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Title: Coal Mines, Surface and Underground, United States, 2012

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Dates

  • Issued: 2015
  • Coverage: 2012

Publishers

  • National Energy Information Center (U.S.)

Summary

This point shapefile represents operating surface and underground coal mines in the United States as of 2012 These data originate from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-7A "Coal Production and Preparation Report" and the U.S. Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration Form 7000-2, "Quarterly Mine Employment and Coal Production Report." This layer is part of a collection of GIS data produced by the U.S. National Energy Information Administration. This dataset is intended for researchers, students, and policy makers for reference and mapping purposes, and may be used for basic applications such as viewing, querying, and map output production, or to provide a basemap to support graphical overlays and analysis with other spatial data. National Energy Information Center (U.S.). (2015). Coal Mines, Surface and Underground, United States, 2012. National Energy Information Center. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/mn565xr9255. For additional mine data see "Historical Detailed Coal Production Data": http://www.eia.gov/coal/data.cfm#production The U.S. Energy Information Administration shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein. These data and related graphics, if available, are not legal documents and are not intended to be used as such. The information contained in these data is dynamic and may change over time. The U.S. Energy Information Administration gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy, reliability, or completeness of these data. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

Subjects

  • United States
  • Coal mines and mining
  • Utilities and Communication
  • Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-180.0, -75.505555, 64.068197, -90.0)
  • Geometry: BBOX (-180.0, -75.505555, 64.068197, -90.0)

Provider

Stanford

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

National Energy Information Center (U.S.). Coal Mines, Surface and Underground, United States, 2012. National Energy Information Center (U.S.). Point data. https://purl.stanford.edu/mn565xr9255

Format

Shapefile

Languages

  • English