Compilation and interpretation of water-quality and discharge data for acidic mine waters at Iron Mountain, Shasta County, California, 1940-1991. Water resources investigation

Technical Report · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:5702497

Alpers, C N; Nordstrom, D K; Burchard, J M

The report contains a compilation and interpretation of the historical records of water quality and discharge for the period 1940-91 from the two most significant discharge points for acid mine drainage at Iron Mountain, Shasta County, California--the Richmond and Lawson portals. The primary objectives are (1) to clarify whether or not there is a hydrologic connection between the Richmond and Lawson Tunnels, and (2) to formulate a conceptual model of subsurface processes that accounts for water-quality and discharge trends with time.

• Research Organization: Geological Survey, Sacramento, CA (United States). Water Resources Div.
• OSTI ID: 5702497
• Report Number(s): PB-94-116050/XAB; USGS/WRI-91-4160
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Also available from Supt. of Docs
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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