1999 Resource assessment of selected Tertiary coal beds and zones in the northern Rocky Mountains and Great Plains region

Professional Paper 1625-A
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Abstract

The USGS has assessed resources of selected coal of the Fort Union Formation and equivalent units in the Northern Rocky Mountains and Great Plains region. The assessment focused on coal in the Powder River, Williston, Hanna-Carbon, and Greater Green River basins most likely to be utilized in the next few decades. In other basins in the region Tertiary coal resources are summarized but not assessed. Disc 1, in PDF files, includes results of the assessment and chapters on coal geology, quantity and quality, and land use and ownership. Disc 2 provides GIS files for land use and ownership maps and geologic maps, and basic GIS data for the assessed basins. ArcView shapefiles, PDF files for cross sections and TIFF files are included along with ArcView Datapublisher software for Windows-based computer systems.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title 1999 Resource assessment of selected Tertiary coal beds and zones in the northern Rocky Mountains and Great Plains region
Series title Professional Paper
Series number 1625
Chapter A
DOI 10.3133/pp1625A
Year Published 1999
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Description HTML Document; 2 CD-ROMs
Country United States
State Colorado, Montana, Wyoming
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