coal field
Black mineral deposit
A coal field is a region where coal deposits occur underground in sufficient quantity to be mined commercially.
The term refers both to the geological formation and to the mining district that develops around it: the Appalachian coal field, workers in the Pennsylvania coal fields.
Also spelled as one word: coalfield.
- mineOre excavation site
- seamJoined fabric edge
- pitFruit's hard seed
- open pitSurface-level excavation site
- collieryCoal extraction site
mine shaft · shaft · extraction · strip mining · anthracite · bituminous · black · dust · miners · underground · deposit · quarry · lignite · excavation · strip · drift · veins · geological
- coalanthracite, bituminous, lignite, slack, culm
- fieldsbiology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, engineering
- protected landsnational park, national parks, wildlife refuge, wildlife refuges, nature reserve
coal fieldoil field
Underground crude deposit area
oil well · tar sands · gas field · oil patch · uranium mine
coal fieldsolar farm
Grid-scale photovoltaic installation
wind farm · solar array · hydroelectric dam · geothermal plant · geothermal field