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Coal (Bituminous) temporarily idled · Wise County, Virginia

Temporarily IdledCoal (Bituminous)SurfaceMSHA

Section

What kind of site this is
ORE · COAL (BITUMINOUS)BENCHESSECTION · ILLUSTRATIVE

Drawn as an open-pit mine, dug down in benches from the surface. The ore color stands for coal (bituminous). Federal records note the kind of operation and its status, not its depth or layout, so this is a typical example rather than a survey of this site.

Location

StateVirginia
CountyWise
Nearest TownAppalachia
Coordinates36.93111, -82.80889

Commodities

PrimaryCoal (Bituminous)

Mine Details

StatusTemporarily Idled
TypeSurface
OperatorA & G Coal Corporation
Data SourceMSHA
Source ID4406948
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Nearest Recorded Sites

SiteDistanceCommodityStatus
#3 Strip0.0 miCoal (Bituminous)Abandoned
Simp-A-Lex 1080.0 miCoal (Bituminous)Abandoned
Energy Reclamation #10.3 miCoal (Bituminous)Abandoned
Arno #10.3 miCoal (Bituminous)New Mine
Central Machine Shop0.3 miCoal (Bituminous)Abandoned
Tipple #10.8 miCoal (Bituminous)Active
Highwall Miner #10.8 miCoal (Bituminous)NonProducing
Derby Strip #90.8 miCoal (Bituminous)NonProducing
#1 Strip1.0 miCoal (Bituminous)Abandoned
Osaka1.0 miCoal (Bituminous)NonProducing
Looney Creek1.2 miCoal (Bituminous)Abandoned
Construction Department1.2 miCoal (Bituminous)Abandoned

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