OFR 97-492: Salt Lake City Quadrangle NURE HSSR Study
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[See History of NURE HSSR Program for a summary of the entire program.]
The responsibility for the Salt Lake City Quadrangle NURE Hydrogeochemical and Stream Sediment Reconnaissance (HSSR) study was assigned first to the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and later to the Savannah River Laboratory. As far as has been determined, no HSSR samples were collected or analyzed from the Salt Lake City quadrangle.
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 127 sediment, and 22 water samples were collected and field radiometric data were reported for 121 rock samples within the Salt Lake City 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 Salt Lake City quadrangle.
| Sediment Sample Type | Number of Samples | Water Sample Type | Number of Samples |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wet Streams | 84 | Wells | 1 |
| Dry Streams | 43 | Springs | 21 |
| Total Sediments | 127 | Total Waters | 22 |
These Salt Lake City 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 Salt Lake City 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).
Salt Lake City Quadrangle Sediment Data - 248 records
Salt Lake City Quadrangle Water Data - 22 records
Thomas Range-Wasatch Detailed Study Rock Data - saltlc_r.dbf.gz
Thomas Range-Wasatch Detailed Study Extra Water Data - thomaswx.dbf.gz
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 studies 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.)
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.
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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