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-9 Estimated coal resources unavailable due to TECHNOLOGIC RESTRICTIONS in the Sylvester 7.5-minute quadrangle, Boone and Kanwha Counties, West Virginia (in thousands of short tons).
| Surface | Deep | ||||||||||
| Coal bed | Deep-mine Barriers |
Geologic Factors |
Interburden lt 25 ft |
Coal lt 28 ft |
Total † | Oil and Gas Wells |
Deep-mine barriers |
Interburden lt 25 ft |
Coal lt 28 ft |
Total † | TOTAL |
| Upper No. 5 Block | 1,964 | 296 | 1,932 | 1,357 | 5,342 | 42 | 754 | 287 | 44 | 114 | 6,565 |
| Lower No 5. Block | 1,223 | 97 | 19,443 | 3,622 | 21,589 | 90 | 94 | - | 3,913 | 630 | 26,266 |
| Coalburg | 47 | 3,841 | - | 4,351 | 8,235 | 919 | 205 | 5,823 | - | 5,406 | 20,588 |
| Winifrede | 67 | 1,555 | - | 87,569 | 10,381 | 350 | 197 | 3,997 | - | 28,595 | 43,519 |
| Hernshaw | 610 | 250 | - | 1,585 | 2,193 | 397 | 1,936 | 2,103 | - | 17,832 | 24,451 |
| Cedar Grove | - | - | - | 5,145 | 5,145 | 10 | - | - | - | 51,525 | 56,679 |
| Alma | 95 | - | - | 3,183 | 3,278 | 91 | 929 | - | - | 32,165 | 36,463 |
| No. 2. Gas | - | - | - | 4,822 | 4,822 | 163 | - | - | - | 48,282 | 53,267 |
| Lower No 2. Gas | - | - | - | 2,953 | 2,953 | 513 | 32 | - | - | 38,512 | 42,010 |
| Eagle | - | - | - | 519 | 519 | 841 | - | - | - | 39,287 | 40,646 |
| Total | 4,006 | 6,040 | 21,375 | 36,295 | 64,456 | 3,416 | 4,147 | 12,211 | 3,957 | 262,287 | 350,455 |
†Not necessarily sum. Calculated
separately to avoid double counting of overlapping restrictions.
Note: Totals may not equal sum of components because of
independent rounding.
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