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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 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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