Hernshaw Coal Mine

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Hernshaw 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)
Hernshaw Coal Mine West Virginia, United States 37.814502, -81.906814 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status Status Detail Opening Year Closing Year
Mothballed

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
0.1696435389[1] Underground 373* 53[2]

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
Aracoma Coal Co Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc [100.0%] 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.

References

  1. 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. http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/coal/page/acr/table9.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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