Toney Fork Surface Coal Mine
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Toney Fork Surface Coal Mine is a mothballed coal mine in Lorado, Logan County, West Virginia, United States.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Mine Name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Toney Fork Surface Coal Mine | Lorado, Logan County, West Virginia, United States[1] | 37.810285, -81.71383 (approximate) |
The map below shows the approximate location of the coal mine:
Project Details
Table 2: Project status
| Status | Status Detail | Opening Year | Closing Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mothballed[1] | – | 2005[1] | – |
Table 3: Operation details
| Capacity (Mtpa) | Production (Mtpa) | Year of Production | Mine Type | Mining Method | Mine Size (km2) | Mine Depth (m) | Workforce Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | 0.0099790317[2] | 2025[2] | Surface[1] | Open Pit[1] | – | 75* | 3[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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.33[3] | 2024[3] | – | Appalachia | Bituminous[1] | – | – |
Table 5: Ownership and parent company
| Owner | Parent Company | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|
| Greenbrier Minerals LLC [100.0%][1] | Coronado Global Resources Inc | Australia |
Table 6: Historical production (unit: million tonnes per annum)
| ROM or Saleable | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | 1[1] | 0.83[1] | 0.62[1] | 0.03[1] | 0.01[1] | 0.01[1] | 0.03[1] | – | 0.01[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
Toney Fork Surface Mine is a coal mining operation in Logan County, West Virginia, operated by Greenbrier Minerals, LLC and owned by Coronado Coal LLC.[4] In 2019, the last complete calendar year for which the mine was fully operational, Toney Fork Surface mine produced 0.6 million tons, and employed 69 workers. On March 18 2020, The mine's status on the MSHA database was updated as inactive. The database indicates that Tony Fork has not produced coal since the second quarter of 2020.[4]
- MSHA ID: 4609101
- Operator: Greenbrier Minerals, LLC [4]
- Controller: Coronado Coal LLC [4]
- Union:
- County: Logan
- State: WV
- Latitude: 37.810285
- Longitude: -81.713830
- 2007 Production (short tons): 617,756 [4]
- Coal Type: Bituminous [4]
- Mining Method: Surface
- Mine Status: Inactive[4]
- Average No. of Employees: 69[4]
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.
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