Principal coal beds in the Buckhorn quadrangle, Breathitt, Leslie, and Perry Counties, Kentucky

Abstract

This report on coal in the Buckhorn quadrangle, Kentucky, is the second of a series of preliminary reports published by the U.S. Geological Survey as part of a program of investigation of the geology and coal resources of eastern Kentucky. The first report, Coal Investigations Map C5 (Johnston and Heck, 1950), described the Fire Clay and Whitesburg coals in the Hyden quadrangle. The Buckhorn quadrangle; the present report discusses the economic geology of the Fire Clay, Fire Clay Rider, Haddix, Hazard, and Hazard No. 7 coal beds.