List of coalfields

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 edit

New South Wales edit

Gunnedah Basin coalfields
Hunter Valley coalfields
South Maitland coalfields
Sydney Basin coalfields

Queensland edit

Bowen Basin coalfields
Galilee Basin coalfields
Surat Basin coalfields
Walloon coalfields

Victoria edit

Latrobe Valley coalfields

Western Australia edit

Collie coalfields

Belgium edit

Borinage Coalfield (Middle Ages – 1973)
Campine Coalfield (1917–1992)
Centre Coalfield (Middle Ages – 1973)
Charleroi Coalfield (Middle Ages – 1984)
Liege Coalfield (Middle Ages – 1980)

Canada edit

Coalfields of Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Northern France

Chile edit

China edit

Colombia edit

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

Cerrejón, in La Guajira
Guajira coalfield

France edit

Aumance Coalfield
Blanzy Coalfield
Brassac Coalfield
Carmaux Coalfield
Champagnac Coalfield
Dauphiné Coalfield
Decazeville Coalfield
Epinac Coalfield
Gard Coalfield
Hérault Coalfield
Loire Coalfield
Lorraine Coalfield (1820–2004)
La Machine Coalfield
Messeix Coalfield
Nord-Pas-de-Calais Coalfield (1852–1990)
Provence Coalfield
St Eloi Coalfield

Germany edit

Aachen Coalfield

Erkelenz Coalfield (1914–1997)
Inde Coalfield (Middle Ages – 1944)
Wurm Coalfield (Middle Ages – 1992)

Ibbenbüren Coalfield (Middle Ages – 2018)
Lugau-Oelsnitz Coalfield (1844–1971)
Ruhr Coalfield (Middle Ages – 2018)
Saar Coalfield (Middle Ages – 2012)
Zwickau Coalfield (Middle Ages – 1979)

Great Britain edit

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England edit

Manchester Coalfield
Oldham Coalfield
St Helens Coalfield
Wigan Coalfield

South Yorkshire Coalfield

Scotland edit

Ayrshire Coalfield

Wales edit

The Netherlands edit

Limburg Coalfield (Middle Ages – 1974)
Peel Coalfield (1955–1962)

Pakistan edit

Thar Coalfield

Poland edit

South Africa edit

Ukraine edit

Bogdanovskoye coalfield
Donets Coalfield, sometimes known by its misnomer Donetsk Coalfield
Lviv-Volhynian Coalfield
Dnieper Coalfield (lignite)

United States edit

Coalfields in the West

Alabama edit

Alaska edit

Nenana Coalfield

Arkansas edit

Arkansas Valley Coalfield

Colorado edit

Illinois edit

Indiana edit

Southwestern Indiana

Iowa edit

Kansas edit

Pittsburg-Weir Coalfield

Kentucky edit

Maryland edit

North Carolina edit

Ohio edit

Oklahoma edit

Oregon edit

Coos Bay Coalfield

Pennsylvania edit

Tennessee edit

Utah edit

Virginia edit

Buchanan Coalfield
Clinch Valley Coalfield
Pocahontas Coalfield
Richmond Coalfield
Southwestern Coalfield (Big Stone Gap Coalfield)
Valley Coalfield (anthracite)

West Virginia edit

Wyoming edit

Bighorn Coalfield
Black Hills Coalfield
Goshen Hole Coalfield
Green River Coalfield
Hams Fork Coalfield
Hanna Coalfield
Jackson Hole Coalfield
Powder River Coalfield (aka Gillette Coalfield)
Rock Creek Coalfield
Wind River Coalfield

Venezuela edit

Guasare coalfield

References edit

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Lesher, C.E. State of Kentucky – Coalfields and Producing Districts (Map). Scale 1:1,000,000. Washington D.C. U.S. Geological Survey. 1919
Lesher, C.E. State of West Virginia and Part of Maryland – Coalfields and Producing Districts (Map). Scale 1:1,000,000. Washington D.C. U.S. Geological Survey. 1919
Lesher, C.E. State of Ohio – Coalfields and Producing Districts (Map). Scale 1:1,000,000. Washington D.C. U.S. Geological Survey. 1919
Lesher, C.E. State of Pennsylvania – Coalfields and Producing Districts (Map). Scale 1:1,000,000. Washington D.C. U.S. Geological Survey. 1919
Lesher, C.E. State of Virginia – Coalfields and Producing Districts (Map). Scale 1:1,000,000. Washington D.C. U.S. Geological Survey. 1919
Lesher, C.E. State of Tennessee – Coalfields and Producing Districts (Map). Scale 1:1,000,000. Washington D.C. U.S. Geological Survey. 1919
Lesher, C.E. State of Alabama and Part of Georgia – Coalfields and Producing Districts (Map). Scale 1:1,000,000. Washington D.C. U.S. Geological Survey. 1919

Notes edit

^ "BGS Report, single column layout" (PDF). Nora.nerc.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
^ "A lithostratigraphical framework for the Carboniferous successions of southern Great Britain (onshore)" (PDF). Nora.nerc.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.og.decc.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "UK COAL RESOURCE FOR NEW EXPLOITATION TECHNOLOGIES : Mining and New Technologies Summary Map" (PDF). Ukogl.org.uk. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
^ E. G. POOLE (6 August 1971). "The Oxfordshire Coalfield". Nature.com. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
^ Kingsley G. Dunham And Einar G. Poole (21 February 1974). "The Oxfordshire Coalfield". Jgs.lyellcollection.org. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "About SA coalfields". Keaton Energy. Archived from the original on 14 June 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
^ ^a ^b "COAL". Pakistaneconomist.com. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
^ "Pakistan Mineral Development Corporation". www.pmdc.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 26 August 2001. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
^ "Coal Mining in Pakistan – Overview". Mbendi.co.za. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
^ "Archived copy". www.pakistan.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 24 October 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "USTDA Grant to Support Integrated Coal Mining, Power Generation Project in Pakistan - U.S. Embassy Islamabad Pakistan". islamabad.usembassy.gov. Archived from the original on 2 November 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2022.

External links edit

[1] "BGS Report, single column layout" (PDF). Nora.nerc.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 January 2017.

[2] "A lithostratigraphical framework for the Carboniferous successions of southern Great Britain (onshore)" (PDF). Nora.nerc.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 January 2017.

[3] "Archived copy" (PDF). www.og.decc.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] "UK COAL RESOURCE FOR NEW EXPLOITATION TECHNOLOGIES : Mining and New Technologies Summary Map" (PDF). Ukogl.org.uk. Retrieved 26 January 2017.

[5] E. G. POOLE (6 August 1971). "The Oxfordshire Coalfield". Nature.com. Retrieved 26 January 2017.

[6] Kingsley G. Dunham And Einar G. Poole (21 February 1974). "The Oxfordshire Coalfield". Jgs.lyellcollection.org. Retrieved 26 January 2017.

[keaton-sacoal-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "About SA coalfields". Keaton Energy. Archived from the original on 14 June 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2010.

[pakistaneconomist1-8] "COAL". Pakistaneconomist.com. Retrieved 26 January 2017.

[9] "Pakistan Mineral Development Corporation". www.pmdc.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 26 August 2001. Retrieved 14 January 2022.

[10] "Coal Mining in Pakistan – Overview". Mbendi.co.za. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2017.

[11] "Archived copy". www.pakistan.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 24 October 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[12] "USTDA Grant to Support Integrated Coal Mining, Power Generation Project in Pakistan - U.S. Embassy Islamabad Pakistan". islamabad.usembassy.gov. Archived from the original on 2 November 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2022.

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