Coal Mines of the Powder River Basin
| Buckskin Mine Antelope Coal Co. 188 employees 22,685,000 tons (2000) Wyodak coal seam (104 ft) Fort Union Formation BTU 8,331, Ash 5.76% Sulfur 0.49% Rawhide Mine Caballo Coal Co. 19 employees 807,892 tons (2000) Wyodak coal seam (112 ft) Fort Union Formation BTU 8,334, Ash 4.87% Sulfur 0.30% Dry Fork Mine Dry Fork Coal Co. 9 employees 807,892 tons (2000) Wyodak coal seam (87 ft) Fort Union Formation BTU 8,216, Ash 5.36% Sulfur 0.41% Eagle Butte Mine RAG Coal West, Inc 186 employees 817,416,240 tons (2000) Wyodak coal seam (123 ft) Fort Union Formation BTU 8,391, Ash 4.76% Sulfur 0.35% KFx Mine KFx Fuel Partners 3 employees 12,000 tons (2000) Wyodak coal seam (82 ft) Fort Union Formation BTU 11703, Ash 6.98% Sulfur 0.36% Wyodak Mine Wyodak Resources. 43 employees 3,179,585 tons (2000) Wyodak coal seam (90 ft) Fort Union Formation BTU 8,115, Ash 6.78% Sulfur 0.54% Caballo Mine Caballo Coal Co. 19 employees 807,892 tons (2000) Wyodak coal seam (102 ft) Fort Union Formation BTU 8,467, Ash 5.02% Sulfur 0.35% Belle Ayr Mine RAG Coal West, Inc 253 employees 17,885,338 tons (2000) Wyodak coal seam (722 ft) Fort Union Formation BTU 8,562, Ash 4.43% Sulfur 0.29% |
Cordero Rojo Complex Cordero Mining Co. 404 employees 45,674,755 tons (2000) Wyodak coal seam (97 ft) Fort Union Formation BTU 8,413, Ash 5.63% Sulfur 0.32% Coal Creek Mine Fuller Construction 97 employees 11,229,923 tons (2000) Wyodak coal seam (10 ft) Fort Union Formation BTU 8,334, Ash 5.50% Sulfur 0.35% Jacobs Ranch Mine Jacobs Ranch Coal Co. 355 employees 29,081,030 tons (2000) Wyodak coal seam (55 ft) Fort Union Formation BTU 8,652, Ash 5.59% Sulfur 0.44% Black Thunder Mine Thunder Basin Coal Co. 508 employees 48,670,418 tons (2000) Wyodak coal seam (70 ft) Fort Union Formation BTU 8,763, Ash 5.43% Sulfur 0.34% North Rochelle Mine Triton Coal Co. 172 employees 8,171,479 tons (2000) Wyodak coal seam (60 ft) Fort Union Formation BTU 8,685, Ash 4.60% Sulfur 0.24% North Antelope/ Rochelle Complex Powder River Coal Co. 650 employees 68,865,691 tons (2000) Wyodak coal seam (73 ft) Fort Union Formation BTU 8,826, Ash 4.44% Sulfur 0.20% Antelope Mine Antelope coal Co. 188 employees 22,685,000 tons (2000) Wyodak coal seam (70 ft) Fort Union Formation BTU 8,800, Ash 5.30% Sulfur 0.25% Dave Johnson Mine Glenrock Coal Co. 169 employees 2,955,053 tons (2000) School Coal Seam (32') Wasatch Formation BTU 7,843, Ash 11.4%, Sulfur 0.47% |
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