Canyon Fuel Company, LLC
SUFCO Mine
SUFCO MINE - Active Operation, Permit ACT/041/002
The SUFCO Mine, previously known as the Convulsion Canyon Mine is located at the southern end of the Wasatch Plateau Coal Field, approximately 30 miles east of Salina, Utah. It is on a tributary to Quitchupah Creek below the confluence of East Spring Canyon and Mud Spring Hollow. The current permittee is Canyon Fuel Company, LLC, owned by ARCO and Itochu Corporation.
This mine began operation in 1941, mining federally-owned coal. The SUFCO Mine permit area currently encompasses approximately 17,300 acres with a combination of fee and federal leases. The majority of coal is longwall mined from the upper Hiawatha seam. Coal is moved by underground conveyor from the face to the portal, then shipped by truck to Sharp Siding near Levan, Utah, and Savage Coal Terminal near Price, Utah where it is loaded onto rail. The annual production is about 5 million tons.
