Twin Branch No 1 Coal Mine

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Twin Branch No 1 Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Mingo, West Virginia, United States.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Twin Branch No 1 Coal Mine Mingo, West Virginia, United States 37.8075, -82.1689 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status Status Detail Opening Year Closing Year
Operating 2013

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
1.198390989[1] 2023[1] Surface 75* 135[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
Coal-Mac Coal-Mac [100%] USA

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

ROM or Saleable 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
ROM[2] 1[2] 1[2] 1[2] 0[2] 0[2] 0[2] 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

Twin Branch No 1 Coal Mine is a surface mine in Mingo, West Virginia, United States.[3] Coal-Mac LLC operates the mine, which is owned by John M Potter. More details as appropriate.[3]

  • Operator: Coal-Mac LLC.[3]
  • Owner: John M Potter[3]
  • Location: Mingo, West Virginia, United States[3]
  • Coordinates: 37.8075, -82.1689 (Exact)
  • Status: Operating
  • Production: 0.337 million tonnes (2020) 1.157 million tonnes (2019)[3]
  • Total Reserves:
  • Mineable Reserves:
  • Coal Type: Bituminous
  • Mine Type: Surface
  • Start Year: 2013 [3]
  • Source of Financing:

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Additional data

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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 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 https://web.archive.org/web/20240717193400/https://www.msha.gov/data-and-reports/mine-data-retrieval-system. Archived from the original on 17 July 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 United States Department of Labour, "Mine Data Retrieval System: Twin Branch No 1", Mine Data Retrieval System website, Accessed April 2021