Lively Grove Coal Mine

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Lively Grove Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Marissa, Illinois, United States.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Lively Grove Coal Mine	Marissa, Illinois, United States	38.280355, -89.659076 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the coal mine:

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2011	–

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
–	6.089023706	2023	Underground	–	214	373*	373

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
–	–	–	Illinois Basin	Bituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Prairie State Generating Co	Prairie State Generating Co [100%]	USA

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

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
ROM	5	5	5	5	6	5	6

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

Lively Grove Mine is an underground mine, operated by Prairie State Generating Company, LLC, and owed by nine public power agencies, producing 6.3 million short tons per annum, near Marissa, Washington County, Illinois, United States. The mine is part of the $4 billion Prairie State Energy Campus near Marissa in Washington County, Illinois. The first 800-megawatt unit was slated for commercial operation in late 2011, and the second in the summer of 2012. Digging at the mine was expected to commence in 2011. The original permit was issued to Peabody Energy.

• MSHA ID: 1103193
• Sponsor: Prairie State Generating Company, LLC
• Parent Company: 9 public power agencies (American Municipal Power, Inc,(23.26%); Illinois Municipal Electric Agency; Indiana Municipal Power Agency; Kenutkcy Municipal Power Agency; Missour Publi Utility Alliance; Northern Illinis Municipal Power Agency; Prairie Power, Inc; Southern Illinois Power Cooperative; Wabash Power Valley Alliance)
• Location: Washington County, Illinois, United States
• Coordinates: 38.280355,-89.659076
• Status Operating
• Production Capacity: 6,331,873 (short tons, 2018).
• Total Resource:
• Mineable Reserves:
• Coal type: Bituminous (low-sulfur)
• Mine Size: 214
• Mine Type: Underground
• Start Year: 2011
• Number of employees:
• Source of Financing:

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