**AN ASSESSMENT OF COAL
RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT**

CENTRAL APPALACHIAN REGION- FIRST YEAR SUMMARY -

by*M. Devereux Carter
and Nancy K. Gardner*U. S. Geological Survey

U.S. Geological Survey Open-File
Report 89-362 
1989

> in Cooperation with:

Kentucky Geological Survey, James C. Cobb,
Head,
Coal Section Virginia Division of Mineral Resources, Elizabeth V.
M. Campbell, 
Applied Geology Section West Virginia Geological and Economic
Survey, Nick Fedorko, Head, Coal Section

*This report is preliminary and has not been
reviewed for conformity with U.S. Geological Survey editorial
standards and stratigraphic nomenclature.*

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**Contents**

EXECUTIVE
        SUMMARY

1. INTRODUCTION
2. METHODS
3. STUDY AREAS
4. RESTRICTIONS
        USED
5. RESULTS
6. SUMMARY
7. REFERENCES CITED
8. GLOSSARY
9. APPENDIX A

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**Figures**

- Figure 1. - Index map of the Central Appalachian Region
        showing the location of the first four 7.5-minute
        quadrangle study areas of the Coal Resources Available
        for Developmentassessment
- Figure 2. - Relative stratigraphic positions of the
        coal-bearing strata underlying the Matewan, Noble,
        Sylvester, and Vansant 7.5-minute quadrangles, Kentucky,
        West Virginia, and Virginia
- Figure 3. - Summary of the estimated original, mined and
        lost-in-raining, restricted, and available coal resources
        in the Matewan, Noble, Sylvester, and Vansant 7..5-minute
        quadrangle areas, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia.
- Figure 4. - Estimated original, mined and
        lost-in-mining, restricted, and available coal resources
        in each of the Maiden, Noble, Sylvester, and Vansant
        7.5-minute quadrangle areas, Kentucky, West Virginia, and
        Virginia
- Figure 5. - Summary, by surface and deep resources, of
        the estimated original, mined and lost-in-mining,
        restricted, and available coal resources in the Maiden,
        Noble, Sylvester, and Vansant 7.5-minute quadrangle
        areas, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia
- Figure 6. - Estimated original, remaining, and available
        coal resources, by coal bed, in the Matewan 7.5-minute
        quadrangle, Pike County, Kentucky
- Figure 7. -- Estimated original, remaining, and
        available coal resources, by coal bed, in the Noble
        7.5-minute quadrangle, Breathitt, Perry, and Knott
        Counties, Kentucky
- Figure 8. - Estimated original, remaining, and available
        coal resources, by coal bed, in the Sylvester 7.5-minute
        quadrangle, Boone and Kanawha Counties, West Virginia
- Figure 9. - Estimated original, remaining, and available
        coal resources, by coal bed, in the Vansant 7.5-minute
        quadrangle, Buchanan County, Virginia.
- Figure 10. - Maps showing all applicable land-use
        restrictions combined in each of the four 7.5-minute
        quadrangle study areas
- Figure 11. - Summary of the estimated portion of each of
        the land-use restriction categories in the Matewan,
        Noble, Sylvester, and Vansant 7.5-minute quadrangle
        areas, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia
- Figure 12. - Estimated portion of each of the land-use
        restriction categories in each of the Matewan, Noble,
        Sylvester, and Vansant 7.5-minute quadrangle areas,
        Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia
- Figure 13. - Summary of the estimated portion of each of
        the technologic restriction categories in the Matewan,
        Noble, Sylvester, and Vansant 7.5-minute quadrangle
        areas, Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia
- Figure 14. - Estimated portion of each of the technologic
        restriction categories in each of the Matewan, Noble,
        Sylvester, and Vansant 7.5-minute quadrangle areas,
        Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia

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**Tables**

- CONVERSION
        FACTORS
- Table 1. - Restrictions to coal availability and
        applicable criteria as used in the Matewan, Noble,
        Sylvester, and Vansant 7.5-minute quadrangle areas,
        Kentucky, West Virginia, and Virginia
- Table 2. - Summary of the estimated original, mined and
        lost-in-mining, remaining, restricted, and available coal
        resources in each of the Matewan, Noble, Sylvester, and
        Vansant 7.5-minute quadrangle areas, Kentucky, West
        Virginia, and Virginia
- Table A-1.--Estimated coal resources in the Matewan
        7.5-minute quadrangle, Pike County, Kentucky
- Table A-2.--Estimated coal resources unavailable due to LAND-
        USE RESTRICTIONSin the Matewan 7.5-minute
        quadrangle, Pike County, Kentucky
- Table A-3. - Estimated coal resources unavailable due to TECHNOLOGIC
        RESTRICTIONSin the Matewan 7.5-minute quadrangle,
        Pike County, Kentucky
- Table A-4. - Estimated coal resources in the Noble
        7.5-minute quadrangle, Breathitt, Perry, and Knott
        Counties, Kentucky
- Table A-5. - Estimated coal resources unavailable due to LAND-
        USE RESTRICTIONSin the Noble 7.5-minute
        quadrangle, Breathitt, Perry, and Knott Counties,
        Kentucky
- Table A-6. - Estimated coal resources unavailable due to TECHNOLOGIC
        RESTRICTIONSin the Noble 7.5-minute quadrangle,
        Breathitt, Perry, and Knott Counties, Kentucky
- Table A-7. - Estimated coal resources in the Sylvester
        7.5-minute quadrangle, Boone and Kanawha Counties, West
        Virginia
- Table A-8. - Estimated coal resources unavailable due to LAND-
        USE RESTRICTIONSin the Sylvester 7.5-minute
        quadrangle, Boone and Kanawha Counties, West Virginia
- Table A-9. - Estimated coal resources unavailable due to TECHNOLOGIC
        RESTRICTIONSin the Sylvester 7.5-minute quadrangle,
        Boone and Kanawha Counties, West Virginia
- Table A-10. - Estimated coal resources in the Vansant
        7.5-minute quadrangle, Buchanan County, Virginia
- Table A-11. - Estimated coal resources unavailable due to LAND-
        USE RESTRICTIONSin the Vansant 7.5-minute
        quadrangle, Buchanan County, Virginia
- Table A-12. - Estimated coal resources unavailable due to TECHNOLOGIC
        RESTRICTIONSin the Vansant 7.5-minute quadrangle,
        Buchanan County, Virginia

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**CONVERSION****FACTORS**

|***To convert
        from*** | ***To***                   | ***Multiply by***
|------------------------------ | -------------------------- | -----------------
|Inches (in.)                   | Centimeters                | 2.54             
|Foot, feet (ft)                | Meters                     | 0.3048           
|Miles(mi)                      | Kilometers                 | 1.609344         
|Tons, short (2000 lbs)         | Tons, metric (2,204.6 lbs) | 0.90718474       

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