This
review of the lignite
deposits of western
Tennessee and the
Jackson Purchase
area in western
Kentucky is a preliminary
report on part of
the U.S. Geological
Survey’s
National Coal Resource
Assessment of the
Gulf Coastal Plain
Coal Province.
Lignite deposits
of western Kentucky
and Tennessee are
an extension of
the Gulf Coastal
Plain Coal Province,
and currently are
not economic to
mine. These deposits
have not been extensively
investigated or
developed as an
energy resource.
This review includes
a description of
the geology of the
lignite-bearing
units, a discussion
of the available
coal quality data,
and information
on organic petrology
and palynology.
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