Cypress Mine

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Cypress Mine is a coal mine in Kentucky, United States. Together with the Poplar Grove Mine, they are part of the Buck Creek Mining Complex.

Location

The undated satellite photo below shows the mine in Letcher County, Kentucky.

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Background

Cypress Mine (formerly called Buck Creek No.1 Mine) is a thermal coal mine located within the Buck Creek mine complex in the Western Kentucky region of the Illinois Basin. Paringa Resources acquired the Cypress Mine in 2013, along with its adjacent coal lease Poplar Grove mine (formerly called Buck Creek No.2 Mine), located within the Buck Creek mine complex.

Poplar Grove is being developed first. Production on Cypress Mine is planned for 2021.

The Cypress mine is estimated to have an annual production of 3.8 mtpa, and recoverable reserves of 66.2 million tonnes.

Mine Data

• Owner: Paringa Resources
• Parent: Paringa Resources
• Mine Status: Proposed
• Start year: 2021
• Current Capacity:
• Recoverable Reserves: 66.2 million tonnes
• Proposed Capacity: 3.8 million tonnes per annum
• Location: Deane, Letcher County, Kentucky
• Coordinates: 37.18, -82.79 (exact)
• Coal Type: Thermal
• Mining Method: Underground

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• "Major U.S. Coal Mines," Energy Information Administration