Quality of water in an inactive uranium mine and its effects on the quality of water in Blue Creek, Stevens County, Washington, 1984-85. Water Resources Investigation

Technical Report · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:6101455

Sumioka, S S

The purpose of the report is to present the results of a study done to determine (1) the monthly and annual water budgets and probable variation in runoff for the drainage basin in which the mine is located; (2) if precipitation is the source of low pH water found in pit 3 and the retention pond; (3) the quality of water in pits 3 and 4, the retention pond, streamflow from the basin, Blue Creek upstream and downstream of the point the drainage enters, and near the mouth of Blue Creek; (4) the quality of ground water discharged from the basin into Blue Creek; and (5) the daily mean values of discharge, water temperature, specific conductance, and pH for mine drainage from the basin, Blue Creek upstream and downstream of the mine drainage, and near the mouth of Blue Creek. The report also describes a potential water-quality monitoring program that would allow the determination of annual loads of selected chemical constituents entering Blue Creek from the mine basin and information about the type of ground-water tracers and procedures needed to examine flow paths near the retention pond.

• Research Organization: Geological Survey, Reston, VA (United States). Water Resources Div.
• OSTI ID: 6101455
• Report Number(s): PB-92-106392/XAB; USGS/WRI-89-4110
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Prepared in cooperation with Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC., and Bureau of Land Management, Washington, DC
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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