Black Butte And Leucite Hills Coal Mines

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Black Butte And Leucite Hills Coal Mines is an operating coal mine in Wyoming, United States.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Black Butte And Leucite Hills Coal Mines Wyoming, United States 41.62, -108.67 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status Status Detail Opening Year Closing Year
Operating

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
1.453309889[1] 2023[1] Surface 75* 146[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
Other Western Bituminous

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner Parent Company Headquarters
Black Butte Coal Company Ambre Energy Ltd [50.0%]; Anadarko Petroleum Corp [50.0%] USA

Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)

ROM or Saleable 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
ROM[2] 2[3] 2[4] 2[5] 2[6] 1[7] 2[8] 1[2]

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

Black Butte/Leucite Hills Mine is a surface coal mine located 38 miles east of Rock Springs, Sweetwater County, Wyoming. The mine produces sub-bituminous coal. The mine is operated by Black Butte Coal Company, a joint venture by Level III/Anadarko. Coal is transported to MidAmerican Energy/Berkshire Hathaway's Jim Bridger Steam Plant.[9] In November 2011 Ambre Energy said it bought a 50 percent interest in the Black Butte mine.[10]

  • MSHA ID: 4801180
  • Operator: Black Butte Coal Company
  • Controller: Kiewit Peter Sons' Inc; Andarko Petroleum Corporation
  • Union:
  • County: Sweetwater
  • State: WY
  • Latitude: 41.62
  • Longitude: -108.67
  • 2007 Production (short tons): 3,655,146
  • Coal Type: Bituminous
  • Mining Method: Surface
  • Mine Status: Active
  • Average No. of Employees: 170

Contact Details

Black Butte Coal Company
101 Black Buttes Road
Point of Rocks, WY 82942
Phone: (307) 382-6200

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)
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  4. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WVcPoy7TWCAv1LaCQD5KBAMp3B08URzM/view. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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  6. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PeXPu29xs9sz39QNgyE2H8RN2I9H7Kxu/view. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1oXZXRbk_jtv5aCJ84YnRZJlKdlJSZJCc/view. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. https://drive.google.com/file/d/10k8DenaAx8TGPA1SSAqHS-xSW4Y6Bqnz/view. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  9. "Fatal Powered Haulage Accident" Mine Safety and Health Administration Website, July 29, 2000
  10. "Australian company buys stake in coal mines" Matt Gouras, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, November 25, 2011.

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