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Abandoned mine inventory

Abandoned mines in Wyoming County, West Virginia

Wyoming County, West Virginia has 623 mine and prospect features on USGS topographic maps published 1909–1996, including 195 mine openings (shafts, adits and air shafts). OSMRE's abandoned mine land inventory lists 283 problems in the county, 162 of them not yet reclaimed. MSHA's register carries 458 mines in the county with status Abandoned or Abandoned and Sealed.

Every mine and prospect feature the USGS digitized from historical topographic maps covering Wyoming 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)
623
Mine openings
195
OSMRE problems unreclaimed
162
MSHA mines marked abandoned
458
0 features carry a name0 prospect pits24 quadrangle maps, published 1909–1996 283 OSMRE problems, 121 reclaimed 217 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
    264 29.1%
  2. Mines and surface workings
    labelled mines, open pits, strip mines, placer and hydraulic workings
    345 38.1%
  3. Quarries, gravel and borrow pits
    construction-material and industrial-mineral extraction
    2 0.2%
  4. Dumps, tailings, spoil and gob
    what mining left above ground
    116 12.8%
  5. Mills, tipples and facilities
    processing plants and hazardous structures
    58 6.4%
  6. Other reclamation problems
    highwalls, subsidence, polluted or clogged water, fires, slides and gases in OSMRE's inventory
    120 13.2%
  7. Other
    symbols outside the classes above
    1 0.1%
OSMRE abandoned mine land problems283 on inventory
Problem area Problem Status
Allen Creek Complex P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Allen Creek Complex P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Allen Creek Complex P3 Gobs Reclamation Pending
Allen Junction Complex P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Allen Junction Complex P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Alpoca Mine Dump P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Pending
Alpoca Mine Dump P2 Clogged Streams Reclamation Pending
Alpoca Mine Dump P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Alpoca Mine Dump P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Alpoca Mine Dump P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Alpoca Mine Dump P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Alpoca Mine Dump P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Alpoca Mine Dump P3 Mine Opening Reclamation Pending
Amigo Smokeless Impoundment P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Amigo Smokeless Impoundment P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Amigo Smokeless Impoundment P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Amigo Smokeless Impoundment P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Bailey Lake Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Bans Branch (Lambert) Burning Refus P1 Surface Burning Reclamation Completed
Barkers Creek Drainage P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Barkers Creek Drainage P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Barkers Creek Subsidence P2 Subsidence Reclamation Pending
Barkers Ridge / Basin Phase I Water P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption In Reclamation
Barkers Ridge Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls In Reclamation
Barkers Ridge Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Completed
Barkers Ridge Phase II Waterline Ex P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption In Reclamation
Barn Hollow Structures P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities In Reclamation
Basin (mckinney) Impoundment P2 Dangerous Impoundments In Reclamation
Bear Fork (simmons) P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Beartown (Kelly) Portal P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Beartown Church Rfs Pile P3 Gobs Reclamation Pending
Beartown Fork Refuse Ple P3 Gobs Reclamation Pending
Beartree Branch High P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Bearwallow Ridge Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Big Branch Refuse Pile P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Big Branch Refuse Pile P3 Gobs Reclamation Pending
Big Cub Ck. Refuse (toler Hollow) P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Big Cub Ck. Refuse (toler Hollow) P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Big Cub Ck. Refuse (toler Hollow) P2 Surface Burning Reclamation Completed
Big Cub Creek Portals P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities In Reclamation
Big Cub Creek Portals P2 Portals In Reclamation
Big Hollow Mine Dump P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Big Hollow Mine Dump P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Biggins Branch Complex P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities In Reclamation
Biggins Branch Complex P2 Portals In Reclamation
Biggins Branch Complex P3 Gobs In Reclamation
Blackeagle (stinson) Portals P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Blackeagle #2 Refuse P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Blackeagle #2 Refuse P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Blackeagle #2 Refuse P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Blackeagle Refuse Pile P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Blackeagle Refuse Pile P3 Gobs Reclamation Pending
Brier Creek Mine Drainage P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Bud (Weaver) Subsidence P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Bud Portal P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Buffalo Mountian Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Cabin Creek Ridge Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Canebrake Hollow Com P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Canebrake Hollow Com P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Canebrake Hollow Com P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Clark Gap "a" Highwall P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Clark Gap "b" Highwall P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
Clark Gap Refuse Pile P2 Portals In Reclamation
Clark Gap Refuse Pile P3 Gobs In Reclamation
Clarks Gap Waterline Extension P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Clay Branch Highwall P3 High Wall In Reclamation
Clear Fork Gap Islan P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Clear Fork Structures P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities In Reclamation
Clear Fork Structures P3 Gobs In Reclamation
Clear Fork Tramway P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Coal Mt. "davis" Clogged Stream P2 Clogged Streams Reclamation Pending
Covel Refuse Pile P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Covel Refuse Pile P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Covel Refuse Pile P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Covel Refuse Pile P2 Surface Burning Reclamation Completed
Covel(Shrewsberry) Open Portal P1 Portals Reclamation Completed
Crane Fork (Flesher) Mine Subsidenc P1 Subsidence Reclamation Completed
Crane Fork Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Cranes Fork Refuse P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Crany "b" Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Crany Mine Dump P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Crany Mine Dump P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Doublecamp Branch P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
East Toney Fork Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Eastern Wyoming PSD - Covel Area Wa P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Garden Gap Branch P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Glen Fork-sabine Water Supply P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Glen Rogers ( Rails) Vertical Openi P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Glen Rogers Complex P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Glen Rogers Complex P1 Vertical Openings Reclamation Pending
Glen Rogers Mine Shafts P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Glen Rogers Waterline Extension P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Gooney Otter Creek Rfse P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Gooney Otter Creek Rfse P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Gooney Otter Creek Rfse P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Gooney Otter Creek Rfse P3 Gobs Reclamation Pending
Hanover (alley) Drainage Ii P1 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Hanover (alley) Drainage Ii P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Hanover (copley) Landslide P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Hanover (copley) Landslide P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Hanover (copley) Landslide I P1 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Herndon (jewell) Burning Refuse P1 Surface Burning Reclamation Completed
Herndon Burning Refuse P1 Surface Burning Reclamation Completed
Horse Creek Complex P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Horse Creek Complex P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Ikes Fork Portals P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Indian-ridge Refuse P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Indian-ridge Refuse P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Indian-ridge Refuse P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Indian-ridge Refuse P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Iroquois "allen" Portals P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Iroquois Refuse Pile P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Iroquois Refuse Pile P2 Surface Burning Reclamation Completed
Itmann (burdiss) Drainage P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Itmann Mine Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls In Reclamation
Itmann Mine Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Itmann Refuse Pile P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Jacob Cook Branch Refuse P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Jacob Cook Branch Refuse P2 Portals Reclamation Pending
Jacob Cook Branch Refuse P3 Gobs Reclamation Pending
Jim's Branch Refuse Pile P2 Clogged Streams Reclamation Completed
Jim's Branch Refuse Pile P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Jim's Branch Refuse Pile P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Completed
Jim's Branch Refuse Pile P2 Industrial/Residential Waste Reclamation Completed
Jim's Branch Refuse Pile P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Jim's Branch Refuse Pile P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Completed
Joe Branch Highwall P3 High Wall Reclamation Pending
John's Branch Coal Refuse Dam P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
John's Branch Coal Refuse Dam P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Jud Branch Portal P2 Vertical Openings Reclamation Pending
Keyrock Area Water Supply P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption Reclamation Completed
Lanes Branch Refuse Pile P3 Gobs Reclamation Pending
Little Cub Creek Hgh P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Little Huff Creek P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Little Huff Creek P2 Dangerous Slides Reclamation Completed
Little Huff Creek P2 Portals Reclamation Completed
Long Branch Highwall P2 Dangerous Highwalls Reclamation Pending
Low Gap Branch #2 P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Completed
Low Gap Branch #2 P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Lynce Structures P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities Reclamation Pending
Maben Prep. Plant P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Maben Prep. Plant P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Pending
Maben Prep. Plant P2 Surface Burning Reclamation Pending
Marianna (porterfield) Refuse Pile P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments Reclamation Completed
Marianna (porterfield) Refuse Pile P2 Industrial/Residential Waste Reclamation Completed
Mc Donald Mill Cr. P3 Bench In Reclamation
Mc Donald Mill Cr. P3 Equipment Facility Reclamation Pending
Mc Donald Mill Cr. P3 Mine Opening Reclamation Pending
Mcdonald Mill Creek Impoundment P2 Dangerous Impoundments Reclamation Pending
Mcdonald Mill Creek Impoundment P3 Gobs Reclamation Pending

…and 133 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 Abandoned458 on register
  1. #1 Mine
    Underground coal · Tamron Energy Inc · MSHA ID 4606014
    Abandoned and Sealed
  2. #1 Mine
    Surface coal · Pivotal Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4609566
    Abandoned
  3. #1 Mine (Ug)
    Underground coal · Shell-Ray Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4605867
    Abandoned and Sealed
  4. #1 Preparation Plant
    Facility coal · Big Bear Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4602829
    Abandoned
  5. #1 Refuse Pile
    Facility coal · Spencer Resources Inc · MSHA ID 4606629
    Abandoned
  6. #1 Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Larry Stacy Augering Inc · MSHA ID 4608905
    Abandoned and Sealed
  7. #12-A Mine
    Underground coal · Sunnyside Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4604977
    Abandoned and Sealed
  8. #2
    Underground coal · C L & S Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605939
    Abandoned and Sealed
  9. #3 Mine
    Underground coal · Pinnacle Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4601718
    Abandoned and Sealed
  10. #31
    Underground coal · Muncy Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4607423
    Abandoned and Sealed
  11. #3e
    Underground coal · Pilot Mountain Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4607247
    Abandoned and Sealed
  12. #53 Mine Ug
    Underground coal · Robinson-Phillips Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4602520
    Abandoned
  13. Ace #64 Mine
    Underground coal · Robinson-Phillips Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4604940
    Abandoned and Sealed
  14. Algoma No 12 Surface
    Surface coal · C & W Coal Company · MSHA ID 4603109
    Abandoned
  15. Allen Creek Auger
    Surface coal · Amigo Smokeless Coal Company · MSHA ID 4603397
    Abandoned
  16. Allen Creek Strip
    Surface coal · Amigo Smokeless Coal Company · MSHA ID 4603398
    Abandoned
  17. Alpine #1
    Underground coal · Robinson-Phillips Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4602179
    Abandoned and Sealed
  18. Alpine Mine
    Underground coal · Island Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605320
    Abandoned and Sealed
  19. Alpoca Surface
    Surface coal · Anderson & Anderson Contractors Inc · MSHA ID 4602181
    Abandoned
  20. Amber Lea Auger
    Surface coal · Amber Lea Contractors, LLC · MSHA ID 4609579
    Abandoned
  21. Amigo #4
    Underground coal · Amigo Smokeless Coal Company · MSHA ID 4606400
    Abandoned and Sealed
  22. Amigo No 2 Mine
    Underground coal · Amigo Smokeless Coal Company · MSHA ID 4604216
    Abandoned and Sealed
  23. Amigo No 3 Mine
    Underground coal · Amigo Smokeless Coal Company · MSHA ID 4604320
    Abandoned and Sealed
  24. Ana
    Underground coal · Robinson-Phillips Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4604812
    Abandoned
  25. Armco No 26
    Underground coal · Peabody Coal Company · MSHA ID 4606177
    Abandoned and Sealed
  26. Auger #1
    Surface coal · Monument Mining, Inc. · MSHA ID 4609610
    Abandoned
  27. Auger Mine No. 2
    Surface coal · Rolling S Augering, LLC · MSHA ID 4609160
    Abandoned
  28. B Mine
    Underground coal · Ranger Fuel Corp · MSHA ID 4601549
    Abandoned
  29. Baileysville Surface
    Surface coal · Winston Coal Company · MSHA ID 4603861
    Abandoned
  30. Bear Branch Auger
    Surface coal · D & R Augering · MSHA ID 4607529
    Abandoned
  31. Beckley No 2 Mine
    Underground coal · Ranger Fuel Corp · MSHA ID 4604581
    Abandoned and Sealed
  32. Beckley No 2 Preparation Plant
    Facility coal · Ranger Fuel Corp · MSHA ID 4606071
    Abandoned
  33. Big Bear #4
    Underground coal · Robinson-Phillips Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606266
    Abandoned and Sealed
  34. Big Bear Mine No 1
    Underground coal · Big Bear Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605977
    Abandoned and Sealed
  35. Big Bear No 2
    Underground coal · Big Bear Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605742
    Abandoned and Sealed
  36. Big Bear No 3
    Underground coal · Big Bear Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606281
    Abandoned and Sealed
  37. Black Eagle Auger
    Surface coal · Hickory Resources Partnership · MSHA ID 4607855
    Abandoned
  38. Black Eagle Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Whitesville A & S Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4603971
    Abandoned
  39. Bock No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Bock Coal Company · MSHA ID 4604369
    Abandoned
  40. Bolt Strip Mine
    Surface coal · Ranger Fuel Corp · MSHA ID 4602167
    Abandoned
  41. Bradford Stone
    Surface metal/non-metal · Bradford Stone Inc · MSHA ID 4606117
    Abandoned
  42. BRC Pinnacle, LLC
    Facility coal · BRC Pinnacle, LLC · MSHA ID 4609146
    Abandoned
  43. Brier Creek No 1
    Underground coal · Robinson-Phillips Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4601660
    Abandoned
  44. Buckeye (Noseman Portal)
    Underground coal · Consolidation Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601546
    Abandoned and Sealed
  45. Buckeye Colliery
    Underground coal · Consolidation Coal Company · MSHA ID 3604793
    Abandoned
  46. Buckeye Preparation Plant
    Facility coal · Consolidation Coal Company · MSHA ID 4603242
    Abandoned
  47. Calvert #5 Mine
    Underground coal · Calvert Coal Company · MSHA ID 4602191
    Abandoned
  48. Camco Mine No 1
    Underground coal · Camco Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4605271
    Abandoned and Sealed
  49. Candice #3
    Underground coal · Pinnacle Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4607300
    Abandoned and Sealed
  50. Candice Mine (1)
    Underground coal · Mystic Energy Inc · MSHA ID 4606291
    Abandoned and Sealed
  51. Carol Mine
    Underground coal · Robinson-Phillips Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4604813
    Abandoned and Sealed
  52. Cedar Creek Mine
    Underground coal · Green Mountain Energy Inc · MSHA ID 4608036
    Abandoned and Sealed
  53. Cedar Creek Strip
    Surface coal · Whitesville A & S Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4602352
    Abandoned
  54. Cedar Creek Surface
    Surface coal · Dome Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4605432
    Abandoned
  55. Central Shop
    Facility coal · Bluestone Industries, Inc. · MSHA ID 4609315
    Abandoned
  56. Central Shop #1 And #2
    Facility coal · Robinson-Phillips Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4603260
    Abandoned
  57. Childress Plant #3
    Facility coal · Childress Service Corp · MSHA ID 4607563
    Abandoned
  58. Chilton Deep Mine No.1
    Underground coal · Rockwell Mining LLC · MSHA ID 4609608
    Abandoned and Sealed
  59. Clay Branch #3
    Underground coal · Shaybeth Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4604728
    Abandoned and Sealed
  60. Clay Branch No 4
    Underground coal · Shaybeth Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4604954
    Abandoned and Sealed
  61. Clear Fork Strip
    Surface coal · Clear Fork Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4604843
    Abandoned
  62. Coal Mountain 12-F
    Underground coal · Island Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 4602382
    Abandoned and Sealed
  63. Coal Mountain 12-G
    Underground coal · Island Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 4602762
    Abandoned and Sealed
  64. Coal Mountain 9-E
    Underground coal · Island Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601539
    Abandoned and Sealed
  65. Coal Mountain 9-R
    Underground coal · Island Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 4603885
    Abandoned and Sealed
  66. Coal Mountain 9-S
    Underground coal · Island Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 4604417
    Abandoned and Sealed
  67. Coal Mountain 9-T
    Underground coal · Island Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 4604751
    Abandoned and Sealed
  68. Coal Mtn #2 Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Island Creek Coal Company · MSHA ID 4607199
    Abandoned
  69. Coal Rush Auger
    Surface coal · Stear Auger Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4608842
    Abandoned
  70. Copperhead No. 1
    Underground coal · Richmond Works, Inc. · MSHA ID 4608897
    Abandoned and Sealed
  71. Countyline Strip
    Surface coal · Perry & Hylton Inc · MSHA ID 4606236
    Abandoned
  72. Cow Creek No 1
    Underground coal · L A S & K Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606183
    Abandoned and Sealed
  73. Deep Mine No. 65A
    Underground coal · Pay Car Mining, Inc. · MSHA ID 4609334
    Abandoned
  74. Deerfield No 2 Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Perry & Hylton Inc · MSHA ID 4606671
    Abandoned
  75. Double Camp Branch
    Underground coal · Robinson-Phillips Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606398
    Abandoned and Sealed
  76. Double Camp Branch Mine No. 1
    Underground coal · Rolling S Augering, LLC · MSHA ID 4609486
    Abandoned
  77. Double E Mining No 1
    Underground coal · Double E Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4606088
    Abandoned and Sealed
  78. Doublecamp No 1
    Underground coal · Robinson-Phillips Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606477
    Abandoned and Sealed
  79. Douglas No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Peach Tree Ridge Mining, Inc. · MSHA ID 4608462
    Abandoned
  80. E Mine
    Underground coal · Ranger Fuel Corp · MSHA ID 4601547
    Abandoned
  81. Eagle #2 Mine
    Underground coal · Rhino Eastern LLC · MSHA ID 4609201
    Abandoned and Sealed
  82. Eagle #4 Mine
    Underground coal · Rockwell Mining LLC · MSHA ID 4608509
    Abandoned and Sealed
  83. Eagle #5
    Underground coal · Big Bear Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4601923
    Abandoned and Sealed
  84. Eagle B Mine
    Underground coal · Eastern Associated Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4604632
    Abandoned
  85. Eagle Mine
    Underground coal · Jude Energy Inc · MSHA ID 4606289
    Abandoned and Sealed
  86. Eagle Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Rockwell Mining LLC · MSHA ID 4609513
    Abandoned
  87. Farley Eagle Mine
    Underground coal · Gateway Eagle Coal Company, LLC · MSHA ID 4601537
    Abandoned
  88. Five Forks Mine
    Underground coal · Brooks Run Mining Company, LLC · MSHA ID 4608132
    Abandoned and Sealed
  89. G & R Augering, Inc.
    Surface coal · G & R Augering Inc · MSHA ID 4608910
    Abandoned
  90. Gaston Auger No 1
    Surface coal · Slab Fork Coal Company · MSHA ID 4606396
    Abandoned
  91. Gaston No 2 Mine
    Underground coal · Slab Fork Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601552
    Abandoned and Sealed
  92. Gaston No 3 Mine
    Underground coal · Slab Fork Coal Company · MSHA ID 4604235
    Abandoned and Sealed
  93. Gaston No 4 Mine
    Underground coal · Slab Fork Coal Company · MSHA ID 4604650
    Abandoned
  94. Glancy Chilton Deep Mine
    Underground coal · Rockwell Mining LLC · MSHA ID 4609554
    Abandoned
  95. Golden Bear No 1
    Underground coal · Jovic Mining Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606619
    Abandoned and Sealed
  96. Golden Bear Surface Mine No 1
    Surface coal · Conger Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4607568
    Abandoned and Sealed
  97. Green Mountain No 5
    Underground coal · Green Mountain Energy Inc · MSHA ID 4608035
    Abandoned and Sealed
  98. Green Ridge #1 Mine
    Underground coal · Pinnacle Mining Company LLC · MSHA ID 4609030
    Abandoned and Sealed
  99. Gregoire No 1
    Underground coal · Gregoire Coals Inc · MSHA ID 4604692
    Abandoned
  100. Guyandotte Energy Slope Mine #2
    Underground coal · Spartan Mining Company, LLC · MSHA ID 4609270
    Abandoned and Sealed
  101. Herndon Surface
    Surface coal · Perry & Hylton Inc · MSHA ID 4603846
    Abandoned
  102. Hernshaw No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Pocahontas Fuel Company · MSHA ID 4601545
    Abandoned
  103. Hernshaw No 2 Mine
    Underground coal · Pocahontas Fuel Company · MSHA ID 4601237
    Abandoned
  104. High Top #1
    Surface coal · High Top Inc · MSHA ID 4607797
    Abandoned
  105. Huff Energy No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Huff Energy Inc · MSHA ID 4605140
    Abandoned and Sealed
  106. HWM Job #23A
    Surface coal · Mining Technologies, Inc. · MSHA ID 4608800
    Abandoned
  107. Indian #8
    Underground coal · Robinson-Phillips Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4603831
    Abandoned and Sealed
  108. Indian Creek No 8 Mine
    Underground coal · Mingo Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4605001
    Abandoned
  109. Itmann #1 And Shop
    Underground coal · Itmann Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601540
    Abandoned and Sealed
  110. Itmann #3
    Underground coal · Itmann Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601576
    Abandoned and Sealed
  111. Itmann Impoundment Area
    Facility coal · Consolidation Coal Company · MSHA ID 4602252
    Abandoned
  112. Itmann No 11 Auger
    Surface coal · Rebel Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4603871
    Abandoned
  113. Itmann No 2
    Underground coal · Itmann Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601885
    Abandoned and Sealed
  114. Itmann No 4
    Underground coal · Itmann Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601577
    Abandoned
  115. Itmann Prep Plant
    Facility coal · Pocahontas Fuel Company · MSHA ID 4602830
    Abandoned
  116. Jackpot #2
    Underground coal · Amigo Smokeless Coal Company · MSHA ID 4602164
    Abandoned
  117. Jackpot No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Amigo Smokeless Coal Company · MSHA ID 4601932
    Abandoned and Sealed
  118. Jackpot No 3 Mine Ug
    Underground coal · Amigo Smokeless Coal Company · MSHA ID 4602523
    Abandoned and Sealed
  119. Jackpot No 4 Mine
    Underground coal · Amigo Smokeless Coal Company · MSHA ID 4603806
    Abandoned
  120. Jasper Strip Job B-54
    Surface coal · Ranger Fuel Corp · MSHA ID 4602173
    Abandoned
  121. Jims Branch No 1
    Underground coal · Baylor Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4608537
    Abandoned and Sealed
  122. Jims Branch No 2
    Underground coal · Chief Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4608577
    Abandoned and Sealed
  123. Jims Branch No 3a
    Underground coal · Baylor Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4608593
    Abandoned
  124. Jims Branch No 3B
    Underground coal · Baylor Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4609243
    Abandoned
  125. Joe Branch No 1
    Underground coal · Century Energy Corporation · MSHA ID 4608662
    Abandoned and Sealed
  126. Kepler Prep Plant
    Facility coal · Pocahontas Fuel Company · MSHA ID 4603262
    Abandoned
  127. Kepler Sewell Mine
    Underground coal · Road Fork Development Company LLC · MSHA ID 4609287
    Abandoned
  128. Keystone #2
    Underground coal · Panther Colliers Inc · MSHA ID 4601535
    Abandoned
  129. Keystone No 2 Plant
    Facility coal · Herndon Processing Company LLC · MSHA ID 4603158
    Abandoned
  130. Keystone No 3-B
    Underground coal · Eastern Associated Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4601813
    Abandoned and Sealed
  131. Keystone No 3-B Mine
    Underground coal · Eastern Associated Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4601862
    Abandoned
  132. Keystone No 3d
    Underground coal · Noseman Branch Mining Inc · MSHA ID 4608179
    Abandoned
  133. Keystone No 3e
    Underground coal · Graybeals Indian Creek Coal Company Inc · MSHA ID 4606079
    Abandoned
  134. Kitchekan Mine No 56
    Underground coal · Hawley Coal Mine Corp · MSHA ID 4601224
    Abandoned
  135. Kopperston No 2
    Underground coal · Eastern Associated Coal Corp · MSHA ID 4601536
    Abandoned and Sealed
  136. Kopperston Refuse Impoundment
    Facility coal · Eastern Associated Coal Corporation · MSHA ID 4603157
    Abandoned
  137. Kopperston Tunnel
    Underground coal · Rockwell Mining LLC · MSHA ID 4608529
    Abandoned
  138. Lamar Surface Mine
    Facility coal · Extra Trucking Inc · MSHA ID 4606437
    Abandoned
  139. Lane's Branch Surface Mine
    Surface coal · Active Resources, Inc. · MSHA ID 4609655
    Abandoned
  140. Little Eagle No 2
    Underground coal · Pocahontas Fuel Company · MSHA ID 4602025
    Abandoned
  141. Lobo No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Simron Fuel Coal Company · MSHA ID 4605018
    Abandoned and Sealed
  142. Lower War Eagle Mine No. 1
    Surface coal · Rolling S Augering, LLC · MSHA ID 4609501
    Abandoned
  143. Lucky Lady Loadout
    Facility coal · Joseph Coal Inc · MSHA ID 4606611
    Abandoned
  144. Maben #4
    Underground coal · Maben Energy Corp · MSHA ID 4603852
    Abandoned and Sealed
  145. Maben #6 Mine
    Underground coal · Maben Energy Corp · MSHA ID 4606378
    Abandoned and Sealed
  146. Maben No 1 Mine
    Underground coal · Maben Energy Corp · MSHA ID 4602156
    Abandoned and Sealed
  147. Maben No 2 Mine
    Underground coal · Westmoreland Coal Company · MSHA ID 4602906
    Abandoned and Sealed
  148. Maben No 4 Tipple
    Facility coal · Westmoreland Coal Company · MSHA ID 4604810
    Abandoned
  149. Maben No 5
    Underground coal · Maben Energy Corp · MSHA ID 4605070
    Abandoned and Sealed
  150. Maben Prep Plant
    Facility coal · Westmoreland Coal Company · MSHA ID 4603189
    Abandoned

…and 308 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 324
Adit 187
P2 Portals 48
P2 Dangerous Piles & Embankments 38
P2 Hazardous Equip & Facilities 35
Mine Dump 30
P2 Dangerous Highwalls 28
Tailings - Pond 27
P2 Dangerous Impoundments 25
Tipple 21
P3 Gobs 15
Disturbed Surface 15
P2 Polluted Water: Human Consumption 12
P1 Portals 9
Air Shaft 8
P3 High Wall 7
P1 Dangerous Slides 6
P2 Clogged Streams 6
P1 Vertical Openings 6
P2 Vertical Openings 6
P2 Hazardous Water Bodies 4
P2 Surface Burning 4
P2 Dangerous Slides 4
P1 Surface Burning 4
P1 Dangerous Piles & Embankments 3
Disturbed Surface - Pit 3
P1 Subsidence 3
Mine Dump 3
P3 Other 3
P3 Mine Opening 2
P1 Hazardous Equip & Facilities 2
Gravel/Borrow Pit - Undifferentiated 2
Open Pit Mine or Quarry 2
P2 Industrial/Residential Waste 2
P1 Dangerous Impoundments 2
P2 Clogged Stream Lands 1
P1 Gases: Hazardous/Explosive 1
Open Pit Mine or Quarry 1
PB 403(b) Water Supplies 1
P3 Water Problems 1
P3 Bench 1
P1 Underground Mine Fires 1
P2 Subsidence 1
P3 Equipment Facility 1
P3 Pits 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.