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==Australia==
==Australia==
{{See also|Coal in Australia}}

===New South Wales===
===New South Wales===
*Gunnedah Basin coalfields
*Gunnedah Basin coalfields
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==Canada==
==Canada==
{{See also|Coal in Canada}}

*[[Ardley coalfield]]
*[[Beersville Coalfield]]
*[[Beersville Coalfield]]
*[[Carbon-Thompson coalfield]]
*[[Comox Coalfield]]
*[[Comox Coalfield]]
*[[Crowsnest Coalfield]]
*[[Crowsnest coalfield]]
*[[Cypress Coalfield]]
*[[Cypress Coalfield]]
*[[Daly-Weaver coalfield]]
*[[Dominion coalfield]]
*[[Drumheller coalfield]]
*[[East Kootenay coalfield]]
*[[Elk Valley Coalfield]]
*[[Elk Valley Coalfield]]
*[[Estevan Coalfield]]
*[[Estevan Coalfield]]
*[[Flathead Coalfield]]
*[[Flathead Coalfield]]
*[[Gething coalfield]]
*[[Hat Creek coalfield|Hat Creek Coalfield]]
*[[Hat Creek coalfield|Hat Creek Coalfield]]
*[[Howley Coalfield]]
*[[Howley Coalfield]]
*[[Inverness Coalfield]]
*[[Inverness Coalfield]]
*[[Joggins River Herbert Coalfield]]
*[[Joggins River Herbert Coalfield]]
*[[Lethbridge coalfield]]
*[[Mabou Coalfield]]
*[[Mabou Coalfield]]
*[[MacKay coalfield]]
*[[Mannville coalfield]]
*[[Merritt Coalfield]]
*[[Merritt Coalfield]]
*[[Minto Coalfield]]
*[[Minto Coalfield]]
*[[Nanaimo Coalfield]]
*[[Nanaimo Coalfield]]
*[[Onakawana Coalfield]]
*[[Onakawana Coalfield]]
*[[Peace River coalfield]]
*[[Pictou Coalfield]]
*[[Pictou Coalfield]]
*[[Princeton Coalfield]]
*[[Princeton Coalfield]]
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*[[Spring Hill Coalfield]]
*[[Spring Hill Coalfield]]
*[[Sydney Coalfield]]
*[[Sydney Coalfield]]
*[[Taber Coalfield]]
*[[Taber coalfield]]
*[[Tulameen Coalfield]]
*[[Tulameen Coalfield]]
*[[Willow Bunch Coalfield]]
*[[Willow Bunch Coalfield]]
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*[[Mulpún|Mulpún Coalfield]], [[Mafil]], [[Los Ríos Region]]
*[[Mulpún|Mulpún Coalfield]], [[Mafil]], [[Los Ríos Region]]
*[[Loreto Formation|Loreto Coalfield]], [[Punta Arenas]], [[Magallanes Region]]
*[[Loreto Formation|Loreto Coalfield]], [[Punta Arenas]], [[Magallanes Region]]

==China==
{{See also|Coal in China}}
*[[Juye coalfield]]
*[[Sha'er Lake coalfield]]
*[[Zhunggar coalfield]]


==Colombia==
==Colombia==
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Colombia has the largest coal reserves in Latin America and is a major exporter.
Colombia has the largest coal reserves in Latin America and is a major exporter.
*[[Cerrejón]], in [[La Guajira]]
*[[Cerrejón]], in [[La Guajira]]
*[[Guajira coalfield]]


==France==
==France==
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*[[Ibbenbüren Coalfield]] (Middle Ages – 2018)
*[[Ibbenbüren Coalfield]] (Middle Ages – 2018)
*[[Lugau-Oelsnitz Coalfield]] (1844–1971)
*[[Lugau-Oelsnitz Coalfield]] (1844–1971)
*[[Ruhr Coalfield]] (Middle Ages – 2018)
*[[Ruhr coalfield|Ruhr Coalfield]] (Middle Ages – 2018)
*[[Saar Coalfield]] (Middle Ages – 2012)
*[[Saar Coalfield]] (Middle Ages – 2012)
*[[Zwickau Coalfield]] (Middle Ages – 1979)
*[[Zwickau Coalfield]] (Middle Ages – 1979)
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[[File:British.coalfields.19th.century.jpg|thumb|alt=Map of 19th-century coalfields in Great Britain]]
[[File:British.coalfields.19th.century.jpg|thumb|alt=Map of 19th-century coalfields in Great Britain]]
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/7456/1/CR06159N.pdf |title=BGS Report, single column layout |website=Nora.nerc.ac.uk |access-date=26 January 2017}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/7456/1/CR06159N.pdf |title=BGS Report, single column layout |website=Nora.nerc.ac.uk |access-date=26 January 2017}}</ref>
{{See also|Coal mining in the United Kingdom}}


===England===
===England===
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::*St Helens Coalfield
::*St Helens Coalfield
::*Wigan Coalfield
::*Wigan Coalfield
::*Cheshire Coalfield
*[[Leicestershire and South Derbyshire Coalfield]]
*[[Leicestershire and South Derbyshire Coalfield]]
*[[Midgeholme Coalfield]]
*[[Midgeholme Coalfield]]
*[[Newent Coalfield]]
*[[Newent Coalfield]]
*[[Oxfordshire-Berkshire Coalfield]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/8281/1/RR09001.pdf |title=A lithostratigraphical framework for the Carboniferous successions of southern Great Britain (onshore) |website=Nora.nerc.ac.uk |access-date=26 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.og.decc.gov.uk/UKpromote/onshore_paper/Promote_UK_CBM.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=www.og.decc.gov.uk |access-date=14 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511105757/https://www.og.decc.gov.uk/UKpromote/onshore_paper/Promote_UK_CBM.pdf |archive-date=11 May 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ukogl.org.uk/docs/coal_resources/Montage_Mining_Technologies.pdf |title=UK COAL RESOURCE FOR NEW EXPLOITATION TECHNOLOGIES : Mining and New Technologies Summary Map |website=Ukogl.org.uk |access-date=26 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=E. G.&nbsp;POOLE |url=http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v232/n5310/abs/232394a0.html |title=The Oxfordshire Coalfield |website=Nature.com |date=6 August 1971 |access-date=26 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Kingsley G. Dunham And Einar G. Poole |url=http://jgs.lyellcollection.org/content/130/4/387.abstract |title=The Oxfordshire Coalfield |website=Jgs.lyellcollection.org |date=21 February 1974 |access-date=26 January 2017}}</ref>
*[[Oxfordshire-Berkshire Coalfield]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/8281/1/RR09001.pdf |title=A lithostratigraphical framework for the Carboniferous successions of southern Great Britain (onshore) |website=Nora.nerc.ac.uk |access-date=26 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.og.decc.gov.uk/UKpromote/onshore_paper/Promote_UK_CBM.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=www.og.decc.gov.uk |access-date=14 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150511105757/https://www.og.decc.gov.uk/UKpromote/onshore_paper/Promote_UK_CBM.pdf |archive-date=11 May 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ukogl.org.uk/docs/coal_resources/Montage_Mining_Technologies.pdf |title=UK COAL RESOURCE FOR NEW EXPLOITATION TECHNOLOGIES : Mining and New Technologies Summary Map |website=Ukogl.org.uk |access-date=26 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author=E. G.&nbsp;POOLE |url=http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v232/n5310/abs/232394a0.html |title=The Oxfordshire Coalfield |journal=Nature |date=6 August 1971 |volume=232 |issue=5310 |pages=394–395 |doi=10.1038/232394a0 |pmid=16063056 |bibcode=1971Natur.232..394P |access-date=26 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Kingsley G. Dunham And Einar G. Poole |url=http://jgs.lyellcollection.org/content/130/4/387.abstract |title=The Oxfordshire Coalfield |website=Jgs.lyellcollection.org |date=21 February 1974 |access-date=26 January 2017}}</ref>
*[[North Staffordshire Coalfield]]
*[[North Staffordshire Coalfield]]
*[[Northumberland Coalfield]]
*[[Northumberland Coalfield]]
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==India==
==India==
{{See also|Coal in India}}
*[[South Eastern Coalfields]]
*[[South Eastern Coalfields]]
*[[Chirimiri Coalfield]]
*[[Chirimiri Coalfield]]
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==[[Japan]]==
==[[Japan]]==
{{See also|Coal mining in Japan}}

===[[Hokkaidō]]===
===[[Hokkaidō]]===
*[[Ishikari coalfield]]
*[[Ishikari coalfield]]
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==[[New Zealand]]==
==[[New Zealand]]==
{{See also|Coal in New Zealand}}
*[[Kapuka, New Zealand|kapuka]]
*[[Kapuka, New Zealand|kapuka]]
*[[Rotowaro]]
*[[Rotowaro]]
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==Pakistan==
==Pakistan==
{{See also|Coal mining in Pakistan}}
*[[Thar Coalfield]]
*[[Thar Coalfield]]


==Poland==
==Poland==
{{See also|Coal in Poland}}
*[[Lower Silesia Coalfield]]
*[[Lower Silesia Coalfield]]
*[[Lublin Coalfield]]
*[[Lublin Coalfield]]
*[[Upper Silesian Coal Basin]]
*[[Upper Silesian Coal Basin]]

== Russia ==

* [[Ulugh-Khem coal basin|Ulug-Khem coal basin]]


==South Africa==
==South Africa==
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==Ukraine==
==Ukraine==
{{See also|Coal in Ukraine}}
*[[Bogdanovskoye coalfield]]
*[[Donets Coalfield]], sometimes known by its misnomer Donetsk Coalfield
*[[Donets Coalfield]], sometimes known by its misnomer Donetsk Coalfield
*Lviv-Volhynian Coalfield
*Lviv-Volhynian Coalfield
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==United States==
==United States==
[[File:The American Museum journal (c1900-(1918)) (17972851040).jpg|thumb|Coalfields in the West]]
[[File:The American Museum journal (c1900-(1918)) (17972851040).jpg|thumb|Coalfields in the West]]
{{See also|Coal mining in the United States|List of coal mines in the United States}}


===Alabama===
===Alabama===
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*[[Rock Creek Coalfield]]
*[[Rock Creek Coalfield]]
*[[Wind River Coalfield]]
*[[Wind River Coalfield]]

==Venezuela==
{{See also|Mining in Venezuela}}
*[[Guasare coalfield]]


==See also==
==See also==

Latest revision as of 22:43, 18 December 2024

For the rural municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada, see Rural Municipality of Coalfields No. 4.

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

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See also: Coal in Australia

New South Wales

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Queensland

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  • Bowen Basin coalfields
  • Galilee Basin coalfields
  • Surat Basin coalfields
  • Walloon coalfields

Victoria

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  • Latrobe Valley coalfields

Western Australia

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  • Collie coalfields

Belgium

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Canada

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See also: Coal in Canada
Coalfields of Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Northern France

Chile

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See also: Coal mining in Chile

China

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See also: Coal in China

Colombia

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See also: Mineral industry of Colombia § Coal

Colombia has the largest coal reserves in Latin America and is a major exporter.

France

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Germany

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Great Britain

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Map of 19th-century coalfields in Great Britain

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See also: Coal mining in the United Kingdom

England

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Scotland

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Wales

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India

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See also: Coal in India

Japan

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See also: Coal mining in Japan

Hokkaidō

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Honshū

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Kyūshū

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New Zealand

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See also: Coal in New Zealand

The Netherlands

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Pakistan

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See also: Coal mining in Pakistan

Poland

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See also: Coal in Poland

Russia

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South Africa

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See also: Coal in South Africa

Ukraine

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See also: Coal in Ukraine

United States

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Coalfields in the West
See also: Coal mining in the United States and List of coal mines in the United States

Alabama

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Alaska

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Arkansas

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Colorado

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Illinois

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Indiana

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Iowa

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Kansas

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Kentucky

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See also: Eastern Mountain Coal Fields

Maryland

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North Carolina

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Ohio

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Oklahoma

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Oregon

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Pennsylvania

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Tennessee

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Utah

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Virginia

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West Virginia

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Wyoming

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Venezuela

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See also: Mining in Venezuela

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References

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  • 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

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  1. ^ "BGS Report, single column layout" (PDF). Nora.nerc.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  2. ^ "A lithostratigraphical framework for the Carboniferous successions of southern Great Britain (onshore)" (PDF). Nora.nerc.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.og.decc.gov.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 May 2015. Retrieved 14 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "UK COAL RESOURCE FOR NEW EXPLOITATION TECHNOLOGIES : Mining and New Technologies Summary Map" (PDF). Ukogl.org.uk. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  5. ^ E. G. POOLE (6 August 1971). "The Oxfordshire Coalfield". Nature. 232 (5310): 394–395. Bibcode:1971Natur.232..394P. doi:10.1038/232394a0. PMID 16063056. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  6. ^ Kingsley G. Dunham And Einar G. Poole (21 February 1974). "The Oxfordshire Coalfield". Jgs.lyellcollection.org. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  7. ^ a b c d e f "About SA coalfields". Keaton Energy. Archived from the original on 14 June 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
  8. ^ a b "COAL". Pakistaneconomist.com. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  9. ^ "Pakistan Mineral Development Corporation". www.pmdc.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 26 August 2001. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  10. ^ "Coal Mining in Pakistan – Overview". Mbendi.co.za. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  11. ^ "Archived copy". www.pakistan.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 24 October 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. ^ "USTDA Grant to Support Integrated Coal Mining, Power Generation Project in Pakistan - U.S. Embassy Islamabad Pakistan". islamabad.usembassy.gov. Archived from the original on 2 November 2007. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
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