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Table 6. Arsenic content (parts per million) means, ranges, and standard deviations for samples from coal beds/zones included in the assessment of Northern and Central Appalachian Basin coal regions on an as-received whole-coal basis, by county and coal bed/zone for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

[nd, no data; no., number.]

County

Coal Bed/Zone

Mean

Minimum

Maximum

Standard Deviation

No. of Samples

Allegheny

Pittsburgh

22

5.3

33

12

 4

Allegheny

Upper Freeport

nd

3.3

3.3

nd

 1

             

Armstrong

Upper Freeport

32

16

60

13

13

Armstrong

Lower Kittanning

11

0.70

25

9.5

 5

             

Beaver

Lower Kittanning

14

0.81

21

9.3

 4

             

Butler

Upper Freeport

38

17

56

14

13

             

Cambria

Upper Freeport

34

6.8

100

26

12

Cambria

Lower Kittanning

31

0.79

90

36

 5

             

Clarion

Upper Freeport

nd

46

46

nd

 1

Clarion

Lower Kittanning

15

1.0

42

15

 6

             

Clearfield

Upper Freeport

74

33

130

37

 6

Clearfield

Lower Kittanning

16

1.6

49

14

15

             

Clinton

Lower Kittanning

6.6

0.89

15

7.6

 3

             

Elk

Upper Freeport

25

3.2

47

31

 2

Elk

Lower Kittanning

14

0.14

79

18

17

             

Fayette

Pittsburgh

nd

0.50

0.50

nd

 1

Fayette

Upper Freeport

50

15

97

31

 6

Fayette

Lower Kittanning

44

0.68

66

30

 4

             

Greene

Pittsburgh

2.7

0.46

11

3.4

10

Greene

Upper Freeport

nd

26

26

nd

 1

Greene

Lower Kittanning

0.64

0.35

1.1

0.41

 3

             

Indiana

Pittsburgh

nd

6.5

6.5

nd

 1

Indiana

Upper Freeport

27

0.73

130

19

95

Indiana

Lower Kittanning

18

0.30

74

26

 7

             

Jefferson

Upper Freeport

50

31

71

16

 6

Jefferson

Lower Kittanning

13

1.0

42

15

 7

             

Lawrence

Upper Freeport

nd

8.2

8.2

nd

 1

Lawrence

Lower Kittanning

16

0.96

30

15

 3

             

Somerset

Pittsburgh

1.9

0.33

10

3.2

 9

Somerset

Upper Freeport

38

2.0

110

34

16

Somerset

Lower Kittanning

15

0.65

48

16

 8

             

Washington

Pittsburgh

20

0.55

61

18

10

Washington

Upper Freeport

nd

30

30

nd

 1

             

Westmoreland

Pittsburgh

nd

3.2

3.2

nd

 1

Westmoreland

Upper Freeport

22

8.3

41

13

 6

Westmoreland

Lower Kittanning

nd

16

16

nd

 1


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