Coal Reserves of the Matewan
Quadrangle, Kentucky -A Coal Recoverability StudyU.S. Bureau of Mines Circular 9355
Table 3. - Coal quality
(Quantitative analysis - as received basis)
| Sulfur, % | Ash, % | Btu, per lb | Potential SO2 lb/Mbtu |
Volatility rank1 |
Sulfur/compliance categories2 |
Sales price3 | |||||
| Average | Range | Average | Range | Average | Range | Average | Range | ||||
| Broas B (upper and lower combined). | 0.78 | - | 13.31 | - | 11492 | - | 1.35 | - | Bitum., high-vol. A | Low-sulfur, noncomp. coal | $23.96 |
| Upper Peach Orchard A | 0.55 | - | 10.04 | - | 10643 | - | 1.03 | - | Bitum., high-vol. B | ..do. | $22.19 |
| Lower Peach Orchard A | 0.67 | - | 5.13 | - | 13411 | - | 0.99 | - | Bitum., high-vol. A | Low-sulfur, comp. coal | $28.00 |
| Hazard B | 0.6 | - | 6.3 | - | 13445 | - | 0.89 | - | ..do. | ..do. | $28.07 |
| Taylor B | 0.7 | - | 6.6 | - | 13600 | - | 1.03 | - | ..do. | Low-sulfur, noncomp. coal | $28.39 |
| Hamlin A | 0.64 | - | 16.67 | - | 11751 | - | 1.09 | - | ..do. | ..do. | $24.50 |
| Fire Clay Rider B | 1.6 | - | 7.89 | - | 13673 | - | 2.34 | - | ..do. | Medium-sulfur, noncomp. coal | $27.12 |
| Fire Clay | 0.81 | - | 6.75 | - | 13912 | - | 1.16 | - | ..do. | Low-sulfur, noncomp. coal | $29.05 |
| Lower Whitesburg B | 0.7 | - | 5.2 | - | 13930 | - | 1.01 | - | ..do. | ..do. | $29.08 |
| Williamson B | 2.1 | - | 6.65 | - | 13605 | - | 3.09 | - | ..do. | Medium-sulfur, noncomp. coal | $26.99 |
| Upper Elkhorn (No. 3.5, No. 3D, & No. 3B combined). | 1.8 | - | 5.5 | - | 13610 | - | 2.65 | - | Bitum., high-vol. A | ..do. | $27.00 |
| Upper Elkhorn No. 2B | 0.7 | - | 5 | - | 12960 | - | 1.08 | - | ..do. | Low-sulfur, noncomp. coal | $27.06 |
| Upper Elkhorn No. 1B | 0.57 | 0.5- 0.8 |
3.76 | 2.7- 6.1 |
14287 | 13730- 14630 |
0.80 | 0.69- 1.15 |
..do. | Low-sulfur, comp. coal | $29.83 |
| Lower Elkhorn (Rider and B combined). | 0.57 | 0.4- 0.85 |
5.12 | 3.6- 8.29 |
14010 | 13240- 14380 |
0.81 | 0.60- 1.20 |
..do. | ..do. | $29.25 |
| Powellton | 0.4 | - | 5.8 | - | 13750 | - | 0.58 | - | ..do. | ..do. | $28.71 |
| Matewan | 1.3 | - | 8.3 | - | 13480 | - | 1.93 | - | ..do. | Medium-sulfur, noncomp. coal | $26.74 |
| Eagle B | 1.1 | - | 5.6 | - | 14260 | - | 1.54 | - | ..do. | ..do. | $28.29 |
| Glamorgan A | 0.6 | - | 6.75 | - | 14030 | - | 0.86 | - | ..do. | Low-sulfur, comp. coal | $29.29 |
1According. to the USGS Coal Resource
Classification System (Circ. 891).
2Low-sulfur coal contains 1% or
less total sulfur, on an as-received basis; medium-sulfur coal contains >1% and <3%
total sulfur, on an as-received basis; and high-sulfur coal contains 3% or more sulfur, on
an as-received basis (USGS Circ. 891); compliance coal meets the current EPA standard for
potential emissions (no more than 1.0 pounds of SO2 per million Btu of heat input) from utilities burning coal, when no
sulfur-dioxide reduction processes are used. (KY Geol. Surv. Inf. Circ. 9, ser. XI, 1982).
3May 1990 prices adjusted for
sulfur, ash, ans BTU quality.
NOTE. -Dash indicates no range.
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