Deserado Mine

Deserado Mine is an underground operation in Rio Blanco County, CO, controlled by Deseret Generation & Transmission Co-operative and operated by Blue Mountain Energy Inc.

Loading map...

{"type":"SATELLITE","minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"types":["ROADMAP","SATELLITE","HYBRID","TERRAIN"],"mappingservice":"googlemaps3","width":"600px","height":"400px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"visitedicon":"","wmsoverlay":false,"zoom":14,"layers":[],"controls":["pan","zoom","type","scale","streetview","rotate"],"zoomstyle":"DEFAULT","typestyle":"DEFAULT","autoinfowindows":false,"resizable":false,"kmlrezoom":false,"poi":true,"cluster":false,"clustergridsize":60,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clusteraveragecenter":true,"clusterminsize":2,"imageoverlays":[],"kml":[],"gkml":[],"searchmarkers":"","fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":false,"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":40.170000000000002,"lon":-108.73,"icon":""}]}

Mine Data

• MSHA ID: 503505
• Operator: Blue Mountain Energy Inc
• Controller: Deseret Generation & Transmission Co-operative
• Union: UMWA
• County: Rio Blanco
• State: CO
• Latitude: 40.17
• Longitude: -108.73
• 2007 Production (short tons): 1,424,019
• Coal Type: Bituminous
• Mining Method: Underground
• Mine Status: Active
• Average No. of Employees: 141

Articles and resources

Related GEM.wiki articles

• U.S. coal politics
• Coal and jobs in the United States
• Coal phase-out
• Headquarters of U.S. coal mining companies
• Global list of coal mining companies and agencies
• Colorado and coal
• Proposed coal mines
• Existing U.S. Coal Plants
• Coal

To see a listing of coal mines in a particular state, click on the map:

External links

• "Major U.S. Coal Mines," Energy Information Administration