USGS Compilation of Geographic Information System (GIS) Data Representing Coal Mines and Coal-Bearing Areas in China Compiled by Michael H. Trippi, Harvey E. Belkin, Shifeng Dai, Susan J. Tewalt, and Chiu-Jung Chou Open-File Report 2014–1219 U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Department of the Interior SALLY JEWELL, Secretary U.S. Geological Survey Suzette M. 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Suggested citation: Trippi, M.H., Belkin, H.E., Dai, Shifeng, Tewalt, S.J., and Chou, C.J., 2014, comps., USGS compilation of geographic information system (GIS) data representing coal mines and coal-bearing areas in China: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2014–1219, 135 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20141219. ISSN 2331–1258 (online) Acknowledgments Major-, minor-, and trace-element data were provided by the USGS Energy Resources Program Geochemistry Laboratory, and ultimate and proximate analyses by Geochemical Testing, Inc. of Somerset, Pa. We express appreciation for the instructive reviews by Christopher Garrity of the U.S. Geological Survey, and also by Dr. Yuzhuang Sun of the Department of Geology at Hebei University of Engineering in Handan, China. ii Contents Acknowledgments ....................................................................................................................................................... ii Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................. 1 GIS Data and Methodology ......................................................................................................................................... 4 Chemistry of Coal Samples ....................................................................................................................................... 34 References Cited ...................................................................................................................................................... 36 Figures 1. Annual coal production in millions of short tons ............................................................................................. 2 2. Provinces, municipalities, autonomous regions, and special administrative regions of China ........................ 3 3. Coal mines and coal-mining areas of Anhui Province .................................................................................... 5 4. Coal mines and coal-mining areas of Beijing Municipality, Hebei Province, and Tianjin Municipality. ........... 6 5. Coal mines and coal-mining areas of Fujian Province ................................................................................... 7 6. Coal mines and coal-mining areas of Gansu Province ................................................................................... 8 7. Coal mines and coal-mining areas of Guangdong Province .......................................................................... 9 8. Coal mines and coal-mining areas of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region .............................................. 10 9. Coal mines and coal-mining areas of Guizhou Province .............................................................................. 11 10. Coal mines and coal-mining areas of Hainan Province ................................................................................ 12 11. Coal mines and coal-mining areas of Heilongjiang Province ....................................................................... 13 12. Coal mines and coal-mining areas of Henan Province ................................................................................. 14 13. Coal mines and coal-mining areas of Hubei Province .................................................................................. 15 14. Coal mines and coal-mining areas of Hunan Province ................................................................................. 16 15. Coal mines and coal-mining areas of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region ................................................. 17 16. Coal mines and coal-mining areas of Jiangsu Province ............................................................................... 18 17. Coal mines and coal-mining areas of Jiangxi Province ................................................................................ 19 18. Coal mines and coal-mining areas of Jilin Province ..................................................................................... 20 19. Coal mines and coal-mining areas of Liaoning Province .............................................................................. 21 20. Coal mines and coal-mining areas of Ninxia Hui Autonomous Region ........................................................ 22 21. Coal mines and coal-mining areas of Qinghai Province ............................................................................... 23 22. Coal mines and coal-mining areas of Shaanxi Province .............................................................................. 24 23. Coal mines and coal-mining areas of Shandong Province ........................................................................... 25 24. Coal mines and coal-mining areas of Shanxi Province ................................................................................ 26 25. Coal mines and coal-mining areas of Sichuan Province and Chongqing Municipality ................................. 27 26. Coal mines and coal-mining areas of Taiwan .............................................................................................. 28 27. Coal mines and coal-mining areas of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region................................................ 29 28. Coal mines and coal-mining areas of Xizang (Tibet) Autonomous Region .................................................. 30 29. Coal mines and coal-mining areas of Yunnan Province ............................................................................... 31 30. Coal mines and coal-mining areas of Zhejiang Province ............................................................................. 32 31. Coal fields of China classified by age ........................................................................................................... 33 32. Locations of coal chemistry samples ............................................................................................................ 35 Tables 1. List of coal mines in China ........................................................................................................................... 38 iii Conversion Factors Multiply By To obtain Length meter (m) 3.281 feet (ft) kilometer (km) 0.6215 mile (mi) meter (m) 1.094 yard (yd) Mass tonne (t) (Metric ton) (2205 pounds) 1 Megagram (Mg) tonne (t) (Metric ton) (2205 pounds) 0.9070 ton, short (2,000 pounds) tonne (t) (Metric ton) (2205 pounds) 1.016 ton, long (2,240 lb) iv USGS Compilation of Geographic Information System (GIS) Data Representing the Coal Mines and Coal-Bearing Areas of China Compiled by Michael H. Trippi,1 Harvey E. Belkin,1 Shifeng Dai,2 Susan J. Tewalt,3 and Chiu-Jung Chou4 Introduction China depends on coal for most of its energy supply and surpassed the United States in coal production in 1983 (fig. 1). In 2009, China consumed about 3.5 billion short tons (3.175 tonnes) of coal, over 46 percent of the world total, which accounted for 71 percent of China’s total primary energy consumption (Energy Information Administration, 2011). By 2010, China’s coal consumption increased to 48.2 percent of the world’s coal production, and accounted for nearly two-thirds of global consumption growth (British Petroleum, 2011). According to the World Energy Council (2010), in 2009 China had the third largest amount of recoverable coal reserves at 114.5 billion short tons (103.87 tonnes) (about 14 percent of the world’s total reserves), surpassed only by the United States and Russia (Energy Information Administration, 2011). Most Chinese coal resources are bituminous in rank and range from early Carboniferous to Neogene in age (Dai and others, 2012). Shanxi province has been a major supplier of coal resources in the past, and Inner Mongolia has become very important in recent years (Energy Information Administration, 2011). Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, with up to 2.2 trillion tonnes of reserves (including the newly discovered 89.2 billion tonne Sha’er Lake reserve) may become the largest producer of Chinese coal in the near future (World Coal Association, 2011; China Daily, 2011). Figure 2 shows province, municipality, and autonomous region locations. 1U.S. Geological Survey. 2State Key Laboratory of Coal Resources and Safe Mining, Beijing, China. 3Retired, U.S. Geological Survey.