Stave Hollow Mine

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Stave Hollow Mine is a mothballed coal mine in Walker County, Alabama, United States.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Stave Hollow Mine	Walker County, Alabama, United States	33.820278, -87.386389 (exact)

The map below shows the exact location of the coal mine:

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Opening Year	Closing Year
Mothballed	–	2019	–

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
18	0	–	Surface	Open Pit	–	75.0*	–

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
–	–	–	–	Bituminous	–	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

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Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Signal Resources LLC [100%]	Signal Power and Light [100%]	USA

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

Background

Stave Hollow Mine is a proposed U.S. surface coal mine in Walker County, Alabama, owned by Signal Resources LLC. The Stave Hollow mine site will be located near Townley, Alabama, north of Burlington Railroad and bisected by Lost Creek.

The proposed permit area is located in the Warrior Coal Basin. In this area, the lithology is predominantly shale. The target seams at this site include the New Castle, Mary Lee, and Blue Creek coal seams.

On November 6, 2019, the Alabama Surface Mining Commission (ASMC) approved Signal Resources' surface mining permit application.

• Sponsor:
• Parent Company: Signal Resources LLC
• Location: Walker County, Alabama, United States
• GPS Coordinates: 33.8425037, -87.4226014 (approximate)
• Status Proposed
• Production Capacity:
• Total Resource:
• Mineable Reserves:
• Coal type:
• Mine Size: 75 acres
• Mine Type: Surface
• Start Year:
• Source of Financing:

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