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  • Distribution ofMinor Elementsin Coals of theAppalachian Region

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1117-C

  • Distribution of Minor Elements in Coals of the Appalachian RegionBy PETER ZUBOVIC, TAISIA STADNICHENKO, and NOLA B. SHEFFEY

    MINOR ELEMENTS IN AMERICAN COALS

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1117-C

    A study of 15 minor elements in some coals in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia

    UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON: 1966

  • UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

    ' STEWART L. UDALL, Secretary\ ........

    GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

    William T. Pecora, Director

    For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402 - Price 20 cents (paper cover)

  • CONTENTS

    Page Abstract....________.______________________________-----__ ClIntroduction_______ ______________________________________________ 1Acknowledgments--____----_____--__-_-__--_--_---___--------___-_ 2Stratigraphy ______________________________________________________ 2Sampling and sample preparation__.__________________________________ 3Methods of analysis____________________________________________ 15Analytical data_________________________________________________ 16Evaluation and summary of the data________________________________ 16Distribution of elements among coal components.___________________ 16

    Comparison of float fractions and whole coal samples______________ 16Comparison of vitrains, fusains, and kettle-bottom coal with blocks of

    whole coaL_________________________________________________ 31Comparison of blocks of coal with included pyrite_________________ 32

    Comparison of coal samples from the three principal areas of the Appalach- ian region.__ ___________________________________________________ 34

    Comparison of coals from various regions of the United States._________ 35Summary and conclusions.________________________________________ 36References ________________________________________________________ 37

    ILLUSTRATION

    Page FIGTJKE 1. Map showing distribution of coal samples in the Appalachian

    region.______________________________________________ C4

    TABLES

    Page TABLE 1. Location and description of the coal samples ________________ C5

    2. Data on flotation of samples____________________________ 123. Spectrochemical analyses of the ash of coal samples of the

    Appalachian region____________________________________ 174. Average minor-element content of the ash of the columnar

    samples of coal___________________________________-_-_- 275. Average minor-element content of the columnar samples of

    coal___________________________________ 296. Average minor-element content of the floated and whole coals _ 317. Average minor-element content of the columnar coal samples

    and ash fractions-____________________________________ 318. Analyses of fusains, vitrains, arid blocks of whole coal_______ 339. Analyses of coal samples and included pyrite _______________ 34

    10. Average minor-element contents of coal from 3 areas of theAppalachian region____________________________________ 35

    11. Average minor-element contents of coals from various regionsof the United States_________________._______ 35

  • MINOR ELEMENTS IN AMERICAN COALS

    DISTRIBUTION OF MINOR ELEMENTS IN COALS OF THE APPALACHIAN REGION

    By PETER ZUBOVIC, TAISIA STADNICHENKO, and NOLA B. SHEFFEY

    .ABSTRACT

    Spectrochemical analyses were made for beryllium, boron, titanium, vanadium, chromium, cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc, gallium, germanium, molybdenum, tin, yttrium, and lanthanum in 73 columnar samples of coal beds of the Appalachian region. The analyses indicate that coals of the northern area, Ohio, Pennsyl- vania, and Maryland, contain larger quantities of boron, titanium, chromium, nickel, zinc, gallium, germanium, and yttrium than the central or southern areas. The coals of the central area, Kentucky and northern Tennessee, contain the largest amounts of beryllium, tin, and lanthanum. The coals of the southern area, Alabama, Georgia, and southern Tennessee, are highest in vanadium, cobalt, copper, and molybdenum. No definite reason for the differences can be ascribed; however, the fact that these coals vary considerably in stratigraphic position may be a factor. Another factor may be differences in source rocks, as the samples cover a large geographic area.

    Analyses of 12 samples of pyrite taken from the coals do not indicate any rela- tion between the minor-element content of the pyrite and coal.

    Investigation of vitrain and fusain fractions supports, in general, an organic- affinity series of the elements established in earlier work. Coals of the Appa- lachian region contain much less zinc, boron, and tin than do those of the Northern Great Plains coal province or the Eastern Interior coal region.

    INTRODUCTION

    Coals of Pennsylvania!! age in the Appalachian region of the eastern United States have been an important factor in the economic development of the country and are well known. Aside from their use as an energy source, they have come to be important to the chem- ical industry, and are known, from previous geochemical studies, to contain high concentrations of some of the minor elements (Headlee and Hunter, 1955; Stadnichenko and others, 1953; Zubovic and others. 196 la).

    The distribution of these elements in several important coal beds of Pennsylvanian age that occur over broad parts of the Appalachian region is the subject of this report. Investigation was also made of the distribution of the elements among various organic and inorganic

    Cl

  • 2 MINOR ELEMENTS IN AMERICAN COALS

    components. The elements of interest are beryllium, boron, titanium, vanadium, chromium, cobalt, nickel, copper, zinc, gallium, germanium, molybdenum, tin, yttrium, and lanthanum. It is doubtful whether the concentrations of any of these elements in the coals can be re- garded as economically important at present. This study, however, has been of reconnaissance nature and intended only to search for broad areas that may be of interest in further investigations.

    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

    The authors wish to thank the mine operators and the miners who generously gave their time and the use of their equipment, thus easing the many problems of sampling the coals in the mines. Thanks are also due the personnel of the State Geological Surveys of Ohio, Kentucky, and Alabama for their help in acquainting the authors with the coals of their States. J. W. Huddle, of the U.S. Geological Survey, and his coworkers were particularly helpful in sampling the coals of eastern Kentucky and Tennessee.

    In the preparation of the samples, the assistance of J. H. Townsend and H. M. Cohen proved to be invaluable. Elizabeth L. Hufschmidt and H. J. Rose, Jr., made some spectrographic analyses of the coal ash before Nola B. Sheffey became associated with the project as a full-time spectrographer.

    Many other members of the U.S. Geological Survey extended their help in the interpretation of the geochemical data and in the prepara- tion of this report.

    STRATIGRAPHY

    In the northern part of the Appalachian region the rocks of Pennsyl- vanian age are divided into four formations which have been named, from oldest to youngest, Pottsville, Allegheny, Conemaugh, and Monongahela. All four of the formations are present in parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia; rocks of Allegheny age or younger are absent south of Kentucky, and those of Monongahela age do not occur south of West Virginia.

    In Kentucky, the rocks of Pottsville age are divided into two units: the lower is the Lee Formation and the upper is the Breathitt Forma- tion (Wanless, 1946, p. 10, 63-64; McFarlan, 1943). The Breathitt is equivalent to the Briceville, Jellico of Glenn (1925), Scott, and Anderson Formations in Tennessee, and the Kanawha Formation of southwestern West Virginia. The Pottsville equivalents in southern Tennessee and Georgia are described by Wanless (1946). The many equivalents of the Pottsville rocks in Alabama are discussed by Adams and others (1926, p. 208-230). In addition, coals of the Warrior Basin of Alabama are described by McCalley (1900), those of Georgia

  • APPALACHIAN REGION C3

    by McCallie (1904), and those of northern Tennessee by Glenn (1925). Shotts (1954) reviews the correlation of the coals and some of the other strata of Alabama, Georgia, and southern Tennessee.

    The rock sequences of the southern part of the region are generally much thicker than equivalent ones to the north. Although only a part of the Pottsville is present in Alabama, it is as much as 9,000 feet thick, whereas in the anthracite region of Pennsylvania it is only 1,200 feet thick. In southeastern Kentucky it is about 4,000 feet thick. There is also a rapid thinning of the formations northwest- ward. In Boyd County, Ky., the Pottsville is about 400 feet thick compared to the 4,000 feet in the southeastern part of the State. Similarly, the unit thins from 1,200 feet in the anthracite region of Pennsylvania to about 250 feet in Ohio. In a similar manner, a considerable thinning takes place in the Pottsville of Alabama and also in younger Pennsylvanian strata where present.

    The coal beds, as well as Pennsylvania!! strata in general, are intensely folded along their southeastern outcrops, and the intensity of folding decreases northwestward. Folding is especially intense in the anthracite region of Pennsylvania and in the Coosa arid Cahaba fields of Alabama. The Paleozoic strata in the northern part of the Appalachians are generally intensely folded, whereas in the southern part the folds are ruptured, resulting in faults and thrust blocks. The rank of the coal increases in a southeasterly direction. This is related directly to the thickening of the formations, and thus the depth of burial, and to an increase in intensity of deformation.

    SAMPLING AND SAMPLE PREPARATION

    A group of 73 columnar samples of coal were collected, as tabulated in table 1. The geographic distribution of sampling localities is shown in figure 1. The localities fall within three general groups those in the northern, central, and southern parts of the Appalachian region. The stratigraphic distribution of the sampling localities within each of these areas (table 1) is not entirely representative of the coal beds present; the best stratigraphic coverage is in Kentucky and Alabama.

    All the samples were collected from operating underground mines or from operating or recently abandoned strip mines. The beds were sampled by cutting out a series of blocks of the coal across the entire thickness of the beds. The size of such blocks was determined by changes in the macroscopic character of the coal. Where a large part of the bed appeared to be uniform, the coal was broken into blocks which were easier to wrap, pack, and ship. Later, in the laboratory, such uniform series of blocks were composited into a single

  • C4 MINOR ELEMENTS IN AMERICAN COALS

    sample. A series of blocks of coal that represent the entire thickness of the bed at the sampled locality is called a columnar sample of the

    bed.A total of 466 blocks of coal, representing 73 columnar samples,

    were collected and analyzed. Because many of the individual blocks were combined, the 466 blocks are represented by 376 analyses. In addition, 3 samples of vitrain, 4 of fusain, 1 of kettle-bottom coal, and 12 samples of included pyrite were analyzed.

    ...

    OHIO

    Area underlain by coal(Boundary approximate)

    21Sample locality

    Number refers to table 1

    FIGURE 1 -Map showing distribution of coal samples in the Appalachian region. Modified from Averitt,1942.

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    sam

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    of

    bed

    an

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    ed

    Rem

    arks

    Ala

    bam

    at*

    31 31 32

    31

    31 32

    31 33 34 34

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    -Mi-

    B(R

    )___

    __

    Ala

    -Mi-

    B__

    .___

    __

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    -T-B

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    Mi-

    --

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    -TH

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    -Da-

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    ____

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  • C12 MINOR ELEMENTS IN AMERICAN COALS

    In the laboratory, the blocks were either broken or cut in half; one-half was rewrapped and put into storage. The other half was broken into pieces small enough that the visible noncoaly matter, such as lenses or fracture fillings of pyrite, calcite, or shale, could be removed from the sample. Twelve samples of pyrite were analyzed for minor elements. In the latter stages of the project, many of the high-ash coals were floated to remove mineral matter.

    The samples were crushed to pass through a 100-mesh sieve. Ten grams of this 100-mesh coal from each of the block samples were placed in a cold muffle furnace. The temperature was then gradually raised to 450°C and held there until all the organic matter was oxidized. Ash derived from coal at this temperature may differ somewhat from that derived from combustion at higher temperatures. At higher temperatures larger amounts of volatile inorganic constitu- ents may be lost.

    In the flotation process a 100-mesh-size fraction was centrifuged in ethyl alcohol and carbon tetrachloride (specific gravity ranging from 1.32 to 1.36), for 20 minutes. The float fraction was decanted into a Btichner funnel, dried, ashed, and analyzed spectrographically. The percentages of float material recovered and the ash contents of the material are given in table 2.

    The lighter fractions of the coal separated by the flotation process are of interest for two reasons: (1) a large part of their minor-element content is chemically bound to organic constituents rather than mineral matter, and (2) the lighter fraction is roughly comparable to coals cleaned by mechanical means before shipping (Averitt, 1961, p. 25), and hence, more comparable to coal from which commercial separation of minor elements might be attempted. Horton and Aubrey (1950) found that germanium and other elements tend to be associated with lighter float fractions.

    TABLE 2. Data on flotation of samples

    [Location of samples shown In table 1]

    Coal block No.Specific gravity

    of floating medium.

    Float fraction (percent)

    Ash (percent of float fraction)

    Ky UE-SL

    l-2__ _.-_--_-_--_--_____.____.__9-12_______--_____________________14-18_ _ .__- ____.__19-23-. __________________________24-31--_-__--___-_-_---_._. _______33-35. _____ _ __ __ __ __ _. _36-37__-----___--____-____________

    1.321. 321.321. 321. 321. 321.32

    60. 1647.5416.6425.8757.7422. 3718.00

    2.062.292.942.471.852.433.08

  • APPALACHIAN REGION

    Table 2. Data on flotation of samples Continued

    C13

    Coal block No.Specific gravity

    of floating medium

    Float fraction (percent)

    Ash (percent of float fraction)

    Ky Har-He

    1.36 10-12..___________________________ 1. 34

    ___________________________ Ky BD-Le

    2-4_______________________________ 1. 325-7____________-___-______._______ 1. 32

    _____________________________Ky Al-Hj_____

    2-3_______._______________________ 1. 324-7_______._______________________ 1. 3212________________________________ 1. 32

    Ky Colg-KU

    5-6_______________________ 1. 32

    Ky SL-Wh

    2-3.---.______________________ 1. 324-6.___.__________________________ 1. 3211-13____._____________________..__ 1. 34

    Ky PC-Am

    2-3____--_.____________________..__ 1. 344-6.______________________...._ 1. 327-9_______ _ _ 1.3210-11__________________________.__ 1. 34

    Ky EJ-E3

    7-11._______________________ 1. 3212-14_________.___________________ 1. 34

    Ky Hx-E3

    8c_.________________________ 1. 36

    Ky Wo-J

    l-2a_.__________________ 1. 323-5_____________________________ 1. 32

    Ky B&S-Ej

    la__-__-_-______-_-__---_--__-___- 1. 32

    12. 6247.33

    5. 383.74

    68.0266.02

    1. 632.93

    21. 8077. 1221.80

    4 072. 064. 07

    39.23 2. 84

    73. 0953. 3428. 12

    1. 631. 713. 54

    34.2680. 8684. 0362. 50

    3. 301. 862. 312. 72

    61. 9415. 19

    1.772.47

    23.75 5. 35

    46.6978. 56

    2.421.20

    98.04 1. 11

    21S-J790 66 3

  • C14 MINOR ELEMENTS IN AMERICAN COALS

    TABLE 2. Data on flotation of samples Continued

    Coal block No.Specific gravity

    of floating medium

    Float fraction (percent)

    Ash (percent of float fraction)

    Ky GV2-Ei

    2-4. _ _._ __ __. _ _ _____ ___8-9-___-____------__-_-___________

    1. 32 1.32

    75. 0982. 84

    2. 15 1.94

    Ky-IH-Ha

    la ___ ._ _. . __ ___ _ ___ _lb-____-__-_______-___-____.______

    1. 32 1. 32

    83. 86 78.43

    1.00 1. 02

    Ala-Mi -B(R)

    12-3 . _____4__ _ _ ____ _

    1.36 1. 32 1. 32

    23. 79 21.62 53.46

    4.06 2.39 2.21

    Ala-TH-B

    !___ _ __ ____ _ __ _3-4____________.__._______________5-6____________-____-____.________Ra

    1. 32 1.34 1.34 1.36

    62.68 48.01 61.41 12.79

    2.76 4.25 3. 544.97

    Ala-G-P

    T_ ._ ________ 1.32 45.66 3. 67

    Ala-G-NP

    12-3__--____--_---_--______________5-6

    1. 36 1. 36 1.36

    43. 4242. 52 76.99

    7. 10 9.82 6.90

    Ala-Ga-ML

    1 _ _ __ .2-3__-_____--___-_-______-________4-6 _ _ .._-.______-__7-8 9_ _ __ -__ ___ .

    1.32 1. 34 1.34 1.34 1. 34

    28. 21 38.51 38.39 42.60 35. 63

    4. 132. 95 6. 12 5. 182.70

    Ala-Ma-J

    23_ _____4-5_____-____ ____ ______________9. _ _.. _ __ _ ___ _ __

    1.30 1. 30 1.32 1. 32

    59. 52 38.24 26.4338.98

    2.51 1.71 1.00 3.02

    Ala-Mai-J

    4-6 __ __ __ _ __ ____ _ _7-8.___-._ _ _____ _ _______ _ ___

    1.32 1.32

    58.74 67.24

    2.69 2.35

  • APPALACHIAN REGION C15

    METHODS OF ANALYSIS

    Blocks of coal were selected for spectrographic analysis on the basis of preliminary determinations of germanium and molybdenum. Blocks having low concentrations of these elements, particularly germanium, were combined into composite samples, and many of these were floated because of their high ash content. The prelimi- nary germanium and molybdenum determinations were made by rapid methods (Zubovic and others, 1961a). The final germanium and molybdenum determinations, as well as the determinations for 13 other elements, were done by a quantitative spectrographic procedure.

    The quantitative spectrographic procedure used has been described by Zubovic and others (1961a, p. 18-20); therefore, only a brief outline of the method is given here.

    The total energy method, employing d-c arc excitation of samples and synthetic standard, was used. The spectra of samples and standards are recorded on photographic plates that cover the wave- length region 2300-4700 A with a dispersion of 5 A per millimeter. The transmittances of the analytical lines were measured with a microphotometer, and the photographic plates -were calibrated by using a set of homologous iron lines for which relative intensities are known (Dieke and Crosswhite, 1943). By the use of synthetic standards, analytical curves were constructed wilich relate the loga- rithm of intensity of analytical lines to the logarithm of concentration. Concentrations of the various elements were determined from these curves.

    The spectral lines used and the corresponding detection limits are listed below:

    Spectral lines and corresponding detection limits

    Element

    B...., ...... ..........Be...................

    Cd.__ . . .Co.. .. ...............

    Cr.. ...............

    Cu-.... . . ..__

    Ga.. ..............Ge. ..................

    Wavelength(angstrom

    units)

    2497. 7332348. 6103131. 0723261. 057

    3449. 1703449. 411AffKA Q^A

    3021. 5583024. 3503273. 9622824. 3692943. 637

    3039. 064

    Limit ofdetection(weightpercentof ash)

    0. 001.0001.001.005.0005.001.002.0001.001.005.0001.05.0005nnl

    .002

    I

    Element

    La...... .... ... ...... .

    Mo . .Ni._ .... ...

    Sn._ ..............Ti..

    V.. . .. ....

    Y

    Zn... . .. - _

    Wavelength(angstrom

    units)

    4333. 7343337. 4883170. 3463414. 765

    3175. 0193261. 605

    3185. 3%3183. 4064374. 9353327. 8753345. 020

    Limit ofdetection(weightpercentof ash)

    0.003.01.0005.0005.001.001.005.05.001.001.001.002.01

  • C16 MINOR ELEMENTS IN AMERICAN COALS

    The final analytical results are, in general, averages of two deter- minations made on separate plates. The overall coefficient of varia- tion for the mean of such duplicates for all the elements is ±15 percent.

    ANALYTICAL DATA

    The minor-element content of the ash of each of the individual and composite block samples comprising the 73 columnar coal samples is given in table 3.

    Table 4 shows the average minor-element content of ash in weight percent for each of the columnar samples. Table 5 shows the aver- age content of the elements on the basis of parts per million in coal for each of the columnar samples. The averages for columnar samples in which more than 75 percent of the bed was analyzed were computed on a weighted basis using the thickness of the analyzed blocks making up the columnar sample. The other averages are unweighted.

    EVALUATION AND SUMMARY OF THE DATA

    The analytical data in table 3 and the columnar-sample averages in tables 4 and 5 may not be representative of the minor-element content of the sampled beds. This study was reconnaissance in nature and in most places too few samples were obtained from any one bed. How- ever, this study does provide a groundwork for further geochemical investigations that may be undertaken.

    In the computation of some averages given in this report, analyses of float fractions of the coals were used along with analyses of coals not separated in this manner. Where this was done, the resulting averages for particular elements are somewhat different from those that would have been obtained if the float fractions were not included. However, the averages given in table 6 for floated and unfloated samples from the same general areas demonstrate that the effects of this procedure are not great for most elements.

    The estimated average minor-element contents of coals of the Appalachian region and their ash fractions are given in table 7. These figures were derived from the averages for the columnar samples given in tables 4 and 5.

    DISTRIBUTION OF ELEMENTS AMONG COAL COMPONENTS

    COMPARISON OF FLOAT FRACTIONS AND WHOLE COAL SAMPLES

    Average minor-element contents of coals, with averages for float fractions of coals from the same areas, have been given in table 6. The elements found to be more highly concentrated in the float frac-

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