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EVALUATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF WESTERN SURFACE COAL MINING. VOLUME II. MINE INVENTORY
Citation:
Kelly, W. EVALUATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF WESTERN SURFACE COAL MINING. VOLUME II. MINE INVENTORY. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/7-79/034.
Description:
This report contains a tabular summary of general information for 37 surface coal mines active in the western United States during 1975 and for seven additional mines that were under development in that year. In total, 44 mines in the following states are included: Arizona, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, and Wyoming. Types of information presented includes: General production information, including 1975, production and projected maximum production; mine life, employment, and disturbed acreage; Coal seam characteristics, including average thickness, heating value, sulfur content, and ash content; Reclamation practices; Types of mining and reclamation research studies in progress; Overburden characteristics, pit geometry, and mining methods; Equipment types and capacities for major stripping equipments only.