Wikipedia / List of coalfields
Wikipedia / List of coalfields
A coalfield is an area of certain uniform characteristics where coal is mined. The criteria for determining the approximate boundary of a coalfield are geographical and cultural, in addition to geological. A coalfield often groups the seams of coal, railroad companies, cultural groups, and watersheds and other geographical considerations. At one time the coalfield designation was an important category in business and industrial discussions. The terminology declined into unimportance as the 20th century progressed, and was probably only referred to by a few small railroads and history buffs by the 1980s. Renewed interest in industrial heritage and coal mining history has brought the old names of the coalfields before a larger audience.
Australia
New South Wales
Gunnedah Basin coalfields
Hunter Valley coalfields
Sydney Basin coalfields
Queensland
Bowen Basin coalfields
Galilee Basin coalfields
Surat Basin coalfields
Walloon coalfields
Victoria
Latrobe Valley coalfields
Western Australia
Collie coalfields
Belgium
Borinage Coalfield (Middle Ages – 1973)
Campine Coalfield (1917–1992)
Centre Coalfield (Middle Ages – 1973)
Charleroi Coalfield (Middle Ages – 1984)
Liege Coalfield (Middle Ages – 1980)
Canada
Chile
China
Colombia
Colombia has the largest coal reserves in Latin America and is a major exporter.
France
Lorraine Coalfield (1820–2004)
Nord-Pas-de-Calais Coalfield (1852–1990)
Germany
Erkelenz Coalfield (1914–1997)
Inde Coalfield (Middle Ages – 1944)
Wurm Coalfield (Middle Ages – 1992)
Ibbenbüren Coalfield (Middle Ages – 2018)
Lugau-Oelsnitz Coalfield (1844–1971)
Ruhr Coalfield (Middle Ages – 2018)
Saar Coalfield (Middle Ages – 2012)
Zwickau Coalfield (Middle Ages – 1979)
Great Britain
England
Cheshire Coalfield
Oldham Coalfield
St Helens Coalfield
Wigan Coalfield
Scotland
Wales
India
JapanJapan
HokkaidōHokkaidō
HonshūHonshū
KyūshūKyūshū
The Netherlands
Limburg Coalfield (Middle Ages – 1974)
Peel Coalfield (1955–1962)
New ZealandNew Zealand
Pakistan
Poland
Russia
South Africa
Ukraine
Dnieper Coalfield (lignite)
Donets Coalfield, sometimes known by its misnomer Donetsk Coalfield
Lviv-Volhynian Coalfield
United States
Alabama
Alaska
Arkansas
Colorado
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Maryland
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Black Lick Coalfield (aka Nanto Glo Coalfield)
Tennessee
Utah
Virginia
Southwestern Coalfield (Big Stone Gap Coalfield)
Valley Coalfield (anthracite)
West Virginia
Meadow Branch Coalfield (anthracite)
Wyoming
Powder River Coalfield (aka Gillette Coalfield)
Venezuela
See also
References
Lesher, C.E. State of Kentucky – Coalfields and Producing Districts (Map). Scale 1:1,000,000. Washington D.C. U.S. Geological Survey. 1919
Lesher, C.E. State of West Virginia and Part of Maryland – Coalfields and Producing Districts (Map). Scale 1:1,000,000. Washington D.C. U.S. Geological Survey. 1919
Lesher, C.E. State of Ohio – Coalfields and Producing Districts (Map). Scale 1:1,000,000. Washington D.C. U.S. Geological Survey. 1919
Lesher, C.E. State of Pennsylvania – Coalfields and Producing Districts (Map). Scale 1:1,000,000. Washington D.C. U.S. Geological Survey. 1919
Lesher, C.E. State of Virginia – Coalfields and Producing Districts (Map). Scale 1:1,000,000. Washington D.C. U.S. Geological Survey. 1919
Lesher, C.E. State of Tennessee – Coalfields and Producing Districts (Map). Scale 1:1,000,000. Washington D.C. U.S. Geological Survey. 1919
Lesher, C.E. State of Alabama and Part of Georgia – Coalfields and Producing Districts (Map). Scale 1:1,000,000. Washington D.C. U.S. Geological Survey. 1919
Notes
External links
Coal Mining in the British Isles (Northern Mine Research Society)
Online mapping of Coal Mining sites in the British Isles (Northern Mine Research Society)