Coal availability study in West Virginia

Conference · Tue Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1989 · AAPG Bulletin (American Association of Petroleum Geologists); (USA)

OSTI ID:5589672

Fedorko, N III; Blake, B M; Loud, E I; McClelland, S W; Repine, T E; Keiser, A F ^[1]

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1. West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey, Morgantown (USA)

The Coal Availability Study (CAS) is a US Geological Survey (USGS), West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey (WVGES), Kentucky Geological Survey, and Virginia division of Mines and Minerals cooperative program designed to derive more realistic in-ground tonnage estimates for central Appalachian basin coal deposits. The available coal resources is the amount of coal currently available for development after considering any geological, environmental, technological, regulatory, and cultural factors that might restrict mining. The WVGES has conducted research on the Sylvester quadrangle (1:24,000) in the Kanawha coalfield of Kanawha and Boone Counties and the Beckley quadrangle (1:24,000) in the New River coalfield of Raleigh County. These quadrangles were chosen as representative of each of the two coalfields. Results of these and future studies will be used to determine the impact of the restrictive factors on the remaining coal resources throughout the central Appalachian basin. Research was conducted using databases and software developed by the National Coal Resources Data System (NCRDS) of the USGS.

• OSTI ID: 5589672
• Report Number(s): CONF-8909166--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: AAPG Bulletin (American Association of Petroleum Geologists); (USA) Journal Volume: 73:8
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
011000* -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat-- Reserves
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APPALACHIAN BASIN
COAL DEPOSITS
DATA BASE MANAGEMENT
FEDERAL REGION III
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES
MANAGEMENT
MINERAL RESOURCES
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NORTH AMERICA
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
RESERVES
RESOURCES
SEDIMENTARY BASINS
US DOI
US ORGANIZATIONS
USA
WEST VIRGINIA