Borehole and geohydrologic data for test hole USW UZ-6, Yucca Mountain area, Nye County, Nevada

Technical Report · Thu Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1993

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/138662· OSTI ID:138662

Whitfield, Jr, M S; Loskot, C L ^[1]; Cope, C M ^[2]

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1. Geological Survey, Denver, CO (United States)
2. Foothill Engineering Consultants, Inc., Golden, CO (United States)

Test hole USW UZ-6, located 1.8 kilometers west of the Nevada Test Site on a major north-trending ridge at Yucca Mountain, was dry drilled in Tertiary tuff to a depth of 575 meters. The area near this site is being considered by the US Department of Energy for potential construction of a high-level, radioactive-waste repository. Test hole USW UZ-6 is one of seven test holes completed in the unsaturated zone as part of the US Geological Survey`s Yucca Mountain Project to characterize the potential repository site. Data pertaining to borehole drilling and construction, lithology of geologic units penetrated, and laboratory analyses for hydrologic characteristics of samples of drill-bit cuttings are included in this report.

• Research Organization: Geological Survey, Denver, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States); Department of the Interior, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AI08-78ET44802
• OSTI ID: 138662
• Report Number(s): USGS/OFR--92-28; ON: TI93011023
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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05 NUCLEAR FUELS
58 GEOSCIENCES
BOREHOLES
COMPILED DATA
DRILLING
GEOLOGY
GROUND WATER
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
HYDROLOGY
LITHOLOGY
TUFF
UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
US GS
YUCCA MOUNTAIN
Yucca Mountain Project