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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-6 Estimated coal resources unavailable due to TECHNOLOGIC RESTRICTIONS in the Noble 7.5-minute quadrangle, Breathitt, Perry, and Knott Counties, Kentucky (in thousands of short tons).

Coal bed Deep-mine Total Coal Oil and Gas Total Total
  Barriers   It. 28 in. † Wells    
Skyline E - - - - - -
Skyline D - - - - - -
Skyline C - - - - - -
Skyline B - - - - - -
Skyline A - - - - - -
Tiptop B - - - - - -
Tiptop A - - - - - -
Hindman - - 60 - 60 60
Francis 97 97 1,058 6 1,065 1,162
Hazard 7B - - 886 - 886 886
Hazard 7A 66 66 1,127 11 1,137 1,204
Hazard B - - 23,770 13 23,784 23,784
Haddix B - - 7,612 16 7,628 7,628
Haddix A - - 4,171 1 4,173 4,173
Upper Hamlin - - 75 - 75 75
Lower Hamlin - - 664 - 664 664
Fire Clay Rider - - - - -  
Fire Clay - - 11,538 20 11,558 11,558
Total 163 163 50,961 67 51,028 51,191

† Includes deep-mine barriers.
Note: Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding.

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