Somerville Central Coal Mine

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Somerville Central Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Indiana, United States.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Somerville Central Coal Mine	Indiana, United States	38.218545, -87.332677 (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	–	–	–

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
–	0.2585476395	2023	Surface	–	–	75*	13

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
0	–	–	Illinois Basin	Bituminous	–	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
United Minerals Company LLC	Peabody Energy Corp [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.

Background

Somerville Central Mine is a surface coal mine operated by Peabody Energy in Gibson County near Oakland City, Indiana The "Somerville Central Mine" started operations in the year 2000.
Peabody also owns the Somerville South and Somerville North mines, both part of the Somerville Mining Complex in the same area as Somerville Central. Peabody combined the somervill North Mine and Central mine to create a more efficient mining complex, the somervill south mines were combined with the Wild Boar Mine

• MSHA ID: 1202258
• Owner: Peabody Energy
• Parent company: Peabody Energy
• Location: near Oakland City, Indiana
• GPS coordinates: 38.218545, -87.332677
• Production: 1.1 Million short tons (2019)
• Type of coal: Bituminous Thermal
• Mine type: Surface
• Equipment: Dragline, dozer/casting, truck/shovel
• Number of employees: 35(2020)
• Status: Operating

Customer Plants

Deliveries in 2020

Plant Name	State	Delivery Quantity in Short Tons
Petersburg Generating Station	IN	110.250

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