Coal resources of Nebraska

Book · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1977

OSTI ID:6147178

Burchett, R R

Beds of subbituminous to bituminous coal in rocks of the Virgil Series of the Pennsylvanian System and beds of lignite in the Upper Cretaceous Series of the Cretaceous System crop out at several places in eastern Nebraska. Drift mines opened into some of these seams early in the state's history were short-lived, mostly because these beds are too thin to be worked economically. Several coals in the Des Moines Series of the Pennsylvanian System are deeply buried in southeastern Nebraska, and one deep-lying lignite bed of Tertiary age reportedly was encountered by drilling at Chadron, in Dawes County. Mining of these seams has not been attempted. In several small areas the outcropping coals are under less than 50 feet of overburden and thus probably could be strip-mined profitably. These locations are shown on maps, and estimates of reserves are given. Some of the coals that are too deeply buried to be mined possibly could be gasified in place. Analytical results for samples collected from coal outcrops indicate some rather high concentrations of elements that occur only in trace amounts in most rocks. Whether the fresh coal contains similarly high concentrations has not been determined.

• OSTI ID: 6147178
• Report Number(s): NP-23879
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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