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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[1] | 43.948918, -105.291763 (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[1] | – | 1994 | – |
Table 3: Operation details
| Capacity (Mtpa) | Production (Mtpa) | Year of Production | Mine Type | Mining Method | Mine Size (km2) | Mine Depth (m) | Workforce Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | 1.41[2] | 2024[2] | Surface[1] | Open Pit | 30.0[1] | 75.0* | 69[2] |
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[1] | – |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
| Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|
| Thunder Basin Coal Company LLC [100%][3][1] | 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[4] | 9[5] | 8[6] | 2.6[6] | 2.1[6] | 2[4] | 3.8[4] | 2.3[4] |
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.[7]
- 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) [8]
- Production (short tons): 7,987,838 (2018)
- Coal Type: Subbituminous
- Mining Method: Surface
- Equipment:
- Number of Employees: 134
- Mine Status: Operating
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 https://app.quotemedia.com/data/downloadFiling?webmasterId=101533&ref=318934825&type=PDF&symbol=CNR&cdn=75a5e37dd57186e49f59ba3d368cece7&companyName=Core+Natural+Resources+Inc.&formType=10-K&dateFiled=2025-02-20.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 https://web.archive.org/web/20240213175031/https://www.msha.gov/data-and-reports/statistics/mine-employment-and-coal-production. Archived from the original on 13 February 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240717193400/https://www.msha.gov/data-and-reports/mine-data-retrieval-system. Archived from the original on 17 July 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001037676/000155837024001229/arch-20231231x10k.htm.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1037676/000162828018002109/aci-20171231x10k.htm.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001037676/000155837021000957/arch-20201231x10k.htm.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "Blocked by landowner, BLM nixes Powder River Basin coal lease" Jeremy Fugleberg, Casper-Star Tribune, June 10, 2011.
- ↑ Mining Data Solutions, "Coal Creek Mine", Mining Data Online, Accessed May 2021
