Coal Creek Coal Mine

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Coal Creek Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Gillette, Campbell County, Wyoming, United States.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Coal Creek Coal Mine	Gillette, Campbell County, Wyoming, United States	43.948918, -105.291763 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Operating	–	1994	–

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
–	1.41	2024	Surface	Open Pit	30.0	75.0*	69

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
76.0	–	–	Powder River Basin	Subbituminous	Thermal	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Thunder Basin Coal Company LLC [100%]	Arch Resources Inc [100.0%]	USA

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

ROM or Saleable	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Saleable	9	8	2.6	2.1	2	3.8	2.3

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker May 2025 release.

Background

Coal Creek Mine is a surface coal mine, operated by Thunder Basin Coal Company, a subsidiary of Arch Coal, producing 7.9 million short tons per annum, near Gillette, in Campbell County, Wyoming, United States. In June 2011 Blocked by a landowner, the Bureau of Land Management denied a request to lease 63.3 million tons of coal. The BLM's decision delivered a blow to the expansion of of the mine. It was the first time the BLM nixed a coal-mining application in Wyoming.

• MSHA ID: 4801215
• Start Year:
• Owner: Thunder Basin Coal Company LLC
• Parent Company: Arch Coal
• Location: Gillette, Campbell County, Wyoming, United States
• GPS Coordinates: 43.948918, -105.291763
• Reserves 83.64 million tonnes (Proven and Probable, 2019)
• Production (short tons): 7,987,838 (2018)
• Coal Type: Subbituminous
• Mining Method: Surface
• Equipment:
• Number of Employees: 134
• Mine Status: Operating

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