• Data Access
  • Your Email  
  • Your Email  
Keep me signed in.
Forgot your password?
Close
  • Forgot Your Password?
  • Enter the email you signed up with and we'll email it to you.
  • Your Email  
Close
Back
MDO
Mining Data Solutions
  • Home
  • Database
  • Subscribe
  • Sign In
  • Sign In
United States
Cooper Ridge OP Project (Central Appalachia Operation)

This page is not tailored to
devices with screen width under 750 px.
 Location:
66 km N from Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

  Project Contacts:
144 East Market Place Boulevard
Knoxville
Tennessee, United States
37922
Phone  ...  Subscription required
Additional Resources for Suppliers & Investors
Drill results over 30 g/t Au
Stay on top of recent discoveries.
Search drill results by commodity and grade.
Largest mines in the Americas
Mining and mill throughput capaciites.
Full profiles of select mines and projects.
Deepest underground mines
Shaft depth and mill throughput data.
Full profiles of select mines and projects.
Heavy mobile equipment
HME type, model, size and quantity.
Full profiles of select mines and projects.
Permitting and construction projects
Projects at the permitting or construction stage. Full profiles of select projects.
Mines with remote camps
Camp size, mine location and contacts.
Full profiles of select mines and projects.
Mines & projects in United States
A list of country's mines and projects.
Full profiles of select mines and projects.
  • Overview
  • Owners
  • Geology
  • Mining
  • Processing
  • Production
  • Reserves
  • Personnel
  • Filings & News

Thank you for browsing through mine profiles compiled by the Mining Data Online team.

Would you like to subcribe or schedule a Demo?
  • Name:
     
  • Company:
     
  • Position:
     
  • Phone:
  • Email:
  • Message:

Overview

StagePermitting
Mine TypeOpen Pit
Commodities
  • Coal (thermal)
Mining Method
  • Contour Strip
  • Auger
Mine Life9.2 years (as of Jan 1, 2017)
Kopper Glo is in the process of permitting the Cooper Ridge surface mine.


Owners

Source: p. 1
CompanyInterestOwnership
Kopper Glo Mining, LLC. (operator) 100 % Direct
Industrial Minerals Group, LLC 100 % Indirect

Contractors

Subscription required - Subscription is required.


Deposit Type

  • Sedimentary


Summary:

The proposed mine site is situated within the Cumberland Block. The Cumberland Block is bounded by the Pine Mountain Fault Zone to the west, the Jacksboro Tear Fault to the south, the Cumberland Mountains to the east, and extends north into Kentucky.

Regionally, strata dips to the northwest, away from the Cumberland Mountains. South of Clear Fork Creek there is a northeast trending syncline that extends for about seven miles diagonally across the Eagan quadrangle, which is part of the Middlesboro Syncline. Paralleling this syncline is the Sand Lick Ridge Anticline, which extends for approximately the same distance as the adjacent syncline and is approximately 1.2 miles wide. Southeast of this anticline, along Tackett Creek, is an area of highly disturbed rock with numerous folds and near vertical bedding which is thought to be the surface exposure of a steeply dipping reverse fault. The local dip of the coal seams to be mined is approximately 0.4 degree to the southeast.

The mine site stratigraphy consists of sedimentary units within the Slatestone and Indian Bluff Groups. These units are within the middle Pennsylvanian age rocks and are a relatively flat lying and undisturbed rock group. The Slatestone Formation includes all strata between the top of the Poplar Creek Coal seam and the top of the Jellico (locally known as the Mingo or Mason) Coal seam. Included in this formation are the Poplar Creek, Ant, Coal Creek (locally known as the Kent), Petros, ........


Mining Methods

  • Contour Strip
  • Auger


Summary:

The proposed mine site has been previously affected by pre-law coal mining activities. Approximately 5.1 miles of the pre-existing highwall exposed at numerous locations exists within the proposed permit boundary.

The mine is expected to have an average annual production of approximately 360,000 tons and life-of-mine production of approximately 3.3 million tons.

The Cooper Ridge Mine proposes to utilize the contour surface mining, auger mining, and underground mining methods on the Jellico coal seam at elevations that vary from approximately 1,742 ft. at the western end of the proposed permit area to 1,847 ft. at the eastern end of the proposed permit area. Kopper Glo Mining, LLC will utilize bulldozers, front-end loaders, trucks, and graders for mining and reclamation operations within the proposed permit area.


Crushing and Grinding


Processing

Source: Subscription required

Summary:

- subscription is required.


Projected Production:

CommodityUnitsAvg. AnnualLOM
Coal (thermal) Mt 0.33
All production numbers are expressed as ROM coal.

Operational Metrics:

Metrics
ROM coal, LOM 3.3 M tons *
* According to 2017 study.

Reserves at December 31, 2014:

CategoryTonnage Commodity
Proven 498,000 tons Coal (thermal)
Probable 94,000 tons Coal (thermal)
Proven & Probable 592,000 tons Coal (thermal)



Heavy Mobile Equipment:

Mine Management:

Job TitleNameProfileRef. Date
....................... Subscription required ....................... Subscription required Subscription required Nov 3, 2022
Subscription required - Subscription is required.


Corporate Filings & Presentations:

DocumentYear
Other 2022
Other 2022
................................... Subscription required 2021
................................... Subscription required 2020
................................... Subscription required 2019
Other 2018
Environmental Assessment 2017
Technical Report 2016
Technical Report 2014
Subscription required - Subscription is required.

Subscription required - Subscription is required.

Terms of Use Privacy Policy © 2017-2023 MDO Data Online Inc.