Map of Alaska's coal resources

This data contains the location of coal resources within the State of Alaska and created in cooperation with the Alaska Coal Association. Total hypothetical coal resources in Alaska exceed 5.5 trillion short tons, equal to about half the estimated coal resources of the United States. Major coal deposits occur in the Northern Alaska, Nenana, and Cook Inlet-Susitna provinces.

Data and Resources

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contact-email dggspubs@alaska.gov
coupled-resource []
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metadata-date 2008-05-06
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resource-type dataset
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spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-172.0, 52.0], [-130.0, 52.0], [-130.0, 71.5], [-172.0, 71.5], [-172.0, 52.0]]]}
spatial_harvester true
temporal-extent-begin 1984-01-01
temporal-extent-end 1986-01-01
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • alaska
  • alaska-peninsula
  • amerigeo
  • amerigeoss
  • beluga-formation
  • chickaloon-formation
  • chignik-formation
  • chuitna-river
  • ckan
  • coal
  • coal-quality
  • colville-group
  • cook-inlet
  • cook-inlet-basin
  • cretaceous
  • eocene
  • geo
  • geology
  • geoss
  • healy-creek-formation
  • herendeen-bay
  • kapaloak-formation
  • kenai-group
  • koyukuk-basin
  • kushtaka-formation
  • lisburne-group
  • matanuska-valley
  • mining
  • miocene
  • mississippian
  • nanushuk-group
  • national
  • nenana-basin
  • north-america
  • north-slope
  • npra
  • oligocene
  • paleocene
  • pliocene
  • sagavanirktok-formation
  • state-of
  • sterling-formation
  • suntrana-formation
  • tanana-basin
  • tertiary
  • tyonek-formation
  • united-states
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metadata_created 2025-11-22T06:06:17.816538
metadata_modified 2025-11-22T06:06:17.816543
notes This data contains the location of coal resources within the State of Alaska and created in cooperation with the Alaska Coal Association. Total hypothetical coal resources in Alaska exceed 5.5 trillion short tons, equal to about half the estimated coal resources of the United States. Major coal deposits occur in the Northern Alaska, Nenana, and Cook Inlet-Susitna provinces.
num_resources 11
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title Map of Alaska's coal resources