Eagle Butte Mine
The Eagle Butte mine is a coal mine located 7 miles north of Gillette, Wyoming in the United States in the coal-rich Powder River Basin. The mine is an open pit, "truck and shovel", mine producing a low-sulfur, sub-bituminous coal from the Roland and Smith seams that is used for domestic energy generation.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Quarry
- Description: open pit coal mine near Gillette, Wyoming
- Also known as: “Eagle Butte”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gillette-Campbell County Airport and Rawhide Butte.
Gillette-Campbell County Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Mr. Satterly, CC0.
Northeast Wyoming Regional Airport is five miles northwest of Gillette in Campbell County, Wyoming. It has scheduled airline flights. Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 29,271 passenger boardings in calendar year 2016 and 28,383 in 2017. Gillette-Campbell County Airport is situated 2 miles southwest of Eagle Butte Mine.
Rawhide Butte
Peak
Photo: Mr. Satterly, CC0.
Rawhide Butte is a peak, which is situated 2½ miles northwest of Eagle Butte Mine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gillette.
Gillette
Photo: Mr. Satterly, WTFPL.
Gillette is a city in Northeast Wyoming halfway between Sundance and Sheridan on I-90. Gillette is a coal mining town with a population of about 33,000.
Eagle Butte Mine
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Campbell, Wyoming, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
44.37292° or 44° 22′ 23″ northLongitude
-105.51778° or 105° 31′ 4″ westOpen location code
85PP9FFJ+5VOpenStreetMap ID
way 140233620OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarryWikidata ID
Q5325038
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Eagle Butte Mine” goes by many names.
- French: “mine d’Eagle Butte”
- French: “Mine d’Eagle Butte”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Eagle Butte Mine Viewing Area and Rawhide Park.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Rawhide Village and Rawhide Elementary School.
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