Location and Geography
The Crandall Canyon Mine is located at 39°27′36″N 111°10′03.5″W / 39.46°N 111.167639°W / 39.46; -111.167639 (39.460000°, -111.167639°) with its entrance at an elevation of 7,835 feet (2,388m).
The mine is located in Emery County, Utah in the Wasatch plateau coal field. The mine is located about 140 miles (225 km) south of Salt Lake City, 34 miles (55 km) southeast of Fairview, and about 15 miles (24 km) west north-west of Huntington. The mine is located in Crandall Canyon about 1.25 miles (2 km) west of its junction with the main highway road, State Route 31, which runs through Huntington Canyon.
The Manti-La Sal National Forest surrounds the mine. The mine conducts surface operations on 10 acres (40,000 m²) of disturbed land within the forest. The permit area for the mine covers an area of more than 5,000 acres (20 km2) utilizing fee land, federal, and state leases.
The topography in the vicinity of the mine is generally mountainous with peaks reaching above 10,000 feet (3050m) within a 3 mile (5 km) radius from the mine's entrance. An unnamed peak 3-mile (4.8 km) west at the head of both Crandall Canyon and Blind Canyon is at elevation 10,743 feet (3274m). Mill Fork Peak, located about 1.2 miles (2 km) south of the mine's entrance, is at elevation 9885 feet (3012m). A ridge line 0.5 miles (0.8 km) north of the mine entrance reaches elevations above 9200 feet (2800m). That is an offset of about 1,400 vertical feet (427m) above the mine's entrance in the canyon below.
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