Table 8. 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 or remnant moisture, whole-coal basis, by county and coal bed/zone for the State of West Virginia.

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

County

Coal Bed/Zone

Mean

Minimum

Maximum

Standard Deviation

No. of Samples

Barbour

Pittsburgh

9.0

2.7

21

5.6

9

Barbour

Lower Kittanning

16

13

19

4.0

2

Boone

No. 5 Block

7.1

0.80

36

10

12

Boone

Stockton and Coalburg

4.4

0.70

28

5.5

6

Boone

Winifrede/Hazard

2.8

0.50

7.5

3.2

4

Boone

Fire Clay

nd

1.7

1.7

nd

1

Boone

Campbell Creek/
Upper Elkhorn No. 3

11

0.90

37

12

8

Boone

Upper Elkhorn Nos. 1 and 2/
Powellton

4.9

4.1

6.2

1.1

3

Boone

Pond Creek

10

1.4

21

6.8

6

Braxton

Pittsburgh

27

12

52

22

3

Brooke

Pittsburgh

26

0.53

58

29

3

Fayette

No. 5 Block

1.7

1.4

2.5

0.47

5

Fayette

Stockton and Coalburg

nd

2.1

2.1

nd

1

Fayette

Campbell Creek/
Upper Elkhorn No. 3

2.4

1.5

3.6

0.90

4

Fayette

Upper Elkhorn Nos. 1 and 2/
Powellton

28

3.9

53

35

2

Fayette

Pond Creek

5.3

1.7

15

4.2

9

Gilmer

Pittsburgh

26

14

36

11

3

Grant

Upper Freeport

nd

9.1

9.1

nd

1

Greenbrier

Pocahontas No. 3

nd

22

22

nd

1

Harrison

Pittsburgh

12

0.99

23

7.3

6

Kanawha

Pittsburgh

nd

18

18

nd

1

Kanawha

No. 5 Block

14

1.2

49

13

20

Kanawha

Stockton and Coalburg

3.2

0.80

13

3.9

17

Kanawha

Winifrede/Hazard

3.1

1.5

6.0

1.6

7

Kanawha

Campbell Creek/
Upper Elkhorn No. 3

10

1.9

18

6.2

5

Kanawha

Upper Elkhorn Nos. 1 and 2/
Powellton

11

4.8

18

6.1

4

Kanawha

Pond Creek

10

1.7

15

7.6

3

Lewis

Pittsburgh

31

22

39

8.8

3

Lincoln

Stockton and Coalburg

nd

7.7

7.7

nd

1

Logan

No. 5 Block

3.0

2.0

4.0

1.4

2

Logan

Stockton and Coalburg

5.7

0.40

38

10

13

Logan

Winifrede/Hazard

6.9

5.0

10

2.4

4

Logan

Fire Clay

4.2

2.2

7.6

2.5

4

Logan

Campbell Creek/
Upper Elkhorn No. 3

11

0.85

75

21

12

Logan

Upper Elkhorn Nos. 1 and 2/
Powellton

nd

0.80

0.80

nd

1

Logan

Pond Creek

11

0.57

31

12

8

Marion

Pittsburgh

14

2.2

42

16

5

McDowell

Pocahontas No. 3

6.3

3.0

13

3.8

7

Mercer

Pocahontas No. 3

0.77

0.30

1.2

0.67

2

Mineral

Pittsburgh

0.57

0.45

0.69

0.17

2

Mingo

Stockton and Coalburg

5.4

4.7

6.0

0.92

2

Mingo

Winifrede/Hazard

nd

1.6

1.6

nd

1

Mingo

Campbell Creek/
Upper Elkhorn No. 3

4.5

0.90

13

4.0

13

Mingo

Upper Elkhorn Nos. 1 and 2/
Powellton

14

1.1

70

23

10

Mingo

Pond Creek

2.9

0.77

5.1

1.7

7

Monongalia

Pittsburgh

3.6

0.48

6.7

4.4

2

Monongalia

Upper Freeport

nd

1.2

1.2

nd

1

Monongalia

Lower Kittanning

nd

0.83

0.83

nd

1

Nicholas

No. 5 Block

nd

5.9

5.9

nd

1

Nicholas

Stockton and Coalburg

nd

1.6

1.6

nd

1

Nicholas

Williamson/Amburgy

nd

20

20

nd

1

Nicholas

Campbell Creek/
Upper Elkhorn No. 3

10

1.1

34

10

9

Nicholas

Pond Creek

3.4

0.075

19

6.2

8

Preston

Pittsburgh

nd

0.62

0.62

nd

1

Preston

Upper Freeport

17

0.72

34

13

6

Raleigh

No. 5 Block

1.0

0.88

1.3

0.24

3

Raleigh

Winifrede/Hazard

nd

0.70

0.70

nd

1

Raleigh

Campbell Creek/
Upper Elkhorn No. 3

9.7

1.5

53

15

11

Raleigh

Upper Elkhorn Nos. 1 and 2/
Powellton

1.6

1.1

2.0

0.64

2

Randolph

Lower Kittanning

0.95

0.53

1.4

0.59

2

Randolph

Campbell Creek/
Upper Elkhorn No. 3

nd

1.4

1.4

nd

1

Summers

Pocahontas No. 3

nd

35

35

nd

1

Taylor

Pittsburgh

7.8

5.1

10

2.1

4

Tucker

Upper Freeport

11

1.3

20

13

2

Upshur

Pittsburgh

nd

14

14

nd

1

Upshur

Lower Kittanning

nd

1.3

1.3

nd

1

Wayne

Lower Kittanning

nd

18

18

nd

1

Wayne

No. 5 Block

nd

19

19

nd

1

Wayne

Campbell Creek/
Upper Elkhorn No. 3

nd

12

12

nd

1

Webster

No. 5 Block

nd

1.3

1.3

nd

1

Webster

Campbell Creek/
Upper Elkhorn No. 3

7.5

1.3

16

7.6

3

Wetzel

Pittsburgh

0.53

0.33

0.71

0.17

4

Wetzel

Upper Freeport

nd

41

41

nd

1

Wetzel

Lower Kittanning

0.47

0.13

0.92

0.40

3

Wyoming

Campbell Creek/
Upper Elkhorn No. 3

nd

1.0

1.0

nd

1

Wyoming

Pond Creek

nd

13

13

nd

1

Wyoming

Pocahontas No. 3

3

1.2

12

3.5

11