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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-2. - Estimated coal resources unavailable due to LAND-USE RESTRICTIONS in the Matewan 7.5-minute quadrangle, Pike County, Kentucky (all less than 200-ft overburden - in thousands of short tons).

Coal Bed Oil and
Gas Wells
Power Lines Pipelines Cemeteries Towns Streams Total †
Lower Broas B - - - - - - -
Upper Peach Orchard A 1 57 - - - - 58
Lower Peach Orchard A 3 - - - - - 3
Hazard B 8 11 - - - - 18
Taylor B * 106 59 - - - 165
Hamlin A 1 104 70 - - - 175
Fire Clay Rider B 3 204 255 - - - 461
Fire Clay 13 253 240 - - - 505
Lower Whitesburg B 16 323 508 - - 3 850
Williamson B 29 689 261 5 - 97 1,073
Upper Elkhorn No. 3.5 46 28 147 5 - 52 534
Upper Elkhorn No. 3D 57 321 365 16 - 250 996
Upper Elkhorn No. 3B 74 483 424 31 4 659 1,642
Upper Elkhorn No. 2B 73 449 259 74 13 824 1,654
Upper Elkhorn No. 1B 82 569 499 87 23 1,160 2,370
Lower Elkhorn Rider 33 386 37 69 132 994 1,574
Lower Elkhorn B 161 384 328 130 539 2,066 3,370
Powellton 9 52 - 8 85 191 302
Matewan 9 -   1 42 5 58
Eagle B 8 - - - 181 18 190
Glamorgan A 29 - 4 26 841 307 1,058
Total 655 4,420 3,454 452 1,861 6,626 17,056
* 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 surface coal resources. No land-use restrictions were applicable to deep coal resource in the Matewan quadrangle.

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