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.
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United States coalfields
Alabama
- Warrior Coalfield
- Cahaba Coalfield
- Coosa Coalfield
- Sand Mountain Coalfield
- Lookout Mountain Coalfield
Colorado
- Trinidad Coalfield
- Pagosa Springs Coalfield
- Durango Coalfield
- Nucla Naturita Coalfield
- Canyon City Coalfield
- Grand Mesa Coalfield
- Somerset Colorado Coalfield
- Crested Butte Coalfield
- Grand Hogback Coalfield
- Book Cliffs Coalfield
- Colorado Springs Coalfield
- South Park Coalfield
- Boulder-Weld Coalfield
- North Park Coalfield
- Yampa Coalfield
- Dan Forth Hills Coalfield
Kentucky
- Paintsville Coalfield
- Kenova Coalfield
- Thacker Coalfield
- Elkhorn Coalfield
- Harlan Coalfield
- Jellico Coalfield
- Hazard Coalfield
- Southern Appalachian
- Cincinnati-Southern Coalfield
- Western Kentucky Coalfield
Maryland
- Georges Creek Coalfield
- Upper Potomac Coalfield
- Cassellman Coalfield
- Upper Youghiogheny Coalfield
- Lower Youghiogheny Coalfield
North Carolina
- Deep River Coalfield
- Dan River Coalfield
Ohio
- Pittsburgh No. This is a Coalfield in Stokes and Rockingham Counties North Carolina about which in 1914 USGS geologist Mr 8 Coalfield
- Cambridge Coalfield
- Coshocton Coalfield
- Crooksville Coalfield
- Hocking Coalfield
- Jackson Coalfield
- Pomeroy Coalfield
- Ironton Coalfield
- Goshen Coalfield
- Amsterdam-Salineville Coalfield
- Lisbon Coalfield
- Massillion Coalfield
- Palmyra Coalfield
Pennsylvania
- Anthracite Coalfield
- Connellsville coalfield
- Klondike Coalfield
- Pittsburgh Coalfield
- Irwin Gas Coalfield
- Indian Valley Coalfield
- Ligonier Coalfield
- Westmoreland Coalfield
- Somerset Pennsylvania Coalfield
- Meyersdale Coalfield
- Windber Coalfield
- Black Lick Coalfield
- Mountain Coalfield
- Snowshoe Coalfield
- Moshannon Coalfield
- Clearfield Coalfield
- Bennetts Branch Coalfield
- Shawmut Coalfield
- Punxsutawney Coalfield
- Indiana Coalfield
- Freeport Coalfield
- Kittanning Coalfield
- Low Grade Division Coalfield
- Butler Coalfield
- Mercer Coalfield
- Clarion Coalfield
- Beaver Coalfield
- Broad Top Coalfield
- Georges Creek Coalfield
- Bernice Coalfield
- Blossburg Coalfield
- Ralston Coalfield
- Keating Coalfield
- Cameron Coalfield
Tennessee
- Cumberland Gap Coalfield
- Jellico Coalfield
- Lafollette Coalfield
- Wartburg Coalfield
- Rockwood Coalfield
- Soddy Coalfield
Utah
- Coalville Coalfield
- Blacktail Coalfield
- Vernal Coalfield
- Sunnyside Coalfield
- Castlegate Coalfield
- Wasatch Plateau
- Emery Coalfield
- Book Cliffs Coalfield
- Henry Mountains Coalfield
- Teton Basin Coalfield
- Kaiporonitis Plateau Coalfield
- Harmony Coalfield
- Kolob Plateau Coalfield
West Virginia
- Pocahontas coalfield
- Winding Gulf Coalfield
- New River Coalfield
- Greenbrier Coalfield
- Logan Coalfield
- Williamson Coalfield
- Kanawha Coalfield
- Elkins Coalfield
- Fairmont Coalfield
- Upper Potomac Coalfield
- Panhandle Coalfield
- Meadow Branch Coalfield (Anthracite)
Virginia
- Pocahontas coalfield
- Clinch Valley Coalfield
- Buchanan Coalfield
- Southwestern Coalfield (Big Stone Gap Coalfield)
- Richmond Coalfield
- Valley Coalfield (Anthracite)
Wyoming
- Hanna Coalfield
- Rock Springs Coalfield
- Kemmerer Coalfield
- Gillette Coalfield (Powder River)
- Cambria Coalfield
European coalfields
Great Britain
- Forest of Dean coalfield
- Kent coalfield
- Leicestershire coalfield
- Northumberland coalfield
- Nottinghamshire coalfield
- Somerset coalfield
- South Wales coalfield
- South Yorkshire coalfield
- Staffordshire coalfield
Other European
- Donetsk Coalfield
Pakistani coalfields
- Pakistan's coal industry
Australian coalfields
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The Connellsville Coalfield is located in Fayette County and Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, between the City of Latrobe and the small The Pittsburgh Coalfield or Pittsburgh coal region is the largest of the Western Pennsylvania Coalfields It includes all or part of Allegheny, Fayette Clearfield Coalfields of Clearfield County Pennsylvania, USA included rich seams of Bituminous coal found in most parts of Clearfield County The Wasatch Range is a Mountain range that stretches about from the Utah- Idaho border south through central Utah in the western United States Pocahontas coalfield, which is also known as the Flat Top-Pocahontas Coalfield, is located in Mercer County, West Virginia, McDowell County, The Winding Gulf Coalfield is located in western Raleigh County and eastern Wyoming County, in southern West Virginia. The New River Coalfield is located in northeastern Raleigh County and southern Fayette County, West Virginia. The Logan Coalfield is located in Logan County WV and Wyoming County WV. Pocahontas coalfield, which is also known as the Flat Top-Pocahontas Coalfield, is located in Mercer County, West Virginia, McDowell County, The Kent coalfield was located in the eastern part of the English county of Kent. The Somerset coalfield included pits in the north Somerset, England, area where Coal was mined from the 15th century until 1973 The South Wales Coalfield is a large region of South Wales that is rich with Coal deposits The South Maitland coalfields was the most extensive coalfield in New South Wales until the great coal mining slump of the 1960sDapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic