Trace Elements in West Virginia Coals

**Coal Bed Trace Element Summary Statistics**
**Clean Air Act, Title III Amendments of 1990** **Hazardous Air Pollutants**
**New River Coals**
Coal Bed Name	Element	As	Be	Cd	Co	Cr	Hg	Mn	Ni	Pb	Sb	Se	Cl	F	U	Th
IAEGER	Mean	4.00	2.73	0.03	12.50	13.03	0.11	5.47	13.05	7.03	0.86	1.77	1660.00	32.00	1.12	1.52
	St. Dev.	1.80	1.46	0.03	7.37	6.72	0.14	4.02	3.34	5.27	0.24	0.78		4.24	0.63	0.56
	max	5.90	4.24	0.05	20.80	20.79	0.27	10.00	16.90	13.10	1.10	2.40		35.00	1.76	2.16
	min	2.31	1.32	0.02	6.70	9.10	0.03	2.32	11.04	3.60	0.63	0.90		29.00	0.51	1.10
	n	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	2	3	3
Coal Bed Name	Element	As	Be	Cd	Co	Cr	Hg	Mn	Ni	Pb	Sb	Se	Cl	F	U	Th
SEWELL B	Mean	1.50	7.61	0.04	14.70	14.80	0.01	5.36	36.66	7.80	1.96	1.90		82.00	1.06	2.20
SEWELL B	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
SEWELL A	Mean	6.56	2.77	0.07	9.50	13.67	0.09	14.18	16.20	5.73	1.23	2.05	1136.70	60.17	0.97	2.01
	St. Dev.	6.46	1.22	0.05	3.73	11.37	0.09	9.37	7.70	5.08	0.96	0.88	481.70	46.86	0.81	2.18
	max	19.00	4.83	0.16	14.10	36.50	0.26	28.95	25.37	15.83	3.04	3.26	1640.00	150.00	2.56	6.40
	min	2.00	1.55	0.03	5.60	5.95	0.02	2.41	6.29	1.55	0.44	0.93	680.00	26.00	0.40	0.80
	n	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	3	6	6	6
Coal Bed Name	Element	As	Be	Cd	Co	Cr	Hg	Mn	Ni	Pb	Sb	Se	Cl	F	U	Th
SEWELL	Mean	11.35	1.84	0.06	7.59	10.38	0.22	11.79	12.32	4.43	1.08	1.73	1868.90	51.04	1.40	1.55
	St. Dev.	14.34	1.16	0.03	5.14	6.39	0.28	18.71	6.46	2.91	0.91	0.97	1306.10	46.11	0.73	1.23
	max	55.10	7.02	0.23	28.60	30.90	1.40	112.32	35.88	14.72	5.62	4.80	8150.00	260.00	3.92	7.10
	min	0.40	0.55	0.02	2.10	3.05	0.01	1.30	4.08	1.62	0.18	0.60	920.00	10.00	0.42	0.45
	n	53	53	53	53	52	43	53	53	53	52	52	27	46	52	53
Coal Bed Name	Element	As	Be	Cd	Co	Cr	Hg	Mn	Ni	Pb	Sb	Se	Cl	F	U	Th
WELCH	Mean	18.69	2.43	0.04	6.30	13.15	0.04	8.74	9.96	5.42	0.43	1.76		38.60	1.40	3.11
	St. Dev.	17.04	1.36	0.03	2.89	4.61	0.03	1.12	2.36	1.83	0.15	0.49		27.65	0.26	1.19
	max	39.80	4.28	0.09	10.60	17.80	0.08	10.45	13.68	6.99	0.61	2.40		88.00	1.54	4.10
	min	1.95	0.90	0.03	3.30	5.50	0.02	7.37	7.37	2.50	0.24	1.05		24.00	0.93	1.05
	n	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5		5	5	5
Coal Bed Name	Element	As	Be	Cd	Co	Cr	Hg	Mn	Ni	Pb	Sb	Se	Cl	F	U	Th
BECKLEY	Mean	42.41	2.28	0.07	5.70	12.11	0.30	6.79	12.51	6.81	2.17	1.35	1142.50	63.50	2.38	2.27
	St. Dev.	39.20	0.75	0.02	3.12	5.02	0.61	4.98	6.20	3.34	0.80	0.48	189.98	19.65	0.72	1.07
	max	112.50	3.84	0.10	11.00	19.40	1.80	18.05	21.59	12.70	3.80	2.07	1330.00	10.00	3.40	3.80
	min	9.30	1.67	0.04	2.95	5.70	0.03	2.11	4.16	3.62	1.32	0.80	900.00	44.00	1.30	0.80
	n	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	4	6	8	8
Coal Bed Name	Element	As	Be	Cd	Co	Cr	Hg	Mn	Ni	Pb	Sb	Se	Cl	F	U	Th
FIRE CREEK	Mean	11.28	2.11	0.08	8.31	18.14	0.09	10.49	17.85	7.74	1.61	1.82	1001.30	97.56	2.09	2.75
	St. Dev.	10.96	1.09	0.05	4.14	14.27	0.05	9.55	9.58	4.67	0.86	0.98	311.42	80.96	1.46	1.38
	max	37.00	3.83	0.17	17.50	58.05	0.19	32.30	35.55	17.60	3.10	3.80	1400.00	290.00	6.08	4.85
	min	0.97	0.83	0.02	3.10	4.50	0.02	1.30	2.82	2.60	0.21	0.60	540.00	29.00	0.66	0.80
	n	12	12	10	12	12	11	12	12	12	12	11	8	9	12	12
Coal Bed Name	Element	As	Be	Cd	Co	Cr	Hg	Mn	Ni	Pb	Sb	Se	Cl	F	U	Th
POCAHONTAS NO. 9	Mean	10.40	1.38	0.04	8.00	13.30	0.03	7.53	10.53	5.35	0.90	1.51		43.00	2.30	2.50
POCAHONTAS NO. 9	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
POCAHONTAS NO. 8	Mean	8.26	2.42	0.08	6.49	25.51	0.05	29.92	13.78	13.02	0.99	1.31		180.00	2.79	5.10
	St. Dev.	7.36	0.72		1.18	16.09	0.05	28.92	4.39	8.45	0.33	0.43		144.60	1.79	3.22
	max	20.65	3.19		7.90	45.50	0.12	71.84	17.96	22.45	1.25	2.05		370.00	4.57	9.20
	min	2.35	1.68		4.90	9.50	0.01	4.03	8.19	3.92	0.43	1.00		46.00	0.73	1.70
	n	5	5	1	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5		5	5	5

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