Trace Elements in West Virginia Coals

**Coal Bed Trace Element Summary Statistics**
**Clean Air Act, Title III Amendments of 1990** **Hazardous Air Pollutants**
**Allegheny and Charleston Sandstone Group Coals**
Coal Bed Name	Element	As	Be	Cd	Co	Cr	Hg	Mn	Ni	Pb	Sb	Se	Cl	F	U	Th
UPPER FREEPORT	Mean	30.34	1.27	0.14	7.71	23.65	0.30	20.24	16.69	8.72	0.71	4.05	1192.00		1.21	3.21
	St. Dev.	21.77	0.31	0.09	3.63	10.11	0.17	16.68	7.13	3.79	0.40	1.88	637.35		0.70	1.19
	max	83.70	1.69	0.32	18.30	46.62	0.73	69.98	32.90	18.40	1.45	7.90	1790.00		2.90	5.70
	min	1.46	0.73	0.06	3.26	11.55	0.03	2.44	8.06	4.49	0.21	1.90	450.00		0.62	1.58
	n	14	14	8	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	5		14	14
Coal Bed Name	Element	As	Be	Cd	Co	Cr	Hg	Mn	Ni	Pb	Sb	Se	Cl	F	U	Th
LOWER FREEPORT	Mean	101.40	5.75		12.84	23.35	0.36	38.87	21.97	14.53	1.22	2.50	1120.00		3.21	1.86
LOWER FREEPORT	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
UPPER KITTANNING	Mean	37.85	2.55	0.14	12.56	19.18	0.42	21.11	34.35	21.77	2.33	4.81		43.00	1.64	2.30
	St. Dev.	34.15	1.67	0.11	7.40	6.90	0.27	18.16	39.86	32.54	3.07	1.90		34.77	0.47	0.30
	max	83.79	4.85	0.29	22.05	27.93	0.72	42.63	92.61	70.56	6.91	7.40		83.00	2.03	2.60
	min	1.20	0.91	0.05	4.10	11.20	0.06	1.33	7.10	4.59	0.53	2.90		20.00	0.98	2.00
	n	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4		3	4	3
Coal Bed Name	Element	As	Be	Cd	Co	Cr	Hg	Mn	Ni	Pb	Sb	Se	Cl	F	U	Th
MIDDLE KITTANNING	Mean	15.68	2.26	0.07	10.16	38.65	0.54	58.97	22.03	14.39	0.56	5.95	810.00	113.00	1.85	4.99
	St. Dev.	13.74	0.68	0.01	4.60	11.51	0.37	81.81	8.65	30.70	0.16	0.50		50.86	0.43	1.20
	max	33.63	3.38	0.09	17.63	52.50	1.10	202.50	32.63	18.11	0.75	6.73		160.00	2.30	6.90
	min	0.90	1.68	0.06	5.30	22.70	0.12	6.06	12.49	10.06	0.40	5.40		59.00	1.37	3.60
	n	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	1	3	5	5
Coal Bed Name	Element	As	Be	Cd	Co	Cr	Hg	Mn	Ni	Pb	Sb	Se	Cl	F	U	Th
LOWER KITTANNING	Mean	33.51	2.17	0.26	12.68	34.22	0.57	19.56	28.23	11.54	1.07	7.02	1296.70	91.67	1.72	3.97
	St. Dev.	33.49	0.85	0.21	6.47	14.00	0.41	12.22	13.69	5.04	0.67	4.10	585.18	49.07	1.32	1.83
	max	115.70	4.03	0.75	28.10	59.18	1.70	50.70	53.80	19.10	2.50	18.90	1890.00	120.00	6.37	6.94
	min	0.54	1.22	0.07	6.48	8.64	0.00	3.27	8.10	1.08	0.30	0.93	720.00	35.00	0.38	0.46
	n	17	17	15	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	3	3	17	17
Coal Bed Name	Element	As	Be	Cd	Co	Cr	Hg	Mn	Ni	Pb	Sb	Se	Cl	F	U	Th
CLARION	Mean	90.25	3.61		20.22	64.98	1.36	43.32	46.93	26.71	2.60	17.40	810.00		2.45	4.69
CLARION	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
NO. 6 BLOCK	Mean	4.72	2.18	0.06	9.22	26.63	0.14	9.74	18.61	12.35	0.69	8.38	682.00		1.66	5.46
	St. Dev.	3.55	1.25	0.03	5.52	15.56	0.08	6.20	9.88	6.08	0.39	2.22	285.43		0.81	2.88
	max	9.59	4.56	0.10	19.40	47.50	0.20	18.36	36.68	21.19	1.27	11.30	1050.00		2.66	9.50
	min	1.28	1.27	0.02	3.27	5.90	0.02	1.89	10.05	4.04	0.15	4.60	290.00		0.39	1.07
	n	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5		6	6
Coal Bed Name	Element	As	Be	Cd	Co	Cr	Hg	Mn	Ni	Pb	Sb	Se	Cl	F	U	Th
UPPER NO. 5 BLOCK	Mean	7.05	3.98	0.08	9.98	19.44	0.06	10.96	17.15	8.35	0.89	5.67	770.00	63.67	1.46	3.21
	St. Dev.	8.94	2.22	0.04	5.04	8.24	0.05	7.63	4.57	2.87	0.54	2.36	135.28	38.15	0.61	1.15
	max	25.30	8.30	0.15	22.30	29.60	0.18	23.12	25.20	12.60	1.90	9.54	910.00	140.00	2.52	4.80
	min	0.80	1.43	0.04	5.30	7.45	0.02	2.08	10.62	3.07	0.35	2.20	640.00	34.00	0.64	1.36
	n	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	3	6	9	9
Coal Bed Name	Element	As	Be	Cd	Co	Cr	Hg	Mn	Ni	Pb	Sb	Se	Cl	F	U	Th
NO. 5 BLOCK	Mean	4.25	2.68	0.15	8.39	21.61	0.12	14.66	17.21	10.95	1.39	7.03	867.22	64.59	1.34	4.06
	St. Dev.	5.75	1.59	0.23	3.35	11.85	0.08	29.61	13.33	6.52	3.35	3.18	371.45	32.80	0.65	2.33
	max	35.60	6.62	0.86	17.10	53.78	0.35	195.30	99.90	32.64	23.30	20.60	1460.00	160.00	3.02	10.79
	min	0.67	0.61	0.00	2.00	3.75	0.02	1.20	7.90	3.23	0.18	0.68	50.00	26.00	0.37	0.75
	n	46	46	43	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	18	29	46	44
Coal Bed Name	Element	As	Be	Cd	Co	Cr	Hg	Mn	Ni	Pb	Sb	Se	Cl	F	U	Th
LITTLE NO. 5 BLOCK	Mean	2.54	3.85	0.08	7.10	16.40	0.08	12.46	14.79	8.93	1.43	5.40	820.00		1.66	2.70
LITTLE NO. 5 BLOCK	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
STOCKTON A	Mean	10.30	3.71	0.10	7.09	30.10	0.22	13.94	11.60	12.36	0.81	4.95	410.00	154.00	1.75	4.61
	St. Dev.	9.23	1.31	0.10	4.50	17.55	0.29	7.03	8.03	6.98	0.60	2.72	537.40	164.05	0.86	3.22
	max	24.24	5.59	0.17	12.50	51.60	0.73	21.81	25.52	20.42	1.80	8.30	790.00	270.00	2.73	7.74
	min	0.90	2.06	0.03	2.15	9.70	0.02	2.59	5.59	4.75	0.30	1.38	30.00	38.00	0.64	0.81
	n	5	5	2	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	2	2	5	5

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