs	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	5
P1 Clogged Stream Lands	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	4
P2 Vertical Openings	Mine openings	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	4
P1 Underground Mine Fires	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	4
P3 Equipment Facility	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	4
Open Pit Mine or Quarry	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (area)	3
P2 Subsidence	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	3
P3 Water Problems	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	3
P1 Polluted Water: Agricultural & Industrial	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	2
Mine Dump	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	USGS topo symbol (area)	2
P1 Dangerous Highwalls	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	2
Mine Shaft	Mine openings	USGS topo symbol (point)	2
P2 Hazardous Water Bodies	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	2
Mine	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (point)	1
Quarry	Quarries, gravel and borrow pits	USGS topo symbol (area)	1
P3 Spoil Area	Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P3 High Wall	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P3 Slump	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
Clay Pit	Quarries, gravel and borrow pits	USGS topo symbol (point)	1
Gravel Pit	Quarries, gravel and borrow pits	USGS topo symbol (point)	1
Disturbed Surface - Pit	Mines and surface workings	USGS topo symbol (area)	1
Quarry	Quarries, gravel and borrow pits	USGS topo symbol (point)	1
P2 Industrial/Residential Waste	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P1 Polluted Water: Human Consumption	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P2 Gases: Hazardous/Explosive	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
P2 Clogged Stream Lands	Other reclamation problems	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	1
Problem type not recorded	Other	OSMRE e-AMLIS problem	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

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.