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: |
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