Mine · Floyd County, Kentucky, United States
Merritt Branch
Merritt Branch is a closed mine in Floyd County, Kentucky, United States, operated by Hendrickson Equipment INC.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Floyd County | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Closed (abandoned) | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Commodities | coal (mainly coal) | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Operator | Hendrickson Equipment INC | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Production | 1,078 t/year (in 2022) | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Production | 11,473 t/year (in 2023) | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Employees | 5 people (annual average, in 2023) | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Mine type | Surface | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 37.6408, -82.6956 | MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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Hendrickson Equipment INC operates 2 of the 2,675 mines in the United States in our data with a named owner; 200 owners have more. Counts cover the mines in our data that name an owner, holder or operator; an asset with several owners counts for each.
| Operator in United States | Rank | Mines | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpha Metallurgical Resources Inc | 1st | 56 | 2.1% |
| Sev.en Global Investments a.s. | 2nd | 50 | 1.9% |
| Rosebud Mining Company | 3rd | 40 | 1.5% |
| Martin Marietta Materials Inc | 4th | 29 | 1.1% |
| Metinvest B V | 4th | 29 | 1.1% |
| Hendrickson Equipment INC | 201st | 2 | <0.1% |
Timeline
Dated facts about this mine from its sources, oldest first.
- Production: 1,078 t/year
- Production: 11,473 t/year
Nearby
Within 50 km of this mine: 1 data center and 1 power plant, measured from the coordinates in the facts above.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Kentucky Network Datacenter | Data center | — | — | 4.8 km |
| Starfire Mountain Solar | Power plant | 410 MW | Planned | 45 km |
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Data on this page
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- MSHA Mines Data Set. MSHA Mines Data Set, Public domain.
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