MAP SERIES 93 WYOMING STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY COAL MAP OF WYOMING Wallace L. Ulrich COAL MAP OF WYOMING Director and State Geologist Laramie, Wyoming WITH ENERGY PRODUCTION AND TRANSPORTATION Geology, Interpreting the past - Providing for the future Compiled by 111°W 110°W 109°W 108°W 107°W 106°W 105°W 104°W Nick R. Jones, Richard W. Jones, and David W. Lucke S o u t h 2011 M o n t a n a D a k o t a 45°N 45°N EXPLANATION r e B SELECTED REFERENCES r P COAL MINES G E e R r COAL BED OUTCROPS RAND A v Y i Frannie e LO v O O i R 345 G l a t i n P R R l R TO (! a M i v Northwestern Energy ¤£212 O r U R O H N r e 112 Surface coal mine R Roosevelt Unit R 120 T e i v (! O T v i (! A i 212 90 v A I r R £ H BNSF ¤ (1 MW)(d) C C N D S §¨¦ R e e l BNSF a d r r M N Bighorn w Colony West Bentonite Processing Plant BLACK THUNDER k 343 i s O E 37 o American Colloid Company (A) AMEX COAL INC. in £212 U e Deaver Cowley (! 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BUFFALO ¤£ W 120 Shoshone (! #CLOUD MINING DISTRICT Neil Simpson II Reservoir Black Hills Power Inc. Lake Basin PEAK DISTRICT EAGLE BUTTE Pine Haven HILLS 291 ALPHA NATURAL RESOURCES (80 MW) !( COAL D (35 MT)(A) Dry Fork Station Neil Simpson II 113 DA R Y Buffalo OLD SUN NC E e e Basin Electric Black Hill Power Inc. )" l n !116 l o r (385 MW) (40 MW) ( 6 Lewis o h y Prospect Heart w s e z o v Lake s h i Wygen 1 Lake a Moorcroft D t o R S Black Hills Power Inc. BNSF R R i v e r K r (88 MW) Gillette n Manderson E COAL C 90 Wyodak E D CRETACEOUS COAL-BEARING ROCKS e §¨¦ R A Wygen 2 Pacificorp C Coal lease sale tract BASIN O 90 585 R Black Hills Power Inc. (362 MW) 14 ! §¨¦ D ( £¤ 160 R i IN R Hyattville S (95 MW) Neil Simpson I )" 31 L W v (! 16 L Black Hills Power Inc. 89 ¤£ I ¤£ e H (21.7 MW) at F r r k 25 D e k e r E a l l s v a 20 §¨¦ R i o T R n £¤ E S A F N 85 S Caballo West L ¤£ Hoe Creek E Coal Tract kj EP CABALLO 1,2 & 3 (I) IN-SITU COAL GASIFICATION PROJECTS Meeteetse Barber Creek Belle Ayr W-172657 MA PEABODY ENERGY 789 N North Coal Tract D MO Basin Electric Power Coop (50 MT)(A) !( E N R S (15 MW)(n) W-161248 290 S CHOONOVER Upton Bentonite Processing Plant Upton O ROAD N RO (! R AD American Colloid Company (A) k r e y b O RIVER C G u l FIELD A MIDDLE at c l (Kcv) D 16 BISHOP ti ¤£ n G R BELLE AYR a R i v Pitchfork FIELD l ALPHA NATURAL RESOUCES r POD t e i No e ELECTRICAL GENERATING PLANTS A r v w (45 MT)(A) v e i o r r o Hoe Creek R 44°N e 50 59 MINING 16 44°N d (! (! ¤£ C r e e k d 1, 2 &3 (I) h E 433 Sunshine (! w t u Ten Sleep o DISTRICT Reservoir P JACKSON o c S 431 Coal-bearing rocks in upper part of Upper Cretaceous f i (! Worland Osage i CORDERO ROJO COMPLEX COAL CREEK Neil Simpson II c CLOUD PEAK ENERGY Black Hills Power Inc. a 196 ARCH COAL INC. C Black Hills Power Inc. P (! (65 MT)(A) (50 MT)(A) (34.5 MW) Coal-fired plant U (80 MW) Jackson c h e Lake GRASS u r Two Elks Emma Matilda BNSF 432 o C North American Power (! F Waste-coal-fired plant CREEK 434 RIVER Group, Ltd. Lake (! 171 (750 MW)(P) MINING (! 20 Newcastle BASE MAP SOURCES ¤£ 116 C Afton Wood Products Plant MoranHOLE Jct DISTRICT N (! Cogeneration plant C TricoTimber Inc. r (9 MW)(w) e Cities layer: Leigh GRASS CREEK E GRASS CREEK COAL CO. e BASIN BNSF Lake D r 0.05 MT (A) k at A L e R O 16 K v e ¤£ Coal-bearing rocks in middle part of Upper Cretaceous R i 450 O l Rocky Hill A (! R P l (I) H Hartzog 120 P e T C Basin Electric Power Coop (! Kirby BNSF&UPRR Jenny U Hartzog B Other generating plants DM&E (15 MW)(n) Continental Divide boundary layer: # COAL M Two Elks Reno Jct GRAND N Lake PKBasin Electric Power Coop O N (15 MW)(n) North American Power Group, Ltd. TETON T GEBO Wright E WASHAKIE I (750 MW)(P) T 26 N O¤£ MINING 191 S NEEDLES (! B 89 DISTRICT 172 SOUTH County boundaries layer: K ¤£ (! U D Guernsey A H. A. IVIDE C 789 Kaycee T at £26 (! Lucerne Bentonite Mill BLACK THUNDER v U.S. Bureau of 191 ¤ 192 T A ¤£ 170 Wyo-Ben Industries (A) ARCH COAL INC. POD Reclamation T E T O N R A N G EG N A R N TO E T (! E J (190 MT)(A) Hydroelectric plant (! S (6.4 MW) W 450 FIELD £287 !( ¤ A MINING Happy Jack 390 S O ! (Kf) W 190 Duke Energy Magnetic declination:at ( o s W i H L (! Coal-bearing rocks in lower part of Upper Cretaceous Wind generating project r V n d SCHOOL CREEK £85 (29.