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Table 5. Oxide and elemental concentrations and strontium isotopic compositions (87Sr/86Sr) of nitric-acid leachates of core samples from boreholes at the Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada.

[Results are for samples collected and analyzed in 2006. Oxide concentrations are given in weight percentages, and elemental concentrations are given in micrograms per gram. The less than (<) symbol is used to indicate concentrations that are below minimum reporting limits and incorporate the measured dilution factors for each sample; the greater than (>) symbol is used to indicate concentrations that are above the range of standards used to define the calibration curve. Uncertainties for strontium isotopic compositions (87Sr/86Sr) are dominated by external errors for replicate analyses of the Sr isotope standard EN-1, therefore, a blanket 87Sr/86Sr uncertainty of 0.00005 is reported. Strontium isotopic compositions also are given in delta notation (δ87Sr = [(87Sr/86Srsample/87Sr/86Srmsw)-1] ×1,000 and δ87Srt = [(87Sr/86Srsample/87Sr/86Srpsw)-1]×1,000, where 87Sr/86Srmsw is the value for modern seawater and 87Sr/86Srpsw is the value for paleoseawater at the time of deposition). Abbreviations: MgO, magnesium oxide; CaO, calcium oxide; CaCO3, calcium carbonate (calcite); SiO2, silicon dioxide; Al2O3, aluminum oxide; MnO, manganese oxide; Rb, rubidium; Sr, strontium; Th, thorium; U, uranium; ‰, permil]

Sample identification No. Percent sample dissolved MgO CaO Mole percent CaCO3 SiO2 Al2O3 MnO Rb Sr Th U 87Sr/86Sr (±0.00005 2σ) δ87Sr, ‰ (±0.07 2σ) δ87Srt, ‰ Seawater 87Sr/86Srpsw used
Army 1(859) 98.8 22.7 31.3 49.8 0.21 0.02 0.016 <0.79 30.4 <0.23 <0.23 0.70856 -0.90 -0.62 0.7090
Army 1(862) 69.2 18.2 31.8 55.6 1.69 1.10 .017 6.73 69.6 4.02 .55 .71132 2.99 3.27 .7090
Army 1(982)A 97.9 22.9 30.2 48.7 .22 .01 .026 < .87 30.7 < .26 < .26 .71027 1.51 1.65 .7091
Army 1(982)B 98.5 17.4 36.2 59.9 .23 .02 .018 < .88 37.9 < .26 < .26 .71023 1.45 1.59 .7091
Army 1(1112) 33.5 .81 44.4 97.5 3.14 1.85 .260 11.3 364 20 < .88 .71098 2.50 2.64 .7091
Army 1(1951) 100.0 15.5 37.4 63.3 .19 .01 .005 < .75 107 < .23 .28 .70935 .22 .22 .7092
ER3–1(2280) 98.8 2.6 50.0 93.2 < .20 .02 .027 < .94 543 < .28 < .28 .70958 .54 .54 .7092
ER3–1(2580) 99.7 1.1 49.3 96.9 < .22 .01 .004 <1.04 243 < .31 < .31 .70935 .20 .20 .7092
ER5–3 2(4780) 99.4 17.2 35.0 59.3 < .20 .03 .014 < .93 79.4 < .27 < .27 .71084 2.32 3.17 .7086
ER6–1 2(2170) 99.1 23.0 30.5 48.8 < .20 .02 .011 < .95 60.2 < .28 .75 .70809 -1.57 - .02 .7082
ER6–1 2(2630) 100.0 23.0 30.6 48.9 < .17 .01 .015 < .80 53.2 < .24 .54 .70816 -1.47 - .06 .7082
ER6–1 2(2830) 100.0 22.9 29.8 48.4 < .19 .01 .012 < .89 44.5 < .26 .41 .70825 -1.33 .08 .7082
ER6–1 2(2990) 95.6 23.0 30.4 48.6 .27 .06 .018 < .90 77.1 < .28 1.53 .70851 - .98 .01 .7085
ER6–2(1830) 79.3 16.0 31.5 58.6 1.55 > .97 .038 7.28 140 2.29 < .30 .71227 4.33 4.47 .7091
ER6–2(2129) 96.9 21.7 32.9 52.1 .54 < .08 .026 .88 70.5 < .26 < .26 .70854 - .92 - .50 .7089
ER6–2(2379) 97.7 21.1 33.9 53.6 .47 < .08 .014 < .84 47.0 < .26 .59 .71042 1.73 2.15 .7089
ER6–2(2613) 98.0 .71 51.4 98.1 .39 .01 .005 <1.02 103 < .29 .66 .70897 - .33 .94 .7083
ER6–2(2721.5) 98.5 .95 50.8 97.5 .36 < .08 .006 < .80 97.6 < .25 .33 .71103 2.58 3.86 .7083
ER7–1(2150) 90.9 .59 56.0 98.5 < .24 .03 .007 <1.12 425 < .34 .39 .70889 - .44 - .01 .7089
ER7–1(2390) 96.9 .49 55.5 98.8 < .18 .02 .004 < .86 452 .38 .36 .70884 - .50 - .08 .7089
ER12–1(1720) 51.2 18.2 36.1 58.7 .68 .45 .053 4.78 297 1.94 2.14 .71406 6.86 8.70 .7079
ER12–1(3340) 97.5 23.2 31.8 49.6 < .21 .01 .016 < .96 40.1 < .29 1.12 .71013 1.32 3.15 .7079
ER12–3(3620) 97.4 22.7 31.3 49.8 < .18 < .08 .012 < .84 105 < .25 .30 .70908 - .16 .26 .7089
ER12–3(4490) 77.3 .70 53.7 98.2 1.01 .31 .015 2.08 1,190 .67 2.54 .70937 .24 .24 .7092
ER12–3(4840) 72.1 1.10 53.0 97.2 1.29 > .45 .037 3.89 1,420 .83 5.43 .70928 .11 .11 .7092
ER12–4(2580) 97.9 22.1 30.6 50.0 .66 .18 .036 3.91 146 .30 .29 .71215 4.16 4.73 .7088
ER12–4(3450) 95.0 20.9 33.0 53.2 1.81 > .37 .018 21.5 113 .33 .49 .71007 1.23 2.93 .7080
ER12–4(3590) 98.0 21.4 32.0 51.8 1.77 .41 .020 6.27 133 < .33 < .33 .70847 -1.03 - .04 .7085
ER16–1(3540) 21.9 10.2 26.3 65.0 9.33 >1.50 .179 49.5 327 13.0 3.43 .71485 7.97 9.25 .7083
ER16–1(3800) 69.8 15.2 38.9 64.8 1.36 .33 .036 3.94 70.7 .88 1.55 .71084 2.32 4.16 .7079
HTH–3(1850) 99.0 21.6 30.5 50.4 .19 .01 .009 < .89 16.9 < .26 .29 .70872 - .68 .02 .7087
TW–C(1458) 100.0 10.6 42.4 74.2 .32 .06 .014 < .80 251 < .23 .25 .71072 2.15 3.42 .7083
TW–C(1463.5) 99.5 .99 51.49 97.4 .21 .03 .005 < .96 261 < .28 < .28 .71140 3.10 4.38 .7083
TW–D(1773) 86.8 10.7 40.6 73.2 .51 .18 .052 1.66 454 1.02 .51 .70939 .27 .27 .7092
UE1c(1790) 97.0 .27 51.6 99.3 .23 .03 .005 < .95 405 .63 .74 .70879 - .58 - .02 .7088
UE1c(1860) 77.5 1.15 50.1 96.9 1.02 .44 .150 3.75 327 2.04 .66 .70945 .35 .63 .7090
UE1h(2960) 99.8 22.1 30.5 49.9 .21 .01 .012 <1.00 46.5 < .31 .76 .70811 -1.54 -1.40 .7091
UE2ce(1440) 100.0 21.6 30.5 50.4 .22 .03 .015 < .94 24.3 < .29 < .29 .70854 - .94 - .09 .7086
UE7nS(2052.2) 56.6 .21 52.3 99.4 .65 .26 .050 1.68 292 3.9 .57 .71111 2.70 3.12 .7089
UE7nS(2190) 80.3 .17 52.2 99.6 .39 .10 .036 <1.04 276 .93 .4 .71134 3.02 3.30 .7090
UE10j(1290) 98.3 22.9 29.8 48.4 < .18 .02 .015 < .82 39.2 < .24 < .24 .70870 - .71 - .42 .7090
UE10j(1863) 94.1 22.9 29.4 48.0 .21 .04 .023 < .89 64.9 < .26 .83 .70862 - .82 - .53 .7090
UE10j(2051) 24.5 11.5 19.0 54.4 9.28 >3.87 .170 58 299 27.2 <1.21 .72089 16.49 16.49 .7092
UE10j(2154) 98.9 22.7 29.8 48.5 < .18 .02 .099 < .83 35 < .24 < .24 .70873 - .66 - .52 .7091
UE15d(5960) 97.3 21.6 31.2 51.0 .32 .10 .015 < .80 34.2 < .25 1.19 .71300 5.36 6.49 .7084
UE15d(5994) 96.1 20.4 30.9 52.1 .59 .17 .010 1.96 37.4 <.25 <.25 .71370 6.34 7.48 .7084
UE16d(1020) 98.9 .60 47.0 98.3 .26 .04 .001 <1.02 1,680 < .30 2.18 .70828 -1.30 - .03 .7083
UE16d(1550) 4.1 <1.89 31.5 96.0 6.23 1.68 .234 <22.9 660 <7.04 <7.04 .70889 - .43 .84 .7083

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