Mine · Bullitt County, Kentucky, United States

Shale Pit

Shale Pit is a closed mine in Bullitt County, Kentucky, United States.

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	Bullitt 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	shale (mainly shale)	MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Employees	3 people (annual average, in 2024)	MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Mine type	Surface	MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates	38.0217, -85.6975	MSHA Mines Data Set · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026

Research on this mine and its owner.Who owns it up to the parent company, its permits, resources and offtake, and an introduction to the owner.

Within 50 km of this mine: 3 power plants (2,750 MW) and 3 data centers (1 operating, 178 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
Mill Creek (KY)	Power plant	1,362 MW	Operating	19 km
Cane Run	Power plant	807 MW	Operating	25 km
Flexential Louisville - Downtown	Data center	—	—	25 km
Flexential Louisville - East	Data center	—	—	33 km
Meta Jeffersonville	Data center	178 MW	Operating	39 km
Bluegrass Generating Station	Power plant	581 MW	Operating	48 km

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
Epoch AI. Epoch AI data centers, CC BY 4.0.
MSHA Mines Data Set. MSHA Mines Data Set, Public domain.