The Upper Pennsylvanian Pittsburgh coal bed: Resources and mine models
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Abstract
The U.S. Geological Survey recently completed a digital coal resource assessment model of the Upper Pennsylvanian Pittsburgh coal bed, which indicates that after subtracting mined-out coal, 16 billion short tons (14 billion tonnes) remain of the original 34 billion short tons (31 billion tonnes) of coal. When technical, environmental, and social restrictions are applied to the remaining Pittsburgh coal model, only 12 billion short tons (11 billion tonnes) are available for mining. Our assessment models estimate that up to 0.61 billion short tons (0.55 billion tonnes), 2.7 billion short tons (2.4 billion tonnes), and 8.5 billion short tons (7.7 billion tonnes) could be available for surface mining, continuous mining, and longwall mining, respectively. This analysis is an example of a second-generation regional coal availability study designed to model recoverability characteristics for all the major coal beds in the United States.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | The Upper Pennsylvanian Pittsburgh coal bed: Resources and mine models |
| Series title | Natural Resources Research |
| DOI | 10.1023/A:1011529430807 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Year Published | 2001 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Description | 14 p. |
| First page | 21 |
| Last page | 34 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia |
| Other Geospatial | Upper Pennsylvanian Pittsburgh Coal Bed |
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