Roaring Fork #1

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
Coordinates36.98972, -82.72111

Commodities

PrimaryCoal (Bituminous)

Mine Details

StatusTemporarily Idled
TypeSurface
OperatorCumberland Coal Corporation
Data SourceMSHA
Source ID4407427
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Nearest Recorded Sites

SiteDistanceCommodityStatus
#1 Mine0.1 miCoal (Bituminous)Abandoned and Sealed
Appalachia Remining #70.5 miCoal (Bituminous)Abandoned
Dixie Mine0.5 miCoal (Bituminous)Abandoned and Sealed
Surface Mine 120 #20.6 miCoal (Bituminous)Abandoned
Dogwood #4-C0.6 miCoal (Bituminous)Abandoned and Sealed
Roaring Fork Tipple0.7 miCoal (Bituminous)Abandoned
Pine Branch Preparation Plant0.7 miCoal (Bituminous)Abandoned
Pine Branch 10.7 miCoal (Bituminous)Temporarily Idled
No 1 Washer0.7 miCoal (Bituminous)Abandoned
#1 Tipple0.7 miCoal (Bituminous)Abandoned
Amos Ridge Tipple0.7 miCoal (Bituminous)Abandoned
Mine No 10.9 miCoal (Bituminous)Abandoned and Sealed

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