Browse USGS by Category and Location

Category:	All Categories>topics>natural resources>nonrenewable resources>nonrenewable energy resources>coal resources
Location:	Anywhere

Here are some USGS Web pages with more information on coal resources and Anywhere:

Central Energy Team The Central Energy Team, Denver, in the USGS Energy Resources Program, provides assesssments of energy resources (coal, oil, natural gas). Site links to world and national assessments, publications and products, and Methane Field Conference. (Score: 1.376)

World Coal Quality Inventory (WoCQI) Homepage of the World Coal Quality Inventory (WoCQI) with sample collection procedures. (Score: 1.000)

Energy Resources Program - Western Region Home page for the Western Region Energy Resources Program with links to Alaska petroleum studies project, coal, oil and gas, other energy sources, environment and human health, publications, energy links, and GEODE. (Score: 0.721)

Assessing the coal resources of the United States Factsheet on the identification and characterization of the coal beds and coal zones of the U.S. (Score: 0.690)

Characterization and Modes of Occurrence of Elements in Feed Coal and Fly Ash -- An Integrated Approach (Score: 0.690)

Coal Resource Classification System of the U.S. Bureau of Mines and U.S. Geological Survey A report published jointly by the U.S. Bureau of Mines and U.S. Geological Survey giving definitions of coal resource classification terms. (Score: 0.690)

Coal Resource Classification System of the U.S. Geological Survey The classification system by which coal is classified into resource/reserve base/reserve categories on the basis of the geologic assurance of the existence of those categories and on the economic feasibility of their recovery. (Score: 0.690)

National Coal Assessment The USGS National Coal Assessment provides a quantitative study of the nations coal endowment. Links to digital publications with maps for the Illinois Basin, Colorado, Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico, and Wyoming, Montana, and North Dakota. (Score: 0.690)

National Coal Resources Data System - US Coal Quality Database Searchable database, the COALQUAL database, presented here and in the USGS Open-file Report 97-134, is a subset of samples contained in the NCRDS (National Coal Resources Data System) ) database, and contains coal quality data on each sample. (Score: 0.690)

National Coal Resources Data System - US Coal Resource Database (USGCOAL) Searchable database for locating information on coal resources by area, coalfield, coalbed, rank, quadrangle, source, years, or characteristics of thickness, overburden, and reliability. (Score: 0.690)

Coal on federal lands Information on coal on federally owned public lands with links to database and maps for federal coal ownership of the United States, Rocky Mountains and Great Plains, and Colorado Plateau. (Score: 0.573)

1999 resource assessment of selected Tertiary coal beds and zones in the northern Rocky Mountains and Great Plains region. Coal resources, stratigraphy, geochemisty, coal quality and geology of Tertiary coal beds and zones in the northern Rocky Mountains and Great Plains regions. Text in PDF format and available on CD-ROM. (Score: 0.552)

National Coal Resource Assessment: Geologic assessment of coal in the Colorado Plateau: Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah Coal resources, stratigraphy, geochemisty, coal quality and geology of coal in the Colorado Plateau, Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. Text in PDF format and available on CD-ROM. (Score: 0.536)

Coal-mine-drainage projects in Pennsylvania Studies by the USGS documenting the extent of surface-water and ground-water degradation associated with coal mining in Pennsylvania and the effects of mining and reclamation practices. Includes map of mine sites. (Score: 0.433)

How "Browse USGS" works

To broaden your category or location, use the "breadcrumbs" above. To narrow or shift your selections, use the boxes below.

Change category:

Change location:

Search for categories:

See Alphabetical Index of Categories

About coal resources:

Definition: Resources of a natural dark brown to black graphitelike material used as a fuel, formed from fossilized plants and consisting of amorphous carbon with various organic and some inorganic compounds. [American Heritage Dic. of the English Language, 4th ed.]

Used for: anthracite resources, bituminous coal resources, lignite resources, subbituminous coal resources