Abandoned Mines in Louisiana

Abandoned Mining in Louisiana

Federal databases record 493 abandoned, sealed, and historically closed mine locations in Louisiana. These include mines officially abandoned under MSHA oversight and past producers documented in the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. Abandoned mines are a legacy of centuries of mineral extraction and can pose ongoing environmental and safety concerns for nearby communities.

Top Counties

County	Abandoned/Historical
Washington County	115
Tangipahoa County	87
St. Tammany County	30
Livingston County	26
West Feliciana County	26
East Baton Rouge County	22
East Feliciana County	21
St. Helena County	21
St. Tammany County	13
Beauregard County	10
Jefferson County	10
Terrebonne County	8
Plaquemines County	7
Bienville County	6
Rapides County	6
Ascension County	5
Iberia County	5
La Salle County	5
Lafayette County	5
Ouachita County	5

Abandoned Mine Sites

Mine	County	Commodity	Status	Source
# 2 Pit	Catahoula	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
1	Winn	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
2 Brothers Sand and Gravel	Tangipahoa	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
A Magee Pit	Washington	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Asphalt Plant #5 Rock Crusher	East Baton Rouge	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Avery Island	Iberia	Salt	Abandoned	MSHA
Accardo Mining Llc	Washington	Sand, Common	Abandoned	MSHA
Amite Gravel, Llc	Tangipahoa	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Amite Gravel, Llc #2	Tangipahoa	Sand, Common	Abandoned	MSHA
Amite Pit	Tangipahoa	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Andrews Trucking Inc.	La Salle	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Anse La Butte Mine	Lafayette, St. Martin	Halite	Past Producer	MRDS
Arrowhead Sand & Gravel	Washington	Quartz, Ground	Abandoned	MSHA
Arrowhead Sand & Gravel Pit	Vernon	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Arrowhead Sand & Gravel Ii	Washington	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Aubrey Chisum Pit	Catahoula	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
B & J Green Pit	Washington	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Baywood Asphalt Plant	East Baton Rouge	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Bms Gravel	Tangipahoa	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Bolivar Pit	Tangipahoa	Common Clays NEC	Abandoned	MSHA
Box #9	St. Tammany	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Btd-2 C/o Chuck Granger	Jefferson Davis	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Barry's Haven Constr & Excavation, Llc	Tangipahoa	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Baton Rouge Plant	East Baton Rouge	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Baton Rouge Works-Metals Division	East Baton Rouge	Aluminum	Past Producer	MRDS
Bay Sainte Elaine Dome	Terrebonne	Sulfur	Past Producer	MRDS
Bay Sainte Elaine Dome	Terrebonne	Sulfur	Past Producer	MRDS
Bay Sainte Elaine Dome	Terrebonne	Sulfur	Past Producer	MRDS
Bay Sainte Elaine Mine	Terrebonne	Sulfur	Past Producer	MRDS
Bayou Choctaw Mine	Bienville	Halite	Past Producer	MRDS
Bayou Sand & Gravel Llc	Tangipahoa	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Beach Co Llc	St. Helena	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Beverly Sandpit #4	St. Bernard	Sand, Common	Abandoned	MSHA
Big Track S & G Oper	West Feliciana	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	MRDS
Bully Camp Dome Mine	Lafourche	Sulfur	Past Producer	MRDS
Candies Excavation, Inc.	St. Tammany	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Cz-30(zona)	Washington	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Caddo Plant & Pits	Caddo	Common Clays NEC	Abandoned	MSHA
Caillou Island Mine	Terrebonne	Sulfur	Past Producer	MRDS
Caillou Isle Mine	Terrebonne, Lafourche	Sulfur	Past Producer	MRDS
Caminada Mine	Jefferson	Sulfur	Past Producer	MRDS
Century Pit	Ouachita	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Chacahoula Mine	Lafourche	Sulfur, Halite	Past Producer	MRDS
Chacahoula Salt Dome	Lafourche	Sulfur	Past Producer	MRDS
Clifton Gravel Pit	Washington	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Construction Aggregate Supply	Jefferson	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Construction Site Specialties	Lafayette	Sand, Industrial NEC	Abandoned	MSHA
Covington	Bossier	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Abandoned	MSHA
Cowan Dirt Pit # 4	East Baton Rouge	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Crain Plant	Washington	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Crawford Mine	Washington	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Crown-Zellerbach Operation	West Feliciana	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	MRDS
Crown-Zellerbach Operation	West Feliciana	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	MRDS
Cucullu	East Feliciana	Sand, Common	Abandoned	MSHA
Custom Abrasives Llc	Terrebonne	Sand, Industrial NEC	Abandoned	MSHA
D & J Aimwell Sand Pit	La Salle	Sand, Common	Abandoned	MSHA
D&j West Monroe Sand Pit	Ouachita	Sand, Common	Abandoned	MSHA
D-Ville Pit	Ascension	Sand, Common	Abandoned	MSHA
Diamond B Roseland Pitt	Tangipahoa	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Darlington Division	St. Helena	Sand, Common	Abandoned	MSHA
Darrow Mine	Ascension	Halite	Past Producer	MRDS
Davis Sand & Gravel Inc	Vernon	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Diamond B Drude Pit	Tangipahoa	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Diamond B Tangipahoa Pit	Tangipahoa	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Dolet Hills Lignite Company	De Soto	Coal (Lignite)	Abandoned	MSHA
Dolphin Construction Co	Grant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	MRDS
Drakes Salt Dome	Natchitoches		Past Producer	MRDS
Duplessis Sand Pit	Plaquemines	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Dupont Sand Pit Llc	Lafayette	Sand, Common	Abandoned	MSHA
Easterly Plant	Livingston	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Equipment Shop	Jefferson	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Francis Pit	La Salle	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Falcon Frac	St. Helena	Sand, Common	Abandoned	MSHA
Fluker Farms Mine	Tangipahoa	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Fluker Mine-A	Tangipahoa	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Forest Hill	Rapides	Sand, Common	Abandoned	MSHA
Fornea & Sons Pit #2	Washington	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Fornea & Sons Pit No 1	Washington	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Frazier Gravel Pit	Washington	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
G W Creel Plant #1	Tangipahoa	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
G.kendrick Llc	Washington	Sand, Common	Abandoned	MSHA
Gravel Pit	East Baton Rouge	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Gravel Pit Ponder	Tangipahoa	Sand, Common	Abandoned	MSHA
Garden Island Bay Mine	Plaquemines	Sulfur	Past Producer	MRDS
Garyville Pit	St. John the Baptist	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Gillman Plant 40	Tangipahoa	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Grand Ecaille Sulfur Mine	Plaquemines		Past Producer	MRDS
Grand Isle Mine	Jefferson	Sulfur	Past Producer	MRDS
Grant Parish Hardwater Lake Pit #2	Grant	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Green Lakes	Washington	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	MRDS
Green Lakes Plant 31	Washington	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Honey Island Sand Plant	St. Tammany	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Hackberry West Mine	Cameron	Halite	Past Producer	MRDS
Halliburton	Orleans	Barite Barium Ore	Abandoned	MSHA
Hampton Fill Material L.l.c.	Tangipahoa	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Hard Rock Sand & Gravel	Washington	Sand, Common	Abandoned	MSHA
Hard Rock Sand & Gravel - J & J	Washington	Sand, Common	Abandoned	MSHA
Hard Rock Sand & Gravel Iv	Washington	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Hard Rock Sand & Gravel Site Iii	Washington	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Harvell, Hartner, Dunnise	St. Helena	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA

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