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Dolet Hills Lignite Coal Mine is a mothballed coal mine in Louisiana, United States.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Mine Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Dolet Hills Lignite Coal Mine | Louisiana, United States | 32.011861, -93.605576 (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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mothballed | – | 1986 | 2026 (planned)[1] |
Table 3: Operation details
| Capacity (Mtpa) | Production (Mtpa) | Year of Production | Mine Type | Mining Method | Mine Size (km2) | Mine Depth (m) | Workforce Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | 1.152124569[2] | – | Surface | – | – | 75* | 140[1] |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | – | – | Other Interior | Lignite | Thermal | – |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
| Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|
| Dolet Hills Lignite Co | American Electric Power | USA |
Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the GEM April 2024 Global Coal Mine Tracker dataset.
Background
Dolet Hills Mine is a lignite mine in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana, operated by the Dolet Hills Lignite Company, a subsidiary of SWEPCO, with reserves also owned by Cleco Power. The mine is the fuel source for the Dolet Hills Power Station.[3] Since 1985, more than 64 million tons of lignite have been extracted from the Dolet Hills Reserves. According to SWEPCO officials, the days of surface-level extraction are coming to an end. Although 43 million tons of recoverable lignite are believed to remain at Dolet Hills, most lie over 100 feet below the surface, according to Dolet Hills Lignite Co. general manager Dennis Meyer. Extra equipment - a hydraulic excavator, 100- to 150-ton dump trucks, bulldozers and a motorgrader - must aid the enormous draglines used to remove material, which Meyer says make extraction costs about five times as much as using the dragline by itself. SWEPCO believes that between 2016 and 2019, mining the Dolet Hills Reserves will become uneconomical.[4]
- MSHA ID: 1601031
- Start Year: 1985
- Owner: Dolet Hills Lignite Company
- Parent company: SWEPCO and Cleco Power
- Location: 508 Dhmv Ascess Rd, Mansfield, Louisiana
- GPS coordinates: 32.011861, -93.605576
- Production (short tons): 2.6 million
- Type of coal: Lignite
- Mine type: Surface
- Equipment: Dragline, hydraulic excavator, dump trucks, bulldozers, motorgrader
- Number of employees: 199
- Mine status: Operating
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://www.ktbs.com/news/dolet-hills-power-plant-seeks-closure-by-2026/article_8573b8a4-33d5-11ea-bd21-17f929e26855.html.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 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) - ↑ "Operations: Red River Mine", Reuters, April 30, 2009.
- ↑ Bill Hornaday, "Utility to buy lignite mine in Louisiana Power company seeks fuel source for coal-fired plants" Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, June 24, 2009
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