Assessment of water resources in lead-zinc mined areas in Cherokee County, Kansas, and adjacent areas
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:5570023
A study was conducted to evaluate water-resources problems related to abandoned lead and zinc mines in Cherokee County, Kansas, and adjacent areas in Missouri and Oklahoma. Past mining activities have caused changes in the hydrogeology of the area. Lead and zinc mining has caused discontinuities and perforations in the confining shale west of the Pennsylvanian-Mississippian geologic contact (referred to as the western area), which have created artificial ground-water recharge and discharge areas. Recharge to the shallow aquifer (rocks of Mississippian age) through collapses, shafts, and drill holes in the shale has caused the formation of a groundwater ''mound'' in the vicinity of the Picher Field in Kansas and Oklahoma. Discharge of mine-contaminated ground water to Tar Creek occurs in Oklahoma from drill holes and shafts where the potentiometric surface of the shallow aquifer is above the land surface. Mining of ore in the shallow aquifer has resulted in extensive fracturing and removal of material, which has created highly transmissive zones and voids and increased ground-water storage properties of the aquifer. In the area east of the Pennsylvanian-Mississippian geologic contact (referred to as the eastern area), fractured rock and tailings on the land surface increased the amount of water available for infiltration to the shallow aquifer; in the western area, tailings on the impermeable shale created artificial, perched aquifer systems that slowly drain to surface streams. 45 refs., 23 figs., 21 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- Geological Survey, Lawrence, KS (USA). Water Resources Div.
- OSTI ID:
- 5570023
- Report Number(s):
- USGS-OFR-84-439; ON: TI85901786
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AQUIFERS
CONTAMINATION
DATA
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FEDERAL REGION VI
FEDERAL REGION VII
GROUND SUBSIDENCE
GROUND WATER
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROLOGY
INFORMATION
KANSAS
LEAD ORES
MINING
MISSOURI
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NUMERICAL DATA
OKLAHOMA
ORES
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STREAMS
SURFACE WATERS
USA
WATER
WATER QUALITY
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