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<br />Green Subbasin <br /> <br />Index (See Fig. 1) <br /> <br />1) Surface Coal Mines <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />2) Underground Coal <br />Mines <br /> <br />'1' <br /> <br />3) Coal-Fired Electric <br />Plants <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />4) Underground <br />Uranium Mines <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />5) Oil Shale <br /> <br />(fi) <br /> <br />Upper Main Stem Subbasin <br /> <br />1) Underground Coal <br />Mines <br /> <br />'1' <br /> <br />2) Surface Uranium <br />Mines ~ <br /> <br />14 <br /> <br />TABLE III <br /> <br />LOCATION AND CAPACITY OF PROPOSED ENERGY PROJECTS <br />IN THE COLORADO RIVER BASIN <br /> <br />Projected Capacity <br />7.5 x 106 tpy <br />7.8 x 106 tpy (4 mines) <br />> 7 x 106 tpy (9 mines) <br /> <br />exploration stage <br /> <br />5 x 106 tpy (3 mines) <br /> <br />NA (3 mines) <br /> <br />> 13 x 106 tpy (11 mines) <br /> <br />NA <br /> <br />> 5 x 106 tpy <br />(expansion of 5 existing mines) <br /> <br />3.'5 x 106 tpy (2 mines) <br /> <br />0.3 x 106 tpy <br /> <br /> <br />0.25 x 106 tpy <br /> <br /> <br />0.6 x 106 tpy <br /> <br /> <br />3.7 x 106 tpy <br /> <br />500 MW (2nd unit) <br /> <br />4x400MW <br /> <br />4x380MW <br /> <br />1 x 300, 1 x 800 MW <br /> <br />NA (2 underground mines) <br /> <br />50,000 bpd, 15,000 bpd (2 projects) <br /> <br />57,000 bpd <br /> <br />50-300,000 bpd <br /> <br />NA (2 mines) <br /> <br />2 x 106 tpy <br />(5 expanded or new mines) <br /> <br />2 x 106 tpy (7 mines) <br /> <br />> 7 x 106 tpy (7 new or reopened <br />mines) <br /> <br />1 x 106 tpy <br /> <br />600 t pd <br /> <br />120,000 tpy <br /> <br />Index (See Fig. 1) <br /> <br />3) Underground Uranium <br />Mines <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />4) Uranium Mills <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />5) Oil Shale <br />(fi) <br /> <br />San Juan Subbasin (Colorado and Utah only) <br /> <br />1) Surface Coal Mines <br /> <br /># !I, <br /> <br />2) Underground Coal <br />Mines <br /> <br />'1' <br /> <br />3) Coal-Fired Electric <br />Plants .. <br /> <br />4) Coal Gasification <br />~. <br />5) Surface Uranium <br />Mines ~ <br /> <br />6) Underground Uranium <br />Mines <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />7) Uranium Mill <br />~ <br /> <br />Lower Colorado Subbasin (Nevada and Utah only) <br /> <br />1) Surface Coal Mines <br /># !I, <br />2) Electric Plants <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />3) Slurry Pipeline <br />= <br /> <br />MW '" megawatt <br />t py '" tons per year <br />afy '" acre feet per year <br />t pd = tons per day <br />bpd = barrels per day <br /> <br />Projected Capacity <br /> <br />NA <br /> <br />NA (6 mines) <br /> <br />400 tpd mine (2 mines) <br /> <br />> 300 tpd (2 mines) <br /> <br />> 5,400 tpd (17 mines) <br /> <br />> 750 tpd (3 mines) <br /> <br />1,000 tpd <br /> <br />> 600 tpd <br /> <br />81,300 bpd <br /> <br />NA <br /> <br />NA <br /> <br />1 x 106 tpy <br /> <br />1.4 x 106 tpy (mine expansion) <br /> <br />10 x 106 tpy <br />6 x 106 tpy <br /> <br />4 x 500 MW <br /> <br />865 x 106 cubic ft/day <br /> <br />280,000 t;y <br /> <br />18,000 tpy <br /> <br />NA <br /> <br />NA (3 mines) <br /> <br />280,000 tpy (process mill tailings) <br /> <br />12 x 106 tpy <br /> <br />2 x 250 MW <br /> <br />4x500MW <br /> <br />12 x 106 tpy (8,000 afy) <br /> <br />Source: Charles Rich, "Prospects to Expand Energy Sources in the Western <br />United States - An Update of Information Circular 8719," Information Circular <br />8772, Bureau of Mines, Washinton, DC, 1978. <br />