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Entry_Title: Bituminous coal production in the Appalachian basin--Past, present, and future
Group: Data_Set_Citation
  Originator(s): U.S. Geological Survey
  Title: Bituminous coal production in the Appalachian basin--Past, present, and future
  Publication: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map
  Publication_Date: 1999
  Publication_Place: Reston, Virginia
  Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
  Data_Presentation_Form: map
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Keyword: coal
Keyword: resources
Keyword: Eastern Energy Team
Keyword: energy
Keyword: power
Keyword: resources
Keyword: coal resources
Keyword: coal extent
Keyword: bituminous
Keyword: coal depletion
Keyword: mined-out
Keyword: U.S. Geological Survey
Group: Temporal_Coverage
  Start_date: 1830
  Stop_date: 1996
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Data_Set_Progress: Complete
Group: Spatial_Coverage
  Southernmost_Latitude: 39.0
  Northernmost_Latitude: 45.0
  Westernmost_Longitude: -97.0
  Easternmost_Longitude: -86.0
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Location: United States
Location: Ohio
Location: Maryland
Location: Pennsylvania
Location: West Virginia
Location: Kentucky
Location: Virginia
Location: Tennessee
Location: Georgia
Location: Alabama
Location: Appalachian basin
Group: Data_Resolution
  Latitude_Resolution: 0.000278
  Longitude_Resolution: 0.000278
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  Access_Constraints: None
  Use_Constraints: Hard copies of this map, or other uses of the data, must credit source(s) of data.
Originating_Center: (required)
Group: Data_Center
  Data_Center_Name: U.S. Geological Survey
  Dataset_ID: USGS Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2330
Group: Data_Center_Contact
  Last_name: U.S. Geological Survey
  First_name: N/A
  Phone: 1-888-ASK-USGS (1-888-275-8747)
  Group: Address
    USGS Information Services
    Denver, CO 80225-0046
    United States
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Group: Distribution
  Distribution_Media: online
  Distribution_Format : ArcView shapefile (.shp)
  Fees: See http://mapping.usgs.gov/esic/prices/index.html
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Group: Reference
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Group: Summary
  Provide an overview of coal production from the Appalachian basin, by county.
  
  This report on Appalachian basin coal production consists of four maps and associated graphs and tables, with links to the basic data that were used to construct the maps.  Plate 1 shows the time (year) of maximum coal production, by county.  For illustration purposes, the years of maximum production are grouped into decadal units.  Plate 2 shows the amount of coal produced (tons) during the year of maximum coal production for each county.  Plate 3 illustrates the cumulative coal production (tons) for each county since about the beginning of the 20th century.  Plate 4 shows 1996 annual production by county.  During the current (third) cycle of coal production in the Appalachian basin, only seven major coal-producing counties (those with more than 500 million tons cumulative production), including Greene County, Pa.; Boone, Kanawha, Logan, Mingo, and Monongalia Counties, W.Va.; and Pike County, Ky., exhibit a general increase in coal production.  Other major coal-producing counties have either declined to a small percentage of their maximum production or are annually maintaining a moderate level of production.  In general, the areas with current high coal production have large blocks of coal that are suitable for mining underground with highly efficient longwall methods, or are occupied by very large scale, relatively low cost surface mining operations.  The estimated cumulative production for combined bituminous and anthracite coal is about 100 billion tons or less for the Appalachian basin.  In general, it is anticipated that the remaining resources will be progressively of lower quality, will cost more to mine, and will become economical only as new technologies for extraction, beneficiation, and consumption are developed, and then only if prices for coal increase.
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Group: DIF_Author
  Last_name: Milici
  First_name: Robert
  Middle_name: C.
  Phone: (703) 648-6541
  Group: Address
    U.S. Geological Survey
    Mail Stop 956 National Center
    Reston, VA 20192
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DIF_Revision_Date: 20020212
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