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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.

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