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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-7 Estimated coal resources in the Sylvester 7.5-minute quadrangle, Boone and Kanawha Counties, West Virginia (in thousands of short tons).

  Unrestricted Restricted Available
  Original Mined and Lost-in-mining Remaining Land Use Technologic    
Coal bed Surface Deep Total Surface Deep† Total Surface Deep Total Surface Deep Total Surface Deep Total TOTAL Surface Deep Total
Upper No. 5 Block 65,451 12,181 77,632 22,874 18,833 41,708 31,269 4,656 35,924 481 - 481 5,342 1,223 6,565 7,045 25,446 3,433 28,879
Lower No. 5 Block 62,958 9,250 72,208 4,330 5,677 10,007 52,984 9,217 62,201 938 - 938 21,589 4,677 26,266 27,203 30,457 4,540 34,997
Coalburg 59,045 84,955 144,000 2,715 881 3,596 56,231 84,173 140,404 620 - 620 8,235 12,353 20,588 21,208 47,377 71,820 119,196
Winifrede 31,190 84,423 115,612 564 2,724 3,288 29,820 82,505 112,325 261 68 329 10,381 33,138 43,519 43,848 19,178 49,298 68,477
Hernshaw 24,464 145,424 169,888 744 16,870 17,614 21,839 130,435 152,274 605 346 950 2,193 22,259 24,451 25,402 19,041 107,831 126,872
Cedar Grove 9,074 68,087 77,161 - 3,781 3,781 9,074 68,087 77,161 26 - 26 5,145 51,534 56,679 56,705 3,903 16,552 20,456
Alma 10,460 100,042 110,503 12 - 12 10,315 96,394 106,709 361 576 937 3,278 33,185 36,463 37,400 6,676 62,633 69,309
No. 2 Gas 8,900 121,215 130,114 25 53 78 8,874 121,215 130,089 560 669 1,230 4,822 48,445 53,267 54,497 3,492 72,100 75,592
Lower No. 2 Gas 9,359 151,436 160,795 - - - 9,359 151,383 160,742 1,730 506 2,236 2,953 39,057 42,010 44,246 4,675 111,821 116,496
Eagle 4,816 179,595 184,411 - - - 4,816 179,595 184,411 2,937 2,614 5,551 519 40,128 40,646 46,198 1,361 136,853 138,213
Total 285,717 956,607 1,242,323 31,265 48,819 80,084 234,581 927,658 1,162,239 8,517 4,779 13,296 64,456 285,999 350,455 363,752 161,607 636,880 798,487

† Includes underground mining within the surface resource category.
Note: Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.

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