Powder River Basin
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Did you know | Total production from the PRB was over 455 million short tons of coal in 2009. |
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About Powder River Basin
The Powder River Basin is a geologic structural basin in southeast Montana and northeast Wyoming, about 120 miles east to west and 200 miles north to south, known for its coal deposits. The region supplies about 40 percent of coal in the United States. It is both a topographic drainage and geologic structural basin.