Trace Elements in West Virginia Coals

**Coal Bed Trace Element Summary Statistics**
**Clean Air Act, Title III Amendments of 1990** **Hazardous Air Pollutants**
**Upper Kanawha Formation Coals**
Coal Bed Name	Element	As	Be	Cd	Co	Cr	Hg	Mn	Ni	Pb	Sb	Se	Cl	F	U	Th
UPPER MERCER	Mean	10.59	3.18		35.30	102.40	0.59	16.24	49.42	49.42	1.48	8.80	480.00		5.30	9.88
UPPER MERCER	n	1	1		1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1
Coal Bed Name	Element	As	Be	Cd	Co	Cr	Hg	Mn	Ni	Pb	Sb	Se	Cl	F	U	Th
STOCKTON	Mean	9.41	2.57	0.13	8.90	26.46	0.15	16.94	16.91	12.77	0.94	6.66	897.78	76.61	1.77	4.85
	St. Dev.	12.81	1.67	0.18	4.08	13.26	0.15	23.10	6.03	6.73	0.57	3.33	281.19	51.01	0.79	2.51
	max	64.60	8.76	0.95	24.00	69.48	0.83	136.10	36.07	42.67	2.80	21.30	1420.00	230.00	4.05	12.23
	min	0.70	0.68	0.01	1.75	7.12	0.01	0.89	5.25	3.44	0.10	0.27	480.00	10.00	0.35	1.20
	n	54	54	49	54	54	52	54	54	54	54	54	18	23	54	53
Coal Bed Name	Element	As	Be	Cd	Co	Cr	Hg	Mn	Ni	Pb	Sb	Se	Cl	F	U	Th
COALBURG	Mean	5.26	2.50	0.09	9.24	26.08	0.11	24.32	16.98	10.87	0.82	5.99	918.52	84.76	1.56	4.33
	St. Dev.	7.61	1.63	0.14	3.78	13.88	0.16	42.65	7.95	5.29	0.46	2.10	389.95	58.03	0.70	2.31
	max	47.05	9.46	0.84	23.00	68.40	1.30	248.19	69.66	24.77	3.15	14.90	1760.00	240.00	4.49	12.90
	min	0.40	0.25	0.01	2.86	3.60	0.01	0.94	1.70	1.58	0.20	1.44	290.00	20.00	0.38	0.45
	n	77	77	69	77	77	75	77	77	77	77	77	27	29	77	76
Coal Bed Name	Element	As	Be	Cd	Co	Cr	Hg	Mn	Ni	Pb	Sb	Se	Cl	F	U	Th
WINIFREDE	Mean	3.84	4.56	0.17	7.77	18.83	0.07	11.08	14.73	10.45	0.94	4.63	1258.80	72.21	1.36	4.27
	St. Dev.	5.14	4.79	0.31	3.94	10.38	0.06	8.96	6.36	7.69	0.71	1.62	289.36	47.04	0.60	2.88
	max	24.98	24.72	1.29	19.20	46.70	0.28	40.76	33.65	30.60	2.98	9.20	1610.00	180.00	2.46	10.46
	min	0.30	0.99	0.02	2.79	5.69	0.02	1.89	6.93	1.97	0.24	2.00	760.00	23.00	0.48	0.75
	n	26	26	25	26	26	21	26	26	26	26	26	8	19	24	25
Coal Bed Name	Element	As	Be	Cd	Co	Cr	Hg	Mn	Ni	Pb	Sb	Se	Cl	F	U	Th
CHILTON A	Mean	1.20	8.32	0.03	8.40	11.00	0.09	5.76	25.60	6.40	0.60	3.61		28.00	0.98	2.40
CHILTON A	n	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	1
Coal Bed Name	Element	As	Be	Cd	Co	Cr	Hg	Mn	Ni	Pb	Sb	Se	Cl	F	U	Th
CHILTON	Mean	8.10	4.70	0.06	8.50	49.00	0.16	9.20	20.00	36.00	4.00	3.40			6.40	6.40
CHILTON	n	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1			1	1
Coal Bed Name	Element	As	Be	Cd	Co	Cr	Hg	Mn	Ni	Pb	Sb	Se	Cl	F	U	Th
LITTLE CHILTON	Mean	1.50	3.68		13.01	21.82	0.05	22.04	16.64	9.90	0.65	4.20	1315.00		1.51	2.48
	St. Dev.	0.77	1.00		1.09	0.88	0.01	15.30	0.45	1.86	0.12	1.13	7.05		0.18	0.96
	max	2.04	4.39		13.78	22.77	0.05	32.86	16.96	11.20	0.73	5.00	1320.00		1.63	3.16
	min	0.95	2.97		12.24	21.20	0.04	11.22	16.32	8.59	0.56	3.40	1310.00		1.38	1.80
	n	2	2		2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2		2	2
Coal Bed Name	Element	As	Be	Cd	Co	Cr	Hg	Mn	Ni	Pb	Sb	Se	Cl	F	U	Th
FIRE CLAY	Mean	14.70	3.73	0.23	7.62	16.22	0.12	19.18	12.81	11.41	1.00	4.59		61.67	1.75	4.45
	St. Dev.	25.07	3.13	0.23	4.67	6.39	0.13	23.02	5.84	4.74	0.45	2.42		22.84	0.73	2.28
	max	103.30	14.30	0.64	18.60	31.68	0.56	81.90	24.91	21.20	1.76	9.10		96.00	3.66	10.00
	min	1.10	1.22	0.01	2.30	5.05	0.00	2.61	3.65	2.70	0.30	1.31		32.00	0.39	0.80
	n	20	20	14	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20		12	20	19
Coal Bed Name	Element	As	Be	Cd	Co	Cr	Hg	Mn	Ni	Pb	Sb	Se	Cl	F	U	Th
CEDAR GROVE	Mean	10.45	3.24	0.10	8.40	77.67	0.10	12.97	13.57	11.28	1.65	5.87	1316.70	48.67	1.61	3.97
	St. Dev.	10.10	3.31	0.09	5.44	10.10	0.09	7.91	8.29	7.50	1.79	2.94	487.48	19.53	0.87	2.16
	max	37.33	11.60	0.23	22.80	42.56	0.31	28.16	35.00	28.90	7.14	12.10	1830.00	88.00	3.04	7.10
	min	1.50	0.01	0.02	3.39	8.04	0.02	0.73	3.08	2.69	0.25	2.30	860.00	35.00	0.49	1.20
	n	12	12	9	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	3	6	12	10
Coal Bed Name	Element	As	Be	Cd	Co	Cr	Hg	Mn	Ni	Pb	Sb	Se	Cl	F	U	Th
WILLIAMSON	Mean	28.26	4.85	0.09	7.10	22.46	0.14	13.14	13.64	9.77	1.37	4.45	1535.00		1.81	3.64
	St. Dev.	26.30	2.03	0.06	2.42	9.75	0.13	6.90	6.13	5.71	0.65	1.79	2121.00		0.85	1.62
	max	80.00	9.13	0.16	10.70	41.31	0.44	23.80	25.50	23.40	2.34	7.70	1550.00		3.70	8.26
	min	2.48	2.39	0.02	4.29	8.10	0.00	5.48	7.53	5.10	0.49	1.10	1520.00		1.11	1.40
	n	10	10	4	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	2		10	10
Coal Bed Name	Element	As	Be	Cd	Co	Cr	Hg	Mn	Ni	Pb	Sb	Se	Cl	F	U	Th
PEERLESS	Mean	17.69	3.21	0.07	7.10	18.70	0.15	13.37	12.20	5.26	1.10	4.00	2030.00	62.73	1.06	2.14
	St. Dev.	24.14	1.65	0.08	3.31	28.57	0.21	14.43	3.87	3.17	0.60	2.01	551.54	41.96	0.63	1.27
	max	95.90	6.72	0.34	12.80	131.80	0.91	63.00	19.70	12.35	2.55	9.40	2420.00	160.00	2.78	4.20
	min	1.30	0.86	0.01	2.30	4.10	0.01	2.87	6.30	1.13	0.24	1.40	1640.00	23.00	0.22	0.40
	n	18	18	16	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	2	15	18	17
Coal Bed Name	Element	As	Be	Cd	Co	Cr	Hg	Mn	Ni	Pb	Sb	Se	Cl	F	U	Th
NO. 2 GAS	Mean	8.68	3.28	0.08	6.39	12.64	0.12	13.10	12.99	6.90	0.98	4.21	1392.70	71.24	1.32	2.71
	St. Dev.	12.02	2.31	0.10	4.83	7.63	0.11	14.96	8.86	4.28	0.70	2.09	479.61	63.49	0.74	1.99
	max	74.80	12.32	0.53	26.40	41.60	0.42	65.80	45.41	18.08	4.60	10.10	1860.00	300.00	3.69	8.80
	min	0.85	0.50	0.01	1.60	2.60	0.00	1.25	4.28	1.40	0.20	0.20	420.00	20.00	0.46	0.38
	n	62	62	53	62	62	61	62	62	62	62	62	11	45	62	60
Coal Bed Name	Element	As	Be	Cd	Co	Cr	Hg	Mn	Ni	Pb	Sb	Se	Cl	F	U	Th
POWELLTON A	Mean	4.50	9.89	0.27	8.30	23.90	0.21	49.44	24.72	18.13	0.20	16.30		110.00	1.61	4.70
POWELLTON A	n	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1		1	1	1
Coal Bed Name	Element	As	Be	Cd	Co	Cr	Hg	Mn	Ni	Pb	Sb	Se	Cl	F	U	Th
POWELLTON	Mean	13.20	2.95	0.06	5.40	12.22	0.17	14.44	11.05	7.24	0.98	4.39	1007.50	42.83	1.26	2.43
	St. Dev.	16.51	2.30	0.05	3.18	5.74	0.19	17.48	7.24	4.91	1.14	2.43	709.90	20.64	0.73	1.65
	max	69.80	11.90	0.22	15.50	24.30	0.81	97.90	34.50	29.04	6.59	9.00	1830.00	96.00	3.78	8.70
	min	0.80	0.48	0.02	1.70	3.36	0.01	0.96	3.94	2.01	0.17	0.08	260.00	20.00	0.53	0.68
	n	39	39	29	39	39	37	39	39	39	39	38	4	23	37	35

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