Navajo Mine
{{#Badges: CoalSwarm}} Navajo mine is a coal mine located 30 miles southwest of Farmington, New Mexico on the Navajo Indian Reservation. The mine, operated by the Navajo Coal Company, produces approximately 8.5 million tons of coal per year and is the sole supplier of coal to the Four Corners Power Plant.[1]
Mine Data
- Owner: Navajo Coal Company
- Parent company: BHP Billiton
- Location: Navajo Indian Reservation, New Mexico
- GPS coordinates: 36.61338 N, 108.508342 W
- Annual Production: 8,529,955 short tons
- Type of coal: bituminous
- Mine type: open cut
- Equipment:
- Number of employees: 433
Resources
References
- ↑ “New Mexico Coal”, BHP Billiton website, accessed May 2009.
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External links
- "Major U.S. Coal Mines," Energy Information Administration
