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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-5 Estimated coal resources unavailable due to LAND-USE RESTRICTIONS in Noble 7.5-minute quadrangle, Breathitt, Perry, and Knott Counties, Kentucky (in thousands of short tons).

  Surface Deep  
Coal bed Cemeteries Towns Streams Forest
Preserve
Total Forest
Preserve
Total TOTAL
Skyline E 59 - - 723 782 - - 782
Skyline D 67 - - 119 186 - - 186
Skyline C 90 - - 840 930 - - 930
Skyline B 69 - - 1,888 1,957 - - 1,957
Skyline A 204 - - 5,523 5,728 - - 5,728
Tiptop B - - - - - - - -
Tiptop A 13 - - 6,966 6,979 - - 6,979
Hindman - - - 4,897 4,897 61 61 4,958
Francis 3 - - 18,630 18,633 3,331 3,331 21,964
Hazard 7B - - - 1,331 1,331 581 581 1,912
Hazard 7A - - - 1,312 1,312 796 796 2,108
Hazard B - - - 8,710 8,710 5,104 5,104 13,814
Haddix B 1 - - 2,723 2,723 3,392 3,392 6,115
Haddix A - - - 335 335 152 152 487
Upper Hamlin - - - - - - - -
Lower Hamlin - 106 - 86 192 211 211 404
Fire Clay Rider - 266 38 - 304 - - 304
Fire Clay 2 1,067 - 1,767 2,835 5,914 5,914 8,749
Total 508 1,439 38 55,850 57,834 19,542 19,542 77,377
Note: Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.

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