Trace Elements in West Virginia Coals

**Coal Bed Trace Element Summary Statistics**
**Clean Air Act, Title III Amendments of 1990** **Hazardous Air Pollutants**
**Dunkard and Monongahela Group Coals**
Coal Bed Name	Element	As	Be	Cd	Co	Cr	Hg	Mn	Ni	Pb	Sb	Se	Cl	F	U	Th
WASHINGTON	Mean	7.80	2.98	0.10	0.64	27.80	0.13	25.63	26.82	8.05	0.68	4.00		180.00	1.48	4.30
WASHINGTON	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
WAYNESBURG A	Mean	157.38	1.55	0.26	28.38	28.35	0.34	103.20	25.80	5.16	1.88	1.90	180.00		1.16
WAYNESBURG A	n	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
WAYNESBURG	Mean	23.37	1.63	0.07	7.88	28.72	0.16	29.56	14.72	8.24	0.83	3.57	193.33	120.00	1.34	3.86
	St. Dev.	34.22	0.96	0.03	2.47	8.31	0.09	14.68	3.76	2.96	0.37	1.61	58.59		0.27	0.76
	max	74.55	2.99	0.10	10.65	40.05	0.24	51.12	19.20	11.03	1.19	5.80	2.60		1.66	4.61
	min	3.89	0.77	0.05	5.00	22.01	0.05	19.24	10.38	4.40	0.32	2.39	150.00		1.01	2.80
	n	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	1	4	4
Coal Bed Name	Element	As	Be	Cd	Co	Cr	Hg	Mn	Ni	Pb	Sb	Se	Cl	F	U	Th
SEWICKLEY	Mean	22.53	0.81	0.18	5.74	21.22	0.26	76.16	11.10	4.80	0.34	4.91	280.00	30.67	4.75	3.97
	St. Dev.	32.00	0.21	0.20	5.51	7.77	0.17	82.22	4.90	1.79	0.28	2.73	93.81	18.34	5.82	2.06
	max	130.54	1.15	0.64	25.68	36.38	0.68	315.00	25.68	9.32	0.98	10.30	380.00	45.00	17.12	8.77
	min	1.90	0.52	0.05	2.23	12.60	0.08	11.89	6.75	2.25	0.00	1.60	140.00	10.00	0.42	1.40
	n	16	16	11	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	6	10	3	16	16
Coal Bed Name	Element	As	Be	Cd	Co	Cr	Hg	Mn	Ni	Pb	Sb	Se	Cl	F	U	Th
REDSTONE	Mean	15.88	0.80	0.05	2.45	10.08	0.25	36.43	5.30	2.97	0.38	1.91	342.17	75.86	1.78	1.40
	St. Dev.	16.50	0.44	0.01	1.10	3.22	0.17	47.37	2.26	1.66	0.20	0.99	324.09	54.41	1.95	0.44
	max	86.70	2.33	0.10	6.16	21.00	0.93	292.10	14.00	8.51	1.10	5.70	1760.00	250.00	6.32	2.64
	min	3.30	0.28	0.02	1.00	5.80	0.04	4.98	2.55	0.65	0.10	0.50	10.00	18.00	0.25	0.80
	n	42	42	39	42	42	42	42	42	40	42	40	23	37	37	42
Coal Bed Name	Element	As	Be	Cd	Co	Cr	Hg	Mn	Ni	Pb	Sb	Se	Cl	F	U	Th
PITTSBURGH	Mean	21.81	0.78	0.08	3.85	12.28	0.25	24.58	8.35	4.31	0.55	1.10	490.56	43.93	1.35	1.40
	St. Dev.	31.43	0.49	0.07	3.03	9.07	0.23	15.61	5.28	3.77	0.61	0.87	288.96	19.08	1.29	0.62
	max	191.40	2.18	0.43	13.00	63.00	1.08	60.00	23.00	24.00	3.65	3.80	1290.00	87.00	6.02	4.00
	min	1.42	0.25	0.03	1.30	4.40	0.03	1.67	2.80	0.55	0.08	0.04	180.00	19.00	0.27	0.61
	n	42	43	41	43	43	43	43	43	42	43	42	18	29	38	42

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