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U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1078

Review of Lignite Resources of Western Tennessee and the Jackson Purchase Area, Western Kentucky

Photomicrograph of Claiborne Group funginite lignite samples in incident white light under oil immersion  

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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Photomicrograph of Claiborne Group funginite in incident white light under oil immersion.  

 

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