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Principal coal beds in the Buckhorn quadrangle, Breathitt, Leslie, and Perry Counties, Kentucky

Coal Map 15
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Abstract

This report on coal in the Buckhorn quadrangle, Kentucky, is the second of a series of preliminary reports published by the U.S. Geological Survey as part of a program of investigation of the geology and coal resources of eastern Kentucky.  The first report, Coal Investigations Map C5 (Johnston and Heck, 1950), described the Fire Clay and Whitesburg coals in the Hyden quadrangle.  The Buckhorn quadrangle; the present report discusses the economic geology of the Fire Clay, Fire Clay Rider, Haddix, Hazard, and Hazard No. 7 coal beds.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Principal coal beds in the Buckhorn quadrangle, Breathitt, Leslie, and Perry Counties, Kentucky
Series title Coal Map
Series number 15
DOI 10.3133/coal15
Year Published 1953
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Description 54.34 x 36.92 inches
Country United States
State Kentucky
County Breathitt County, Leslie County, Perry County
Other Geospatial Buckhorn quadrangle
Scale 660
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