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Skyline Mine

Location: 71 km SE from Provo, Utah, United States

Address:

HCR35 Box 380
Helper
Utah, United States
84526

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Summary

Mine TypeUnderground
StatusActive
Commodities
  • Coal (thermal)
Mining Method
  • Continuous
  • Longwall
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SnapshotThe Skyline mine is one of the largest coal producers in Utah. It is a primary source of coal for the Huntington Power Plant and the Intermountain Power Project.

The Skyline mine produces high BTU, low sulfur coal. The mine is both rail and truck served with ability to reach local and international markets.

The purpose of the EIS 2024 is the application for a lease to competitively lease up to 120 acres and approximately 2.2 million tons of recoverable coal contained in the Little Eccles Federal Coal Lease Tract, and the application for a modification of the Flat Canyon lease, to increase the acreage of the tract by up to 640 acres and recover approximately 8.6 million tons of recoverable coal.

Final EIS is anticipated to be released in 2025.

Owners

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CompanyInterestOwnership
Wolverine Fuels LLC 100 % Indirect
Canyon Fuel Company LLC (operator) 100 % Direct
Skyline is an underground coal mining operation owned and operated by Canyon Oregon Fuel Company, LLC, a subsidiary of Wolverine Fuels, LLC.
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Deposit type

  • Sedimentary

Summary:

The Skyline mine lies at a high elevation in the northern end of the Wasatch Plateau coalfield. The mine extracts coal from the Lower O’Connor A Seam.

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Comminution

Crushers and Mills

Milling equipment has not been reported.

Processing

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Commodity Production

CommodityUnits20242023202220212020201920182017
Coal (thermal) tons  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe3,916,1793,602,7084,374,500
All production numbers are expressed as ROM coal.

Operational metrics

Metrics20242023202220212020201920182017
Coal tonnes mined  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe  ....  Subscribe3,916,179 tons3,602,708 tons4,374,500 tons
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Production Costs

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Personnel

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