1. Geology
and Coal Resources:
The Mines of Xiqu are located within Xishan Coalfield,
as parts of the North China Late Paleozoic Basin. The
Geology and coal characteristics of the XishanCoalfield
are summarized in the following items:
1.1
Extent.
Xishan Coalfield extents ......
Some of them are ready for mine construction. Detailed
extent of the individual mines is shown in Table 1 and
Fig 1 through Fig. 4.
Table 1
| Mine
Name |
Area
(kmē)
|
Mining
District |
Mine
Name |
Area
(kmē) |
Mining District |
|
|
11.1 |
Xxxxx
or
xxxxxxxxx |
|
36.5 |
mining district |
|
|
74.1 |
|
23.0 |
|
|
17.3 |
|
110.5 |
|
|
63.1 |
|
77.5 |
|
|
|
|
68.4 |
1.2
Geography.
1.3
Climate.
1.4
Coal-bearing strata
The coal-bearing strata are Permo-Carboniferous. It can
be divided into following formations:
1.5
Coalfield
Structure
1.6
Igneous Rocks and Intrusion:
1.7
Coal seams and thickness
The
most economic coal seams mainly occur in the Taiyuan
and Shansi Formation......
Table
2 displays the thickness and the characteristics of
major workable seams of the Xishan Coalfield.
Table
2
| Formation
|
Coal
#
|
Thickness
(m)
(Min-Max)/Average |
Interburden (m)
(Min-Max)/Average |
Parting
|
Continuity
|
|
Shansi
|
02 |
|
|
|
|
| 03 |
|
|
|
| 2
|
|
|
|
| 3
|
|
|
|
| 4
|
|
|
|
|
Taiyuan
|
6
|
|
|
|
| 7
|
|
|
|
| 8
|
|
|
|
| 9
|
|
|
|
|
