Coal Creek Mine

{{#Badges: CoalSwarm|Navbar-PBRMines}} Coal Creek Mine is a surface operation in Campbell County, Wyoming, owned by Arch Coal. In June 2011 Blocked by a landowner, the Bureau of Land Management denied a request to lease 63.3 million tons of coal. The BLM's decision delivered a blow to the expansion of of the mine. It was the first time the BLM nixed a coal-mining application in Wyoming.

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Mine Data

• MSHA ID: 4801215
• Operator: Thunder Basin Coal Company LLC
• Controller: Arch Coal
• Union:
• County: Campbell
• State: WY
• Latitude: 44.08
• Longitude: -105.27
• 2007 Production (short tons): 10,216,194
• Coal Type: Bituminous
• Mining Method: Surface
• Mine Status: Active
• Average No. of Employees: 134

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External links

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