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Assessment of Coal Geology, Resources, and Reserve Base in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming and Montana

By David C. Scott and James A. Luppens

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Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated in-place resources of 1.07 trillion short tons of coal in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming and Montana. Of that total, with a maximum stripping ratio of 10:1, recoverable coal was 162 billion tons. The estimate of economically recoverable resources was 25 billion tons.

First posted February 26, 2013

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Director, Central Energy Resources Science Center
U.S. Geological Survey
Box 25046, MS-939
Denver Federal Center
Denver, CO 80225-0046
http://energy.usgs.gov/

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Scott, D.C., and Luppens, J.A., 2013, Assessment of coal geology, resources, and reserve base in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming and Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2012–3143, 6 p.


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Introduction

Study Methodology

Resource Assessment Results

References Cited


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