List of coalfields


A coalfield is an area of certain uniform characteristics where coal is mined. The criteria for determining the approximate boundary of a coalfield are geographical and cultural, in addition to geological. A coalfield often groups the seams of coal, railroad companies, cultural groups, and watersheds and other geographical considerations. At one time the coalfield designation was an important category in business and industrial discussions. The terminology declined into unimportance as the 20th century progressed, and was probably only referred to by a few small railroads and history buffs by the 1980s. Renewed interest in industrial heritage and coal mining history has brought the old names of the coalfields before a larger audience.

Australia

New South Wales

Queensland

  • Bowen Basin coalfields
  • Galilee Basin coalfields
  • Surat Basin coalfields
  • Walloon coalfields

Victoria

  • Latrobe Valley coalfields

Western Australia

  • Collie coalfields

Belgium

  • Borinage Coalfield
  • Campine Coalfield
  • Centre Coalfield
  • Charleroi Coalfield
  • Liege Coalfield

Canada

Chile

China

Colombia

Colombia has the largest coal reserves in Latin America and is a major exporter.

France

  • Aumance Coalfield
  • Blanzy Coalfield
  • Brassac Coalfield
  • Carmaux Coalfield
  • Champagnac Coalfield
  • Dauphiné Coalfield
  • Decazeville Coalfield
  • Epinac Coalfield
  • Gard Coalfield
  • Hérault Coalfield
  • Loire Coalfield
  • Lorraine Coalfield
  • La Machine Coalfield
  • Messeix Coalfield
  • Nord-Pas-de-Calais Coalfield
  • Provence Coalfield
  • St Eloi Coalfield

Germany

  • Aachen Coalfield
  • Ibbenbüren Coalfield
  • Lugau-Oelsnitz Coalfield
  • Ruhr Coalfield
  • Saar Coalfield
  • Zwickau Coalfield

Great Britain

England

Scotland

Wales

India

[Japan]

[Hokkaidō]

[Honshū]

  • Jōban coalfield
  • Omine coalfield
  • Ube coalfield

[Kyūshū]

The Netherlands

  • Limburg Coalfield
  • Peel Coalfield

[New Zealand]

Pakistan

Poland

Russia

South Africa

  • Ermelo Coalfield
  • Highveld Coalfield
  • Klip River Coalfield
  • Utrecht Coalfield
  • Waterberg Coalfield
  • Witbank Coalfield

Ukraine

United States

Alabama

Alaska

  • Nenana Coalfield

Arkansas

  • Arkansas Valley Coalfield

Colorado

  • Book Cliffs Coalfield
  • Boulder-Weld Coalfield
  • Canyon City Coalfield
  • Colorado Springs Coalfield
  • Crested Butte Coalfield
  • Dan Forth Hills Coalfield
  • Durango Coalfield
  • Grand Hogback Coalfield
  • Grand Mesa Coalfield
  • North Park Coalfield
  • Nucla Naturita Coalfield
  • Pagosa Springs Coalfield
  • Somerset Colorado Coalfield
  • South Park Coalfield
  • Trinidad Coalfield
  • Yampa Coalfield

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

  • Appanoose-Wayne Coalfield
  • Eldora Coalfield
  • Fort Dodge Coalfield
  • Walnut Creek Coalfield

Kansas

Kentucky

  • Cincinnati-Southern Coalfield
  • Cumberland Gap Coalfield
  • Elkhorn Coalfield
  • Harlan Coalfield
  • Hazard Coalfield
  • Jellico Coalfield
  • Kenova Coalfield
  • Paintsville Coalfield
  • Thacker Coalfield
  • West Kentucky Coalfield

Maryland

  • Cassellman Coalfield
  • Georges Creek Coalfield
  • Lower Youghiogheny Coalfield
  • Upper Potomac Coalfield
  • Upper Youghiogheny Coalfield

North Carolina

Ohio

  • Amsterdam-Salineville Coalfield
  • Cambridge Coalfield
  • Coshocton Coalfield
  • Crooksville Coalfield
  • Federal Creek Coalfield
  • Goshen Coalfield
  • Hocking Coalfield
  • Ironton Coalfield
  • Jackson Coalfield
  • Lisbon Coalfield
  • Massillion Coalfield
  • Meigs Creek Coalfield
  • Palmyra Coalfield
  • Pittsburgh No. 8 Coalfield
  • Pomeroy Coalfield

Oklahoma

  • Arkoma Basin Coalfield
  • Northeastern Shelf Coalfield
  • Oklahoma Coalfield

Oregon

  • Coos Bay Coalfield

Pennsylvania

  • Anthracite Coalfield
  • Beaver Coalfield
  • Bennetts Branch Coalfield
  • Bernice Coalfield
  • Black Lick Coalfield
  • Blossburg Coalfield
  • Broad Top Coalfield
  • Butler Coalfield
  • Cameron Coalfield
  • Clarion Coalfield
  • Clearfield Coalfield
  • Connellsville Coalfield
  • Freeport Coalfield
  • Georges Creek Coalfield
  • Indian Valley Coalfield
  • Indiana Coalfield
  • Irwin Gas Coalfield
  • Keating Coalfield
  • Kittanning Coalfield
  • Klondike Coalfield
  • Ligonier Coalfield
  • Low Grade Division Coalfield
  • Mercer Coalfield
  • Meyersdale Coalfield
  • Moshannon Coalfield
  • Mountain Coalfield
  • Pittsburgh Coalfield
  • Punxsutawney Coalfield
  • Ralston Coalfield
  • Shawmut Coalfield
  • Snowshoe Coalfield
  • Somerset Pennsylvania Coalfield
  • Westmoreland Coalfield
  • Windber Coalfield

Tennessee

  • Cumberland Gap Coalfield
  • Jellico Coalfield
  • Lafollette Coalfield
  • Rockwood Coalfield
  • Soddy Coalfield
  • Wartburg Coalfield

Utah

  • Blacktail Coalfield
  • Book Cliffs Coalfield
  • Castlegate Coalfield
  • Coalville Coalfield
  • Emery Coalfield
  • Harmony Coalfield
  • Henry Mountains Coalfield
  • Kaiporonitis Plateau Coalfield
  • Kolob Plateau Coalfield
  • Sunnyside Coalfield
  • Teton Basin Coalfield
  • Vernal Coalfield
  • Wasatch Plateau

Virginia

West Virginia

Wyoming

  • Bighorn Coalfield
  • Black Hills Coalfield
  • Goshen Hole Coalfield
  • Green River Coalfield
  • Hams Fork Coalfield
  • Hanna Coalfield
  • Jackson Hole Coalfield
  • Powder River Coalfield
  • Rock Creek Coalfield
  • Wind River Coalfield

Venezuela