GROUND-WATER TEST WELL B, NEVADA TEST SITE, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. A Summary of Lithologic Data, Aquifer Tests, and Well Construction

Technical Report · Sun Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1962

OSTI ID:4830318

Moore, J E; Garber, M S

Ground-water test well B was drilled to a depth of 1675 ft with rotary and cable-tool drilling equipment. It penetrated 548 ft of alluvium of Quaternary and Tertiary (?) age, 222 ft of lake deposits of Ouaternary and Tertiary (?) age, and 905 ft of tuff of Tertiary age. The static water level is about 1511 ft below the land surface or 2418 ft above sea level. Water occurs in densely welded tuff and is yielded chiefly from fractures. In two tests by bailing the aquifer yielded 6 and 8 gallons per minute to the well, and on this basis the specific capacity of the well was less than 0.16 gallon per minute per foot of drawdown. The tuff contains zeolite, clay, quartz, cristobalite, feldspar, mica, and calcite. The lake deposits contain essentially these same minerals but differ in having more varieties of clay minerals. Laboratory measurements of tuff samples showed that the coefficients of permeability of the welded and the partially welded tuffs are less than 0.03 gallon per day per square foot, but that of the vitric-pumiceous tuff ranges from 0.3 to 2 gallons per day per square foot. Geophysical logs, a summary of contract costs, detailed descriptions of drilling, casing, cementing, and hydraulic testing operations, x- ray mineralogical analyses, physical property analyses, and a detailed lithologic log are presented. (auth)

• Research Organization: Geological Survey, Washington, D.C.
• NSA Number: NSA-16-019160
• OSTI ID: 4830318
• Report Number(s): TEI-808
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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BOILING
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CALCIUM CARBONATES
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CEMENTATION
CLAYS
CRISTOBALITE
DEPOSITS
DIFFRACTION
DIFFUSION
ECONOMICS
ELEMENTS
FELDSPARS
GEOLOGY
GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY, AND METEOROLOGY
GEOPHYSICS
GROUND WATER
HEAT TREATMENTS
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LIQUID FLOW
MICA
MINERALS
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POROSITY
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS
QUANTITY RATIO
QUARTZ
ROCKS
SAMPLING
SILICATES
SILICON OXIDES
SURFACES
TESTING
TUFF
WELL LOGGING
X RADIATION
ZEOLITES