Information Circular 9355: Coal Reserves of the Matewan Quadrangle, Kentucky: A Coal Recoverability Study

Details

• Personal Author:
  Osmonson, Lee M. ; Rohrbacher, Timothy J. ; Sullivan, Gerald L. ; Teeters, Dale D.
• Description:
  The report presents a U.S. Bureau of Mines study that incorporates coal mining factors, coal recovery factors, and economic factors into the definition of an economically recoverable coal resource. The relationship between these factors to the Energy Information Administration's estimate of U.S. coal resources-the 'Demonstrated Reserve Base'-is discussed. The Matewan 7-1/2 minute quadrangle in eastern Kentucky was selected as the initial study area. Results indicate that of the original 1,193 million tons of resource in the quadrangle, only 89 million tons (7.5%) are economically recoverable at a cost of $25 per ton or less. At the current production rate of 5.3 million tons per year, this represents only 16.8 years of remaining reserves. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Coal-mining Coal-reserves Economic-analysis Mineral-economics Production Recovery
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Information Circular
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  IFOC - Intermountain Field Operations Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  42 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10012138
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB94-149390
• Citation:
  Denver, CO: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, IC 9355, 1993 Jan; :1-36
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1993
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Denver, CO: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, IC 9355
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:512fcc5be20b8c88bee9469f037ce5c29d6c1b7ba9c1f4752b044bb40472ebe12812c8ae6f3a4a555090599df018e5d85e4bb90a1b4b079d685fc3f63b56039d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/206316/cdc_206316_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.08 MB ]