Coal resources of the Alton, Utah, EMRIA site
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Abstract
The estimated original identified coal resources of the Alton, Utah, EMRIA (Energy Minerals Rehabilitation Inventory and Analysis) site--an area of about 3.6 square miles (9.3 square kilometres)--total almost 49 million tons (45 megatonnes). A larger area that surrounds and includes the Alton EMRIA site proper contains estimated original identified coal resources of almost 309 million tons (281 megatonnes). Of these estimated resources in the EMRIA site proper, almost 27 million tons (25 megatonnes) are in beds more than 10 feet thick (3 metres); these beds are overlain by less-than 200 feet (60 metres) of overburden. In the larger area around and including the EMRIA site, about 88.5 million tons (81 megatonnes) are in beds more than ten feet (3 metres) thick with less than 200 feet (60 metres) of overburden. All the estimated resources are in the Smirl zone in the upper part of the Dakota Formation of Cretaceous age.
The coal has an apparent rank of subbituminous B, an average heating value of about 9,560 Btu, an average sulfur content of about 1.0 percent, and an average ash content of 7.2 percent. When compared with the average abundance of elements in the crust of the Earth as a whole, only selenium and boron were present in the Alton area coal samples in amounts an order of magnitude greater than the average crustal abundance. Beryllium, fluorine, nickel, zinc, and zirconium are all present in the Alton area samples in amounts that are about an order of magnitude less than the average crustal abundance.
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Coal resources of the Alton, Utah, EMRIA site |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 76-386 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr76386 |
| Year Published | 1976 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Description | Report: viii, 32 p.; Plate: 44.01 x 23.42 inches |
| Country | United States |
| State | Utah |
| County | Kane County |
| City | Alton |
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