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Chemical Modeling of
Acid Waters
Abandoned
Mine Lands
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As part of
interdepartmental and interdivisional collaborations, the U.S.
Geological Survey has implemented an Abandoned Mine Lands Initiative to provide
needed scientific information and technical assistance to federal land
management agencies in support of remediation. The USGS Initiative is being
conducted in two pilot watersheds, the Upper Animas River in Colorado, and the
Boulder River in Montana. Contributions from this project include
applications of rare earth element geochemistry, iron redox chemistry, stable
and radioactive isotope geochemistry, and geochemical modeling applications.
Abandoned
Mine Lands website
Upper
Animas River Basin Abandoned Mine Lands Initiative
Mast, M.A., Verplanck, P.L.,
Wright, W.G., and Bove, D.J., in press, Characterization of background water
quality in the Upper Animas River watershed, Chapter xx, in Church, S.E.,
von Guerard, P, and Finger, S.E., eds., Integrated Investigations of
Environmental Effects of Historical Mining in the Animas River Watershed, San
Juan County, Colorado, US Geological Survey Professional Paper 1651.
Nordstrom, D.K., Wright, W.G., Mast, M.A., Bove, D., and Rye, R.O., in press,
Aqueous-sulfate stable isotopes: A study of mining-affected and natural acidic
drainage: Chapter xx in Church, S.E., von Guerard, P., and Finger, S.E.,
eds., Integrated Investigations of Environmental Effects of Historical Mining in
the Animas River Watershed, San Juan County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey
Professional Paper 1651.
Verplanck, P.L., Yager, D.B., Church, S.E., and Stanton, M.R., in press,
Ferricrete distribution, classification, and morphology in the Animas River
Watershed study area, Colorado, Ch. E15, in Church, S.E., von Guerard, P,
and Finger, S.E. (eds.), Integrated Investigations of Environmental Effects of
Historical Mining in the Animas River Watershed, San Juan County, Colorado, US
Geological Survey Professional Paper 1651.
Wirt, L., Vincent, K.R., Verplanck, P.L., Yager, D.B., Church, S.E., and Fey,
D.L., in press, Geochemical and hydrological processes controlling the formation
of ferricrete, Ch. E17, in Church, S.E., von Guerard, P, and Finger,
S.E., eds., Integrated Investigations of Environmental Effects of Historical
Mining in the Animas River Watershed, San Juan County, Colorado, US Geological
Survey Professional Paper 1651.
 
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