Permit Number:
2016-01
Operator Name:
San Juan Coal Company
Contacts:
(None)
Stats:
| Surface/Underground:
|
Surface |
| Permit Term:
|
1/10/1996 - 1/10/2001 |
| Location:
|
Secs7-8,13-15,21-23 T32N R13W
Secs7-8,17-18 T32N R12W
USGS Quad: La Plata & Adobe Downs Ranch
4 miles northeast of La Plata on Hwy 170
MSHA # 2901825 |
| Permit Area: |
3300 |
| Land Ownership: |
Federal and Private |
| Production: |
No Data |
| Employment: |
91 |
| Coal Geology: |
Four seams ranging in thickness from 2 feet to 37 feet. Interburden and partings vary from under 1 foot to 140 feet. Beds dip steeply to the southeast. |
| Coal Quality: |
Moisture - 5.00%, Ash - 28.00%, Volatiles - 29.00%, Fixed Carbon - 38.00%, Sulfur - 0.96%, BTU per lb - 9500.00 |
| Markets: |
San Juan Generating Station. |
| Transportation: |
Large coal train/haulers transport the coal between the mine and the San Juan Generating Station across a specially built gravel road. |
Acres:
| Year | Acres Disturbed | Acres Disturbed (To Date) | Active Mining | Back Filled/Graded | Seeded/Topsoiled | Phase I | Phase II | Phase III |
| 1997 | 224.0 | 1338.0 | 961.0 | | 2.0 | | | |
| 1998 | 116.0 | 1679.0 | 1282.0 | 20.0 | 18.0 | | | |
| 1999 | 122.0 | 1573.0 | 1159.0 | 19.0 | 20.0 | | | |
| 2000 | 103.0 | 1902.0 | 1431.0 | 59.0 | | | | |
| 2001 | 32.0 | 1936.0 | 1459.0 | 6.0 | 65.0 | | | |
| 2002 | | 1936.0 | 1459.0 | | | | | |
| 2003 | | 1936.0 | 1382.0 | 77.0 | | | | |
| 2004 | 5.0 | 1833.0 | 1003.0 | 263.0 | 132.0 | | | |
| 2005 | 4.0 | 1842.0 | 708.0 | 304.0 | 350.0 | | | |
| 2006 | | 1958.0 | 745.0 | 79.0 | 60.0 | 672.0 | | |
| 2007 | 12.0 | 1970.0 | 537.0 | 220.0 | 157.0 | | | |
| 2008 | 38.0 | 2008.0 | | 632.0 | 788.0 | | | |
| 2009 | 35.0 | 2043.0 | | 65.0 | 421.0 | | | |
| 2010 | | 2043.0 | | 18.0 | 2.0 | 1101.0 | 270.0 | 270.0 |