Ownership Submission
FORM 3
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
  Patterson Gary
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
08/31/2010
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
International Coal Group, Inc. [ICO]
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O INTERNATIONAL COAL GROUP, INC., 300 CORPORATE CENTRE DRIVE
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
SVP - WV/Maryland Region
5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
(Street)

SCOTT DEPOT, WV 25560
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned
(Instr. 4)
3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Common Stock 8,000 (1)
D
 
Common Stock 3,000 (2)
D
 
Common Stock 37,000 (3)
D
 

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security
(Instr. 4)
4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 5)
6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)   (4) 05/05/2019 Common Stock 12,000 $ 3.2 D  
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)   (5) 02/23/2020 Common Stock 8,795 $ 4.11 D  
Employee Stock Option (right to buy)   (6) 08/18/2020 Common Stock 33,000 $ 4.98 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
Director 10% Owner Officer Other
Patterson Gary
C/O INTERNATIONAL COAL GROUP, INC.
300 CORPORATE CENTRE DRIVE
SCOTT DEPOT, WV 25560
      SVP - WV/Maryland Region  

Signatures

/s/ Roger L. Nicholson, Attorney in Fact for Gary A. Patterson 08/31/2010
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Represents a restricted stock grant of 8,000 shares of common stock. The restrictions on 2,000 shares have lapsed of which 659 have been withheld to satisfy tax withholdings; restrictions on the remaining 6,000 shares of common stock will lapse in equal installments of 2,000 shares on April 30, 2011, 2012 and 2013.
(2) Represents a restricted stock grant of 3,000 shares of common stock. The restrictions on the shares of common stock will lapse in equal installments of 750 shares of common stock on April 30, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.
(3) Represents a restricted stock grant of 37,000 shares of common stock. The restrictions on the shares of common stock will lapse in equal installments of 9,250 shares on April 30, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.
(4) Represents stock options for 12,000 shares of common stock, of which 3,000 shares have vested. The remaining 9,000 shares will vest in equal installments of 3,000 shares on April 30, 2011, 2012 and 2013.
(5) Represents stock options for 8,795 shares of common stock. The stock options will vest in equal installments of 2,199 shares on April 30, 2011, 2012, and 2013 and 2,198 shares on April 30, 2014.
(6) Represents stock options for 33,000 shares of common stock. The stock options will vest in equal installments of 8,250 shares on April 30, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.

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