List of coalfields
Coal reserves in BTUs as of 2009
A coalfield is an area of certain uniform characteristics where coal is mined. The criteria for determining the approximate boundary of a coalfield are geographical and cultural, in addition to geological. A coalfield often groups the seams of coal, railroad companies, cultural groups, and watersheds and other geographical considerations. At one time the coalfield designation was an important category in business and industrial discussions. The terminology declined into unimportance as the 20th Century progressed, and was probably only referred to by a few small railroads and history buffs by the 1980s. Renewed interest in industrial heritage and coal mining history has brought the old names of the coalfields before a larger audience.
Australia
Queensland
- Bowen Basin coalfields
- Surat Basin coalfields
- Galilee Basin coalfields
- Walloon coalfields
New South Wales
- South Maitland coalfields
- Sydney Basin coalfields
- Hunter Valley coalfields
- Gunnedah Basin coalfields
Victoria
- Latrobe Valley coalfields
Western Australia
- Collie coalfields
Canada
May also refer to the Rural Municipality of Coalfields No. 4, Saskatchewan
- Sydney Coalfield
- Inverness Coalfield
- Mabou Coalfield
- Pictou Coalfield
- Spring Hill Coalfield
- Joggins River Herbert Coalfield
- St Rose-Chimney Corner Coalfield
- Beersville Coalfield
- Minto Coalfield
- St. George Coalfield
- Howley Coalfield
- Onakawana Coalfield
- Estevan Coalfield
- Willow Bunch Coalfield
- Wood Mountain Coalfield
- Cypress Coalfield
- Taber Coalfield
- Flathead Coalfield
- Crowsnest Coalfield
- Elk Valley Coalfield
- Princeton Coalfield
- Tulameen Coalfield
- Merritt Coalfield
- Hat Creek Coalfield
- Nanaimo Coalfield
- Comox Coalfield
Coalfields of Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands and Northern France
Colombia
See also: Mineral industry of Colombia § Coal
Colombia has the largest coal reserves in Latin America and is a major exporter.
- Cerrejón, in La Guajira
Germany
- Ibbenbüren Coalfield (Middle Ages - present)
- Ruhr Coalfield (Middle Ages - present)
- Aachen Coalfield
- Erkelenz Coalfield (1914-1997)
- Inde Coalfield (middle ages - 1944)
- Wurm Coalfield (middle ages - 1992)
- Saar Coalfield (Middle Ages - present)
- Zwickau Coalfield (Middle Ages - 1979)
- Lugau-Oelsnitz Coalfield (1844–1971)
Belgium
- Campine Coalfield (1917–1992)
- Liege Coalfield (Middle Ages - 1980)
- Charleroi Coalfield (Middle Ages - 1984)
- Centre Coalfield (Middle Ages - 1973)
- Borinage Coalfield (Middle Ages - 1973)
The Netherlands
- Limburg Coalfield (Middle Ages - 1974)
- Peel Coalfield (1955–1962)
Poland
- Lower Silesia Coalfield
- Upper Silesia Coalfield
- Lublin Coalfield
France
- Nord-Pas-de-Calais Coalfield (1852–1990)
- Lorraine Coalfield (1820–2004)
- Aumance Coalfield
- Blanzy Coalfield
- Brassac Coalfield
- Carmaux Coalfield
- Champagnac Coalfield
- Dauphiné Coalfield
- Decazeville Coalfield
- Epinac Coalfield
- Gard Coalfield
- Hérault Coalfield
- La Machine Coalfield
- Loire Coalfield
- Messeix Coalfield
- Provence Coalfield
- St Eloi Coalfield
Great Britain
England
- Bristol and Somerset Coalfield
- Bristol Coalfield
- Cheadle Coalfield
- Clee Hills Coalfield
- Coalbrookdale Coalfield
- Cumberland Coalfield
- Durham Coalfield
- East Staffordshire Coalfield
- Forest of Dean Coalfield
- Ingleton Coalfield
- Kent Coalfield
- Lancashire Coalfield
- Burnley Coalfield
- South Lancashire Coalfield
- Manchester Coalfield
- Oldham Coalfield
- St Helens Coalfield
- Wigan Coalfield
- Leicestershire and South Derbyshire Coalfield
- Midgeholme Coalfield
- Newent Coalfield
- Oxfordshire-Berkshire Coalfield
- North Staffordshire Coalfield
- Northumberland Coalfield
- Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Coalfield
- Oswestry Coalfield
- Shrewsbury Coalfield
- Shropshire Coalfield
- Somerset Coalfield
- South Staffordshire Coalfield
- Yorkshire Coalfield
- Warwickshire Coalfield
- Wyre Forest Coalfield
Scotland
- Ayrshire Coalfield
- South Ayrshire Coalfield
- Central Ayrshire Coalfield
- Brora Coalfield
- Canonbie Coalfield
- Central Coalfield
- Clackmannan Coalfield
- Dailly Coalfield
- Douglas Coalfield
- Fife Coalfield
- Central Fife Coalfield
- East Fife Coalfield
- West Fife Coalfield
- Lanarkshire Coalfield
- Lothians Coalfield
- Machrihanish Coalfield
- Midlothian Coalfield
- Northeast Stirlingshire Coalfield
- Sanquhar Coalfield
- Scremerston Coalfield
Wales
India
- South Karanpura Coalfield
- North Karanpura Coalfield
- Ramgarh Coalfield
- West Bokaro Coalfield
- East Bokaro Coalfield
- Jharia Coalfield
- Raniganj Coalfield
- Singrauli Coalfield
- Talcher Coalfield
- Ib Valley Coalfield
- Chirimiri Coalfield
- Jhilimili Coalfield
- Korba Coalfield
- Mand Raigarh Coalfield
- Sohagpur Coalfield
- Umaria Coalfield
- Pench Kanhan Coalfield
- Wardha Valley Coalfield
- Kamptee Coalfield
- Deoghar Coalfield
- Rajmahal Coalfield
- Singareni Coalfield
- Makum Coalfield
- Dilli-Jeypur Coalfield
- Namchik-Namphuk Coalfield
Japan
Hokkaidō
- Tenpoku coalfield
- Rumoi coalfield
- Ishikari coalfield
- Kushiro coalfield
- Kayanuma coalfield
Honshū
- Jōban coalfield
- Ube coalfield
- Omine coalfield
Kyūshū
Pakistan
South Africa
See also: Coal in South Africa
- Waterberg Coalfield[2]
- Highveld Coalfield[2]
- Witbank Coalfield[2]
- Ermelo Coalfield[2]
- Utrecht Coalfield[2]
- Klip River Coalfield[2]
United States
Alabama
- Warrior Coalfield
- Cahaba Coalfield
- Coosa Coalfield
- Sand Mountain Coalfield
- Lookout Mountain Coalfield
Alaska
- Nenana Coalfield
Arkansas
- Arkansas Valley Coalfield
Colorado
- Trinidad Coalfield
- Pagosa Springs Coalfield
- Durango Coalfield
- Nucla Naturita Coalfield
- Canyon City Coalfield
- Grand Mesa Coalfield
- Somerset Colorado Coalfield
- Crested Butte Coalfield
- Grand Hogback Coalfield
- Book Cliffs Coalfield
- Colorado Springs Coalfield
- South Park Coalfield
- Boulder-Weld Coalfield
- North Park Coalfield
- Yampa Coalfield
- Dan Forth Hills Coalfield
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
- Appanoose-Wayne Coalfield
- Walnut Creek Coalfield
- Fort Dodge Coalfield
- Eldora Coalfield
Kansas
Kentucky
- Kenova Coalfield
- Paintsville Coalfield
- Thacker Coalfield
- Elkhorn Coalfield
- Harlan Coalfield
- Hazard Coalfield
- Cicinnatti-Southern Coalfield
- Cumberland Gap Coalfield
- Jellico Coalfield
See also: Eastern Mountain Coal Fields
Maryland
- Georges Creek Coalfield
- Upper Potomac Coalfield
- Cassellman Coalfield
- Upper Youghiogheny Coalfield
- Lower Youghiogheny Coalfield
North Carolina
- Deep River Coalfield
- Dan River Coalfield
Ohio
- Pittsburgh No. 8 Coalfield
- Cambridge Coalfield
- Coshocton Coalfield
- Crooksville Coalfield
- Hocking Coalfield
- Jackson Coalfield
- Pomeroy Coalfield
- Ironton Coalfield
- Goshen Coalfield
- Amsterdam-Salineville Coalfield
- Lisbon Coalfield
- Massillion Coalfield
- Palmyra Coalfield
- Federal Creek Coalfield
- Meigs Creek Coalfield
Oklahoma
- Arkoma Basin Coalfield
- Northeastern Shelf Coalfield
- Oklahoma Coalfield
Oregon
- Coos Bay Coalfield
Pennsylvania
- Anthracite Coalfield (Coal Region)
- Connellsville Coalfield
- Klondike Coalfield
- Pittsburgh Coalfield
- Irwin Gas Coalfield
- Indian Valley Coalfield
- Ligonier Coalfield
- Westmoreland Coalfield
- Somerset Pennsylvania Coalfield
- Meyersdale Coalfield
- Windber Coalfield
- Black Lick Coalfield (aka Nanto Glo Coalfield)
- Mountain Coalfield
- Snowshoe Coalfield
- Moshannon Coalfield
- Clearfield Coalfield
- Bennetts Branch Coalfield
- Shawmut Coalfield
- Punxsutawney Coalfield
- Indiana Coalfield
- Freeport Coalfield
- Kittanning Coalfield
- Low Grade Division Coalfield
- Butler Coalfield
- Mercer Coalfield
- Clarion Coalfield
- Beaver Coalfield
- Broad Top Coalfield
- Georges Creek Coalfield
- Bernice Coalfield
- Blossburg Coalfield
- Ralston Coalfield
- Keating Coalfield
- Cameron Coalfield
Tennessee
- Cumberland Gap Coalfield
- Jellico Coalfield
- Lafollette Coalfield
- Wartburg Coalfield
- Rockwood Coalfield
- Soddy Coalfield
Utah
- Coalville Coalfield
- Blacktail Coalfield
- Vernal Coalfield
- Sunnyside Coalfield
- Castlegate Coalfield
- Wasatch Plateau
- Emery Coalfield
- Book Cliffs Coalfield
- Henry Mountains Coalfield
- Teton Basin Coalfield
- Kaiporonitis Plateau Coalfield
- Harmony Coalfield
- Kolob Plateau Coalfield
West Virginia
- Pocahontas Coalfield
- Winding Gulf Coalfield
- New River Coalfield
- Greenbrier Coalfield
- Logan Coalfield
- Williamson Coalfield
- Kanawha Coalfield
- Elkins Coalfield
- Fairmont Coalfield
- Upper Potomac Coalfield
- Panhandle Coalfield
- Meadow Branch Coalfield (Anthracite)
Virginia
- Pocahontas Coalfield
- Clinch Valley Coalfield
- Buchanan Coalfield
- Southwestern Coalfield (Big Stone Gap Coalfield)
- Richmond Coalfield
- Valley Coalfield (Anthracite)
Wyoming
- Hanna Coalfield
- Rock Creek Coalfield
- Black Hills Coalfield
- Powder River Coalfield (aka Gillette Coalfield)
- Bighorn Coalfield
- Jackson Hole Coalfield
- Hams Fork Coalfield
- Wind River Coalfield
- Green River Coalfield
- Goshen Hole Coalfield
Ukraine
See also
References
- Lesher, C.E. State of Kentucky - Coalfields and Producing Districts (Map). Scale 1:1,000,000. Washington D.C. U.S. Geological Survey. 1919
- Lesher, C.E. State of West Virginia and Part of Maryland - Coalfields and Producing Districts (Map). Scale 1:1,000,000. Washington D.C. U.S. Geological Survey. 1919
- Lesher, C.E. State of Ohio - Coalfields and Producing Districts (Map). Scale 1:1,000,000. Washington D.C. U.S. Geological Survey. 1919
- Lesher, C.E. State of Pennsylvania - Coalfields and Producing Districts (Map). Scale 1:1,000,000. Washington D.C. U.S. Geological Survey. 1919
- Lesher, C.E. State of Virginia - Coalfields and Producing Districts (Map). Scale 1:1,000,000. Washington D.C. U.S. Geological Survey. 1919
- Lesher, C.E. State of Tennessee - Coalfields and Producing Districts (Map). Scale 1:1,000,000. Washington D.C. U.S. Geological Survey. 1919
- Lesher, C.E. State of Alabama and Part of Georgia - Coalfields and Producing Districts (Map). Scale 1:1,000,000. Washington D.C. U.S. Geological Survey. 1919
Notes
- ↑ http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/7456/1/CR06159N.pdf
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "About SA coalfields". Keaton Energy. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
External links
- Coal Camp USA: Coalfields of the Appalachian Mountains
- Coal Mining in the British Isles (Northern Mine Research Society)
- Online mapping of Coal Mining sites in the British Isles (Northern Mine Research Society)
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