Black Butte/Leucite Hills Mine

{{#Badges: CoalSwarm}} Black Butte/Leucite Hills Mine is a surface coal mine located 38 miles east of Rock Springs, Sweetwater County, Wyoming. The mine produces sub-bituminous coal. The mine is operated by Black Butte Coal Company, a joint venture by Level III/Anadarko. Coal is transported to MidAmerican Energy/Berkshire Hathaway's Jim Bridger Steam Plant.

In November 2011 Ambre Energy said it bought a 50 percent interest in the Black Butte mine.

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Mine Data

• MSHA ID: 4801180
• Operator: Black Butte Coal Company
• Controller: Kiewit Peter Sons' Inc; Andarko Petroleum Corporation
• Union:
• County: Sweetwater
• State: WY
• Latitude: 41.62
• Longitude: -108.67
• 2007 Production (short tons): 3,655,146
• Coal Type: Bituminous
• Mining Method: Surface
• Mine Status: Active
• Average No. of Employees: 170

Contact Details

Black Butte Coal Company
101 Black Buttes Road
Point of Rocks, WY 82942
Phone: (307) 382-6200

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