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Coal Production and Coalbed Thickness by Major Coalbeds and Mine Type

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Table 5. Coal Production and Coalbed Thickness by Major Coalbeds and Mine Type, 2006
Coalbed ID Number [1] Coalbed Name	Production (thousand short tons)			Thickness (inches)
Coalbed ID Number [1] Coalbed Name	Underground	Surface	Total	Average [2]	Low	High
1699 Wyodak	-	381,090	381,090	781	90	900
0036 Pittsburgh	82,493	4,616	87,109	72	20	108
0489 No. 9	41,825	9,757	51,582	62	24	77
0111 Coalburg	7,253	25,936	33,190	75	9	169
1697 Canyon	-	31,683	31,683	632	415	804
1569 Beulah-Zap	-	28,389	28,389	183	144	210
0151 Upper Elkhorn No. 3	16,249	7,519	23,768	51	12	150
0484 Herrin (Illinois No. 6)	15,802	4,191	19,993	71	46	96
1696 Anderson-Dietz 1-Dietz 2	-	19,331	19,331	886	660	960
0084 Lower Kittanning	8,304	10,595	18,899	49	12	94
1787 Roland	-	18,306	18,306	516	382	660
1808 Rosebud	-	16,544	16,544	262	216	276
0135 Hazard No. 4	7,364	5,979	13,343	59	12	138
0168 Lower Elkhorn	10,499	2,725	13,224	52	11	84
0103 Stockton-Lewiston	3,886	8,719	12,605	65	12	99
1753 Somerset B	11,844	-	11,844	174	102	240
1488 Fruitland No. 8	6,993	3,797	10,791	167	126	195
0071 Upper Freeport	6,382	3,185	9,567	54	20	84
0121 Winifrede	4,245	5,284	9,529	60	10	120
0344 Pocahontas No. 3	9,378	36	9,414	58	30	68
0176 Eagle	7,686	1,425	9,112	45	11	108
0480 No. 7	2,658	6,270	8,927	43	24	72
0280 Blue Creek	7,604	1,132	8,736	55	8	200
1750 Wadge	8,636	18	8,654	100	100	120
0080 Middle Kittanning	2,643	5,568	8,211	53	9	96
Major Coalbeds Total	261,744	602,095	863,839	439	8	960
Other Coalbeds	97,042	200,200	297,243	81	4	368
Unknown[3]	235	680	1,668	NA	NA	NA
U.S. Total	359,022	802,976	1,162,750	347	4	960
[1] The coalbed ID number is a unique code assigned by EIA to each correlated coalbed or to coal-bearing geologic formations, coal groups, or coal zones. See Coalbed name discussion in note below. [2] Average thickness is the bed thickness weighted by bed production. [3] Includes mines with production of less than 10,000 short tons, which are not required to provide data, and refuse recovery. - = No data are reported. NA = Not Available. Notes: · Major coalbeds for this table are the top 25 producing coalbeds. The category "Other Coalbeds" includes all coalbeds from which less than 8.2 million short tons were produced during the year. In some regions, coalbeds are characteristically discontinuous or uncorrelatable from one location to another, and production is identified by the geological formations, coal groups, or coal zones of the native rock where the coalbeds occur. These types of coalbeds are found primarily in the Rocky Mountain States and even in the Gulf Coast lignite belt. Coalbeds of these types are also included in "Other Coalbeds," even though production may exceed 8.2 million short tons. Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding. · The coalbed name given is the name most commonly used in the State having the greatest production from that coalbed. The States having greatest productionfor each coalbed are Alabama (coalbed 0280), Colorado (1750 and 1753); Illinois (0484); Indiana (0480); Eastern Kentucky (0135, 0151, and 0168); Western Kentucky (0489); Montana (1696 and 1808); New Mexico (1488); North Dakota (1569); Ohio (0080); Pennsylvania (0036 and 0071); Virginia (0344); West Virginia (0080, 0084, 0103, 0111, 0121, and 0176); and Wyoming (1697, 1699, and 1787). In some other States where these are major producing beds, the following alternative coalbed names are also used: 0084, No 5 Block (Eastern Kentucky); 0111, Hazard No 5A (Eastern Kentucky); 0121, Hazard No. 5 (Eastern Kentucky); Quakertown (Pennsylvania); 0135, Windrock (Tennessee); Phillips (Virginia); 0151, Jellico (Tennessee); Taggert (Virginia); Cedar Grove (West Virginia); 0168, No 2 Gas (West Virginia); 0176, Middle Eagle (West Virginia); 0484, No 11 (Western Kentucky); 0489, No 5 (Illinois and Indiana). Source: · Energy Information Administration Form EIA-7A, "Coal Production Report," and U.S. Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration, Form 7000-2, "Quarterly Mine Employment and Coal Production Report."