Overview
Status | Inactive / Suspended |
Mine Type | Underground |
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Production Start | ... |
Mine Life | 2026 |
On Sept 20, 2022 a fire started in the Lila Canyon coal mine and, according to the BLM Environmental Assessment (EA), “there is a high risk that the mine would have to be shut down permanently.” |
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The Lila Canyon mine is operated by Emery County Coal Resources, Inc. (ECCR) which is owned by American Consolidated Natural Resources (ACNR).
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Summary:
In the Lila Canyon area, there are primarily two coal seams located in the Blackhawk Formation: the Upper Sunnyside and the Lower Sunnyside. The two seams have merged in some places within the Lila Canyon holdings but in most areas are separate. Where separate, only one split is mineable due to the thin separation between the two splits; the separation averages 0 to 30 feet. The Upper Sunnyside seam averages 12.4 feet thick according to estimates in the Lila Canyon Mine R2P2 and in the MRP. The Lower Sunnyside seam is much thinner (0 to 5.7 feet) (BLM 2000). Therefore, the Upper Sunnyside is the seam of interest on this property. The seam is considered to be moderately gassy (i.e., methane) and is excellent quality, at 8% ash, 0.8% sulfur, and in excess of 12,000 British thermal units per pound, as-mined.
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The Lila Canyon mine has eight portals leading into the Lower Sunnyside Seam, consisting of four intake portals, one belt portal, and three return portals. The average mining height is 11 feet. One longwall panel, MMU 004-0, mines the 8th North panel and is about 847 feet wide. The mine also has two continuous miners (CM) MMUs, 003-0 in the 4th East Mains section and 002-0 in the 10th North section. The longwall typically produces on two ten-hour shifts, four days a week. The two continuous miner crews run 12-hour shifts, seven days a week. The mine’s total production is 10,000 tons per shift.
Existing surface-support facilities would provide the necessary infrastructure for personnel, equipment, materials and supplies, and handling and loading of coal production. These facilities are located primarily within a BLM right-of-way issued for this purpose and include structures specifically designed to minimize surface disturbances and/or to control or mitigate impacts to other non-coal resources, such as air, surface water, wildlife, and soils.
Initial mine development was completed in Lila Canyon in conjunction with prior approvals to access coal reserves and construct the Lila Canyon portals. Because of the stratigraphic location of the Upper Sunnyside coal seam where it meets the surface in Lila Canyon, the seam was accessed by 1,100-foot rock slopes. The main Lila Canyon entries are the primary “Man and Material” mine access and supply routes for the e ........
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Production:
Commodity | Units | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
Coal (thermal)
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Heavy Mobile Equipment as of July 11, 2022:
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