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Coal Resource Recoverability
A Methodology

U.S. Bureau of Mines Circular 9368


Table 3.-Mining restrictions- land use, technical, and barrier-restricted coal

 

Land use restrictions

Technical restrictions

Barrier restrctions

Seam name Total original seam resource Industrial restriction Enviromental restrictions <minable thickness Stability restrictions Present mine barriers Future mine barrier Total resrictions % of seam total
Broas 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Upper Peach Orchard A 4752 104 0 0 0 0 280 384 8.08
Lower Peach Orchard A 1,161 7 0 0 0 0 180 187 16.11
Hazard 3,123 40 0 1,016 0 0 80 1,136 36.38
Taylor B 11,566 173 0 1,751 0 0 828 2752 23.79
Hamlin A 9,397 189 0 2,166 974 0 673 4002 42.59
Fire Clay Rider 25,206 612 0 2,289 1,491 0 1,845 6,237 24.74
Fire Clay 40,782 674 0 1,777 0 91 2,914 5,456 13.38
Lower Whitesburg 66,291 988 3 5,970 0 0 4,530 11,491 17.33
Williamson B 115,881 1,293 103 3,954 266 95 8,201 13,912 12.01
Upper Elkhorn 3.5 84,194 576 57 2,002 16,914 36 5,906 25,491 30.28
Upper Elkhorn 3D 73,681 739 266 6,856 4,146 0 5,116 17,123 23.24
Upper Elkhorn 3B 132,252 1,223 694 17,586 4,634 162 9,522 33,821 25.57
Upper Elkhorn 2B 125,989 974 911 21,961 52,329 804 8,918 85,897 68.18
Upper Elkhorn 1B 145,030 1,339 1,270 10,018 6185 347 10,045 29,204 20.14
Lower Elkhorn Rider 75,172 560 1,195 39,689 21,070 0 5,121 67,635 89.97
Lower Elkhorn B 224,886 1,099 2,735 21,109 0 2331 15,707 42,981 19.11
Powellton 6,034 153 284 4,693 0 0 0 5,130 85.02
Matewan 9,703 16 48 5096 0 0 682 5,842 60.21
Eagle B 6,802 7 199 5,203 0 0 470 5,879 86.43
Glamorgan 32,175 0 1,121 9,743 0 0 2,221 13,085 40.67
Total 1,194,133 10766 8,886 162,879 108,009 3,866 83,239 377,6445 31.63
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