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Coal Resource Recoverability: A Methodology.

PB94149408

Publication Date	1993
Personal Author	Rohrbacher, T. J.; Teeters, D. D.; Sullivan, G. L.; Osmonson, L. M.
Page Count	57
Abstract	The report presents a U.S. Bureau of Mines methodology developed to incorporate factors of coal production (mining and cleaning methods, recoveries, economics, etc.) into the definition of recoverability of a coal resource. Project procedures and computer models that were developed to include mine and preparation plant production rates, recoveries, and costs are explained. The results of these procedures and models are reviewed and compared to the Energy Information Administration estimate of U.S. coal resources-the 'demonstrated reserve base.' The Matewan 7-1/2-minute quadrangle in eastern Kentucky was selected to demonstrate the methodology.
Keywords	Coal reserves Recovery Kentucky Coal seams Mineral economics Economic analysis Continuous mining Longwall mining Cost analysis Mining equipment Matewan quadrangle(Kentucky)
Source Agency	Bureau of Mines
NTIS Subject Category	97A - Reserves 48A - Mineral Industries
Corporate Authors	Bureau of Mines, Denver, CO. Intermountain Field Operations Center.
Supplemental Notes	See also PB94-149382. Library of Congress catalog card no. 93-22624.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Information circular/1993.
NTIS Issue Number	199412

Coal Resource Recoverability: A Methodology.

Coal Resource Recoverability: A Methodology.
PB94149408

Publication Date	1993
Personal Author	Rohrbacher, T. J.; Teeters, D. D.; Sullivan, G. L.; Osmonson, L. M.
Page Count	57
Abstract	The report presents a U.S. Bureau of Mines methodology developed to incorporate factors of coal production (mining and cleaning methods, recoveries, economics, etc.) into the definition of recoverability of a coal resource. Project procedures and computer models that were developed to include mine and preparation plant production rates, recoveries, and costs are explained. The results of these procedures and models are reviewed and compared to the Energy Information Administration estimate of U.S. coal resources-the 'demonstrated reserve base.' The Matewan 7-1/2-minute quadrangle in eastern Kentucky was selected to demonstrate the methodology.
Keywords	Coal reserves Recovery Kentucky Coal seams Mineral economics Economic analysis Continuous mining Longwall mining Cost analysis Mining equipment Matewan quadrangle(Kentucky)
Source Agency	Bureau of Mines
NTIS Subject Category	97A - Reserves 48A - Mineral Industries
Corporate Authors	Bureau of Mines, Denver, CO. Intermountain Field Operations Center.
Supplemental Notes	See also PB94-149382. Library of Congress catalog card no. 93-22624.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Information circular/1993.
NTIS Issue Number	199412