Abandoned Mines in Texas

1,581Abandoned & Historical

Abandoned Mining in Texas

Federal databases record 1,581 abandoned, sealed, and historically closed mine locations in Texas. 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.

Safety Warning: Abandoned mines are extremely dangerous. Hazards include cave-ins, toxic gases, flooded shafts, unstable ground, and hidden vertical drops. Never enter an abandoned mine. Many are on private property. If you discover an unsecured abandoned mine, report it to your state mining agency.

Top Counties

County	Abandoned/Historical
Colorado County	67
Hudspeth County	54
El Paso County	50
Karnes County	44
Williamson County	40
Presidio County	38
Fayette County	29
Brewster County	28
Llano County	28
Bell County	27
Hood County	27
San Saba County	24
Bexar County	23
Webb County	22
Culberson County	21
Burnet County	20
Live Oak County	19
Wise County	19
Gillespie County	18
Hidalgo County	18

Abandoned Mine Sites

Mine	County	Commodity	Status	Source
Ft Stockton Plant 1864	Pecos	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Mentone # 1895	Loving	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Abandoned	MSHA
Wild Horse Plant	Culberson	Talc	Abandoned	MSHA
101 Crushed Stone	Palo Pinto	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Abandoned	MSHA
1109	Cherokee	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
1115	Cherokee	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
16 Pit	Gillespie	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Abandoned	MSHA
1606 Quarry	Bosque	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Abandoned	MSHA
1788 Viking Pit	Midland	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Abandoned	MSHA
1860 Pit	McLennan	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
211	Bexar	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Abandoned	MSHA
281 Cibilo Creek Pit	Comal	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
3 Daughters Trail	Montague	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
317 Sand Pit	Johnson	Sand, Common	Abandoned	MSHA
34 Pit	Dallas	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
341 Quarry	Medina	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Abandoned	MSHA
3b Stone Supply	Hood	Dimension Limestone	Abandoned	MSHA
3rd Cross Materials, Llc	Williamson	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Abandoned	MSHA
4104882 / San Saba	San Saba	Dimension Stone NEC	Abandoned	MSHA
412 White Rock	Sherman	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Abandoned	MSHA
412 White Rock	Hutchinson	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
412whiterock	Lipscomb	Sand, Common	Abandoned	MSHA
434 Sand Pit	McLennan	Sand, Common	Abandoned	MSHA
4d #1	McLennan	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
4h Land Investments	Hutchinson	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
5-L Pit	Gaines	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Abandoned	MSHA
51 Sand and Gravel	Hood	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
5260 Portable Unit #493 Sn 410124	Mitchell	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Abandoned	MSHA
70 Ac Plant	Bandera	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
83 Pit	Uvalde	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
A B B Sand and Gravel Operation	Dallas	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	MRDS
A D Green Pit	Cherokee	Ball Clay	Past Producer	MRDS
A M P Quarries Inc	Williamson	Dimension Stone NEC	Abandoned	MSHA
Ab 406 Pit	Erath	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Ac Rio Grand Quarry	Zapata	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Acg Deiringer	Reagan	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Abandoned	MSHA
Acg Eagleford Atkinson	McMullen	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Acm Mine	Culberson	Crushed, Broken Marble	Abandoned	MSHA
Aguila Gravel Pit	Maverick	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
American Sand & Gravel	El Paso	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Apache Canyon #2	El Paso	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Abandoned	MSHA
Austin Aggr Marble Falls East	Burnet	Dimension Limestone	Abandoned	MSHA
Abandoned	Dallas	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	MRDS
Abandoned Pit	Parker	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer	MRDS
Abandoned Pottery Plant	Robertson	Fire Clay (Refractory)	Past Producer	MRDS
Abel Arredondo	Kendall	Dimension Stone NEC	Abandoned	MSHA
Able Springs Quarry	Kaufman	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer	MRDS
Ace Sand and Gravel	Pecos	Sand, Common	Abandoned	MSHA
Acme Pit	Henderson	Clay	Past Producer	MRDS
Acme Quarry	Hardeman	Gypsum	Abandoned	MSHA
Adobe Walls Mine	Brewster	Mercury	Past Producer	MRDS
Ainsworth # 1894	Falls	Dimension Stone NEC	Abandoned	MSHA
Ainsworth Clay Pit	Scurry	Clay, Ceramic, Refractory Mnls.	Abandoned	MSHA
Alamito Zeolite Llc	Presidio	Zeolites	Abandoned	MSHA
Alamo Pit	Bexar	Clay	Past Producer	MRDS
Alamo Ready Mix Concrete Operation	Uvalde	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	MRDS
Alamo Ready Mix Concrete Operation	Uvalde	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	MRDS
Aledo Pit & Plant	Parker	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	MRDS
Alexander Materials	Lampasas	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Alice Ray Mine	Hudspeth	Lead, Silver, Zinc	Past Producer	MRDS
Allen Pit & Plant	Williamson	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Abandoned	MSHA
Allen Quarry	Frio	Shell	Abandoned	MSHA
Allied Stone Products Lp	Parker	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Abandoned	MSHA
Alpha Baker Mine	Brown	Strontium	Past Producer	MRDS
Alpine Plant	Brewster	Bentonite	Abandoned	MSHA
Alta Mesa Project	Brooks	Uranium Ore	Abandoned	MSHA
Altair Sand & Gravel	Colorado	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Althaus Mine	Gillespie	Feldspar	Past Producer	MRDS
Alto Bonito	Starr	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Alvord Plant #1292	Wise	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Amazing Waterfall & Stone	Erath	Dimension Stone NEC	Abandoned	MSHA
American Bentonite	Brewster	Bentonite	Abandoned	MSHA
American Industrial Minerals Llc	Orange	Sand, Common	Abandoned	MSHA
Amigos Ranch	Uvalde	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Abandoned	MSHA
Anderson Columbia Co., Inc./ Perez Pit	Webb	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Applewhite Sand Mine	Atascosa	Sand, Industrial NEC	Abandoned	MSHA
Aquilla Sand and Gravel Ltd.	Hill	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Aran Pit	El Paso	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Arcosa Shamrock #1888	Wheeler	Gypsum	Abandoned	MSHA
Armadillo Quarry	Williamson	Dimension Limestone	Abandoned	MSHA
Arnold Quarry	Sabine	Crushed, Broken Limestone NEC	Abandoned	MSHA
Arnold Stone Inc	Hill	Dimension Limestone	Abandoned	MSHA
Arnold Stone Inc	Parker	Dimension Stone NEC	Abandoned	MSHA
Arnold Stone Inc/abilene	Jones	Dimension Stone NEC	Abandoned	MSHA
Arnold Stone Products - Tolar Plant	Hood	Dimension Limestone	Abandoned	MSHA
Arnold Trucking Inc	Harrison	Crushed, Broken Stone NEC	Abandoned	MSHA
Ash Pit	Fayette	Bentonite	Past Producer	MRDS
Ashtola/fraser Cr5	Sherman	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Athens Pit 2	Henderson	Clay	Past Producer	MRDS
Atkinson	McMullen	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Atkinson Quarry	McMullen	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer	MRDS
Atlanta Deposit	Cass	Iron	Past Producer	MRDS
Austin Aggregates 973 Plant	Travis	Dimension Stone NEC	Abandoned	MSHA
Austin River Plant	Travis	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
Avinger Deposits	Cass, Marion	Iron	Past Producer	MRDS
Azalea Quarry	Llano	Dimension Stone NEC	Abandoned	MSHA
B & C Rock Quarry	Burleson	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
B & S Rock Quarry	El Paso	Dimension Limestone	Abandoned	MSHA
B S & G Pit #5	Milam	Construction Sand and Gravel	Abandoned	MSHA
B&g #3	Lipscomb	Sand, Common	Abandoned	MSHA

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