Oxbow Mine
From Global Energy Monitor
The Oxbow Lignite Surface Mine was an open-pit mine near Coushatta, Louisiana, operated by Red River Mining Company.
Location
Mine Details
- MSHA ID: 1601164
- Start Year:
- Operator: Red River Mining Company
- Controller: SWEPCO, Dolet Hills Lignite Company, Cleco
- Location: Coushatta, Louisiana
- GPS Coordinates: 31.977794, -93.369549
- Production (short tons): 504,008 (2007)
- Coal Type: Lignite
- Mining Method: Open-pit
- Equipment:
- Average No. of Employees: 40
- Union:
- Mine Status: Merged into Dolet Hills Mine operation
Background
The Oxbow mine fuels the Dolet Hills Power Station, owned by AEP's SWEPCO and Cleco Power, along with Northeast Texas Electric Cooperative and Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority (OMPA).[1]
Sale of the mine
As of 2009, half of the lignite reserves at the mine are owned by AEP's SWEPCO and subsidiary Dolet Hills Lignite Company, and the other half by Cleco.[2]
Oxbow Permit Boundries
A publix notice of the US army corps of Engineers shows the boundries of the Oxbow Mine permit.[3]
Articles and resources
Related GEM.wiki articles
- Louisiana and coal
- 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
- Proposed coal mines
- Existing U.S. Coal Plants
- Coal
References
- ↑ "History of Lignite Development in Louisiana" Louisiana Office of Conservation, accessed February 2010
- ↑ "SWEPCO and Subsidiary Dolet Hills Sign Agreement to Acquire Oxbow Mine Lignite Reserves and Mining Assets Near Coushatta, LA" AEP Press Release, April 30, 2009
- ↑ "Clean Water Act Permit" usace.army.mil, accessed July 2020
External links
- "Major U.S. Coal Mines," Energy Information Administration
