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Dataset Title
Downloadable Datasets
Regional Spatial Data
Pond Creek Coal Zone Data
Pocahontas Number 3 Coal Bed Data
Pittsburgh Coal Bed Data
Lower Kittaning Coal Bed Data
Upper Freeport Coal Bed Data
Fire Clay Coal Zone Data

Appalachian Basin (Region 9) Publications

Appalachian Basin Assessment Focus Area

 

 

 

 

Professional Paper

Northern and Central Appalachian Basin Coal Regions Assessment Team, USGS Northern and Central Appalachian Basin Coal Regions Assessment, 2001, 2000 Resource Assessment of Selected Coal Beds and Zones in the Northern and Central Appalachian Basin Coal Regions, by Northern and Central Appalachian Basin Coal Regions Assessment Team: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-C. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/prof/p1625c/

Publications by Year/Author

Ruppert, L.F., Tewalt, S.J., and Bragg, L.J., 2002, Coal resources of selected coal beds and zones in the Northern and Central Appalachian Basin: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-004-02, 4 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs004-02/

Tewalt, S.J., 2002, Federally Owned Coal and Federal Lands in the Northern and Central Appalachian Basin Coal Regions: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-013-02, 2 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs013-02/

Carter, M.D., Rohrbacher, T.J., Teeters, D.D., Scott, D.C., Osmonson, L.M., Weisenfluh, G.A., Loud, E.I., Sites, R.S., Axon, A.G., Wolfe, M.E., and Lentz, L.J., 2001, Coal Availability, Recoverability, and Economic Evaluations of Coal Resources in the Northern and Central Appalachian Basin Coal Regions, Chapter J, in 2000 Resource Assessment of Selected Coal Beds and Zones in the Northern and Central Appalachian Basin Coal Regions, by Northern and Central Appalachian Basin Coal Regions Assessment Team: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-C, Version 1.0, p. J1-J43. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/prof/p1625c/CHAPTER_J/CHAPTER_J.pdf

Milici, R.C., Freeman, P.A., and Bragg, L.J., 2001, A Digital Resource Model of the Lower Pennsylvania Pocahontas No. 3 Coal Bed, Pottsville Group, Central Appalachian Basin Coal Region, Chapter H, in 2000 Resource Assessment of Selected Coal Beds and Zones in the Northern and Central Appalachian Basin Coal Regions, by Northern and Central Appalachian Basin Coal Regions Assessment Team: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-C, Version 1.0, p. H1-H57. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/prof/p1625c/CHAPTER_H/CHAPTER_H.pdf

Milici, R.C., Freeman, P.A., Carlton, R.W., Bragg, L.J., Butler, D.T., and Tewalt, S.J., 2001, Geology and Geochemistry of the Middle Pennsylvanian Lower Kittanning Coal Bed, Allegheny Group, Northern Appalachian Basin Coal Region, Chapter E, in 2000 Resource Assessment of Selected Coal Beds and Zones in the Northern and Central Appalachian Basin Coal Regions, by Northern and Central Appalachian Basin Coal Regions Assessment Team: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-C, Version 1.0, p. E1-E67. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/prof/p1625c/CHAPTER_E/CHAPTER_E.pdf

Neuzil, S.G., 2001, Summary Report on the Coal Resources, Coal Production, and Coal Quality of the Allegheny Group No. 5 Block, and the Pottsville Group Stockton and Coalburg, Winifrede/Hazard, Williamson/Amburgy, Campbell Creek/Upper Elkhorn No. 3, and Upper Elkhorn Nos. 1, in 2000 Resource Assessment of Selected Coal Beds and Zones in the Northern and Central Appalachian Basin Coal Regions, by Northern and Central Appalachian Basin Coal Regions Assessment Team: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-C, Version 1.0, p. I1-I128. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/prof/p1625c/CHAPTER_I/CHAPTER_I.pdf

Ruppert, L.F., 2001, Executive Summary--Coal Resource Assessment of Selected Coal Beds and Zones in the Northern and Central Appalachian Basin Coal Regions, Chapter A, in 2000 Resource Assessment of Selected Coal Beds and Zones in the Northern and Central Appalachian Basin Coal Regions, by Northern and Central Appalachian Basin Coal Regions Assessment Team: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-C, Version 1.0, p. A1-A14. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/prof/p1625c/CHAPTER_A/CHAPTER_A.pdf

Ruppert, L.F., and Rice, C.L., 2001, Coal Resource Assessment Methodology and Geology of the Northern and Central Appalachian Basin Coal Region, U.S.A., Chapter B, in 2000 Resource Assessment of Selected Coal Beds and Zones in the Northern and Central Appalachian Basin Coal Regions, by Northern and Central Appalachian Basin Coal Regions Assessment Team: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-C, Version 1.0, p. B1-B21. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/prof/p1625c/CHAPTER_B/CHAPTER_B.pdf

Ruppert, L.F., Tewalt, S.J., Bragg, L.J., Weisenfluh, G.A., Thacker, E.E., Blake, B.M., Sites, R.S., Freeman, P.A., Butler, D.T., and Bryant, LC., 2001, A Digital Resource Model of the Middle Pennsylvanian Pond Creek Coal Zone and its Equivalents (Blue Gem, Eagle Imboden, and Lower Elkhorn), Pottsville Group, Central Appalachian Basin Coal Region, USA, Chapter G, in 2000 Resource Assessment of Selected Coal Beds and Zones in the Northern and Central Appalachian Basin Coal Regions, by Northern and Central Appalachian Basin Coal Regions Assessment Team: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-C, Version 1.0, p. G1-G88. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/prof/p1625c/CHAPTER_G/CHAPTER_G.pdf

Ruppert, L.F., Tewalt, S.J., Wallack, R.N., Bragg, L.J., Brezinski, D.K., Carlton, R.W., Butler, D.T., and Calef, F.J., III, 2001, A Digital Resource Model of the Middle Pennsylvanian Upper Freeport Coal Bed, Allegheny Group, Northern Appalachian Basin Coal Region, U.S.A., Chapter D, in 2000 Resource Assessment of Selected Coal Beds and Zones in the Northern and Central Appalachian Basin Coal Regions, by Northern and Central Appalachian Basin Coal Regions Assessment Team: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-C, Version 1.0, p. D1-D97. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/prof/p1625c/CHAPTER_D/CHAPTER_D.pdf

Northern and Central Appalachian Basin Coal Regions Assessment Team, USGS Northern and Central Appalachian Basin Coal Regions Assessment, 2001, 2000 Resource Assessment of Selected Coal Beds and Zones in the Northern and Central Appalachian Basin Coal Regions, by Northern and Central Appalachian Basin Coal Regions Assessment Team: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-C. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/prof/p1625c/

Tewalt, S.J., 2001, Resources on Federal Lands for Five Coal Beds in the Northern and Central Appalachian Basin Coal Regions: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-178, 8 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2001/of01-178/

Tewalt, S.J., Ruppert, L.F., Bragg, L.J., Carlton, R.W., Brezinski, D., Wallack, R.N., and Butler, D.T., 2001, A Digital Resource Model of the Upper Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Coal Bed, Monongahela Group, Northern Appalachian Basin Coal Region, USA, Chapter C, in 2000 Resource Assessment of Selected Coal Beds and Zones in the Northern and Central Appalachian Basin Coal Regions, by Northern and Central Appalachian Basin Coal Regions Assessment Team: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-C, Version 1.0, p. C1-C102. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/prof/p1625c/CHAPTER_C/CHAPTER_C.pdf

Tewalt, S.J., Ruppert, L.F., Bragg, L.J., Weisenfluh, G.A., Thacker, E.E., Blake, B.M., Sites, R.S., Freeman, P.A., Bryant, L.C., and Butler, D.T., 2001, A Digital Resource Model of the Middle Pennsylvanian Fire Clay Coal Zone, Pottsville Group, Central Appalachian Basin Coal Region, USA, Chapter F, in 2000 Resource Assessment of Selected Coal Beds and Zones in the Northern and Central Appalachian Basin Coal Regions, by Northern and Central Appalachian Basin Coal Regions Assessment Team: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625-C, Version 1.0, p. F1-F72. [CD-ROM].
http://pubs.usgs.gov/prof/p1625c/CHAPTER_F/CHAPTER_F.pdf

Milici, R.C., 1999, Bituminous coal production in the Appalachian Basin; past, present, and future (digital compilation by Kallander, W.C., Wallace, W.G., and Morrissey, E.A.): U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2330, 4 sheets.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/mf-maps/mf-2330/

Ruppert, L.F., 1999, Coal Resource Assessments in the Northern and Central Appalachian Coal Region: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-115-99, 4 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/fs115-99/

Milici, R.C., and Campbell, E.V.M., 1997, A Predictive Production Rate Life-Cycle Model for Southwestern Virginia Coalfields: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1147.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/circular/c1147/

Carter, M.D., and Gardner, N.K., 1989, An assessment of coal resources available for development, Central Appalachian region; First Year Summary: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 89-362, 52 p.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1989/of89-362/

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