The West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey provides an interactive map of underground and surface coal mining activity in West Virginia. The map shows areas of active and historical coal mining in both underground and surface mines, with separate colors for auger and highwall mining.

The Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining provides an interactive map of oil and gas resources in Utah. The map includes:

The State Oil and Gas Board of Alabama provides an interactive map with a wide variety of information on oil and gas in Alabama. The map includes:

The Washington State Coal Mine Map Collection from the Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources allows users to find maps of coal mines (including abandoned coal mines) in the state of Washington. The interactive atlas provides shaded "map areas" that the user can click on to find maps of coal mines in each area.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection provides a large amount of information on oil and gas wells in the state in an interactive map. The map includes detailed information on wells across the state, generally split into conventional (blue) and unconventional (red) wells, and including:

The Wyoming State Geological Survey makes a large amount of information on oil and gas in the state available in interactive map form. The map includes:

The U.S. Energy Information Administration provides an interactive map showing the major tight oil and shale gas plays in the lower 48 states.

Tight oil and shale gas are two of the main types of "unconventional" oil and gas resources, and played an important role in the early-21st-century resurgence in domestic production of oil (beginning around 2009) and natural gas (beginning around 2006).