Foidel Creek Mine

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Foidel Creek Mine is an operating coal mine in Oak Creek, Routt County, Colorado, United States.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Foidel Creek Mine Oak Creek, Routt County, Colorado, United States[1] 40.34611, -107.06056 (exact)

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status Status Detail Opening Year Closing Year
Operating[2] 1999[1]

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
0.91[2] 2024[2] Underground[2] Longwall[2] 373.0* 155[3]

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
9.0[2] 2024[2] Uinta Basin Bituminous Thermal[2]

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner Parent Company Headquarters
Peabody Twentymile Mining LLC [100%][1][2] Peabody Energy Corp [100.0%] USA

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

ROM or Saleable 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
ROM[4] 3.4[5] 2.9[6] 2.5[7] 1.6[8] 1.7[4] 1.5[4] 1.09[4]

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

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 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)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 (PDF) https://www.peabodyenergy.com/Peabody/media/MediaLibrary/Investor%20Info/Corporate%20Governance/10K-Year-Ended-12-31-2024.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. 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)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 (PDF). 2023-12-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20240606040306/https://www.peabodyenergy.com/Peabody/media/MediaLibrary/Investor%2520Info/10K-Year-Ended-12-31-2023.pdf?ext=.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2024-06-06. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064728/000106472818000007/btu_20171231-10k.htm. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1064728/000106472819000013/btu_20181231-10k.htm. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001064728/000106472820000007/btu20191231-10k.htm. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001064728/000106472821000008/btu-20201231.htm. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

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Additional data

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References