Permit Number:
2005-01
Operator Name:
Peabody Natural Resources dba Lee Ranch Coal Company
Contacts:
(None)
Stats:
| Surface/Underground:
|
Surface |
| Permit Term:
|
December 15, 2005 to December 15, 2010 |
| Location:
|
Sec3-6 T16N R9W; Sec1-3 T16N R10W; Sec31-35 T17N R9W; and Sec19-22,25-30,34-36 T17N R10W
USGS Quad: Orphan Rock & Laguna Costillo
Approximately 35 miles north of Milan along State Road 509
MSHA # 2902257 |
| Permit Area: |
15000 |
| Land Ownership: |
PNRC and Gallo Finance Company owns the non-State coal. A lease auction, to be |
| Production: |
No Data |
| Employment: |
0 |
| Coal Geology: |
El Segundo Mine vicinity is in the southeastern plains of the San Juan Basin, bordered by the uplands of Chacra Mesa to the northwest, Mt. Taylor volcanic area and San Mateo Dome to the southeast, and the Zuni Uplift and Rutria Monocline to the southwest. Two major coal seams in the mining plan area account for most of the 102 million ton reserve base; the Blue Seam and the Green Seam. The Blue seam is the next to lowest stratigraphically and contains 54 percent of the mine reserves. The Green seam is the l |
| Coal Quality: |
Moisture - 16.40%, Ash - 16.90%, Volatiles - 32.00%, Fixed Carbon - 40.00%, Sulfur - 1.08%, BTU per lb - 8988.00 |
| Markets: |
Power Generation and Industrial users |
| Transportation: |
Dedicated rail loop operated by Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad |
Acres:
| Year | Acres Disturbed | Acres Disturbed (To Date) | Active Mining | Back Filled/Graded | Seeded/Topsoiled | Phase I | Phase II | Phase III |
| 2008 | 1267.0 | 1267.0 | 260.0 | | | | | |
| 2009 | 1116.0 | 2383.0 | 1225.0 | 151.0 | | | | |
| 2010 | 671.0 | 3054.0 | 1225.0 | 171.0 | | | | |