Stonecoal Branch No. 2 Coal Mine
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Stonecoal Branch No. 2 Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Verner, Logan County, West Virginia, United States.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Mine Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Stonecoal Branch No. 2 Coal Mine | Verner, Logan County, West Virginia, United States[1] | 37.688023, -81.824559 (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[1] | – | 1998 | – |
Table 3: Operation details
| Capacity (Mtpa) | Production (Mtpa) | Year of Production | Mine Type | Mining Method | Mine Size (km2) | Mine Depth (m) | Workforce Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | 0.55[2] | 2024[2] | Underground[1] | – | – | 373.0* | 101[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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.0[3] | 2024[3] | 19.0[3] | Appalachia | Bituminous | Met[3][4] | – |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
| Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|
| Ramaco Resources LLC [100%][1][3] | Ramaco Resources Inc [100%] | USA |
Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)
| ROM or Saleable | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROM | 0.26[1] | 0.55[1] | 0.5[1] | 0.34[1] | 0.47[1] | 0.58[1] | 0.53[1] |
Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker May 2025 release.
Background
Stonecoal Branch Mine No. 2 is an underground mine on Elk Creek Rd, near Verner, Logan county, West Virginia.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; refs with no name must have content
The mine started production in 1998 with Stonecoal Branch Mining Inc as its operator. Ramaco Resources took over as the operator in 2013, and is currently both the operator and the owner. In 2020, the mine produced 0.4 million tons and had 69 employees.[5]
- MSHA id: 4608663
- Operator: Ramaco Resources LLC
- Owner: Ramaco Resources Inc
- Location: Verner, Logan County, West Virginia
- Coordinates: 37.688023, -81.824559 (Exact)
- Status: Operating
- Production: 374,835 tonnes per annum (Mtpa)
- Total Reserves:
- Mineable Reserves:
- Coal Type: Bituminous
- Mine Type: Underground
- Start Year: 1998
- Source of Financing:
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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 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) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001687187/000155837025003144/metc-20241231x10k.htm.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://ramacoresources.com/met-coal-operations/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ U.S. department of labor, MSHA, Mine Data Retrieval System, accessed June 26, 2021
