Geologi dan Pola Sebaran Serta Kemenerusan Lapisan Batubara Menggunakan Metode Kontur Struktur di Desa Suo-Suo dan Sekitarnya Kecamatan Sumay Kabupaten Tebo Provinsi Jambi

Coal is a non-renewable natural resource. Coal has an important role in domestic and foreign energy resources. Coal is generally used in steam power plants (PLTU). In supporting the sustainability of coal energy, further exploration in coal development is needed. The research uses the required structural contour method with the aim of determining the distribution limits and direction of the continuity of the coal seam and only refers to the position of the coal seam and is applied to topographic maps. The observation location (LP) found in the research area contained 7 coal seams. Based on the criteria of the Indonesian National Standard (SNI), the number of outcrops that have a coal seam thickness above 1 meter are 2 outcrops with a thickness of 2.15 meters and 1.24 meters, respectively. The results of drawing the distribution pattern using the structural contour method based on the bottom of the coal seam, it is found that the direction of the distribution pattern is northwest-southeast. The continuity follows the direction of the hills and valleys based on a distribution pattern that is trending northwest-southeast with a developed control structure in the form of a pure rising fault. This is in accordance with the regional geological map of the study area with the direction of the continuity of the coal seam trending northwest-southeast. From the results of the distribution pattern and continuity, there are 2 coal outcrops that can be exploited with economic value.