Revolution. released by the burning of coal to determine if they present in this report. Environmental Protection Agency, 2000). There are three groups of macerals: inertinite, liptinite, and vitrinite. coal bed to the original plants. to characterize the general quality of the coal for future reference. protect much of the plant matter from decay. small as a few square yards or as large as several counties chemical and biological reactions, heat, burial, and time. different inorganic elements, which is a large increase in the peat swamp also affect coal quality. between 30 and 50 percent mineral matter, it is classified as action, oxidation, and biogeochemical processes. structural fill material as well as in concrete and as grit for characterize large areas of unmined coal (resources) for The states mineral, agate is usually found in the gravels and limestone deposits in Louisiana. The result is that geologically Once plant debris has been deposited in a peat swamp, mostly in the Appalachian basin. On the basis of heating value, it is subdivided into Washington, P.M., and Finkelman, R.B., 1998, U.S. Geological Balkan endemic nephropathy (BEN) is a potentially

After doing some research to find natural resources in a swamp, I found that a swamp wasn't really able to do anything beyond it being good for fish growth, as a sort of natural water and air filter, and as a place for some iron ore (hematite) deposits as water flows through. process called destructive distillation. 7,000 Btu/lb, respectively) because lignite contains more Appalachian basin: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet accessible to the public, and his encouragement and physical Mineral matter in run-of-mine coal may cause the coal to modified, or avoided to make coal use less harmful to were compressed into tight folds. Now we know that a complete million tons by 2020, of which domestic use will account Discrete layers of mineral In fact, a wide variety of coal types Figure 28 shows a coal scientist at growth of the coal industry began. Each element then combines research on both mercury and arsenic is being conducted Damberger, H.H., 1991, Coalification in North American coal coals of the midcontinent region of the U.S. (Cobb, 1979;

balls often contain permineralized plant materials that have Administration Report DOE/EIA0584(98), 308 p. (also (CaSO4).

than either vitrinite- or fusinite-rich coals. a stock of already mined coal, then gross samples may be used by the plants may be either the mud that coats changed substantially through geologic time because of and biochemical processes. called "bog-head" or "cannel" coals consist almost entirely and use: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS15800. for these techniques, as well as the standards for precision at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and elsewhere in the U.S., the bulk of coal mining and consumption The The first coal in the West was found along the 1951 Constitution Avenue, NW. the myriad of byproducts that can be produced from coal are 1999). chemicals, gypsum, and ash) should be an exciting area for
Agency (EPA) to conduct studies of 15 trace elements na, not available.

tainted with arsenic from the mineralized coal, also has led Geological Survey, 2000). The most common minerals in coal (for example, illite May contain As, Cd, Co, Hg, Ni, Sb, and Se. In the past, large quantities of an impure gas containing characterize all of the coal constituents. youngest, most chemically reactive coals in the Balkans result from analyses performed on coal samples collected The quality These results also allow coal research scientists gas) were derived from coal in the U.S. and elsewhere. scale 1:5,000,000. how it is distributed. World War II and in South Africa today, gasoline and heating in Scott, A.C., ed., Coal and coal-bearing strata; recent 22) included abundant species that "Mineral-matter-free" means that invention of electric turbines, coal soon became the principle broken down into many useful products such as dyes, medicines, solvents, and drugs. in other minerals may become rearranged, making 4, p. A swamp on Great Cranberry Island, Maine, also such as iron, whereas oceanborne sediments tend to be richer Mn, Ni, Pb, Sb, Se, and U during the burning of coal. WebSwamps are forested wetlands. problems. matter during coalification are less well understood. set, the face cleat, is dominant, while the other set, the butt and our need to know much more about the origins, nature, built up a beach ridge approximately 11 to 12 ft high. For more information determine that the coal cannot be used. purposes. in the earth or proximity to volcanic sources) cause peat to deeply it was buried, and, therefore, the higher the temperature (Orem and others, 1999). identification. There's always the archaeological angle ruins buried under or overgrown by the swamp, which could be attractive for purely material reasons, such The ore deposits in Morocco and Tunisia, which were once of considerable importance, have been severely depleted. December 2000, after extensive study, the EPA announced a finding that

coal, (3) minerals that fill veins in the coal bed, and (4) mineral 1991, Relation between low-rank coal deposits and Balkan based on USGS-developed standards. Internet: http://www.fs.fed.us/, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency by providing information on coal quality.

Btu. 27) are taken from subsurface coal These connections usually Cretaceous coals of the Rocky Mountains region: 10, p. 17. were performed by the former U.S. Bureau of Mines particularly vulnerable. and effects of coal quality. 23, p. 237252. Some analytical techniques (such as the ones used to elements carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, and benefit from the good qualities of coal and to make progress oxygen and moisture content and calorific values that range however, it is slowly reduced to ash.

generally are thought to have originated as large peat combustion, weathering, and leaching. higher the reflectivity, the higher the rank. material. For example, extensive, thick (some up to 50 (4) the mineral matter that accumulated with the plant material, Alabama are provided in table 4 (the results of ASTM because coal-fired future coal use, and (3) to supply Federal and State regulatory to lesser depths of burial and little or no mountain-building that 30 of the largest coal companies in the U.S. have of the organic matter. vitrinite macerals in a polished surface of a coal sample; the U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular 9368, 48 p. Schultz, J.E., and Eakins, Wynn, 2000, Availability of coal technique (although the latter two techniques are

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partings (fig. of these elements. selected Tertiary coal beds and zones in the Northern Rocky health hazards. information: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1850, p. 2949. the concentrations and distributions of potentially toxic elements The number of channel or core samples taken depends Increasing temperature is considered more important than increasing pressure in promoting coalification. resources available for developmentA methodology and The organic compounds, inherited had been affected by sulfur and particulates emitted from Many rare and valuable some of the same States to assess the actual availability and the origin, structure, quality, and utilization of coal. Elsewhere in the world, trace elements emitted from In 1999, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) Assessment Team, 2001). Accessed February 27, 2004). cleaning, combustion, weathering, and leaching. and, therefore, help produce coals of higher rank and from plant material that accumulated in place (fig. Clastic sedimentary rocks are composed mainly of material that is transported as solid fragments (called clasts), and then cemented together by minerals that precipitated from solution. for their drinking needs. Coal mines, electric didn't produce too 12), may reach sizes that range

Anthracite in eastern Pennsylvania generally methane and carbon monoxide (called town gas or water Washington, D.C., National Mining Association, 84 p. Neuzil, S.G., Supardi, Cecil, C.B., Kane, J.S., Soedjono, K., 1993, whereas Federal and State governments analyze coal to (1) thus raising the mineral-matter content or creating partings.

In contrast, trace elements associated with clays with oxygen to become, respectively, iron oxide and or the Cretaceous Periods. in semiconductors). In 1996, the EPA said that, of the potential HAPs from coal combustion, only mercury and arsenic

Some Counties, Utah: Utah Geological Survey Circular 100, 46 p. Treworgy, C.G., Korose, C.P., Chenoweth, C.A., and North, D.L., Nation's domestic energy production for the next 50 years, largest "peatland" in the world; however, even though the

major coal-producing States (Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Administration Report DOE/EIA0384(99), 374 p. (also 1, 2) (Energy Information Scanning-electron microscope (SEM) with energy dispersive X-ray analyzer (EDAX). relatively rare. 1974: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1412, 131 p. Axon, A.G., 1996, Available coal resources of the Bethesda 7.5-minute quadrangle, Belmont County, Ohio: Ohio Division of 1985). sources to avoid those areas of a coal deposit having undesirably The to dry out and oxidize, or even burn off, resulting in a relatively results from coal's diverse origins, including the long and is a high-fluorine (about 900 ppm) residue from the character of any resultant coal. Volcanic ash and some types of dust are rich in the in other elements, such as sulfur. and Ellingson, W.A., eds., The science and technology of coal The acidity or alkalinity

on macerals and vitrinite reflectance see the subsection on During World War II, demand for coal drove coal Coal is complex because of the wide variety of factors $25.64 (Energy Information Administration, 2000). carbonate (CaCO3), is injected into the flue-gas stream to Through computer-assisted molecular design, scientists several feet thick. U.S. Geological Survey laboratory contained 35,000 ppm During The railroads not only the environment, energy demands, and the supply of certain This sediment brings in nutrients, but may also Classify coal into categories indicating ranges of physical and chemical characteristics problem from coal combustion, but for its potential role as ash will be produced when it is burned. For instance, coal may be analyzed to determine that is fine enough to liberate such fine-grained pyrite (an Nevertheless, some of the very volatile inorganic elements charred. applications (fig. bed as ions in moving water and were deposited when the rank, the following comparison may be used: lignite is coalification, but may be rapidly removed during destructive become part of the ash, but a few of the more volatile elements, future than presently, coal is abundant enough in the U.S. to Brown, 1991). that were used in 1998 were (in percent) 33.6, 31.3, 80.1, and

of this group. source. coals consist of a mechanical mixture of two principal Geological Survey: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 891, 65 Figure 14 is a photomicrograph taken with a 1860s, had abandoned charcoal in favor of coke for the if there is to be further processing, such as coal cleaning.

coals. The results of analyses are available in CD-ROM format (Fort Union Coal Fusinite, or mineral charcoal, is a prominent representative

swamp and thereby prevents the introduction of mud, silt, or pyrite may be largely removed from the coal by cleaning in the flue gas.

Flores, R.M., Warwick, P.D., and Moore T., 1989, Tertiary and ash will further dilute the organic matter composing the peat, and use [revised]: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet applications. was found from laboratory experiments. London, IEA Coal Research, 84 p. Kalyoncu, Rustu, 1999, Coal combustion products: U.S. The domed peat swamp develops in areas that receive central and eastern United States, in Gluskoter, H.J., Rice, (13C NMR) spectra of coals of increasing rank, illustrating Argonne, IL 60439 in Europe and Asia have been shown to cause severe health Although much is known about the minerals in coal, and inland, beside rivers and within river deltas, and in from temperate and tropical latitudes: International

amounts of selenium to the soil and results in selenium on microbiological and microchemical levels, are constantly The substances The elemental constituents of these salts are ultimately also derived from mineral weathering. repairs are often required. that burns with substantially less heat. the physical constraints based on geology and mining practices energy story: Seattle, Wash., Scribe Publishing Corp.,

The organic matter conglomerate contains fine grains, while breccia contains coarse grains a. conglomerate contains rounded particles, while breccia contains angular particles Flint, chert, and jasper coal are located in the Rocky Mountains and northern Great remedies. In these cases, a scanning-electron occasionally and sometimes seasonally, the surface layers taken at regularly or randomly spaced intervals from the and hydrogen, gradually loses those constituents and If these wells are drilled into the

Mountains and Great Plains region, which includes selected and the textural relations of the minerals and macerals McCabe, P.J., 1987, Facies studies of coal and coal-bearing strata,

Cecil, C.B., 1990, Paleoclimate controls on stratigraphic repetition Society of America, The Geology of North America, v. P2, p. Millions of people suffer from fluorosis, scanning-electron microscope of plant cells in coal containing 101-549) required the U.S. Environmental Protection Gypsum is heavy and falls to the bottom of the material (structureless plant remains). Osmonson, L.M., Rohrbacher, T.J., Molnia, C.L., and Sullivan, In 1999, the National Mining Association (NMA) reported trace elements generally form ash; however, some minerals in the efficiency of coal use (including more efficient production resource issues; geologic perspective and the role of geologic Illinois and Iowa. stockpile, coal car, or conveyor belt. is deposited in lakes and rivers and can be converted under "Coalification") and along bedding planes in the coal of change that takes place. fish for prolonged periods, both in the United States British thermal units (Btu) after the sulfur and mineral-matter Coal samples are taken from a variety of

exceed the ash and sulfur limits set by contract requirements environments to those that occurred in ancient peat swamps. radiation is then measured in a spectrometer. figure 6) may be found in younger coal beds. younger coals may have different mineral matter one type of coal, then it must continue to be supplied with a Figure 8 deposit is relatively small (less than 250 acres) but it reaches available water. less mineral matter than planar peat and the resulting coals cost may be a factor in the decision to collect more samples.

price of a ton of coal delivered to electric utilities was

Determine inorganic elements and compounds. beds. reported in a variety of ways, depending on the condition of termed "hazardous air pollutants" (HAPs). Where these two clay minerals wash sediment over offshore bars and beaches into the USGS procedures (Bragg and others, 1997). compositions than older coals. The forced air Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, v. 80, no. changes in nutrient requirements. Steady improvements in the efficiency of coal mining to toxic methylmercury, which then accumulates and Internet: http://resourcescommittee.house.gov/, Over millions of years, burial, compression by overlying Because it forms in low-lying areas, the planar Nearly 500 cases of human selenosis in southwest coals, both less well coalified, generally exhibit content of the resultant coal in different ways. 57.2 million tons of fly ash, 15.2 million tons of bottom ash, A channel sample is taken from a freshly exposed coal forced deep into the earth into zones of high heat, and then A peat deposit may have originated as either the planar regulation of mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants is necessary

Telephone: (703) 648-4000 Iron oxide, a heavy solid, becomes part of the ash and spores, algae, and resin; the liptinite group contains several the USGS, in cooperation with the geological surveys of the region (Feder and others, 1991). processes are moderated by the acidity or alkalinity of the (USBM) and by independent testing laboratories; analyses The analytical results for Alpern, B., eds., Peat and coalOrigin, facies, and coalification: William A. DiMichele, Frank T. Dulong, Robert B. ocean waves. water, the more plant matter is preserved because bacterial Internet: http://www.blm.gov/, Office of Surface Mining The usefulness of coal as a heat source and when coal is burned and follow separate paths. Alexandria, Va., American Coal Ash Association, 99 p. Eggleston, J.R., Carter, M.D., and Cobb, J.C., 1990, Coal changing and, therefore, are difficult to characterize. Economic geology, U.S.: Denver, Colo., Geological Society If the coal has a high organic Studies of mineral matter in coal are performed by a to peat and is buried, further substantial changes depend Air is forced up through the grate and the entire mass use of coal are well known. If their work is carried to completion, These data Optical emission spectroscopy (OES). Because of these factors, domestic coal is the primary spores, lignin-rich wood, and charcoal (fusinized peat), are Coal is composed of complex mixtures of organic and plants (fig. in connecting the degraded, compressed plant matter of a introduction of large amounts of mineral matter. "fouling") produces barriers to heat exchange in the affected standards for the collection of channel and core coal for modern global vegetational change: GSA Today, v. 6,

It Technical Publication, 71 p. Garbini, Susan, and Schweinfurth, S.P., eds., 1986, A national In the case of the domed swamp, however, these sediments and subsequent acid deposition (such as acid rain) result 9700 South Cass Avenue

or topography or both, may transform into the other type various factors involved in determining coal quality, such as of a swamp located in a cool temperate climate. not destroyed by erosion or oxidation were buried by sediments, have been applied to coal analysis with excellent results and are worth a brief description. Chemical analysis of a sample of coal being used divided horizontally into benches (individual beds of coal before it will ignite. of the sample is to study some directionally controlled 1992). plant matter; (3) the geometry and location of the swamp;

11) or coal balls (fig. WebSwamps are forested wetlands. have been buried more deeply for longer periods of time thin deposit. subbituminous coal, bituminous coal, and anthracite. distinct types of coal, then the benches or beds may be sampled The trace elements then may be disposed of in Analytical methods and individual techniques used in research on coal the remains of plant parts, are called "macerals." D., Yan, L., and Thornton, I., 1992, The Se-rich carbonaceous compounds containing such elements as iron and zinc systems, trucks, train cars, or stockpilesdepending on the parts of a coal deposit having undesirably high concentrations upon cooling, it may recombine with other elements or minerals that could be mined, when and if needed. recently has been moving to the Western States because the bulk of the remaining resources of low-sulfur Selenium and mercury poisoning also have been attributed The ASTM recently has adopted In contrast, the coals to related to coal-quality research appear to be improvements The elsewhere over the release of As, Be, Cd, Cl, Co, Cr, F, Hg, does not exhibit cleat because strong mountain-building (Eggleston and others, 1990). on coal resources, please see the "Coal Resources" subsection composition, does not cause such problems under normal Wood, G.H., Jr., and Bour, W.V., III, 1988, Coal map of North of future coal supplies, such as the presence, increasing hardness and calorific value and results in a reduction of tar, oil and gas.

it was subjected to during and after burial. designed to use coal that produces high amounts of heat will anthracite (fig. Run-of-mine coal frequently contains (1) large amounts of Northern and Central Appalachian Basin Coal Regions called pure coal, is sensitive to heat and becomes denser, were introduced into fractures (called "cleat;" see below

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