Dolly Sods Wilderness, West Virginia
Coal, the principal mineral resource of the Dolly Sods Wilderness, is in at least seven beds of low- to medium-volatile bituminous rank according to studies made in 1975. Of these beds, four are of sufficient thickness, quality, and extent to contain demonstrated coal resources which are estimated to total about 15.5 million short tons in areas of substantiated coal resource potential. Small-scale development of the coal resources of the Dolly Sods Wilderness has been by several shallow adits which provided fuel for locomotive during early logging operations and by a one truck mine. All mine entries are now abandoned. Peat, shale, clay, and sandstone, occur in the area but because of remoteness of markets and inaccessability they are not classified as resources in this report. Natural gas may occur in rocks underlying the area, but because of a lack of subsurface information an estimate of resource potential has not been made. No evidence of metallic-mineral resources was found during this investigation.
- Research Organization:
- Geological Survey
- OSTI ID:
- 6915023
- Journal Information:
- U.S. Geol. Surv., Prof. Pap.; (United States), Journal Name: U.S. Geol. Surv., Prof. Pap.; (United States) Vol. 2:1300; ISSN XGPPA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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