Eagle 3 Coal Mine
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Eagle #3 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) |
|---|---|---|
| Eagle #3 Coal Mine | West Virginia, United States | 37.778338, -81.482806 (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 | – | – | – |
Table 3: Operation details
| Capacity (Mtpa) | Production (Mtpa) | Year of Production | Mine Type | Mining Method | Mine Size (km2) | Mine Depth (m) | Workforce Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | 0.28[1] | 2024[1] | Underground[2] | – | – | 373.0* | 64[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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | – | – | Appalachia | Bituminous[2] | Met[3][4] | – |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
| Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|
| Rockwell Mining LLC [100%][2] | Sev.en Global Investments AS [100.0%] | Czech Republic |
Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)
| ROM or Saleable | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROM | 0.25[2] | 0.2[2] | 0.3[2] | 0.26[2] | 0.28[2] | 0.32[2] | 0.21[2] |
Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker May 2025 release.
Ownership Tree
This ownership tree is part of the Global Energy Ownership Tracker, a project of Global Energy Monitor.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M2815.B1 | mine boundary | underground | Eagle number 3 coal mine 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."' |
| M2815.P1 | other | slope access or production shaft | coal mine production shaft | extracted | Google 4/1/2024, Bing Maps 10/2020 - 3/2021 |
| M2815.P2 | other | mine entrance or exit | possible coal mine shaft or entrance | extracted | Google 4/1/2024, Bing Maps 10/2020 - 3/2021 |
| M2815.P3 | ventilation system | shaft | possible ventilation shaft | extracted | Google 4/1/2024, Bing Maps 10/2020 - 3/2021 |
Table SMP2: Coal mine boundaries and methane sources data (continued)
| ID | Notes |
|---|---|
| M2815.B1 | 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 = EAGLE NO. 3 MINE, and the resulting polygon was simplified using distance-based simplification with a tolerance of 50m. The area of this boundary is 2.5 sq km. Satellite imagery for the area including this boundary was scanned for PPSEs - no additional ones were found. The mine mines the Eagle coal seam.
Important note: the following mine boundaries overlap the mine boundary and care should be taken when attempting methane source attribution: J & R NO 1 (Eagle_A seam), EAGLE #1 MINE (Eagle seam), KOPPERSTON NO 2 (Number_2_Gas seam), UNKNOWN (Number_2_Gas seam) |
| M2815.P1 | Identified visually from Google Earth Pro satellite imagery and checked with Bing Maps satellite imagery due to distortion in GEP imagery. |
| M2815.P2 | Identified visually from Google Earth Pro satellite imagery and checked with Bing Maps satellite imagery due to distortion in GEP imagery. |
| M2815.P3 | Identified visually from Google Earth Pro satellite imagery and checked with Bing Maps satellite imagery due to distortion in GEP imagery. |
Articles and Resources
Additional data
To access additional data, including an interactive map of world coal mines, a downloadable dataset, and summary data, please visit the Global Coal Mine Tracker on the Global Energy Monitor website.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 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) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240401205532/https://blackhawkmining.com/operations/. Archived from the original on 2024-04-01.
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