Trace Elements in West Virginia Coals

**Coal Bed Trace Element Summary Statistics**
**Clean Air Act, Title III Amendments of 1990** **Hazardous Air Pollutants**
**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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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