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Ownership and Land Use Constraints Upon the Recoverability of Coals: a Methodology and Test Case.

Authors
Young-RA; Stepko-G Jr.
Source
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, OFR 7-77, 1976 Jan; :1-89
Link
NIOSHTIC No.
10001793
Abstract
This report considers the manner by which land use and land ownership patterns may reduce the availability of coal reserves. The applicability of various information sources for such a study is examined, and a methodology is outlined in which land use, surface ownership, and mineral ownership data may be collected and interpreted at the county level. A variable scale grid mapping system was devised to display the interrelationships between surface land use, ownership, and the distribution of coal deposits. This methodology was then used to analyze potential coal availability wihin Monongalia County, West Virginia, a major coal-producing county, which still has sizable coal reserves.
Publication Date
19760101
Document Type
CP; Final Contract Report
Fiscal Year
1976
NTIS Accession No.
PB-262526
NTIS Price
A06
Identifying No.
OFR 7-77
NIOSH Division
WO
Source Name
Washington, DC: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, OFR 7-77
State
WV
Performing Organization
West Virginia University
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