WVGES Trace Elements in West Virginia Coals

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Click on map for larger viewThe geographic distribution of whole coal arsenic abundance shows high arsenic in Conemaugh coals of Tucker, Mineral and Grant counties (see cautionary notes page) and "possible" high arsenic regions in western McDowell and southwestern Wyoming counties where lower Kanawha coals are mined, and in Greenbrier and Lewis counties.  Coals over most of the state were <10 ppm whole coal arsenic.
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