Black Eagle Coal Mine

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Black Eagle Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in West Virginia, United States.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Black Eagle Coal Mine	West Virginia, United States	37.956944, -81.539722 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the coal mine:

Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	2019	–

Table 3: Operation details

Note: The asterisk (*) signifies that the value is a GEM estimated figure.

Capacity (Mtpa)	Production (Mtpa)	Year of Production	Mine Type	Mining Method	Mine Size (km2)	Mine Depth (m)	Workforce Size
–	0.28	2025	Underground	–	–	373*	191

Table 4: Coal resources and destination

Total Reserves (Mt)	Year of Total Reserves Recorded	Total Resources (Mt)	Coalfield	Coal Type	Coal Grade	Primary Consumer/ Destination
9.93	2024	35.7	–	Bituminous	Met	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Marfork Coal Company LLC [100.0%]	Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc	USA

Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
–	–	–	0.13	0.26	0.57	0.82	1.0	–	0.28

Reported Methane Emissions Data

Global Energy Monitor collates facility-scale methane emissions data reported by government and company sources collected in a systematic fashion. This mine is associated with the following methane emissions reports:

Table 7: Methane emissions

Reported Coal Mine Methane Emissions (thousand tonnes CO2 equivalent)	Reported Coal Mine Methane Emissions (thousand tonnes CH4)	Year of Reported Coal Mine Methane Emissions	Reported Coal Mine Methane Emissions (thousand tonnes) Reference	Reference type
4.322	358.726	2023	​	national government data

Note: The above sections were automatically generated and are based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker August 2026 release.

Reported Methane Emissions Data

Global Energy Monitor collates facility-scale methane emissions data reported by government and company sources collected in a systematic fashion. This mine is associated with the following methane emissions reports:

Table 7: Methane emissions

Reported Coal Mine Methane Emissions (thousand tonnes CO2 equivalent)	Reported Coal Mine Methane Emissions (thousand tonnes CH4)	Year of Reported Coal Mine Methane Emissions	Reported Coal Mine Methane Emissions (thousand tonnes) Reference	Reference type
4.322	358.726	2023	​	national government data

Note: The above sections were automatically generated and are based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker May 2026 release.

Ownership Tree

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Coal Mine Boundaries and Methane Sources

Global Energy Monitor researchers have identified coal mine boundary/boundaries and potential sources of coal mine methane (CMM) for this mine. These research results can be used to drive CMM attribution and mitigation efforts, particularly when combined with remotely sensed methane plume locations and mine ownership data. Explore the results with the embedded map at the top of this page by clicking on the mine boundary polygon or the CMM placemarkers to reveal more details. A detailed description of this research can be found in Coal Mine Boundaries and Methane Sources. This data is also available as a downloadable companion dataset to the Global Coal Mine Tracker and the Global Methane Emitters Tracker.

Table SMP1: Coal mine boundaries and methane sources data

ID	Mine feature category	Mine feature subcategory	Description	Coordinates precision	Data source date
M3402.B1	mine boundary	underground	Black Eagle mine boundary	extracted	No source date information found
M3402.B2	mine boundary	underground	Black Eagle coal mine detailed underground mining area boundary	extracted	Unclear - according to https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://www.wvgs.wvnet.edu/www/coal/cbmp/coalims.html, "Updates to the data set occur as new data becomes available."
M3402.P1	ventilation system	vent	Ventilation shaft	extracted	2024-04-01 00:00:00
M3402.P2	ventilation system	shaft	Ventilation shaft	extracted	2024-03-01 00:00:00
M3402.P3	other	mine entrance or exit	possible mine entrance	extracted	2024-04-01 00:00:00
M3402.P4	other	mine entrance or exit	possible mine entrance	extracted	2024-04-01 00:00:00
M3402.P5	other	mine entrance or exit	possible mine entrance	extracted	2024-04-01 00:00:00
M3402.P6	other	mine entrance or exit	possible mine entrance	extracted	2024-04-01 00:00:00
M3402.P7	other	mine entrance or exit	possible mine entrance	extracted	2024-04-01 00:00:00

Table SMP2: Coal mine boundaries and methane sources data (continued)

Coal mine boundaries and methane sources were last researched for this mine on Apr 10, 2025

ID	Notes
M3402.B1	One open permit U00300118 for this mine was found on page 91 of https://web.archive.org/web/20250327210504/https://minesafety.wv.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/FY2024-Annual-Report.pdf.pdf. The boundaries are for permit U300118 for Black Eagle mine owned by MARFORK COAL COMPANY, LLC. The permit was issued August 2018 and expires August 2028. Other open permits for this mine were searched for but no others were found. Seven permit boundary polygons were extracted from permit boundaries found in the Mining & Reclamation permit boundary shapefile, described as containing 'extent of the bonded area within which mining activity is permitted to occur.', https://web.archive.org/web/20250319210132/https://tagis.dep.wv.gov/home/gis%20data. The name of the mine in this boundary was 'BLACK EAGLE DEEP MINE' and is assumed to be part of the Black Eagle mine. The area of this boundary is 1.85 square kilometers (or 457 acres).
M3402.B2	This boundary was extracted from the West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey (WVGES) resource at https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://atlas.wvgs.wvnet.edu/arcgis/rest/services/Coal_Web_Mercator/All_Mining_WM/MapServer . This resource was filtered for mine_name = BLACK EAGLE MINE, and resulting polygon simplified using distance-based simplification with a tolerance of 25m. The mine mines the Eagle coal seam. The area of this boundary is 1.8 sq km. Satellite imagery for the area including this boundary was scanned for additional PPSEs - none were found in the boundary. Important note: the following mine boundaries overlap the mine boundary and care should be taken when attempting methane source attribution: Old Mine Works mine (Fire_Clay seam), MERCEDES mine (Fire_Clay seam), P & S NO 2 mine (Cedar_Grove seam), BLACK KING 1 NORTH PORTAL MINE mine (Cedar_Grove seam), CASTLE PEERLESS mine (Williamson seam), CASTLE EAST PORTAL MINE mine (Williamson seam), BLUE PENNANT NO 15 mine (Upper_5_Block seam), GLOGORA mine (Upper_5_Block seam), C & A NO 4 mine (Number_5_Block seam), BLUE PENNANT NO 13 mine (Number_5_Block seam), BLUE PENNANT NO 16 mine (Number_5_Block seam), BIG MOUNTAIN COALS NO 6 mine (Number_5_Block seam), MINE NO. 3 mine (Number_5_Block seam), WHITE KNIGHT / CASTLE POWELLTON mine (Number_2_Gas seam), BISHOP II MINE mine (Winifrede_Upper_Split_1 seam), VAN mine (Winifrede seam), BISHOP mine (Winifrede seam), UNKNOWN mine (Winifrede seam), Robin Hood No. 9 mine (Winifrede seam),
M3402.P1	Identified visually from Google Earth Pro satellite imagery.
M3402.P2	Identified visually from Google Earth Pro satellite imagery. This ventilation shaft is inside one polygon of the open permit U00300118 found in the permit boundary shapefile in https://web.archive.org/web/20250319210132/https://tagis.dep.wv.gov/home/gis%20data.
M3402.P3	Identified visually from Google Earth Pro satellite imagery.
M3402.P4	Identified visually from Google Earth Pro satellite imagery.
M3402.P5	Identified visually from Google Earth Pro satellite imagery.
M3402.P6	Identified visually from Google Earth Pro satellite imagery.
M3402.P7	Identified visually from Google Earth Pro satellite imagery.

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