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Hydrogeochemical and stream sediment detailed geochemical survey for Edgemont, South Dakota; Wyoming

Author
Butz, T. R. (Todd Randall)
Published
United States : [publisher not identified], 1980.
Springfield, Va. : National Technical Information Service, [approximately 1980]
Physical Description
microfiche : negative ; 11 x 15 cm
Additional Creators
Bard, C. S., Dean, N. E., Grimes, J. G., Helgerson, R. N., and Pritz, P. M.

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Summary
Results of the Edgemont detailed geochemical survey are reported. Field and laboratory data are presented for 109 groundwater and 419 stream sediment samples. Statistical and areal distributions of uranium and possible uranium-related variables are given. A generalized geologic map of the survey area is provided, and pertinent geologic factors which may be of significance in evaluating the potential for uranium mineralization are briefly discussed. Groundwaters containing greater than or equal to 7.35 ppB uranium are present in scattered clusters throughout the area sampled. Most of these groundwaters are from wells drilled where the Inyan Kara Group is exposed at the surface. The exceptions are a group of samples in the northwestern part of the area sampled and south of the Dewey Terrace. These groundwaters are also produced from the Inyan Kara Group where it is overlain by the Graneros Group and alluvium. The high uranium groundwaters along and to the south of the terrace are characterized by high molybdenum, uranium/specific conductance, and uranium/sulfate values. Many of the groundwaters sampled along the outcrop of the Inyan Kara Group are near uranium mines. Groundwaters have high amounts of uranium and molybdenum. Samples taken downdip are sulfide waters with low values of uranium and high values of arsenic, molybdenum, selenium, and vanadium. Stream sediments containing greater than or equal to 5.50 ppM soluble uranium are concentrated in basins draining the Graneros and Inyan Kara Groups. These values are associated with high values for arsenic, selenium, and vanadium in samples from both groups. Anomalous values for these elements in the Graneros Group may be caused by bentonite beds contained in the rock units. As shown on the geochemical distribution plot, high uranium values that are located in the Inyan Kara Group are almost exclusively draining open-pit uranium mines.
Report Numbers
GJBX-133(80); K/UR-38
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Collection
NTIS collection.
Note
DOE contract number: W-7405-ENG-26
OSTI Identifier 5290332
Research organization: Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant (K-25), Oak Ridge, TN (United States).
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