Allen Powellton Coal Mine

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Allen Powellton Coal Mine is a mothballed coal mine in West Virginia, United States.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Allen Powellton Coal Mine West Virginia, United States 37.905325, -81.429887 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status Status Detail Opening Year Closing Year
Mothballed[1] 2005

Table 3: Operation details

Note: The asterisk (*) signifies that the value is a GEM estimated figure.
Capacity (Mtpa) Production (Mtpa) Year of Production Mine Type Mining Method Mine Size (km2) Mine Depth (m) Workforce Size
0.06665176709[1] Underground 373* 93[1]

Table 4: Coal resources and destination

Total Reserves (Mt) Year of Total Reserves Recorded Total Resources (Mt) Coalfield Coal Type Coal Grade Primary Consumer/ Destination
Appalachia Bituminous

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner Parent Company Headquarters
Marfork Coal Co Inc Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc USA

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker April 2024 release and the September supplement.

Background

Allen Powellton Mine is an underground mine in Naoma, Raleigh, West Virginia. Marfork Coal Company has been operating the mine since its opening in 2005. Marfolk is a subsidiary of Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc.[2] Marfork also operates the nearby Horse Creek Eagle Mine, also located in Naoma. [3]

  • MSHA id:4609092
  • Operator: Marfork Coal Company, LLC
  • Owner: Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc
  • Location: Naoma, Raleigh, West Virginia
  • Coordinates: 37.905325, -81.429887 (Exact)
  • Status: Operating
  • Production: 471,609 tonnes (2020) [2]
  • Total Reserves:
  • Number of Employees: 93(2020)[2]
  • Coal Type: Bituminous
  • Mine Type: Underground
  • Start Year: 2005
  • Source of Financing:

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20240213175031/https://www.msha.gov/data-and-reports/statistics/mine-employment-and-coal-production. Archived from the original on 13 February 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 U.S. department of labor, MSHA, Mine Data Retrieval System, accessed June 10 2021
  3. (October 23, 2017) Fatality #14 Final Report . Mine Safety and Health Administration. Report.