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Coal Mining In Colorado

Colorado has 412 records of coal leases on public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management.

Quick Facts

  • 412 records of coal leases on public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
  • 73 authorized coal leases
  • 6 pending coal leases
  • 5 expired coal leases
  • 1 withdrawn coal leases
  • 226,350 authorized coal acres
  • 5,540 pending coal acres
  • 327 closed coal leases
Colorado Coal Mining Leases

Colorado Coal Mining Leases

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Recently Updated Coal Leases

Most recently updated leases in Colorado.

  1. Williams Fork Mine Regional Coal Lease

    • 681.55 acres Closed disposition
    • Moffat, Colorado
    • Sage Creek Holdings LLC et al.
    • Regional Coal Competitive Lease
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  2. Southwestern Wyoming Regional Coal Lease

    • 366.51 acres Closed disposition
    • Moffat, Colorado
    • Sage Creek Holdings LLC et al.
    • Regional Coal Competitive Lease
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  3. Dunn Ranch Area Competitive Coal Lease

    • 2.46K acres Authorized disposition
    • La Plata, Colorado
    • GCC Energy LLC
    • Nonreg Competitive Coal Lease by Application
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  4. Tcc Wadge Seam Competitive Coal Lease

    • 300 acres Closed disposition
    • Routt, Colorado
    • Twentymile Coal LLC
    • Nonreg Competitive Coal Lease by Application
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  5. San Juan Basin Coal Exploration License

    • 4.27K acres Expired disposition
    • La Plata, Colorado
    • GCC Energy LLC
    • Coal Exploration License
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Coal Leases (BLM)

Colorado has 412 coal leases on public land listed in The Coal Fields™. Of these leases, 17.72% are authorized while 79.37% are now closed.

Quick BLM Facts

  • 412 records of coal leases on public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
  • 73 records of authorized coal leases
  • 6 records of pending coal leases
  • 327 records of closed coal leases
  • 1 record of withdrawn coal leases
  • 5 records of expired coal leases

Leases By County

In Colorado

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Coal Trends

2013 1 opened lease 2 pending leases 7 closed leases2014 4 opened leases 3 pending leases 5 closed leases2015 7 closed leases2016 1 opened lease 5 closed leases2017 1 pending lease 5 closed leases2018 1 pending lease 2 closed leases2019 1 closed lease2020 1 opened lease2021 3 closed leases2022Opened2013 1 opened lease 2 pending leases 7 closed leases2014 4 opened leases 3 pending leases 5 closed leases2015 7 closed leases2016 1 opened lease 5 closed leases2017 1 pending lease 5 closed leases2018 1 pending lease 2 closed leases2019 1 closed lease2020 1 opened lease2021 3 closed leases2022Pending2013 1 opened lease 2 pending leases 7 closed leases2014 4 opened leases 3 pending leases 5 closed leases2015 7 closed leases2016 1 opened lease 5 closed leases2017 1 pending lease 5 closed leases2018 1 pending lease 2 closed leases2019 1 closed lease2020 1 opened lease2021 3 closed leases2022Closed20132014201520162017201820192020202120220.00.51.01.52.02.53.03.54.04.55.05.56.06.57.0LeasesAnnual Lease Actions In ColoradoSeptember, 2024thecoalfields.com See full chart
February 2021March 2021April 2021May 2021June 2021 3 closed leasesJuly 2021August 2021September 2021October 2021November 2021December 2021January 2022February 2022OpenedFebruary 2021March 2021April 2021May 2021June 2021 3 closed leasesJuly 2021August 2021September 2021October 2021November 2021December 2021January 2022February 2022PendingFebruary 2021March 2021April 2021May 2021June 2021 3 closed leasesJuly 2021August 2021September 2021October 2021November 2021December 2021January 2022February 2022ClosedFeb '21Mar '21Apr '21May '21Jun '21Jul '21Aug '21Sep '21Oct '21Nov '21Dec '21Jan '22Feb '220.00.20.40.60.81.01.21.41.61.82.02.22.42.62.83.0LeasesMonthly Lease Actions In ColoradoSeptember, 2024thecoalfields.com See full chart

Popular Public Lands & Regions

in Colorado

Land TypeTotal LeasesAuthorized LeasesPending LeasesClosed LeasesExpired LeasesCancelled LeasesWithdrawn LeasesRelinquished LeasesRejected LeasesAuthorized AcresPending Acres
Piceance Basin Oil and Gas 283 51 3 226 2 0 1 0 0 152,965.11 2,360 Uinta-Piceance Oil and Gas 191 38 2 149 1 0 1 0 0 123,168.78 1,720 Greater Green River Basin Oil and Gas 96 14 1 80 1 0 0 0 0 30,106.84 640 Southwestern Wyoming Oil and Gas 96 14 1 80 1 0 0 0 0 30,106.84 640 Gunnison National Forest National Forests 53 8 2 42 1 0 0 0 0 35,965.98 1,720

Top Owners

in Colorado

CityStateCategoryInterest RelationshipTotal LeasesAuthorized LeasesPending LeasesClosed LeasesAuthorized Acres
Colowyo Coal LP Meeker Colorado Corporation Lessee 7 7 0 0 26,237.08 Mountain Coal Co. Saint Louis Missouri Corporation Operator 12 5 1 6 24,491.7 Blue Mountain Energy Inc. South Jordan Utah Corporation Lessee 9 8 0 1 22,486.58 Bowie Resources LLC Paonia Colorado Corporation Lessee 7 7 0 0 18,371.7 Cam-Colorado LLC Grand Junction Colorado Corporation Lessee 5 4 0 0 16,122.52

Popular Towns, Cities, Etc.

in Colorado

CountyStateTotal LeasesAuthorized LeasesPending LeasesClosed LeasesExpired LeasesCancelled LeasesWithdrawn LeasesRelinquished LeasesRejected LeasesAuthorized AcresPending Acres
Somerset Gunnison Colorado 87 17 2 67 1 0 0 0 0 52,645.12 1,720 Bowie Delta Colorado 86 17 2 66 1 0 0 0 0 52,645.12 1,720 Hayden Routt Colorado 83 14 1 67 1 0 0 0 0 30,106.84 640 Paonia Delta Colorado 74 17 2 54 1 0 0 0 0 52,645.12 1,720 Hamilton Moffat Colorado 70 11 0 58 1 0 0 0 0 37,480.15 0

Coal Lease News From The Coal Fields™

Learn more about the Bureau of Land Management, Public Land Survey System, and coal leases.

  1. Understanding Lease Ownership

    Understanding Lease Ownership

    We receive lots of emails from people who find their name or a relative’s name on our site and want to know if this means they have some right to the land listed under that name.

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    Understanding BLM Administrative Areas

    Whether it is filing a lease or researching one, the administering BLM office is going to be the definitive source.

  3. Public Land Survey System map of the United States of America

    Understanding Location Data

    Lease handled by the Bureau of Land Management are not mapped by latitude and longitude, instead, these leases harken back to the Public Land Survey System.

  4. Historic map of the Ohio Western Reserve

    Understanding Townships

    A “township” can refer to two different things. Both are part of the PLSS measurement system but have different uses.

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