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The Ucross-Arvada area is part of the Powder River Basin, a large, north-trending structural depression between the Black Hills on the east and the Bighorn Mountains on the west. Almost all of the study area is within Sheridan and Johnson Counties, Wyoming. |
Monday, April 22, 2013 Type: Publication
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This map sheet with accompanying Geographic Information System (GIS) project is an update of the existing U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Conterminous U.S. Coal Fields map. This update was compiled using data primarily from the USGS National Coal Resource Assessment (NCRA) and information from... |
Tuesday, April 02, 2013 Type: Publication
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This report by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) of the Powder River Basin (PRB) of Montana and Wyoming is part of the U.S. Coal Resources and Reserves Assessment Project. Essential to that project was the creation of a comprehensive drill hole database that was used for coal bed correlation and for... |
Tuesday, February 26, 2013 Type: Publication
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Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S. Geological Survey estimated in-place resources of 1.07 trillion short tons of coal in the Powder River Basin, Wyoming and Montana. Of that total, with a maximum stripping ratio of 10:1, recoverable coal was 162 billion tons. The estimate of... |
Tuesday, February 26, 2013 Type: Publication
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The purpose of this report is to summarize geology, coal resources, and coal reserves in the Montana Powder River Basin assessment area in southeastern Montana. This report represents the fourth assessment area within the Powder River Basin to be evaluated in the continuing U.S. Geological Survey... |
Tuesday, February 26, 2013 Type: Publication
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The Powder River Basin of Wyoming and Montana contains about 162 billion short tons (BST) of recoverable coal from a total of 1.07 trillion short tons of in-place resources according to a new USGS assessment. This assessment also estimates that 25 BST of those resources are currently economical... |
Tuesday, February 26, 2013 Type: Press Release & Publication
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This report presents ten storage assessment units (SAUs) within the Powder River Basin of Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota, and Nebraska. The Powder River Basin contains a thick succession of sedimentary rocks that accumulated steadily throughout much of the Phanerozoic, and at least three... |
Tuesday, October 30, 2012 Type: Publication
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The Organic Petrology Laboratory (OPL) of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Eastern Energy Resources Science Center in Reston, Virginia, contains several thousand processed coal sample materials that were loosely organized in laboratory drawers for the past several decades... |
Thursday, September 27, 2012 Type: Publication
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Dozens of natural and human-induced coal fires are active in the Powder River Basin (PRB) of southeast Montana and northeast Wyoming, the largest source of coal produced in the United States. Coal fires exhibit surface features similar to those found above high-temperature geothermal systems... |
Tuesday, March 06, 2012 Type: Outside Publication
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The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) completed the first digital National Coal Resource Assessment of in-place coal resources in 2009 for selected coal beds in the United States... |
Monday, September 19, 2011 Type: Publication
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Overview
The Powder River Basin is a geologic region that straddles southeast Montana and northeast Wyoming and is known for its coal and coalbed methane deposits. This web site provides access to the diverse Energy Resources Program research activities and products within the Powder River Basin Region.
Highlighted Powder River Basin Coal Assessment Publications
Select the colored assessment areas on the map below to view corresponding USGS Powder River Basin coal assessment publications:
Research
National Oil and Gas
Assessments
National Oil and Gas Assessments
The USGS has completed several assessments of the Powder River Basin. This information is summarized on the Oil and Gas Assessment Powder River Basin page.
National Coal Resource
Assessment
National Coal Resource Assessment
The National Coal Resource Assessment (NCRA) project was a multi-year effort by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Energy Program to identify, characterize, and assess the coal resources that will supply a major part of the Nation’s energy needs during the next few decades. NCRA data and publications are available on the NCRA Powder River Basin page.
Coalbed Methane Assessment
Coalbed Methane Assessment
There are coalbed methane assessments for the Powder River Basin currently available.
National Geothermal Assessment
National Geothermal Assessment
Geothermal study sites and calculated potential has been compiled and is available for the entire western United States on the geothermal studies page.
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