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Scientific Investigations Report 2009–5073

Geochemical Investigation of Source Water to Cave Springs, Great Basin National Park, White Pine County, Nevada

Table 1. Location and elevation of water and rock sampling sites at Great Basin National Park, Nevada.

[Site locations are shown in figure 2. Site identification No. was used to obtain data from National Water Information System (NWIS) database. Degrees, minutes, and seconds determined from Global Positioning System using horizontal coordinate information referenced to North American Datum of 1983 (NAD 83). Land surface altitude also determined from Global Positioning System using vertical coordinate information referenced to the North American Vertical Datum of 1929 (NAVD 29). The land surface altitude of Lehman Caves is near the entrance and is not that of the pool inside the cave. –, data not entered into NWIS database]

Site No. Site name Site identification

No.
Latitude Longitude Land surface altitude
(degrees minutes seconds)
Water Samples
1 Cave Springs 390055114140601 39º 00’ 55.1’’ 114º 14’ 09.4’’ 7,270 ± 20
2 Pool in Lehman Caves 390021114130801 39º 00’ 21.1’’ 114º 13’ 11.7’’ 6,830 ± 20
3 Spring near upper Lehman Creek campground 390042114152601 39º 00’ 42.2’’ 114º 15’ 29.9’’ 7,920 ± 30
4 Marmot Spring 385931114135401 38º 59’ 31.2’’ 114º 13’ 57.0’’ 7,370 ± 20
Rock Samples
5 Pole Canyon Limestone 39º 00’ 36.0’’ 114º 13’ 18.4’’ 6,870 ± 30
6 Tertiary granite 39º 00’ 43.0’’ 114º 13’ 55.2’’ 7,170 ± 30
7 Prospect Mountain Quartzite 39º 00’ 43.7’’ 114º 14’ 55.4’’ 7,640 ± 40

For additional information contact:
Director, Nevada Water Science Center
U.S. Geological Survey
2730 N. Deer Run Road
Carson City, Nevada 89701
http://nevada.usgs.gov/water/

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