USGS Central Region Energy Resources Team

Central Region Energy Resources Team

Coal availability in the Hilight quadrangle, Powder River Basin, Wyoming: a prototype study in a western coal field

by Carol L. Molnia, Laura R. H. Biewick, Dorsey Blake, Susan J. Tewalt, M. Devereux Carter (US Geological Survey), and Charlie Gaskill (Bureau of Land Management)


Figure 6. Map of Hilight quadrangle showing area underlain by the Wyodak coal bed, and showing Category 2 considerations: other land-use and technologic considerations that would need to be resolved before surface mining could occur. These areas could probably be available for mining with certain mitigations and stipulations.

U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-469