Mine Index Number: 1025
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Knight Hawk Coal, LLC
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| Mine Name:
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Red Hawk Mine
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| Start Date:
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2000
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End Date:
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Active
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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797 in Herrin Coal, 446 in Springfield Coal
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
| Type
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County
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Township-Range
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Section
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Part Section
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Tipple
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Perry
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6S 2W
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33
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N ½ SW SW
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Pit
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Perry
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6S 2W
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34
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Herrin
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40-80
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6.0-7.0
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Surface
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| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Springfield
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70-110
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2.0-3.5
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Surface
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Geological Problems Reported
Geologic problems are not reported for active mines.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 8,029,777
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Company, digital map
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2009
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Unknown
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1:24000
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Not final
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| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| NAIP digital ortho-photo quadrangle
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2019
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1:6000
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1:6000
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Perry County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Perry County) - Mine type, tipple location, geologic problems.
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| Bibliography
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| Company map, Coal Section files, digital file - Mine outline, mining method.
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| Bibliography
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| National Agriculture Imagery Program map, digital ortho-photo quadrangle map - Mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The company may have also been known as Phoenix Energy Resources.
- ↑ The production shown is through 2022, the latest available Coal Report.
