Trace Elements in West Virginia Coals

**Coal Bed Trace Element Summary Statistics**
**Clean Air Act, Title III Amendments of 1990** **Hazardous Air Pollutants**
**Lower Kanawha Formation Coals**
Coal Bed Name	Element	As	Be	Cd	Co	Cr	Hg	Mn	Ni	Pb	Sb	Se	Cl	F	U	Th
EAGLE	Mean	8.45	2.77	0.06	5.36	12.25	0.11	28.98	10.69	5.48	0.91	3.60	1536.40	47.13	1.30	2.28
	St. Dev.	12.06	1.66	0.05	2.94	6.05	0.13	70.59	6.42	2.87	0.65	1.38	670.50	29.70	0.80	1.24
	max	55.00	8.48	0.31	17.90	29.05	0.55	535.60	39.90	17.17	3.70	7.90	2470.00	170.00	4.74	6.20
	min	0.08	0.32	0.01	1.40	2.72	0.01	2.08	3.03	1.06	0.18	0.99	610.00	10.00	0.22	0.32
	n	68	69	66	69	69	68	69	69	69	69	69	11	61	68	65
Coal Bed Name	Element	As	Be	Cd	Co	Cr	Hg	Mn	Ni	Pb	Sb	Se	Cl	F	U	Th
LITTLE EAGLE	Mean	24.84	5.11	0.05	6.84	9.58	0.18	6.50	11.76	5.72	1.13	3.33	1575.00	42.50	1.04	1.53
	St. Dev.	59.43	2.66	0.04	3.84	4.25	0.21	3.59	3.96	3.25	0.98	1.90	558.61	18.67	0.60	0.67
	max	183.00	9.38	0.09	13.40	19.14	0.61	12.16	20.40	13.87	3.60	7.80	1970.00	74.00	2.19	2.50
	min	0.09	2.48	0.01	2.20	4.60	0.01	1.43	6.44	2.66	0.40	1.80	1180.00	20.00	0.47	0.68
	n	9	9	7	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	2	6	9	9
Coal Bed Name	Element	As	Be	Cd	Co	Cr	Hg	Mn	Ni	Pb	Sb	Se	Cl	F	U	Th
MATEWAN	Mean	85.35	3.15	0.15	7.10	21.82	0.21	19.77	19.26	12.97	1.98	4.35		51.00	2.31	3.08
	St. Dev.	118.60	1.54	0.02	3.74	2.84	0.22	7.38	12.99	2.95	1.02	2.61			0.93	1.18
	max	258.00	5.15	0.16	12.20	25.20	0.44	26.40	38.10	15.10	2.86	7.40			3.13	4.75
	min	4.03	1.44	0.14	3.53	19.44	0.02	9.36	10.10	8.64	0.50	1.20			1.01	2.09
	n	4	4	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4		1	4	4
Coal Bed Name	Element	As	Be	Cd	Co	Cr	Hg	Mn	Ni	Pb	Sb	Se	Cl	F	U	Th
MIDDLE WAR EAGLE	Mean	44.27	4.00	0.06	5.08	13.35	0.08	7.65	13.65	5.81	1.70	2.68	1330.00	78.00	1.28	1.71
	St. Dev.	85.78	2.55	0.06	2.13	8.47	0.07	8.60	5.85	4.52	1.08	1.64		9.17	0.63	0.83
	max	237.40	9.13	0.15	8.30	25.73	0.19	26.56	19.92	12.50	3.90	4.80		88.00	2.40	2.58
	min	0.39	1.92	0.02	2.30	4.60	0.02	2.11	5.18	2.22	0.70	0.76		70.00	0.36	0.70
	n	7	7	4	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	1	3	7	7
Coal Bed Name	Element	As	Be	Cd	Co	Cr	Hg	Mn	Ni	Pb	Sb	Se	Cl	F	U	Th
BENS CREEK	Mean	38.95	4.27	0.06	6.58	12.39	0.11	15.21	11.68	5.27	1.50	2.65		64.25	1.18	1.63
	St. Dev.	68.97	2.70	0.04	3.99	9.26	0.12	20.21	5.17	3.59	0.60	1.05		16.21	0.48	0.97
	max	205.00	8.74	0.12	13.70	32.58	0.30	52.50	19.40	12.50	2.17	4.20		84.00	1.99	3.10
	min	1.63	1.67	0.00	1.40	3.20	0.00	1.90	4.85	1.43	0.39	1.10		50.00	0.54	0.60
	n	8	8	6	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8		4	7	8
Coal Bed Name	Element	As	Be	Cd	Co	Cr	Hg	Mn	Ni	Pb	Sb	Se	Cl	F	U	Th
LOWER WAR EAGLE	Mean	48.30	2.29	0.11	7.87	16.81	0.12	13.91	12.17	12.25	1.65	3.97		32.00	2.96	2.91
	St. Dev.	37.42	1.37	0.03	7.31	11.07	0.09	9.71	7.63	12.53	0.47	1.84		1.41	0.53	2.18
	max	87.00	3.85	0.13	16.30	28.12	0.23	23.68	20.70	26.60	2.10	5.80		33.00	3.55	5.33
	min	12.30	1.30	0.09	3.40	6.00	0.07	4.26	6.02	3.44	1.17	2.12		31.00	2.52	1.10
	n	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3		2	3	3
Coal Bed Name	Element	As	Be	Cd	Co	Cr	Hg	Mn	Ni	Pb	Sb	Se	Cl	F	U	Th
GLENALUM TUNNEL	Mean	17.34	2.74	0.03	4.89	16.85	0.13	6.33	9.39	16.06	0.97	3.01			1.66	2.95
	St. Dev.	22.61	1.09		1.75	7.79	0.16	3.59	1.64	9.60	0.24	2.28			1.45	3.05
	max	51.00	3.83		6.76	24.36	0.37	11.60	11.40	30.20	1.30	5.70			3.83	7.42
	min	2.38	1.71		2.78	6.00	0.01	3.50	7.54	9.12	0.77	0.44			0.78	0.53
	n	4	4	1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4			4	4
Coal Bed Name	Element	As	Be	Cd	Co	Cr	Hg	Mn	Ni	Pb	Sb	Se	Cl	F	U	Th
GILBERT	Mean	34.89	3.32	0.09	9.94	20.54	0.26	9.12	15.55	8.77	1.47	4.61	1390.00	63.67	1.85	4.33
	St. Dev.	65.06	1.41	0.05	11.69	15.39	0.29	6.83	8.37	5.34	0.72	2.06	678.82	40.59	0.86	2.93
	max	200.00	6.07	0.19	40.20	43.02	0.95	19.90	29.50	17.00	2.39	7.80	1870.00	120.00	2.77	7.85
	min	1.00	1.92	0.03	2.70	5.80	0.07	2.45	4.92	3.01	0.60	1.30	910.00	31.00	0.45	0.90
	n	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	2	6	9	9
Coal Bed Name	Element	As	Be	Cd	Co	Cr	Hg	Mn	Ni	Pb	Sb	Se	Cl	F	U	Th
DOUGLAS	Mean	29.19	2.69	0.06	8.20	10.91	0.16	7.44	10.73	4.00	1.05	2.96		35.75	0.77	1.56
	St. Dev.	34.22	1.17	0.02	7.97	7.30	0.21	4.25	6.80	2.18	0.33	3.48		17.78	0.18	1.11
	max	101.40	4.26	0.11	27.30	27.50	0.62	12.80	25.10	7.48	1.50	11.30		60.00	0.94	4.10
	min	0.44	1.55	0.04	2.40	5.20	0.01	2.80	4.54	1.51	0.66	0.75		21.00	0.44	0.70
	n	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8		4	7	8
Coal Bed Name	Element	As	Be	Cd	Co	Cr	Hg	Mn	Ni	Pb	Sb	Se	Cl	F	U	Th
LOWER DOUGLAS	Mean	3.43	3.84	0.02	4.20	4.00		124.80	5.12	1.18	0.44	1.20				0.55
LOWER DOUGLAS	n	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1	1				1

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