OFR 97-492: Ogden Quadrangle NURE HSSR Study
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[See History of NURE HSSR Program for a summary of the entire program.]
Totals of 1,956 sediment and 1,108 water samples were collected from 1,999 locations in the Wyoming portion of Driggs, Preston, and Ogden quadrangles during September and October of 1976. These samples were collected by a private contractor under the direction of the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory (LASL). Within the Ogden quadrangle, 751 sediment and 225 water samples were collected. The samples were analyzed by LASL for uranium and the data released in the GJBX-70(78) report.
LASL sent 749 sediment and 123 water samples from the Wyoming portion of the Ogden quadrangle to the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant (ORGDP) for multielement analyses. These data were released by Oak Ridge as the Ogden Quadrangle NURE Hydrogeochemical and Stream Sediment Reconnaissance (HSSR) study GJBX-289(81) report.
In 1977, the entire NURE HSSR program changed from a study area basis (State, County, or geomorphic province) to a 1° x 2° quadrangle basis. As a result of this decision, the responsibility for the Utah portion of the Ogden quadrangle was reassigned to the LASL. According to the last LASL NURE progress report [GJBX-5(80)], this area was scheduled to be sampled during 1980. Apparently though, no samples for the Utah portion were subsequently collected or analyzed by LASL before the NURE program ended.
In October and November of 1979, 988 sediment, 86 water, and 391 rock samples were collected by Oak Ridge in Utah for the Thomas Range-Wasatch detailed geochemical survey. Three project areas were chosen to "characterize the hydrogeochemistry, stream sediment geochemistry, and/or radiometric patterns of known or potential uranium occurrences." These three areas were (1) the Thomas Range-Sheeprock Mountain project area within the Delta 1° x 2° quadrangle; (2) the Farmington project area covering parts of the Brigham City, Ogden, and Salt Lake City quadrangles; and (3) the Cottonwood project area within the Salt Lake City quadrangle. A total of 282 sediment, and 60 water samples were collected and field radiometric data were reported for 133 rock samples within the Ogden quadrangle. The radiometric readings of rock samples were done in the field using scintillometers and a gamma-ray spectrometer. The sediment and water samples were analyzed for multiple elements by Oak Ridge and the data were reported in the 3-volume Thomas Range-Wasatch Detailed Study GJBX-238(80) report.
A list of geologic unit codes and explanations used for the Thomas Range-Wasatch Detailed Study was obtained from Table 4 and Figure 3 in the each of the 3 volumes of the GJBX-238(80) report and reproduced here. These codes are found in the SGEOUNIT and PUNIT fields for each record in the NEW-FORMAT NURE data files.
| Code | Geologic Unit |
|---|---|
| QUD | Quaternary Undivided |
| QAL | Quaternary Alluvium |
| QTL | Quaternary Talus, Colluvium and Landslide deposits |
| QFD | Quaternary Fan deposits |
| QPG | Quaternary Glacial deposits |
| QPGM | Quaternary Glacial Moraine |
| QPLB | Quaternary Lake Bonneville deposits |
| QTS | Quaternary-Tertiary Valley Fill Sediments Undivided |
| TYG | Pliocene-Miocene Granitic Rocks |
| TYA | Pliocene-Miocene Acidic Volcanic Rocks |
| TOG | Miocene-Oligocene Granitic Rocks |
| TOA | Miocene-Oligocene Acidic Volcanic Rocks |
| TOI | Miocene-Oligocene Intermediate Volcanic Rocks |
| TNT | Tertiary Norwood Tuff |
| TAD | Cretaceous-Tertiary Argenta Intrusive Complex Diorites |
| TLD | Cretaceous-Tertiary Lamprophyre Dikes |
| TQM | Cretaceous-Tertiary Quartz Monzonite |
| TKWE | Cretaceous-Tertiary Wasatch, Evanston, and Echo Canyon Fms. |
| MTFU | Triassic Undivided |
| PPC | Permian Park City Fm. |
| PWQ | Upper Pennsylvanian Weber Quartzite |
| PLSU | Paleozoic Limestones Undivided |
| PRV | Lower Pennsylvanian Round Valley Limestone |
| MLSU | Mississippian Limestones Undivided |
| MDS | Upper Mississippian Doughnut Fm. |
| MDL | Upper Mississippian Deseret Limestone |
| MGL | Lower Mississippian Gardison Limestone |
| SMF | Middle Silurian Undivided |
| SOFU | Silurian-Ordovician Undivided |
| OMF | Middle Ordovician Undivided |
| CUF | Upper Cambrian Undivided |
| CLS | Upper and Middle Cambrian Limestones Undivided |
| CMF | Middle Cambrian Undivided |
| COS | Middle Ophir Fm. |
| CLF | Lower Cambrian Undivided |
| CTQ | Lower Cambrian Tintic Quartzite |
| ZCGQ | Lower Cambrian and Precambrian Geertsen Canyon Quartzite |
| ZHS | Precambrian Z Undivided |
| ZMI | Precambrian Z Mutual and Inkom Fms. |
| ZMF | Precambrian Z Mutual Fm. |
| ZIF | Precambrian Z Inkom Fm. |
| ZCC | Precambrian Z Cady Canyon Fm. |
| ZKC | Precambrian Z Kelly Canyon Fm. |
| ZMC | Precambrian Z Maple Canyon Fm. |
| ZPC | Precambrian Z Papose Creek and Perry Canyon Fm. |
| YMFT | Precambrian Y or Z Mineral Fork Tillite |
| YBC | Precambrian Y Big Cottonwood Fm. |
| YSU | Precambrian Y Upper Sheeprock Group |
| YDP | Precambrian Y Dutch Peak Tillite |
| YSL | Precambrian Y Lower Sheeprock Group |
| XLW | Precambrian X Little Willow Fm. |
| XFC | Precambrian X Facer Creek Fm. |
| WFCC | Precambrian W Undivided |
| WFQM | Precambrian W Quartz Monzonite Gneiss |
| WFM | Precambrian W Migmatite |
| WFP | Precambrian W Pegmatite |
| WFMS | Precambrian W Mica Schist |
| WFS | Precambrian W Schist and Gneiss |
| WFSQ | Precambrian Schist, Gneiss, and Quartzite |
| WFA | Precambrian W Amphibolite |
| WFQ | Precambrian W Quartzite |
The following is a list of sample types collected for all NURE studies in the Ogden quadrangle.
| Sediment Sample Type | Number of Samples | Water Sample Type | Number of Samples |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wet Streams | 276 | Streams | 132 |
| Dry Streams | 606 | Wells | 19 |
| Wet Springs | 59 | Springs | 98 |
| Dry Springs | 55 | Artificial Ponds | 36 |
| Wet Artificial Ponds | 37 | ||
| Total Sediments | 1,033 | Total Waters | 285 |
These Ogden quadrangle samples were analyzed by one or more of the following methods:
Sediment Samples
Water Samples
Rock Samples (Detailed Study only)
The data in the NEW-FORMAT NURE data files consist of records from the GJBX-70(78) report combined with multielement data records from the GJBX-289(81) report. Each sample is represented by a single composite record. Additional records were added from the Ogden quadrangle portion of the Thomas Range-Wasatch Detailed Study GJBX-238(80) report. Any problems found during the reformatting process are noted in the REFORMAT comment field.
Data from the rock samples were placed in a separate data file. A partial description of fields unique to this file is given below in the Thomas Range-Wasatch Detailed Study rock data format. Analyses for phosphate in water were also found in the Detailed Study data. This information can be found in another separate file and a partial description of fields unique to this file is given below in the Thomas Range-Wasatch Detailed Study extra water data format.
The NURE HSSR data are now available online in two databases: The sediment database (also includes data for soils and some rocks) at http://tin.er.usgs.gov/nure/sediment/ and the water database at http://tin.er.usgs.gov/nure/water/. From these two websites, NURE HSSR data can be selected, examined, summarized, and downloaded by political boundaries (State and County), by quadrangle (1:250,000-scale, 1:100,000-scale, and 1:63,360-scale for Alaska or 1:24,000-scale for the Lower 48 States), and by hydrologic unit (drainage region, subregion, river basin, or sub-basin). Selected data can be downloaded as a dBase file, a shapefile, an HTML table, or ASCII text (tab- or comma-delimited).
Ogden Quadrangle Sediment Data - 1,165 records
Ogden Quadrangle Water Data - 284 records
Thomas Range-Wasatch Detailed Study Rock Data - ogden__r.dbf.gz
Thomas Range-Wasatch Detailed Study Extra Water Data - thomaswx.dbf.gz
Unlike the LASL Ogden quadrangle water samples, the ORGDP Thomas Range-Wasatch Detailed Study water samples were reportedly collected without any filtering or acidification. (See the SAMPTYP coding explanation in the On-Line Manual for New-Format NURE HSSR Data Files for descriptions of different Sample Types). However, these ORGDP samples were filtered later in the laboratory through a 0.45 micron membrane filter before analysis. Therefore, the samples were not true "untreated water" samples and the analytical data may not be directly comparable for other quadrangle water samples of the same SAMPTYP when collected by a different laboratory and may not be comparable to the LASL water samples which have a different SAMPTYP. Since this was the standard procedure for Oak Ridge, water data from other Oak Ridge quadrangles should be comparable.
Latitude-longitude coordinates were reported in the original Thomas Range-Wasatch Detailed Study data files, as decimal degrees, to only 3 decimal places. Therefore, the precision of these coordinates is limited to +/- 0.001 degrees or +/- 3.6 seconds. This translates to a minimum precision of +/- 365 feet (111 m) for latitude values and between +/- 280 feet (85 m) to +/- 259 feet (79 m) for longitude values (calculated at latitudes of 40° and 45°N, respectively.)
A summary evaluation report was prepared for the Ogden quadrangle by the Bendix Field Engineering Corporation [PGJ/F-124(82)]. An additional 123 rock samples were collected as part of this study and the multielement analytical data were released only as microfiche appendices accompanying the summary report.
Research Associates of Wyoming conducted the Uinta Arch Project to "assess the favorability of Precambrian metasedimentary rocks in northern Utah for deposits of uranium in Precambrian quartz-pebble conglomerates" [GJBX-170(80)]. During this study, 380 rock samples were collected and analyzed from 5 project areas: (1) Red Creek area, Vernal quadrangle (192 rocks); (2) Farmington area, Salt Lake City quadrangle (76 rocks); (3) Little Willow area, Salt Lake City quadrangle (28 rocks); (4) Antelope Island area, Tooele quadrangle (31 rocks); and (5) Facer Creek area, Ogden quadrangle (53 rocks). Field and analytical data were released only as appendices to this report.
The Bendix Field Engineering Corporation identified and ranked 269 uranium anomalies from 23 quadrangles in and adjacent to Wyoming. These anomalies were based on an evaluation of the NURE HSSR data, aerial radiometric reconnaissance surveys, and to a lesser extent, geologic evaluations. This report [GJBX-3(83)] lists 7 uranium anomalies that were identified in the Ogden quadrangle. No additional data for any samples accompanies this report.
Explanations are only included for fields unique to this study. For the explanation of common fields consult the On-Line Manual for New-Format NURE HSSR Data Files. After each field name is a format code. A format code of (N) means that the field is formated as a numeric field.
Equivalent Potassium, reported in percent. Determined in the field with a Gamma-Ray Spectrometer.
Counts per Minute Potassium. Determined in the field with a Gamma-Ray Spectrometer.
Equivalent Thorium, reported in parts per million (ppm). Determined in the field with a Gamma-Ray Spectrometer.
Counts per Minute Thorium. Determined in the field with a Gamma-Ray Spectrometer.
Equivalent Uranium, reported in parts per million (ppm). Determined in the field with a Gamma-Ray Spectrometer.
Counts per Minute Uranium. Determined in the field with a Gamma-Ray Spectrometer.
Total Counts per Minute. Determined in the field with a Gamma-Ray Spectrometer.
Sulfate, reported in parts per million (ppm). Determined in the field with an unidentified method.
Explanations are only included for fields unique to this study. For the explanation of common fields consult the On-Line Manual for New-Format NURE HSSR Data Files. After each field name is a format code. A format code of (N) means that the field is formated as a numeric field.
ORGDP analytical batch number for phosphate analyses.
Phosphate, reported in parts per billion (ppm). Determined by ORGDP with an unidentified method.
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