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Table 2. Locations of boreholes from which core samples were obtained at the Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada.

[Location of sampling sites are shown in figure 1B. Additional information on these and other boreholes associated with the Department of Energy weapons testing program at the Nevada Test Site is available at http://nevada.usgs.gov/mercury/core.html. Abbreviations: DOE, U.S. Department of Energy;USGS, U.S. Geological Survey; m, meter; UTM, Universal Transverse Mercator]

DOE borehole identification No. Borehole identification No. USGS site identification No. UTM-Easting, zone 11 (m) UTM-Northing, zone 11 (m) Landsurface elevation (m) Date constructed Borehole depth (m)
Army #1 Water Well Army #1 363530116021401 586,120 4,049,800 961.1 07–15–62 595.3
ER–3–1 ER3–1 370116115561301 594,658 4,097,339 1,343.2 05–20–94 855.6
ER–5–3 #2 ER5–3 #2 365223115561801 594,624 4,081,120 1,016.3 03–20–01 1,732.2
ER–6–1 #2 ER6–1 #2 365901115593501 589,617 4,093,357 1,199.5 10–05–02 975.4
ER–6–2 ER6–2 365740116043501 582,236 4,090,745 1,289.7 07–21–94 1,045.5
ER–7–1 ER7–1 370424115594301 589,315 4,103,275 1,294.2 02–09–03 762.0
ER–12–1 ER12–1 371106116110401 572,412 4,115,493 1,773.1 11–24–92 1,093.6
ER–12–3 ER12–3 371142116125102 569,748 4,116,592 2,250.9 04–28–05 1,496.0
ER–12–4 ER12–4 371311116105902 572,473 4,119,346 2,097.9 06–01–05 1,132.3
ER–16–1 ER16–1 370031116121102 570,900 4,095,916 2,000.4 07–01–05 1,220.7
UE–1c UE1c 370253116055201 580,223 4,100,394 1,282.2 02–11–64 573.0
UE–1h UE1h 370005116040301 582,983 4,095,224 1,217.7 07–03–68 1,023.5
UE–2ce Water Well UE2ce 370831116080701 576,804 4,110,773 1,452.2 01–23–77 502.9
UE–7nS UE7nS 370556116000901 588,644 4,106,091 1,331.0 07–14–76 672.1
UE–10j UE10j 371108116045301 581,527 4,115,645 1,394.1 02–24–93 796.4
UE–15d Water Well UE15d 371230116021501 585,061 4,118,301 1,397.9 04–17–62 1,829.1
UE–16d Eleana Water Well UE16d 370412116095101 574,301 4,102,761 1,427.7 03–03–81 914.4
UE–25 p #1 UE25p #1 364938116252102 551,509 4,075,663 1,113.9 05–24–83 1,805.0
UE–25 a #3 UE25a #3 365147116185301 561,079 4,079,703 1,385.6 10–10–78 771.1
USGS HTH #3 HTH #3 364830115512601 601,932 4,074,016 1,062.0 05–09–62 566.9
USGS Test Well C (WW-C) TW–C 365508116003501 588,208 4,086,130 1,194.8 03–30–61 518.2
USGS Test Well D TW–D 370418116044501 582,224 4,103,327 1,265.1 01–08–61 594.4

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