Coal Section

A wide range of information in coal geology, coal resource and coal quality assessment and coal mine maps is available through our publications (online and printed) as well as online data to industry and citizens of Illinois. If you have special questions, please contact the section head, David Morse.

In addition to the coal section, additional expertise on coal cleaning coal conversion into high-value products, coal analysis, mine subsidence, various environmental aspects of coal mining and utilization aspects, and economics of mining and utilizing coal is available in other ISGS sections, in particular the Engineering and Coastal Geology section.

Why Study Coal in Illinois?
Older and Out of Print Coal Publications