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Abandoned mine inventory

Abandoned mines in Logan County, West Virginia

Logan County, West Virginia has 796 mine and prospect features on USGS topographic maps published 1910–1996, including 382 mine openings (shafts, adits and air shafts); 4 of the features carry a name on the map. OSMRE's abandoned mine land inventory lists 606 problems in the county, 247 of them not yet reclaimed. MSHA's register carries 608 mines in the county with status Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed.

Every mine and prospect feature the USGS digitized from historical topographic maps covering Logan 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)
796
Mine openings
382
OSMRE problems unreclaimed
247
MSHA mines marked abandoned
608
4 features carry a name0 prospect pits18 quadrangle maps, published 1910–1996 606 OSMRE problems, 359 reclaimed 330 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
    543 38.7%
  2. Mines and surface workings
    labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
    331 23.6%
  3. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits
    construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
    4 0.3%
  4. Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob
    what mining left above ground
    135 9.6%
  5. Mills, tipples and facilities
    processing plants and hazardous structures
    73 5.2%
  6. Other reclamation problems
    highwalls, subsidence, polluted or clogged water, fires, slides and gases in OSMRE's inventory
    315 22.5%
  7. Other
    symbols outside the classes above
    1 0.1%
Named features on the maps4 named · from the USGS compilation
Name on map Feature
Copperas Mine Adit
Copperas Mine Adit
Copperas Mine Open Pit Mine
Copperas Mine Open Pit Mine

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 problems606 on inventory
Problem area Problem Status
Accoville (Compton) Hazardous Struc P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities In Reclamation
Accoville (Compton) Hazardous Struc P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Accoville (Compton) Portals and Str P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Accoville (Compton) Portals and Str P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Accoville (Compton) Portals and Str P2 Portals In Reclamation
Accoville (wilburn) Refuse P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Accoville Hollow (Perry) Portals P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Accoville Hollow (Perry) Portals P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Accoville Hollow (Perry) Portals P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Accoville Refuse Pil P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Adkins Fork Impoundments P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Adkins Fork Impoundments P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Amherstdale Complex P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Amherstdale Complex P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Amherstdale "carter" Landslide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Amherstdale (stepp) Drainage Mainte P1 Clogged Stream Lands Reclamation Completed
Amherstdale (stepp) Drainage Mainte P2 Clogged Streams Reclamation Completed
Amherstdale (stepp) Drainage Mainte P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Amherstdale RAMP Site P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Amherstdale/rt. 15 Waterline P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Aracoma (napier) Drainage P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Aracoma (napier) Drainage P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Aracoma Refuse Pile P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Aracoma Refuse Pile P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Pending
Aracoma Refuse Pile P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Aracoma Refuse Pile P3 Gobs Reclamation Pending
Baisden (Jeffrey) Landslide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Baisden (Jeffrey) Landslide P1 Flooding Reclamation Completed
Baisden Drainage P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Baisden Open Portal P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Barnabus (Dehart) Burning Refuse P1 Surface Burning Reclamation Completed
Barnabus Eroding Re P2 Clogged Streams Reclamation Completed
Barnabus Eroding Re P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Barnabus Eroding Re P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Barnabus Eroding Re P3 Gobs In Reclamation
Bearwallow Hollow P1 Clogged Streams Reclamation Completed
Bearwallow Hollow P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Bearwallow Hollow P1 Surface Burning Reclamation Completed
Big Creek "a" P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Big Creek "a" P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Big Creek "c" Burning Refuse P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Big Creek "c" Burning Refuse P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Big Creek "c" Burning Refuse P1 Surface Burning Reclamation Completed
Big Creek (bigley) Landslide P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Big Creek (bigley) Landslide P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Big Creek (burgess) Portals P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Big Creek (burgess) Portals P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Big Creek (burgess) Portals P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Big Creek (burgess) Portals P3 Water Problems Reclamation Pending
BIG CREEK (DUTY) Portals P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
BIG CREEK (DUTY) Portals P2 Portals In Reclamation
Big Creek (Surgoine) Landslide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Big Creek (Surgoine) Landslide P1 Dangerous Slides In Reclamation
Big Creek (Surgoine) Landslide P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Big Creek (Surgoine) Landslide P2 Dangerous Impoundments In Reclamation
Black Bottom Drainage P1 Portals In Reclamation
Black Bottom Drainage P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Black Bottom Drainage P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Black Bottom Drainage P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Black Bottom Drainage P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Blair Burning Gob P1 Surface Burning In Reclamation
Blair Portal (bartram) P1 Surface Burning Reclamation Completed
Blair Portal (bartram) P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Blair Structures P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Bradshaw Mine Dump P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Bradshaw Mine Dump P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Braeholm (evans) Portals & Drainage P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Braeholm (evans) Portals & Drainage P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Braeholm (Maynard) Complaint P1 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Brushy Fork (bartram) Refuse Problem type not recorded In Reclamation
Buck Fork Open Portal P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Buck Fork Open Portal P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Buffalo Creek (frye) Subsidence P1 Subsidence Reclamation Pending
Buffalo Creek (Slone) Portals P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Buffalo Creek (Slone) Portals P3 Mine Opening Reclamation Pending
Buffalo Creek Portals P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Cabin Branch Refuse Pile P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Cabin Branch Refuse Pile P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Camp Chief Logan BSA Portals P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Camp Chief Logan BSA Portals P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Camp Chief Logan BSA Portals P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Cartright Branch Refuse Pile P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Cartright Branch Refuse Pile P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Cartright Branch Refuse Pile P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Cartright Branch Refuse Pile P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Chambers Refuse Pile P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Chambers Refuse Pile P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Chambers Refuse Pile P3 Industrial/Residential Waste Reclamation Pending
Chapmanville "clemmons" Landslide P1 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Chapmanville "clemmons" Landslide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Chapmanville (ferrell) Drng Portal P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Chapmanville (godby) Blowout Phase P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Chapmanville (godby) Mine Blowout P P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Chapmanville (henry) Portals P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Chapmanville (martin) Portals P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Chapmanville (spry) Landslide P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Pending
Chapmanvillle "ferrell" Burning Ref P1 Surface Burning Reclamation Completed
Chauncey (Miller) Drainage, Ph. I & P1 Clogged Stream Lands Reclamation Pending
Chauncey (Miller) Drainage, Ph. I & P1 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Chauncey (Miller) Drainage, Ph. I & P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Chauncey (Miller) Drainage, Ph. I & P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Chauncey (Miller) Drainage, Ph. I & P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Chauncey (Vance) Drainage P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Chauncey (Vance) Drainage P2 Clogged Streams Reclamation Pending
Chauncey (Vance) Drainage P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Chief Logan Amd P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Chief Logan Amd P2 Polluted Water: Agricultural & Industrial Reclamation Completed
Chief Logan Amd P2 Polluted Water: Agricultural & Industrial Reclamation Completed
Chief Logan Amd P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Chief Logan Park P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Chief Logan Park P1 Surface Burning Reclamation Completed
Chief Logan Park P2 Clogged Streams Reclamation Completed
Chief Logan Park P2 Clogged Streams Reclamation Pending
Chief Logan Park P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Chief Logan Park P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Chief Logan Park P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Chief Logan Park P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Chief Logan Park P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Chief Logan Park P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Chief Logan Park P3 Mine Opening Reclamation Pending
Chief Logan Park P3 Other In Reclamation
Chuancey (sammons) Drainage P1 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Chuancey (sammons) Drainage P1 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Chuancey (sammons) Drainage P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Chuancey (sammons) Drainage P2 Clogged Stream Lands Reclamation Pending
Claypool (mcclure) Portals P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Coal Br. (lee) Landslide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Coal Branch (Callaway) Landslide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Coal Branch (cantrell) Portals P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Coal Branch (Hensley) Landslide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Coal Branch (miller) Landslide P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Coal Branch (Watkins) Subsidence P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Coal Branch Refuse P2 Clogged Streams Reclamation Pending
Coal Branch Refuse P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Coal Branch Refuse P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Conley Branch (Whitt) Landslide P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Conley Branch (Whitt) Landslide P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Conley Branch (Whitt) Landslide P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Copperas Mine Fork Subsidence P2 Subsidence Reclamation Pending
Cora Mine Drainage Ii P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Covey Creek Refuse P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Covey Creek Refuse P1 Underground Mine Fires Reclamation Completed
Covey Creek Refuse P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Covey Creek Refuse P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Covey Creek Refuse P2 Surface Burning Reclamation Completed
Cow Creek (Barnabus) Portals P1 Portals Reclamation Pending
Cow Creek (Browning) Portals P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Cow Creek (chafin) Drainage P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Cow Creek (chafin) Drainage P3 Water Problems Reclamation Pending
Cow Creek Water Supply Part 1 And 2 P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed

…and 456 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 Abandoned608 on register
  1. #1 Mine
    Underground coal · Dudding Coal Company · MSHA ID 4602470
    Abandoned
  2. #1 Surface
    Surface coal · Phoenix Collieries Company Inc · MSHA ID 4604829
    Abandoned
  3. #1 Surface
    Surface coal · Little Boyd Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4607762
    Abandoned
  4. #109
    Surface coal · Lowlands Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4607280
    Abandoned
  5. #12 Pine Creek Preparation Plant/Impound
    Facility coal · Coal-Mac LLC · MSHA ID 4606197
    Abandoned
  6. #2 Mine
    Underground coal · Mulimar Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606451
    Abandoned and Sealed
  7. #3
    Underground coal · Logan Coals Inc · MSHA ID 4606061
    Abandoned and Sealed
  8. #4 Mine
    Underground coal · Laura Coal & Coke Company Inc · MSHA ID 4602117
    Abandoned
  9. #9-A Mine
    Underground coal · Buffalo Mining Company · MSHA ID 4605256
    Abandoned and Sealed
  10. 10 A Surface
    Surface coal · Belva Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606211
    Abandoned
  11. 10-C Mine
    Underground coal · Chafin Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4603379
    Abandoned and Sealed
  12. 20-D Mine
    Underground coal · Twin-Branch Coal Company · MSHA ID 4607068
    Abandoned and Sealed
  13. 20-D-A
    Underground coal · Twin-Branch Coal Company · MSHA ID 4607744
    Abandoned and Sealed
  14. 22 Short Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Falcon Land Company, Inc. · MSHA ID 4608983
    Abandoned
  15. 3-A
    Underground coal · Pine Creek Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4607628
    Abandoned and Sealed
  16. 3-C
    Underground coal · High Top Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606922
    Abandoned and Sealed
  17. 5 Block Mine
    Underground coal · Deep Ford Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606078
    Abandoned and Sealed
  18. 5 Block Strip
    Surface coal · Belva Coal Company · MSHA ID 4602494
    Abandoned
  19. 5-F
    Underground coal · Belva Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605012
    Abandoned and Sealed
  20. 5g Strip & Auger
    Surface coal · Ro-Fer & Associates Inc · MSHA ID 4606520
    Abandoned
  21. 8-C Mine
    Underground coal · Aracoma Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4606500
    Abandoned and Sealed
  22. Accoville Shop
    Facility coal · Arch Of West Virginia · MSHA ID 4603327
    Abandoned
  23. Adkins Fork No 2
    Underground coal · Mingo Logan Coal Company · MSHA ID 4608447
    Abandoned and Sealed
  24. Administrative Services Auger #3
    Surface coal · Administrative Services Inc · MSHA ID 4609034
    Abandoned
  25. Amherst No 3-B Auger
    Surface coal · Amherst Coal Company · MSHA ID 4602024
    Abandoned
  26. Amherst No 4-H
    Underground coal · Arch Of West Virginia · MSHA ID 4601364
    Abandoned and Sealed
  27. Amherst No 5 Mine
    Underground coal · Arch Of West Virginia · MSHA ID 4602848
    Abandoned and Sealed
  28. Amherst No 6 Mine
    Underground coal · Amherst Coal Company · MSHA ID 4604623
    Abandoned
  29. Anna Branch Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Rum Creek Coal Sales, Inc. · MSHA ID 4608279
    Abandoned
  30. Aracoma Alma Mine #1
    Underground coal · Aracoma Coal Company, LLC · MSHA ID 4608801
    Abandoned and Sealed
  31. Aracoma Preparation Plant
    Facility coal · Aracoma Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4607937
    Abandoned
  32. Auger #1 Highland Mining Company
    Surface coal · Administrative Services Inc · MSHA ID 4609032
    Abandoned
  33. Auger 1
    Surface coal · J & L Auger Inc · MSHA ID 4608463
    Abandoned
  34. Auger No 1
    Surface coal · Cardinal Coal Services Inc · MSHA ID 4608926
    Abandoned
  35. B Seam Strip Job
    Surface coal · Roger Brothers Construction Company · MSHA ID 4602286
    Abandoned
  36. Bandmill Mine
    Underground coal · Elkay Mining Company · MSHA ID 4607866
    Abandoned and Sealed
  37. Bandmill Strip Mine
    Surface coal · Bandmill Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4608405
    Abandoned
  38. Bee Hollow Mine
    Underground coal · White's Mining, L.L.C. · MSHA ID 4605776
    Abandoned and Sealed
  39. Bend Branch No 3/4
    Underground coal · Ballard Brothers Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4606478
    Abandoned and Sealed
  40. Bend Branch No 4
    Underground coal · Dal-Tex Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4608064
    Abandoned and Sealed
  41. Betty Mine
    Underground coal · Zapata Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4604043
    Abandoned and Sealed
  42. Big Creek Loadout
    Facility coal · Winchester Coals Inc · MSHA ID 4606573
    Abandoned
  43. Blossom Branch Strip
    Surface coal · Dal-Tex Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4606948
    Abandoned
  44. Boardtree Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Bandmill Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4608404
    Abandoned and Sealed
  45. Brandy #2
    Underground coal · Island Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 4607776
    Abandoned and Sealed
  46. Brushy Fork Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Guyandotte Mining, LLC · MSHA ID 4609511
    Abandoned
  47. Buffalo 10
    Underground coal · Laurel Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4607825
    Abandoned and Sealed
  48. Buffalo 10-A
    Underground coal · Ballard Brothers Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4608032
    Abandoned and Sealed
  49. Buffalo Construction
    Facility coal · Buffalo Mining Company · MSHA ID 4607045
    Abandoned
  50. Buffalo Creek No 4
    Underground coal · Dal-Tex Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4603749
    Abandoned and Sealed
  51. Buffalo Deep Mine
    Underground coal · Hampden Coal LLC · MSHA ID 4609528
    Abandoned
  52. Buffalo No 11
    Underground coal · Ballard Brothers Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4608063
    Abandoned and Sealed
  53. Buffalo No 6
    Underground coal · Swamp Fox Development Inc · MSHA ID 4606570
    Abandoned and Sealed
  54. Buffalo No 9
    Underground coal · B & F Enterprises Inc · MSHA ID 4607673
    Abandoned and Sealed
  55. Buffalo-Auger
    Surface coal · Buffalo Mining Company · MSHA ID 4601376
    Abandoned
  56. Bunch Auger Mine
    Surface coal · Bunch Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4603245
    Abandoned
  57. Camp Branch Mine
    Surface coal · Rum Creek Coal Sales · MSHA ID 4609089
    Abandoned
  58. Camp Branch No 1
    Underground coal · Buffalo Mining Company · MSHA ID 4606822
    Abandoned and Sealed
  59. Camp Branch No 1-A Mine
    Underground coal · Buffalo Mining Company · MSHA ID 4606936
    Abandoned and Sealed
  60. Camp Branch No 2 Mine
    Underground coal · Buffalo Mining Company · MSHA ID 4606803
    Abandoned and Sealed
  61. Cartesian I
    Underground coal · Cartesian Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606375
    Abandoned and Sealed
  62. Cedar Creek Mine #39
    Underground coal · Cedar Creek Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4607822
    Abandoned and Sealed
  63. Central Raw Coal Facility
    Facility coal · Logan Mohawk Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605650
    Abandoned
  64. Central Ridge Mine
    Underground coal · Talon Resources Inc · MSHA ID 4608079
    Abandoned and Sealed
  65. Central Ridge Mine No 1
    Underground coal · Arch Of West Virginia · MSHA ID 4607403
    Abandoned and Sealed
  66. Chafin No 14c
    Underground coal · Chafin Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606916
    Abandoned and Sealed
  67. Chafin No 8
    Underground coal · Chafin Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606311
    Abandoned and Sealed
  68. Childress Plant #1
    Facility coal · Childress Service Corp · MSHA ID 4607463
    Abandoned
  69. Childress Plant #2
    Facility coal · Childress Service Corp · MSHA ID 4607439
    Abandoned
  70. Childress Plant #4
    Facility coal · Childress Service Corp · MSHA ID 4607745
    Abandoned
  71. Christy No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Christy Coal & Coke Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605143
    Abandoned
  72. Coalburg #2
    Underground coal · Clover Mining Company · MSHA ID 4606280
    Abandoned and Sealed
  73. Coalburg #7
    Underground coal · Laurel Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4607476
    Abandoned and Sealed
  74. Coalburg 7a
    Underground coal · Laurel Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4608566
    Abandoned and Sealed
  75. Coalburg 9
    Underground coal · Laurel Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4607981
    Abandoned and Sealed
  76. Coalburg 9a
    Underground coal · Laurel Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4608002
    Abandoned
  77. Coalburg No 1
    Underground coal · Desirae Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4606222
    Abandoned and Sealed
  78. Coalburg No 1
    Underground coal · Talon Resources Inc · MSHA ID 4608515
    Abandoned
  79. Coalburg No 11 (1)
    Underground coal · Hobet Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4608503
    Abandoned and Sealed
  80. Coalburg No 12
    Underground coal · Hobet Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4608567
    Abandoned and Sealed
  81. Coalburg No 2 Mine
    Underground coal · Rio Group, Inc. · MSHA ID 4608570
    Abandoned
  82. Coalburg No 3 Mine
    Underground coal · Swamp Fox Development Inc · MSHA ID 4607142
    Abandoned and Sealed
  83. Coalburg No 4
    Underground coal · Swamp Fox Development Inc · MSHA ID 4606742
    Abandoned and Sealed
  84. Coalburg No 6
    Underground coal · Mingo Logan Coal Company · MSHA ID 4607684
    Abandoned and Sealed
  85. Coalburg No 6-A
    Underground coal · Sharples Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4608169
    Abandoned and Sealed
  86. Coalburg No 6b
    Underground coal · Hobet Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4608705
    Abandoned and Sealed
  87. Commanche Strip
    Surface coal · Commanche Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4606301
    Abandoned
  88. Continental Seng Camp No 2 Mine
    Surface coal · Continental Augering Inc · MSHA ID 4608478
    Abandoned
  89. Crystalane Plant
    Facility coal · Crystalane Inc · MSHA ID 4605060
    Abandoned
  90. Dairy Hollow Robin Coal Company Inc
    Underground coal · Dairy Hollow Robin Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606387
    Abandoned and Sealed
  91. Daisy Mine
    Underground coal · Logan Lincoln Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4603503
    Abandoned and Sealed
  92. Daniel Hollow
    Surface coal · Eagle Creek Mining llc · MSHA ID 4609047
    Abandoned
  93. Dehue Mine
    Underground coal · Dehue Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601397
    Abandoned and Sealed
  94. Delta Prep Plant No 1
    Facility coal · Delta Minerals Inc · MSHA ID 4604975
    Abandoned
  95. Diamond Energy
    Underground coal · Spartan Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4608738
    Abandoned
  96. Dingess Branch No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Buffalo Mining Company · MSHA ID 4606892
    Abandoned and Sealed
  97. Dingess Branch No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Mc Kinney Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4608615
    Abandoned and Sealed
  98. Dingess Chilton Mine
    Underground coal · Coal Mac East · MSHA ID 4609280
    Abandoned
  99. Dogwood Mine No 1
    Underground coal · Mullins Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606755
    Abandoned and Sealed
  100. Eacco No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Eugene Adkins Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605237
    Abandoned and Sealed
  101. Eagle Creek #11
    Surface coal · Coal Mac LLC. · MSHA ID 4608917
    Abandoned
  102. Eagle Creek No 5 Mine
    Surface coal · Eagle Creek Mining LLC · MSHA ID 4606750
    Abandoned
  103. Eh-20s
    Surface coal · Enoxy Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4606982
    Abandoned
  104. Eight - Kay Mine
    Underground coal · Ramaco Resources, LLC · MSHA ID 4609585
    Abandoned
  105. Elk No 5 Mine
    Underground coal · Elk Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4602478
    Abandoned
  106. Elkay Central Shop
    Facility coal · Elkay Mining Company · MSHA ID 4605401
    Abandoned
  107. Elkay Construction
    Facility coal · Elkay Mining Company · MSHA ID 4607338
    Abandoned
  108. Elkay Dock
    Facility coal · Elkay Mining Company · MSHA ID 4604289
    Abandoned
  109. Elkay No 3 Mine
    Underground coal · Elkay Mining Company · MSHA ID 4605628
    Abandoned and Sealed
  110. Elkay No 4a Mine
    Underground coal · Elkay Mining Company · MSHA ID 4605604
    Abandoned and Sealed
  111. Elkay No 4b
    Underground coal · Elkay Mining Company · MSHA ID 4605605
    Abandoned and Sealed
  112. Elkay No 5a Mine
    Underground coal · Elkay Mining Company · MSHA ID 4605659
    Abandoned and Sealed
  113. Elkay No 5b
    Underground coal · Elkay Mining Company · MSHA ID 4605660
    Abandoned and Sealed
  114. Elkay Truck Garage
    Facility coal · Elkay Mining Company · MSHA ID 4606890
    Abandoned
  115. Elklick Chilton
    Underground coal · Coal Mac East · MSHA ID 4609390
    Abandoned
  116. Elklick No 6
    Underground coal · Buffalo Mining Company · MSHA ID 4606745
    Abandoned and Sealed
  117. Energy #16
    Surface coal · Whitman Creek Mining Corp · MSHA ID 4606631
    Abandoned
  118. Energy #17
    Surface coal · Commanche Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4606626
    Abandoned
  119. Ethel Hollow Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Aracoma Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4608106
    Abandoned
  120. Excel #2
    Surface coal · Excel Development Inc · MSHA ID 4605775
    Abandoned
  121. Ferrell Quarry and Plant
    Surface metal/non-metal · Ferrell Excavating Co., Inc. · MSHA ID 4606034
    Abandoned
  122. Freeze Fork Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Highland Mining Company · MSHA ID 4608693
    Abandoned
  123. G-2 Auger
    Surface coal · WCA Coal Augering, Inc. · MSHA ID 4609016
    Abandoned
  124. Gray Wolf I Mine
    Underground coal · Gray Wolf Mining Company · MSHA ID 4608335
    Abandoned and Sealed
  125. Gray Wolf Iii
    Underground coal · Gray Wolf Mining Company · MSHA ID 4608031
    Abandoned and Sealed
  126. Graywolfe No. 2
    Underground coal · Rockhouse Creek Development Corp. · MSHA ID 4608219
    Abandoned and Sealed
  127. Grey Fox Mine
    Underground coal · Ballard Brothers Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4604641
    Abandoned and Sealed
  128. Gut Fork Mine
    Underground coal · Nephi Coal Properties Ltd · MSHA ID 4604733
    Abandoned and Sealed
  129. Guyan 1-C
    Underground coal · Island Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 4603844
    Abandoned and Sealed
  130. Guyan 1a Mine
    Underground coal · Island Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 4602045
    Abandoned and Sealed
  131. Guyan 1d
    Underground coal · Island Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 4606235
    Abandoned and Sealed
  132. Guyan Mine
    Surface coal · ERP Environmental Fund Inc. · MSHA ID 4608939
    Abandoned and Sealed
  133. Guyan No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Island Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601383
    Abandoned
  134. Guyan No 1 Preparation Plant
    Facility coal · Island Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 4602441
    Abandoned
  135. Guyan No 1-B Mine
    Underground coal · Island Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 4602161
    Abandoned
  136. Guyan No 4 Mine
    Underground coal · Island Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601382
    Abandoned and Sealed
  137. Guyan No 4 Preparation Plant
    Facility coal · Island Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 4602442
    Abandoned
  138. Guyan No 5 Mine
    Underground coal · Island Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601381
    Abandoned
  139. Guyan No 7
    Underground coal · Island Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605328
    Abandoned and Sealed
  140. Hampton #7 Auger
    Surface coal · Hudson Mining Company Lp · MSHA ID 4607662
    Abandoned
  141. Hampton No 40 Mine
    Underground coal · New River Fuel Inc · MSHA ID 4606782
    Abandoned and Sealed
  142. Hatfield Energy Mine
    Underground coal · Lexington Coal Company, LLC · MSHA ID 4609254
    Abandoned
  143. Highland Coal Handling Facility
    Underground coal · Highland Mining Company · MSHA ID 4606558
    Abandoned
  144. Highland Coal Handling Facility
    Underground coal · Highland Mining Company · MSHA ID 4609012
    Abandoned and Sealed
  145. Hinchman Mine
    Underground coal · Arch Of West Virginia · MSHA ID 4601367
    Abandoned and Sealed
  146. Holden Miscellaneous Outside
    Facility coal · Island Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601384
    Abandoned
  147. Holden No 22 Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Rio Group Inc · MSHA ID 4608584
    Abandoned
  148. Inaguyan No 5b Mine
    Underground coal · Island Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 4602381
    Abandoned
  149. J & W #1
    Underground coal · T B & T Mining · MSHA ID 4605360
    Abandoned
  150. Jagged Central
    Underground coal · B & B Energy Inc · MSHA ID 4608824
    Abandoned and Sealed

…and 458 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
Adit 362
Strip Mine 264
P2 Portals 87
P1 Portals 59
P2 Dangerous Impoundments 54
Mine Dump 54
P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments 52
P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities 45
Open Pit Mine or Quarry 41
P1 Dangerous Slides 40
P1 Surface Burning 36
P1 Dangerous Impoundments 31
P2 Clogged Streams 28
Disturbed Surface 22
Tipple 21
P2 Dangerous Slides 17
P2 Dangerous Highwalls 17
Air Shaft 16
P1 Clogged Streams 14
P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments 14
P3 Gobs 10
P2 Vertical Openings 9
P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption 8
P2 Surface Burning 8
P3 Other 7
P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities 7
P1 Subsidence 7
P3 Water Problems 7
P1 Vertical Openings 6
P2 Clogged Stream Lands 6
P2 Underground Mine Fires 5
P3 High Wall 4
P3 Mine Opening 4
Mine Shaft 4
P2 Subsidence 3
P1 Clogged Stream Lands 3
Tailings - Pond 3
P1 Underground Mine Fires 2
P2 Industrial/Residential Waste 2
Disturbed Surface - Pit 2
P2 Hazardous Water Bodies 2
Quarry 2
P2 Polluted Water: Agricultural & Industrial 2
Open Pit Mine 2
P1 Dangerous Highwalls 1
Problem type not recorded 1
P3 Industrial/Residential Waste 1
P3 Haul Road 1
P1 Polluted Water: Agricultural & Industrial 1
P1 Flooding 1
Mine Dump 1
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated 1
P3 Spoil Area 1
Quarry 1
P3 Slurry 1
P3 Equipment Facility 1
P1 Industrial/Residential Waste 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.