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

New South Wales

Victoria

Western Australia

Canada

May also refer to the Rural Municipality of Coalfields No. 4, Saskatchewan

Coalfields of Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands and Northern France

Colombia

Colombia has the largest coal reserves in Latin America and is a major exporter.

Germany

  • Erkelenz Coalfield (1914-1997)
  • Inde Coalfield (middle ages - 1944)
  • Wurm Coalfield (middle ages - 1992)

Belgium

The Netherlands

Poland

France

Great Britain

Map of 19th-century coalfields in Great Britain

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England

Scotland

  • South Ayrshire Coalfield
  • Central Ayrshire Coalfield
  • Central Fife Coalfield
  • East Fife Coalfield
  • West Fife Coalfield

Wales

India

Japan

Hokkaidō

Honshū

Kyūshū

Pakistan

South Africa

United States

Alabama

Alaska

Arkansas

Colorado

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky


Maryland

North Carolina

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Tennessee

Utah

West Virginia

Virginia

Wyoming

Ukraine

See also

References

Notes

External links

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