U.S. Energy Information Administration | Annual Coal Report 2022

Table 5. Coal Production and Coalbed Thickness by Major Coalbeds and Mine Type, 2022

Production (thousand short tons) Thickness (inches)

Coalbed ID Number1

Coalbed Name Underground Surface Total Average2 Low High

1699 Wyodak - 212,322 212,322 771 120 982

0212 Pittsburgh 41,430 547 41,976 79 60 108

0484 Herrin (Illinois No. 6) 35,299 940 36,239 73 46 79

0489 No. 9 24,483 2,769 27,252 61 36 105

0036 Pittsburgh 26,425 416 26,841 82 20 97

1701 Smith - 17,835 17,835 918 870 984

1569 Beulah-Zap - 15,302 15,302 199 114 210

1696 Anderson-Dietz 1-Dietz 2 - 11,565 11,565 960 960 960

1570 Hagel - 10,590 10,590 115 28 120

0084 Lower Kittanning 8,969 908 9,877 69 19 115

0280 Blue Creek 8,745 204 8,949 53 16 66

0344 Pocahontas No. 3 8,355 - 8,355 58 35 74

1808 Rosebud - 8,286 8,286 262 186 276

1787 Roland - 7,563 7,563 389 327 453

0176 Eagle 6,021 1,521 7,542 42 18 52

0168 Lower Elkhorn 4,518 1,573 6,091 42 12 70

0204 Mammoth 5,573 - 5,573 108 108 108

1756 E 4,312 998 5,310 146 60 162

0071 Upper Freeport 4,983 135 5,117 54 4 78

0506 No. 6 4,469 - 4,469 92 92 92

1003 Menefee Formation 469 2,898 3,367 93 84 94

0483 Indiana No. 6 - 3,348 3,348 57 36 65

1847 Upper Hiawatha 3,140 - 3,140 96 96 96

0151 Upper Elkhorn No. 3 1,546 1,519 3,065 47 14 96

0480 Danville No. 7 - 2,799 2,799 40 24 61

Major Coalbeds Total 188,737 304,038 492,775 438 4 984

Other Coalbeds 33,171 66,417 99,588 88 1 599

Unknown * 235 1,012 1,792 NA NA NA

U.S. Total 222,143 371,467 594,155 378 - 984

- = No data reported.

NA = Not Available.

* Includes mines with production of less than 25,000 short tons, which are not required to provide data, and refuse recovery.

1 The coalbed ID number is a unique code assigned by EIA to each correlated coalbed or to coal-bearing geologic formations, coal groups, or coal zones. See Coalbed name discussion in note below.

2 Average thickness is the bed thickness weighted by bed production.

Notes: This table lists the top 25 producing coalbeds. The category 'Other Coalbeds' includes all coalbeds from which less than 4.0 million short tons were produced during the year. In some regions, coalbeds are

characteristically discontinuous or uncorrelatable from one location to another, and production is identified by the geological formations, coal groups, or coal zones of the native rock where the coalbeds occur.

These types of coalbeds are found primarily in the Rocky Mountain States and even in the Gulf Coast lignite belt. Coalbeds of these types are also included in 'Other Coalbeds,' even though production may exceed

4.0 million short tons. Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding. The coalbed name given is the name most commonly used in the State having the greatest production from that

coalbed. The States having greatest production for each coalbed are Wyoming (coalbed codes 1495, 1699, and 1701); West Virginia (coalbed codes 212, 84, 111, 168, 103, 71); Illinois (coalbed code 484); Indiana

(coalbed code 489); Pennsylvania (coalbed code 36); North Dakota (coalbed codes 1569, 1570); Montana (coalbed codes 1696, 1808, 204); Virginia (coalbed code 344); Alabama (coalbed code 280); Utah (coalbed

code 1847); New Mexico (coalbed code 1003); Colorado (coalbed code 1756); West Virginia (coalbed codes 157, 176); Kentucky (coalbed code 151). In some other States where these are major producing beds, the

following alternative coalbed names are also used: coalbed code 484 (Kentucky, Kentucky No 11), coalbed code 489 (Indiana, Indiana No 5), coalbed code 36 (Pennsylvania/Ohio, Pittsburgh No. 8), coalbed code

111 (Kentucky, Hazard No 6).

Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration Form EIA-7A, 'Annual Survey of Coal Production and Preparation,' and U.S. Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration Form 7000-2, 'Quarterly

Mine Employment and Coal Production Report.'