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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-11 Estimated coal resources unavailable due to LAND-USE RESTRICTIONS in the Vansant 7.5-minute quadrangle, Buchanan County, Virginia (all less than 200 ft overburden - in thousands of short tons).

Coal bed Oil and Gas Wells Cemeteries Towns Streams Total †
Eagle - - - - -
Blair - - - - -
Dorchester - - - - -
Hagy 2 - - - 2
Splash Dam 8 2 - - 10
Upper Banner 8 - - - 8
Lower Banner * * - - 1
Kennedy 19 2 - - 20
Aily 4 2 64 - 70
Raven 2 1 1 51 * 54
Raven 1 3 2 133 - 138
Jawbone 26 2 517 34 579
Tiller 8 1 142 4 155
Upper Seaboard - - - - -
War Creek - - - - -
Lower Horsepen - - - - -
Little Fire Creek - - - - -
Pocahontas No. 3 - - - - -
Total 78 13 907 38 1,036
* Less than 0.5
† Not necessarily sum. Calculated separately to avoid double counting of overlapping restrictions.
Note:

1. Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.
2. The figures above are all suface coal resources. No land-use restrictions were applicable to deep coal resources in the Vansant quadrangle.

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