Trace element and REE composition of five samples of the Yucca Mountain calcite-silica deposits. Special report No. 8

Livingston, D

doi:10.2172/196469

Title: Trace element and REE composition of five samples of the Yucca Mountain calcite-silica deposits. Special report No. 8

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The attached materials document the results of part of a recent effort of geochemical sampling and analysis at Yucca Mountain and nearby regions. The efforts come as a result of interest in comprehensive analyses of rare earth elements (REE), lanthanum (La) through lutecium (Lu). Several additional, non-REE analyses were obtained as well. Commercially available REE analyses have proved to be insufficiently sensitive for geochemical purposes. Dr. Roman Schmitt at the Radiation Center at Oregon State University in Corvallis was sent five samples as a trial effort. The results are very encouraging. The purpose of compiling Dr. Schmitt`s report and the other materials is to inform the sponsor of his independent observations of these results and other information that sent to him. To provide a more complete appreciation of the utility of REE analyses a copy of Dave Vaniman`s recent article is included in which he notes that REE analyses from Yucca Mountain indicate the occurrence of two distinctly different REE patterns as do several other chemical parameters of the calcite-silica deposits. Our four samples with high equivalent CaCO{sub 3} were collected from sites we believe to be spring deposits. One sample, 24D, is from southern Crater Flat which is acknowledgedmore »« less

Authors:: Livingston, D

Publication Date:: Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993

Research Org.:: Technology and Resource Assessment Corp., Boulder, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 196469

Report Number(s):: DOE/NV/10461-T62
ON: DE96006626; TRN: 96:001820

DOE Contract Number:: FG08-85NV10461

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Resource Relation:: Other Information: PBD: Jul 1993

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 05 NUCLEAR FUELS; YUCCA MOUNTAIN; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL; GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CALCITE; SILICA; RARE EARTHS; LANTHANUM; LUTETIUM; ELEMENTS; TRACE AMOUNTS

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                    Livingston, D. Trace element and REE composition of five samples of the Yucca Mountain calcite-silica deposits. Special report No. 8.  United States: N. p., 1993. 
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