Turkeyfoot Surface Mine

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Turkeyfoot Surface Mine is a proposed coal mine in Clear Creek, West Virginia, United States.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Mine Name	Location	Coordinates (WGS 84)
Turkeyfoot Surface Mine	Clear Creek, West Virginia, United States	37.87472222, -81.35527778 (approximate)

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

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Project Details

Table 2: Project status

Status	Status Detail	Project Type	Opening Year	Closing Year
Proposed	Pre-Permit	New	2021	–

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
–	–	–	Surface	–	–	75*	*

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	Met	–

Table 5: Ownership and parent company

Owner	Parent Company	Headquarters
Contura Energy	Contura Energy	USA

Note: The above section was automatically generated and is based on data from the GEM April 2024 Global Coal Mine Tracker dataset.

Background

The Turkeyfoot Surface mine is a proposed coal mine in West Virginia.

The Turkeyfoot Surface mine was proposed in November 2019 by Republic Energy, LLC.

• Owner: Republic Energy, LLC
• Parent company: Contura Energy
• Location: Clear Creek, Raleigh, West Virginia, United States
• GPS coordinates: 37.87472222, -81.35527778 (exact)
• Mine status: Proposed
• Start year: 2020
• Production: 1.9 million tons per year
• Mineable reserves:
• Mine type: Surface, highwall
• Mining method:
• Coal type: Bituminous (met coal)

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