Surface Mine No. 2

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 TownNorton
Coordinates36.93833, -82.69278

Commodities

PrimaryCoal (Bituminous)

Mine Details

StatusTemporarily Idled
TypeSurface
OperatorRidgetop Development, LLC
Data SourceMSHA
Source ID4407386
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Mine #130.3 miCoal (Bituminous)Abandoned and Sealed
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#1 Strip0.6 miCoal (Bituminous)Abandoned
No. 26 Strip0.7 miCoal (Bituminous)Abandoned
Maven Energy Plant 10.8 miCoal (Bituminous)Temporarily Idled
No 1 Strip0.9 miCoal (Bituminous)Abandoned
Tipple 1 & 20.9 miCoal (Bituminous)Abandoned
Strip No 1 Penn Va1.1 miCoal (Bituminous)Abandoned
Blackwood No 21.1 miCoal (Bituminous)Abandoned
No. 11.1 miCoal (Bituminous)Abandoned
#11.1 miCoal (Bituminous)Temporarily Idled
Black Creek #111.3 miCoal (Bituminous)Abandoned

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