Sufco Coal Mine
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Sufco Coal Mine is an operating coal mine in Salina, Sevier County, Utah, United States.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Mine Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Sufco Coal Mine | Salina, Sevier County, Utah, United States[1] | 38.913617, -111.417546 (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[2] | – | 1970[1] | – |
Table 3: Operation details
| Capacity (Mtpa) | Production (Mtpa) | Year of Production | Mine Type | Mining Method | Mine Size (km2) | Mine Depth (m) | Workforce Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | 3.263143366[2] | 2025[2] | Underground[1] | Longwall[3] | – | 517 | 409[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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 52 | – | – | Uinta Region | Bituminous[1] | Thermal[4] | – |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
| Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|
| Canyon Fuel Company LLC [100.0%][1] | Wolverine Fuels LLC [100%] | USA |
Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)
| ROM or Saleable | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROM | 5.88[5] | 4.9[5] | 4.37[5] | 4.6[6] | 3.42[6] | 3.88[6] | 2.69[6] | – | 3.26[2] |
Note: The above sections were automatically generated and are based on data from the Global Coal Mine Tracker August 2026 release.
Ownership Tree
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Background
The Sufco Mine is an underground coal mine, operated by Wolverine Fuels, producing 4.9 million short tons per annum, in Sevier County, Utah, United States. The mine was previously owned by Arch Coal.[7] In June 2013 Canyon Fuel Co. was sold by Arch Coal Inc. for US$435 million to Bowie Resources, a mining firm from Kentucky. The sale consisted of the Sufco Mine in Sevier County, the Dugout Canyon Mine in Carbon County and the Skyline Complex on the Emery/Carbon county border.[8] Bowie resources changed its name to Wolverine Fuels in 2018. [9]
- MSHA ID: 4200089
- Operator: Wolverine Fuels
- County: Salina, Sevier, Utah, United States
- Coordinates: 38.913617, -111.417546
- Production (short tons): 4,904,476(2018)
- Resources: 145 million tons [10]
- Reserves: 52 Mt [10]
- Coal Type: Bituminous
- Mining Method: Underground
- Mine Status: Operating
- Average No. of Employees: 366
- Union:
Contact Details
Sufco Mine
397 South 800 West
Salina, UT 84654
Phone: (435) 286-4880
Articles and Resources
Additional data
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "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 2.4 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://www.agapito.com/portfolio-posts/sufco-mine-ut/#:~:text=Longwall%20Mining%E2%80%94Shield%20Support%20Densities;Elk%20Mine%20in%20March%202005.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.linkedin.com/posts/wolverine-fuels-llc_location-spotlight-sufco-mining-operation-activity-7407819217980493824-T4Rz/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 https://miningdataonline.com/property/791/Sufco-Mine.aspx.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 (PDF) https://geology.utah.gov/docs/statistics/coal2.0/pdf/T2.8.pdf.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "Our mines: Sufco Mine", Arch Coal website, accessed May 2009.
- ↑ Mike Gorrell, "Utah's largest coal company sold for $435 million," The Salt Lake Tribune, June 28, 2013
- ↑ SP Global, "Bowie Resource Partners changes name to Wolverine Fuels", Accessed May 2021
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Mining Technology, "SUFCO", Mining Technology website, Accessed May 2021
