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<br />no 2<t 62 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Coal production from the Yampa coalfield is projected to increase <br /> <br />substantially. One coal mine alone, scheduled to open in 1977 near <br /> <br />Craig in Moffat County, will nearly double CoIorado's current strip mine <br /> <br />production with an annual projected output of 2.8 million tons (2.5 <br /> <br />million metric tons).12 <br /> <br />Another production projection for the northwestern Colorado area <br /> <br />anticipates a large coal output: "By 1980 about 8.2 million tons of <br /> <br />coal per year would be depleted by existing operations on Federal coal, <br /> <br />and by existing and future operations on State and private coal, which <br /> <br />is required to meet current contractual agreements."13 <br /> <br />Coal deposits in Daggett County are in the Rock Springs and Frontier <br /> <br />Formations. Traces of coal also occur in other formations. <br /> <br />Rock Springs Formation coal occurs in beds up to 3 feet thick (1 m) <br /> <br />at the juncture of Spring Creek and the Green River in Slv~ sec 16, <br /> <br />T 3 N, R 21 E. The area is now under the waters'of the Flaming Gorge <br /> <br />Reservoir. Coal also may be present, but concealed, under bluffs west <br /> <br />of the river in this area. Beds of Frontier Formation bituminous coal <br /> <br />that are up to 2 feet (2/3 m) thick crop out in secs 35 and 36, T 3 N, <br /> <br />R 21 E.14 <br /> <br />12Spe1tz, C. N. Strippable Coal Resources of Colorado. BuMines IC 8713, <br /> <br />1976, p. 15. <br />13Bureau of Land Management, Northwest Colorado Coal, Draft Environmental <br /> <br />Impact Statement, v. I, Regional Analysis 1976, p. IV-283. <br /> <br /> <br />14Hansen, W. R. Geology of the Flaming Gorge Area, Utah-Colorado-Wyoming. <br /> <br /> <br />U.S. Geol. Survey Prof. Paper 490, 1965, p. 182. <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />^ <br /> <br />.... <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />" <br /> <br /> <br />i <br /> <br />I <br />