AN ASSESSMENT OF COAL RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT
CENTRAL APPALACHIAN REGION
by
M. Devereux Carter and Nancy K. Gardner
U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 89-362
Table A-10 Estimated coal resources in the Vansant 7.5-minute quadrangle, Buchanan County, Virginia (in thousands of short tons).
Unrestricted | Restricted | Available | |||||||||||||||||
Original | Mined and Lost-in-Mining | Remaining | Land Use | Technologic | |||||||||||||||
Coal bed | Surface | Deep | Total | Surface | Deep | Total | Surface | Deep | Total | Surface | Deep | Total | Surface | Deep | Total | TOTAL | Surface | Deep | Total |
Eagle | 831 | - | 831 | 300 | - | 300 | 531 | - | 531 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 531 | - | 531 |
Blair | 1,216 | - | 1,216 | 535 | - | 535 | 682 | - | 682 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 682 | - | 682 |
Dorchester | 1,359 | 91 | 1,450 | 16 | - | 16 | 1,343 | 91 | 1,434 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1,343 | 91 | 1,434 |
Hagy | 6,505 | 3,186 | 9,691 | 433 | 1,775 | 2,208 | 5,268 | 2,215 | 7,483 | 2 | - | 2 | - | 245 | 245 | 246 | 5,266 | 1,970 | 7,237 |
Splash Dam | 27,362 | 14,393 | 41,754 | 439 | 486 | 926 | 26,603 | 14,225 | 40,828 | 10 | - | 10 | - | 883 | 883 | 893 | 26,593 | 13,342 | 39,936 |
Upper Banner | 5,937 | 5,913 | 11,850 | 291 | - | 291 | 5,645 | 5,913 | 11,558 | 8 | - | 8 | - | 3,649 | 3,649 | 3,657 | 5,637 | 2,264 | 7,901 |
Lower Banner | 15,719 | 23,561 | 39,280 | 952 | 254 | 1,206 | 14,723 | 23,351 | 38,073 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1,184 | 1,184 | 1,185 | 14,722 | 22,166 | 36,888 |
Kennedy | 31,749 | 76,188 | 107,937 | 3,882 | 40,173 | 44,019 | 10,646 | 53,272 | 63,918 | 20 | - | 20 | - | 5,095 | 5,095 | 5,116 | 10,626 | 48,176 | 58,802 |
Aily | 12,105 | 51,288 | 63,393 | 133 | - | 133 | 11,971 | 51,288 | 63,259 | 70 | - | 70 | - | 15,431 | 15,431 | 15,501 | 11,901 | 35,857 | 47,758 |
Raven 2 | 10,006 | 64,415 | 79,421 | 173 | - | 173 | 9,833 | 69,415 | 79,249 | 54 | - | 54 | - | 22 | 22 | 76 | 9,779 | 69,393 | 79,172 |
Raven 1 | 9,978 | 50,401 | 60,379 | 86 | 87 | 173 | 9,873 | 50,333 | 60,206 | 138 | - | 138 | - | 29,829 | 29,829 | 29,967 | 9,735 | 20,504 | 30,239 |
Jawbone | 5,436 | 75,647 | 75,647 | 46 | - | 46 | 5,390 | 70,211 | 75,601 | 579 | - | 579 | - | 36 | 36 | 615 | 4,811 | 70,175 | 74,986 |
Tiller | 2,724 | 25,778 | 28,502 | 9 | - | 9 | 2,714 | 25,778 | 28,492 | 155 | - | 155 | - | 5,794 | 5,794 | 5,948 | 2,560 | 19,984 | 22,544 |
Upper Seaboard | - | 6,651 | 6,651 | - | - | - | - | 6,651 | 6,651 | - | - | - | - | 6,651 | 6,651 | 6,651 | - | - | - |
War Creek | - | 36,429 | 36,429 | - | - | - | - | 36,429 | 36,429 | - | - | - | - | 36,429 | 36,429 | 36,429 | - | - | - |
Lower Horsepen | - | 63,687 | 63,687 | - | - | - | - | 63,687 | 63,687 | - | - | - | - | 63,280 | 63,280 | 63,280 | - | 407 | 407 |
Little Fire Creek | - | 91,010 | 91,010 | - | - | - | - | 91,010 | 91,010 | - | - | - | - | 91,010 | 91,010 | 91,010 | - | - | - |
Pocahontas No. 3 | - | 289,014 | 289,014 | - | 92,397 | 92,397 | - | 196,617 | 196,617 | - | - | - | - | 17,804 | 17,804 | 17,804 | - | 178,814 | 178,814 |
Total | 130,926 | 877,214 | 1,008,140 | 7,296 | 135,136 | 142,432 | 105,523 | 760,485 | 865,708 | 1,036 | - | 1,036 | - | 277,341 | 277,341 | 278,378 | 104,186 | 483,144 | 587,330 |
Includes underground mining within the
surface resource category.
Note: Totals may not equal sum of components because of
independent rounding.
Created by the EERT WWW Staff.
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