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Coal Mining In Carbon County, Utah

Carbon County, Utah has 74 records of coal leases on public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management.

Quick Facts

  • 74 records of coal leases on public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
  • 42 authorized coal leases
  • 226,860 authorized coal acres
  • 32 closed coal leases

Leases Summary

in Carbon County, Utah

  • 74 Total
  • 42 Authorized
  • 32 Closed
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Carbon County Coal Mining Leases

Carbon County Coal Mining Leases

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Recently Updated Coal Leases

Most recently updated leases in Carbon.

  1. Whitmore Canyon Competitive Coal Lease

    • 2.61K acres Closed disposition
    • Carbon, Utah
    • Utah Land Resources Inc. et al.
    • Nonreg Competitive Coal Lease by Application
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  2. Uinta Basin Coal Lease

    • 1.2K acres Authorized disposition
    • Carbon, Utah
    • ANR Inc.
    • Coal Lease
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  3. Uinta Basin Coal Bypass

    • 160 acres Authorized disposition
    • Carbon, Utah
    • ANR Inc.
    • Competitive Regulation Emergency Bypass
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  4. Winter Quarters Competitive Coal Lease

    • 4.06K acres Authorized disposition
    • Carbon, Utah
    • Canyon Fuel Co.
    • Nonreg Competitive Coal Lease by Application
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  5. Soldier Creek Coal Mining Unit

    • 15.5K acres Authorized disposition
    • Carbon, Utah
    • Canyon Fuel Co.
    • Logical Mining Unit
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Coal Leases (BLM)

Carbon County, Utah has 74 coal leases on public land listed in The Coal Fields™. Of these leases, 56.76% are authorized while 43.24% are now closed.

Quick BLM Facts

  • 74 records of coal leases on public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
  • 42 records of authorized coal leases
  • 32 records of closed coal leases
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Lease By Disposition

In Carbon

claim Leases
Authorized 56.76% (42 Leases)  
Closed 43.24% (32 Leases)  

Coal Trends

2013 2 closed leases20142015 2 closed leases2016 2 closed leases20172018 1 closed lease2019202020212022Opened2013 2 closed leases20142015 2 closed leases2016 2 closed leases20172018 1 closed lease2019202020212022Pending2013 2 closed leases20142015 2 closed leases2016 2 closed leases20172018 1 closed lease2019202020212022Closed20132014201520162017201820192020202120220.00.20.40.60.81.01.21.41.61.82.0LeasesAnnual Lease Actions In CarbonCounty, UtahJanuary, 2025thecoalfields.com See full chart
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Popular Public Lands & Regions

in Carbon County, Utah

Land TypeTotal LeasesAuthorized LeasesPending LeasesClosed LeasesExpired LeasesCancelled LeasesWithdrawn LeasesRelinquished LeasesRejected LeasesAuthorized AcresPending Acres
Uinta Basin Oil and Gas 47 22 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 69,772.9 0 Uinta-Piceance Oil and Gas 47 22 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 69,772.9 0 Manti-La Sal National Forest National Forests 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35,020.75 0

Top Owners

in Carbon County, Utah

CityStateCategoryInterest RelationshipTotal LeasesAuthorized LeasesPending LeasesClosed LeasesAuthorized Acres
Canyon Fuel Co. Sandy Utah Corporation Lessee 13 12 0 1 42,884.1 Gentry Mountain Mining LLC Salt Lake City Utah Corporation Operating Rights 1 1 0 0 13,861.8 Coop Mining Co. Huntington Utah Corporation Applicant 1 1 0 0 13,861.8 Cw Mining Co. Huntington Utah Corporation Assignee 1 1 0 0 13,861.8 Utah Land Resources Inc. Saint Clairsville Ohio Corporation Lessee 9 8 0 1 12,222.66

Popular Towns, Cities, Etc.

in Carbon County, Utah

CountyStateTotal LeasesAuthorized LeasesPending LeasesClosed LeasesExpired LeasesCancelled LeasesWithdrawn LeasesRelinquished LeasesRejected LeasesAuthorized AcresPending Acres
Wattis Carbon Utah 161 40 2 119 0 0 0 0 0 54,995.22 920 Hiawatha Carbon Utah 160 39 2 119 0 0 0 0 0 54,955.22 920 Clear Creek Carbon Utah 144 36 2 106 0 0 0 0 0 52,819.38 920 Scofield Carbon Utah 128 26 2 100 0 0 0 0 0 50,671.43 920 Spring Glen Carbon Utah 102 26 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 52,336.28 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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