Table 3

USGS 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)

Table 3. Summary of coal resources and available coal, by bed, in millions of short tons, for the Hilight quadrangle.

Coal bed name	Original	Category 1					Category 2
	resources	Land Use	Technologic	TOTAL	Available	% available	Land Use	Technologic	TOTAL
		Restrictions	Restrictions	Restrictions			Restrictions	Restrictions	Restrictions
*Rider Wyodak*	396	86	7	91	305	77%	85	0	85
*Main Wyodak*	2,851	678	274	942	1,909	67%	604	3	607
*Lower Wyodak*	540	52	45	96	444	82%	110	2	112
*Wildcat*	344			344
*Moyer*	293			293
*OVERALL*	*4,424*	*816*	*326*	*1,766*	*2,658*	*60%*	*799*	5	*804*
Notes: Totals are not necessarily sums because of overlapping restrictions. Wildcat and Moyer coal beds are considered entirely unavailable because of their depth.