powder river basin coal mines map

Coal Markets  Energy Information Administration (EIA)

Coal Markets Energy Information Administration (EIA)

Average weekly coal commodity spot prices dollars per short ton; Week ending Week ago; change; Central Appalachia 12,500 Btu, SO 2: Northern Appalachia 13,000 Btu, SO 2: Illinois Basin 11,800 Btu, SO 2: Powder River Basin 8,800 Btu, SO 2: Uinta Basin 11,700 Btu, SO 2: Data source: With permission, SP Global Note: Prompt quarter delivery coal prices by each region are shown ...

Wyoming State Geological Survey

Wyoming State Geological Survey

This shapefile consists of named oil and gas fields within Wyoming, including the Powder River Basin coalbed methane field. Wyoming Coal Fields Polygon file displaying coal fields within the State of Wyoming. Wyoming Coal Outcrops This data set shows locations of coal outcroppings and related faults for the State of Wyoming in 2014.

 Coal Resources and Reserves Assessment Active

Coal Resources and Reserves Assessment Active

The first coal basin to be evaluated was the Powder River Basin (PRB) in Wyoming and Montana, because it has been the most productive coal basin in the United States over the past 25 years. The results of the PRB assessment were published in Professional Paper 1809 in 2015.

Monitoring Land Disturbances Caused by Coal Mining in the Powder River ...

Monitoring Land Disturbances Caused by Coal Mining in the Powder River ...

Coal mines in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming account for approximately 41 percent of coal production in the United States, causing significant land disturbances. Without proper reclamation practices, orphan mines create barren, unstable lands unlikely to recover. ... CMAT outputs include land disturbance maps and charts showing how land ...

Coal clash: The Powder River Basin, where coal is king

Coal clash: The Powder River Basin, where coal is king

For the first time, growth of the basin's coal mines banks on the Northwest. Arch and other Powder River Basin coal companies are pursuing space in at least six ports in Oregon and Washington to ...

Peabody North Antelope Rochelle Mine Peabody Energy

Peabody North Antelope Rochelle Mine Peabody Energy

million tons of coal produced in 2022. billion tons of proven and probable reserves. ~1,200 employees. Rail: BNSF and Union Pacific. Work With Us. NARM is the world's largest coal mine with the cleanest coal in the United States. Coal quality averages approximately 8,800 BTU/lb.

Powder River Basin coal down through first half of 2023

Powder River Basin coal down through first half of 2023

A coal train rolls past a truckandshovel coal mining operation in the Powder River Basin north of Gillette on Sept. 2, 2022. Dustin Bleizeffer/WyoFile

Powder River coal mine awarded for reclamation efforts

Powder River coal mine awarded for reclamation efforts

A coal mine in the Powder River Basin has received state recognition for its reclamation efforts. The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) recognized the Coal Creek Mine with its 2022 Excellence in Mining Reclamation Award for coal. Coal Creek Mine is operated by Thunder Basin Coal Company south of Gillette.

EarthViewLandsat Reveals Industrial Growth in Powder River Basin

EarthViewLandsat Reveals Industrial Growth in Powder River Basin

Agriculture remained the main occupation in the basin into the 1970s, until the coal boom took off. The largest coal mine, the North Antelope Rochelle Mine south of Gillette, WY, opened late in 1983. The influence of mining is readily apparent in these Landsat images. In 1984, the Landsat 5 scene is largely devoid of openpit mining ...

Wyoming State Geological Survey

Wyoming State Geological Survey

The combined production from Wyoming mines in 2018 was 635,000 pounds of U 3 O 8. Some mining operations have been put on hold until more favorable market conditions return. Prior to 2018, there were six insitu recovery (ISR) mines in operation. The Smith RanchHighland mine was the leading uranium producer in the United States for more than ...

Map of coalproducing regions of the United States. The Powder River ...

Map of coalproducing regions of the United States. The Powder River ...

Download scientific diagram | Map of coalproducing regions of the United States. The Powder River Basin is shown in red. Source: EIA. from publication: Potential for CoaltoLiquids Conversion in ...

UP: Southern Powder River Basin Mines Union Pacific

UP: Southern Powder River Basin Mines Union Pacific

Coal quality in Southern Wyoming can vary considerably; however, coal deposits are characterized by high BTU, low sulphur and low ash. Arch Resources. Eagle Specialty Materials. Navajo Transitional Energy Co . Peabody Energy. Southern Wyoming (the Green River/Hanna Basins) consists of multiple major coal fields.

Powder River Basin energy future uncertain following court ruling

Powder River Basin energy future uncertain following court ruling

The future of energy production in parts of Wyoming and Montana remains uncertain following a court ruling last week. A federal judge rejected the Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) two resource management plans for the Powder River Basin, which is a region in Wyoming and Montana that produces more than 40 percent of coal.. District Judge Brian Morris said the BLM failed to properly ...

Powder River Basin, Wyoming, USA | EROS USGS

Powder River Basin, Wyoming, USA | EROS USGS

Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center Earthshots. Every day, 100 empty trains enter Wyoming. They leave fully loaded with coal. The United States has the largest coal reserves in the world, and much of it lies in the Powder River Basin (PRB) in Wyoming and Montana. The PRB, which lies between the Black Hills in South Dakota ...

The Coal Business in Wyoming |

The Coal Business in Wyoming |

Coal mining boomed, labor strife increased and Wyoming's coal industry thrived despite worker strikes and a number of horrific mine accidents. Today, the state produces 40 percent of the nation's coal, most of it from huge strip mines in the Powder River Basin in northeast Wyoming, for rail shipment to electric power plants in 34 states.

Coal exports from ports on the west coast of Canada and the United ...

Coal exports from ports on the west coast of Canada and the United ...

1 Map; 2 Proposed coal ports; 3 Northwest ports to be used to export Powder River Basin coal to Asian markets; 4 Background. EPA: coal export projects could have 'significant' public health impacts; 5 Citizen action. March 2011: Protesters rally in Salt Lake against coal export plan; April 2011: Washington college students say no to coal export plans; May 2011: Protests target ...

Coal  Energy Information Administration (EIA)

Coal Energy Information Administration (EIA)

Average weekly coal commodity spot prices (dollars per short ton); Coal commodity regions Week ending; Central Appalachia 12,500 Btu, SO 2: Northern Appalachia 13,000 Btu, SO 2: Illinois Basin 11,800 Btu, SO 2: Powder River Basin 8,800 Btu, SO 2: Uinta Basin 11,700 Btu, SO 2: Source: With permission, Coal Markets

Browse the USGS Publications Warehouse

Browse the USGS Publications Warehouse

Impacts of historical mining in the Coeur d'Alene River Basin, 2010, Bulletin 21916 ... Map showing geologic terranes of the Hailey 1°x2° quadrangle and the western part of the Idaho Falls 1°x2° quadrangle, southcentral Idaho, 1995, Bulletin 2064 A ... Origin of thick Lower Tertiary coal beds in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming and Montana ...

Another Powder River Basin coal mine will close down Casper StarTribune

Another Powder River Basin coal mine will close down Casper StarTribune

The coal mines in the Powder River Basin produce about 40% of the nation's thermal coal, but production volumes have been declining for years. Natural gas and renewable energy have gradually ...

New Maps Highlight Dangers of Powder River Basin Coal Mining

New Maps Highlight Dangers of Powder River Basin Coal Mining

Check out our latest series of interactive maps highlighting coal mining in the Powder River Basin and the link to climate change and deadly air pollution in the United States. The Powder River Basin of northeast Wyoming and southeast Montana is the largest coal producing region in the United States. Here, the nation's largest coal companies ...

Influence of groundwater flowpaths, residence times and nutrients on ...

Influence of groundwater flowpaths, residence times and nutrients on ...

Map of Powder River Basin showing bedrock geology (Flores, 2004), surrounding structural features, general coal mine locations, major surface drainages, ... Coal mine and river samples plot closer to the summer/low elevation isotope range. TransectA (A1 and A2 groups) samples plot mid way between the summer/low elevation and winter/high ...

USGS Powder River Basin Coal Assessment Features an Estimate of the ...

USGS Powder River Basin Coal Assessment Features an Estimate of the ...

Prior resource assessments relied on net coal thickness maps for only selected beds, which provided only inplace resource estimates. ... Although no underground mining in the Powder River Basin is expected to occur in the foreseeable future, a substantial, deeper coal resource in beds 1020 feet thick is estimated at 304 billion short tons ...

Powder River Basin Global Energy Monitor

Powder River Basin Global Energy Monitor

The Powder River Basin (PRB) is a region in southeast Montana and northeast Wyoming about 120 miles east to west and 200 miles north to south known for its coal deposits. It is the single largest source of coal mined in the United States and contains one of the largest deposits of coal in the world. Most of the active coal mining in the Powder River Basin actually takes place in drainages of ...

Using an electronic detonator system and expanded blast patterns to ...

Using an electronic detonator system and expanded blast patterns to ...

article{osti_, title = {Using an electronic detonator system and expanded blast patterns to prevent sympathetic detonation at Powder River Basin coal mines}, author = {Yang, R and Fleetwood, K and Haid, J}, abstractNote = {This paper describes a systematic approach to prevent cast blast holes from detonating sympathetically through the use of the electronic initiation and expanded ...

Programs: Energy and Minerals: Coal: Wyoming Bureau of Land Management

Programs: Energy and Minerals: Coal: Wyoming Bureau of Land Management

Maps About Toggle submenu. Our Mission Leadership Organization Chart ... 2006 West Coal Creek LBA WYW172585 Coal Creek Mine. Coal Data Sheet; ePlanning Page; ... (Analyzed as part of the South Powder River Basin Coal Lease Applications)

 Geological Survey Monitoring of Powder River Basin StreamWater ...

Geological Survey Monitoring of Powder River Basin StreamWater ...

Map showing generalized geology, potentiometric contours for WyodakAnderson coalbed aquifer, and groundwater sampling locations in the study area, eastern Powder River Basin, Wyoming, 1999 9. Map showing coallease areas, coalbed methane permitted or production wells, and groundwater sampling sites in the study area, eastern Powder River ...

Coal explained Where our coal comes from  Energy Information ...

Coal explained Where our coal comes from Energy Information ...

Where the United States gets its coal. In 2021, about 577 million short tons of coal were produced in 21 states. Surface mines were the source of 62% of total coal production and accounted for 65% of the total number of producing mines. About million short tons, or less than % of total coal production, was refuse recovery coal.

BNSF and the future of coal FreightWaves

BNSF and the future of coal FreightWaves

BNSF's coal revenues for 2017 totaled, representing % of its in total freight revenues. BNSF's leadership among railroads in hauling coal stems from its dominant position in the Powder River Basin in Montana and Wyoming, which contains one of the largest coal deposits in the world. PRB coal is classified as 'sub ...

Wyoming's Coal Geology Wyoming State Geological Survey

Wyoming's Coal Geology Wyoming State Geological Survey

These coal deposits are the thickest in the Powder River Basin (PRB), where Fort Union coal beds like the Big George coal and the Wasatch Formation's Lake DeSmet coal bed can be more than 200 feet thick. For more information on what coal is and how it forms, see the What is Coal page. Wyoming's Coal Quality

The Powder River Basin: A Natural History |

The Powder River Basin: A Natural History |

The Powder River Basin coal boom started in the 1970s. The biggest mine by production volume, Black Thunder, opened in 1977. The company town of Wright sprang up at nearby Reno Junction, beginning with the 108unit Cottonwood Mobile Home Park. As of 2012 there are 13 operating coalmines in the Powder River Basin in Wyoming.

Increased PRB coal production and employment point to 'strong 2022 ...

Increased PRB coal production and employment point to 'strong 2022 ...

GILLETTE — Coal production in the Powder River Basin saw growth in 2021 after a significant pandemicrelated setback ... 2022 appears poised to be another productive year for basin coal mines.

Railroad Map and Guide to Railfanning the Powder River Basin

Railroad Map and Guide to Railfanning the Powder River Basin

Disclaimer: This map is outdated and incomplete. This Powder River Basin Railroad Guide will help you find your way around the famous coal deposits of the PRB. This map includes BNSF and Union Pacific trackage between Douglas and Gillette, Wyoming. Also included on this map; mileposts, crossovers, towns, roads, station names, junctions, and ...

Wyoming State Geological Survey

Wyoming State Geological Survey

Coal mining has been active in the Hanna Basin since 1868 (Flores and others, 1999). ... The Powder River Basin area encompasses the Powder River structural basin and Powder River energy basin. The structural basin is an asymmetric trough in southeastern Montana and northeastern Wyoming that trends northsouth for approximately 401 km (250 mi ...

PDF GUIDE TO COAL MINES BNSF Railway

PDF GUIDE TO COAL MINES BNSF Railway

If you are looking for the largest source of low sulfur coal in the nation, you should check out the BNSF Mine Guide 2018. This pdf document provides detailed information on the coal mines that BNSF serves, including their locations, capacities, qualities, and contacts. You can also learn more about BNSF's coal shipping services, routes, and prices on their website.