AN ASSESSMENT OF COAL RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT

CENTRAL APPALACHIAN REGION
- FIRST YEAR SUMMARY -

by M. Devereux Carter and Nancy K. Gardner
U. S. Geological Survey

U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 89-362
1989

in Cooperation with:

Kentucky Geological Survey, James C. Cobb, Head,
Coal Section Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, Elizabeth V. M. Campbell,
Applied Geology Section West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey, Nick Fedorko, Head, Coal Section

This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed for conformity with U.S. Geological Survey editorial standards and stratigraphic nomenclature.

Contents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1. INTRODUCTION
2. METHODS
3. STUDY AREAS
4. RESTRICTIONS USED
5. RESULTS
6. SUMMARY
7. REFERENCES CITED
8. GLOSSARY
9. APPENDIX A

Figures

• Figure 1. - Index map of the Central Appalachian Region showing the location of the first four 7.5-minute quadrangle study areas of the Coal Resources Available for Development assessment
• Figure 2. - Relative stratigraphic positions of the coal-bearing strata underlying the Matewan, Noble, Sylvester, and Vansant 7.5-minute quadrangles, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia
• Figure 3. - Summary of the estimated original, mined and lost-in-raining, restricted, and available coal resources in the Matewan, Noble, Sylvester, and Vansant 7..5-minute quadrangle areas, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia.
• Figure 4. - Estimated original, mined and lost-in-mining, restricted, and available coal resources in each of the Maiden, Noble, Sylvester, and Vansant 7.5-minute quadrangle areas, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia
• Figure 5. - Summary, by surface and deep resources, of the estimated original, mined and lost-in-mining, restricted, and available coal resources in the Maiden, Noble, Sylvester, and Vansant 7.5-minute quadrangle areas, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia
• Figure 6. - Estimated original, remaining, and available coal resources, by coal bed, in the Matewan 7.5-minute quadrangle, Pike County, Kentucky
• Figure 7. -- Estimated original, remaining, and available coal resources, by coal bed, in the Noble 7.5-minute quadrangle, Breathitt, Perry, and Knott Counties, Kentucky
• Figure 8. - Estimated original, remaining, and available coal resources, by coal bed, in the Sylvester 7.5-minute quadrangle, Boone and Kanawha Counties, West Virginia
• Figure 9. - Estimated original, remaining, and available coal resources, by coal bed, in the Vansant 7.5-minute quadrangle, Buchanan County, Virginia.
• Figure 10. - Maps showing all applicable land-use restrictions combined in each of the four 7.5-minute quadrangle study areas
• Figure 11. - Summary of the estimated portion of each of the land-use restriction categories in the Matewan, Noble, Sylvester, and Vansant 7.5-minute quadrangle areas, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia
• Figure 12. - Estimated portion of each of the land-use restriction categories in each of the Matewan, Noble, Sylvester, and Vansant 7.5-minute quadrangle areas, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia
• Figure 13. - Summary of the estimated portion of each of the technologic restriction categories in the Matewan, Noble, Sylvester, and Vansant 7.5-minute quadrangle areas, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia
• Figure 14. - Estimated portion of each of the technologic restriction categories in each of the Matewan, Noble, Sylvester, and Vansant 7.5-minute quadrangle areas, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia

Tables

• CONVERSION FACTORS
• Table 1. - Restrictions to coal availability and applicable criteria as used in the Matewan, Noble, Sylvester, and Vansant 7.5-minute quadrangle areas, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia
• Table 2. - Summary of the estimated original, mined and lost-in-mining, remaining, restricted, and available coal resources in each of the Matewan, Noble, Sylvester, and Vansant 7.5-minute quadrangle areas, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia
• Table A-1.--Estimated coal resources in the Matewan 7.5-minute quadrangle, Pike County, Kentucky
• Table A-2.--Estimated coal resources unavailable due to LAND- USE RESTRICTIONS in the Matewan 7.5-minute quadrangle, Pike County, Kentucky
• Table A-3. - Estimated coal resources unavailable due to TECHNOLOGIC RESTRICTIONS in the Matewan 7.5-minute quadrangle, Pike County, Kentucky
• Table A-4. - Estimated coal resources in the Noble 7.5-minute quadrangle, Breathitt, Perry, and Knott Counties, Kentucky
• Table A-5. - Estimated coal resources unavailable due to LAND- USE RESTRICTIONS in the Noble 7.5-minute quadrangle, Breathitt, Perry, and Knott Counties, Kentucky
• Table A-6. - Estimated coal resources unavailable due to TECHNOLOGIC RESTRICTIONS in the Noble 7.5-minute quadrangle, Breathitt, Perry, and Knott Counties, Kentucky
• Table A-7. - Estimated coal resources in the Sylvester 7.5-minute quadrangle, Boone and Kanawha Counties, West Virginia
• Table A-8. - Estimated coal resources unavailable due to LAND- USE RESTRICTIONS in the Sylvester 7.5-minute quadrangle, Boone and Kanawha Counties, West Virginia
• Table A-9. - Estimated coal resources unavailable due to TECHNOLOGIC RESTRICTIONS in the Sylvester 7.5-minute quadrangle, Boone and Kanawha Counties, West Virginia
• Table A-10. - Estimated coal resources in the Vansant 7.5-minute quadrangle, Buchanan County, Virginia
• Table A-11. - Estimated coal resources unavailable due to LAND- USE RESTRICTIONS in the Vansant 7.5-minute quadrangle, Buchanan County, Virginia
• Table A-12. - Estimated coal resources unavailable due to TECHNOLOGIC RESTRICTIONS in the Vansant 7.5-minute quadrangle, Buchanan County, Virginia

CONVERSION FACTORS

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