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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-8 Estimated coal resources unavailable due to LAND-USE RESTRICTIONS in the Sylvester 7.5-minute quadrangle, Boone and Kanawha Counties, West Virginia (in thousands of short tons).

  Surface Deep  
Coal bed Power Lines Pipelines Cemeteries Oil and Gas Wells Towns Streams Total † Towns Streams Total † TOTAL
Upper No. 5 Block 9 343 129 - - 481 - - - 481
Lower No 5. Block 48 376 514 - - 938 - - - 938
Coalburg 54 183 - 248 135 - 620 - - - 620
Winifrede 67 14 - 51 129 - 261 68 - 68 329
Hernshaw 69 55 - 66 414 - 605 345 - 345 950
Cedar Grove 9 2 - 14 - - 26 - - - 26
Alma - 93 - 18 236 15 361 576 - 576 937
No. 2. Gas 4 69 - 17 343 131 560 669 - 669 1,230
Lower No 2. Gas - 48 21 31 437 1,225 1,730 505 1 506 2,236
Eagle - 40 11 30 953 2,461 2,937 880 1,754 2,614 5,551
Total 261 1,222 32 1,118 2,647 3,832 8,517 3,044 1,755 4,779 13,296

* Less than 0.5
†Not necessarily sum. Calculated separately to avoid double counting of overlapping restrictions,
Note: Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.

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