Somerville Central Coal Mine
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Somerville Central Coal Mine is a mothballed coal mine in Lynnville, Warrick County, Indiana, United States.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Mine Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Somerville Central Coal Mine | Lynnville, Warrick County, Indiana, United States[1] | 38.218545, -87.332677 (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[1] | – | 1999[1] | – |
Table 3: Operation details
| Capacity (Mtpa) | Production (Mtpa) | Year of Production | Mine Type | Mining Method | Mine Size (km2) | Mine Depth (m) | Workforce Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 0[2] | 2025[2] | Surface[1] | Open Pit[1] | – | 75* | 0[2] |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | – | – | Illinois Basin | Bituminous[1] | – | – |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
| Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|
| Peabody Midwest Mining [100.0%][1][3] | Peabody Energy Corp [100%] | USA |
Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)
| ROM or Saleable | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | 1.95[1] | 1.97[1] | 1.14[1] | 0.45[1] | 0.01[1] | 0.56[1] | 0.28[1] | – | 0[2] |
Note: The above sections were automatically generated and are based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker August 2026 release.
Ownership Tree
This ownership tree is part of the Global Energy Ownership Tracker, a project of Global Energy Monitor.
Background
Somerville Central Mine is a surface coal mine operated by Peabody Energy in Gibson County near Oakland City, Indiana
The "Somerville Central Mine" started operations in the year 2000.
Peabody also owns the Somerville South and Somerville North mines, both part of the Somerville Mining Complex in the same area as Somerville Central.
Peabody combined the somervill North Mine and Central mine to create a more efficient mining complex, the somervill south mines were combined with the Wild Boar Mine[4]
- MSHA ID: 1202258
- Owner: Peabody Energy
- Parent company: Peabody Energy
- Location: near Oakland City, Indiana
- GPS coordinates: 38.218545, -87.332677
- Production: 1.1 Million short tons (2019)
- Type of coal: Bituminous Thermal
- Mine type: Surface
- Equipment: Dragline, dozer/casting, truck/shovel
- Number of employees: 35(2020)
- Status: Operating
Customer Plants
Deliveries in 2020[5]
| Plant Name | State | Delivery Quantity in Short Tons |
|---|---|---|
| Petersburg Generating Station | IN | 110.250 |
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 "Mine Data Retrieval System". Mine Health and Safety Administration. Archived from the original on 2024-07-17. Retrieved 2025-04-18.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20260701051244/https://www.msha.gov/data-and-reports/statistics/mine-employment-and-coal-production. Archived from the original on 01 July 2026.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20240125053624/https://miningdataonline.com/property/1466/Somerville-Central-Mine.aspx. Archived from the original on 2024-01-25.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "Somerville Central Mine" peabodyenergy.com, accessed June 2020.
- ↑ "EIA 923 February 2020" EIA 923 2020.
