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Coal Reserves of the Matewan
Quadrangle, Kentucky -A Coal Recoverability Study

U.S. Bureau of Mines Circular 9355

Table 2.-Comparison of KGS-USGS and USBM coal resource estimates for the Matewan quadrangle (thousand tons)

Resource categories KGS-USGS USBM
Total original, in-place, resource 986,498 1,193,132

Previously mined resource (includes mining losses).

 128,307 147,970
Remaining original, in-place, resource 858,191 1,045,162

Resource lost due to restrictions (technical, environmental, and social).

244,998 344,840
Remaining minable, in-place, resource 613,193 700,322
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