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RECORD NUMBER: 301 OF 1524

Main Title Coal reserves of the United States : a progress report, January 1, 1960 /
Author Averitt, Paul,
Publisher United States Government Printing Office,
Year Published 1961
OCLC Number 04153953
Subjects Coal--United States
Additional Subjects Coal--United States
Internet Access
Description Access URL
https://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/1136/report.pdf
Holdings
Library Call Number Additional Info Location Last
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Status
ELBM  QE75.B9 no.1136 AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 01/01/1988
Collation v, 116 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Notes
"Third progress report." "A summary of information concerning the quality and distribution of coal." Supersedes two preceding progress reports issued as U.S. Geological Survey Circular 94, 1950, and 293, 1954. Includes bibliographical references (pages 106-114) and index. At head of title: Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey. As of 10/19/2016, GPO could not validate the distribution status of this title for the FDLP.
Contents Notes
Abstract -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Status of available information -- Methods of preparing and reporting coal-reserve estimates -- Reserves versus resources -- Classification according to characteristics of the coal -- Rank of coal -- Grade of coal -- Weight of coal -- Thickness of beds -- Areal extent of beds -- Thickness of overburden -- Classification according to relative abundance of information -- Measured reserves -- Indicated reserves -- Inferred reserves -- Distinction between original, remaining, and recoverable reserves -- Original reserves -- Remaining reserves -- Recoverable reserves -- Percentage of coal recovered in mining -- Underground mining -- Strip mining -- Distributions of reserves in selected categories -- Distribution according to rank -- Distribution according to reserve categories other than rank -- Distribution according to thickness of overburden -- Distribution according to relative abundance and reliability of information -- Distribution according to thickness of coal -- Distribution in all categories -- Coking-coal reserves -- Stripping-coal reserves -- Production of coal in the United States -- Uses of coal -- Minor elements in coal -- Uranium -- Germanium -- Barium and strontium -- Boron -- Ownership of coal lands -- Alabama -- Bituminous coal -- Lignite -- Alaska -- Arkansas -- Bituminous coal and semianthracite -- Lignite -- Colorado -- Georgia -- Illinois -- Indiana -- Iowa -- Kansas -- Bituminous coal -- Lignite -- Kentucky -- Maryland -- Michigan -- Missouri -- Montana -- New Mexico -- North Carolina -- North Dakota -- Ohio -- Oklahoma -- Oregon -- Pennsylvania -- Bituminous coal -- Anthracite -- South Dakota -- Tennessee -- Texas -- Bituminous coal -- Lignite -- Utah -- Virginia -- Washington -- West Virginia -- Wyoming -- Other States -- Possible additional reserves not included in estimates -- Need for additional work -- Other estimates of United States coal reserves -- M.R. Campbell, 1909 to 1929 -- United States Coal Commission Committee Report, 1922 -- United States Army Corps of Engineers, 1952 -- Peat reserves -- World coal reserves -- Relation of coal in the United States to other forms of energy -- Measured or proved reserves -- Total reserves -- Life expectancy of United States fuel reserves.