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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-3. - Estimated coal resources unavailable due to TECHNOLOGIC RESTRICTIONS in the Matewan 7.5-minute quadrangle, Pike County, Kentucky (all greater than 200 ft overburden - in thousands of short tons)

Coal bed Oil and Gas Wells Deep-mine Barriers Interburden
lt 40 ft
Deep-mining
lt 40 ft
Coal
lt 28 ft
Overburden
gt 1000 ft
Total †
Lower Broas B - - - - - - -
Upper Peach Orchard A - - - - - - -
Lower Peach Orchard A - - - - 20 - 20
Hazard B - - - - 234 - 234
Taylor B - - - - 782 - 751
Hamlin A - - 974 - 2,102 - 2,890
Fire Clay Rider B - - 1,491 - 3,324 - 4,850
Fire Clay 17 91 - - 930 - 1,006
Lower Whitesburg B 3 - - - 2,265 - 2,255
Williamson B 38 95 - 266 1,727 - 978
Upper Elkhorn No. 3.5 24 36 16,738 176 12,543 - 28,951
Upper Elkhorn No. 3D 9 - 4,145 1 8,178 - 12,326
Upper Elkhorn No. 3B 31 162 - 4,634 16,014 83 20,847
Upper Elkhorn No. 2B 69 804 51,267 1,062 8,128 322 60,876
Upper Elkhorn No. IB 97 347 - 6,185 8,132 375 14,979
Lower Elkhorn Rider 13 - 11,569 9,501 32,840 573 44,991
Lower Elkhorn B 131 2,331 - - 430 395 5,819
Powellton - - - - 3,849 11 3,860
Matewan - - - - 5,281 - 5,553
Eagle B - - - - 4,569 - 4,571
Glamorgan A 28 - - - 12,057 92 12,184
Total 459 3,866 86,l84 21,825 123,406 1,851 227,942
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 deep coal resources. No technologic restrictions were applicable to surface coal resources in the Matewan quadrangle.

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