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A STREAM SURVEY IN THE URANIUM MINING AND MILLING AREA OF THE COLORADO PLATEAU. COLORADO AND GUNNISON RIVERS

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4828780

During June to August 1958, a stream survey was made of the Colorado- Gunnison River System in Colorado during a period of infrequent rainfall and near- minimum runoff. Approximately one hundrod and seventy miles of the Colorado River and one hundred and thirty miles of the Gunnison River were investigated. Water samples were analyzed chemically, physically, and radiologically; aquatic organisms were identified and bacteriological samples taken. River bottom silt and mud samples as well as irrigation area soil samples were investigated radiologically. Three uranium ore reduction mills employing the solvent extraction process were located in the survey area. (auth)

Research Organization:
Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore
NSA Number:
NSA-16-020815
OSTI ID:
4828780
Report Number(s):
NYO-7831
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English