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 2. Summary of the estimated original, mined and lost-in-mining, remaining, restricted, and available coal resources in each of the Matewan, Noble, Sylvester, and Vansant 7.5-minute quadrangle areas, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia (in millions of short tons).
| ORIGINAL | Matewan, Kentucky | Noble, Kentucky | Sylvester, West Virginia | Vansant, Virginia |
| Surface | 336 | 327 | 286 | 131 |
| Deep | 650 | 133 | 957 | 877 |
| Total | 986 | 460 | 1,242 | 1,008 |
| MINED AND LOST-IN-MINING | Matewan, Kentucky | Noble, Kentucky | Sylvester, West Virginia | Vansant, Virginia |
| Strip and Auger | 11 | 60 | 31 | 7 |
| Underground* | 118 | 1 | 49 | 135 |
| Total | 128 | 61 | 80 | 142 |
| REMAINING | Matewan, Kentucky | Noble, Kentucky | Sylvester, West Virginia | Vansant, Virginia |
| Surface | 303 | 266 | 235 | 106 |
| Den | 545 | 133 | 928 | 760 |
| Total | 858 | 399 | 1,162 | 866 |
| RESTRICTIONS | Matewan, Kentucky | Noble, Kentucky | Sylvester, West Virginia | Vansant, Virginia |
| LAND USE | ||||
| Surface | 17 | 58 | 9 | 1 |
| Deep | - | 20 | 5 | - |
| Total | 17 | 77 | 13 | 1 |
| TECHNOLOGIC | ||||
| Surface | - | ** | 64 | - |
| Deep | 228 | 51 | 286 | 277 |
| Total | 228 | 51 | 350 | 277 |
| TOTAL | ||||
| Surface | 17 | 58 | 73 | 1 |
| Deep | 228 | 71 | 291 | 277 |
| Total | 245 | 129 | 364 | 278 |
| AVAILABLE | Matewan, Kentucky | Noble, Kentucky | Sylvester, West Virginia | Vansant, Virginia |
| Surface | 296 | 208 | 162 | 104 |
| Deep | 317 | 62 | 637 | 483 |
| Total | 613 | 270 | 798 | 587 |
| Percent of Original | 62 | 59 | 64 | 58 |
| *Includes underground mining
within the surface resource category. ** Less than 0.5 Note:Totals may not equal sum of components because of independent rounding |
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