Appendix VII. Lead-isotopic data from bed-sediment and other samples from the Animas River Watershed

[Concentration data given in parts per million, ppm (mg/g)]
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        Sample
        No.
Description of Location Sample
Type
206Pb
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204Pb
207Pb
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204Pb
208Pb
_____
204Pb
Pb ppm
(leach)
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Above Silverton, Colo.
    95ABS101

upper Animas River
below Cinnamon Gulch

fine sand & silt

18.538

15.586

38.129

270

    95ABS102

Picayune Gulch

fine sand & silt

18.552

15.565

38.096

170

    95ABS105

upper Animas River

coated pebbles

18.358

15.565

38.010

7400

    95ABS103

Eureka Creek

fine sand & silt

18.377

15.567

37.988

730

    95ABS104A

upper Animas River

fine sand & silt

18.383

15.564

37.976

1900

    95ABS104C

upper Animas River

jarosite-Feox

18.305

15.535

37.849

4000

    95ABS104D

upper Animas River

white precipitate

18.306

15.543

37.889

6800

    95ABS107

Maggie Gulch

fine sand & silt

18.613

15.569

38.078

180

    95ABS108
    95ABS108D
    95ABS108 aver

upper Animas River
above Howardsville
mill site

fine sand & silt
 

18.377
18.347
18.362

15.585
15.553
15.569

38.034
37.909
37.972

2100
 
2100

    95ABS109

Cunningham Creek

fine sand & silt

18.968

15.629

38.382

500

    95ABS110A

upper Animas River at

fine sand & silt

18.396

15.557

37.985

1000

    95ABS110B

gaging station

coated pebbles

18.375

15.559

37.939

3800

    95ABS111A

Arrastra Creek

fine sand & silt

18.815

15.596

38.234

4800

    95ABS111B

Arrastra Creek

coated pebbles

18.854

15.628

38.313

13000

    95ABS112

Boulder Creek

fine sand & silt

18.589

15.568

38.068

1400

    95ABS113

Animas River at WRD
gaging station

fine sand & silt

18.406

15.565

37.984

1900

Cement Creek

    95ABS119A

Samples from natural
ferricrete on hillside

goethite

18.351

15.557

37.939

5

    95ABS118

Cement Creek above
Gold King inflow

fine sand & silt

18.403

15.545

37.941

620

    95ABS120A

Below confluence of N and S
Forks of Cement Creek

fine sand & silt

18.342

15.552

37.919

640

    95ABS120B

Below confluence of N and S
Forks of Cement Creek

overbank sediment

18.360

15.584

38.010

2500

    95ABS117

Iron bog, Cement Creek

fine sand & silt

18.374

15.556

37.935

5

    95ABS116

Cement Creek below
iron bog

fine sand & silt

18.419

15.580

38.046

500

    95ABS115

Topeka Gulch

fine sand & silt

18.601

15.577

38.164

72

    95ABS114
    95ABS114D

Cement Creek at Memorial
Park in Silverton, Colo.

fine sand & silt

18.400
18.425

15.552
15.576

37.959
38.037

320

Mineral Creek

    95ABS121

Koehler adit drainage

colloids

18.502

15.564

38.081

3500

    95ABS123

Mineral Creek

fine sand & silt

18.477

15.610

38.180

1000

    95ABS122

Mill Creek

fine sand & silt

18.905

15.596

38.252

930

    95ABS124

Browns Gulch

fine sand & silt

18.361

15.564

37.961

120

    95ABS125

Mineral Creek above
Burro Bridge

fine sand & silt

18.461

15.564

38.038

630

    95ABS126

Middle Fork Mineral Creek
above Bonner mine

fine sand & silt

18.828

15.613

38.322

120

    95ABS127

Mineral Creek above South
Fork

fine sand & silt

18.611

15.573

38.108

200

    95ABS129

South Fork of Mineral
Creek

overbank sediment

18.497

15.590

38.133

460

    95ABS128

South Fork of Mineral
Creek below iron bog

fine sand & silt

19.064

15.635

38.303

90

    95ABS130

Mineral Creek at gaging
station in Silverton

fine sand & silt

18.571

15.568

38.078

220

Animas River below Silverton, Colo.

    95ABS131A

Animas River at railroad
bridge below Silverton

fine sand & silt

18.407

15.557

37.958

1200

    95ABS131B

Animas River at railroad
bridge below Silverton

overbank sediment

18.414

15.588

38.040

1300

    95ABSSB1

Deadwood Gulch

sand

18.452

15.571

38.024

910

    95ABSSB-1D1    

18.461

15.573

38.013

 
    95ABSSB-1D2    

18.440

15.550

37.956

 
    95ABSSB2

Deer Park Creek

sand

18.437

15.567

38.030

1000

    95ABS132

Sultan Creek below Molas
mine

fine sand & silt

18.916

15.635

38.329

670

    95ABS-MC

Molas Creek at Animas
confl.

sand

20.248

15.734

38.842

20

    95ABS-EC

Elk Creek at Animas confl.

sand

20.324

15.773

39.309

9

    95ABS133

Lime Creek above US 550

fine sand & silt

20.500

15.759

38.920

8

    95ABS134

Cascade Creek above US
550

fine sand & silt

20.347

15.802

38.950

6

    95ABS-CC

Cascade Creek at confl.

sand

21.263

15.851

39.255

6

    95ABS-GC

Grasshopper Creek at
confl.

sand

21.269

15.839

39.242

10

    95ABS149A

Animas River at KOA
Campground above
Bakers bridge

fine sand & silt

18.487

15.577

38.046

490

    95ABS149B

Animas River at KOA
Campground above
Bakers Bridge

overbank sediment

18.496

15.479

37.811

570

    95ABS135

Hermosa Creek above US 550

fine sand & silt

18.474

15.550

37.976

290

    95ABS135D    

18.479

15.560

38.001

    95ABS136

Animas River above
Trimble Bridge and below
quarry

fine sand & silt

18.510

15.558

37.995

440

    95ABS137

Animas River above 32nd
Street Bridge,
Durango, Colo.

fine sand & silt

18.540

15.558

38.010

290

    95ABS138

Junction Creek at park

fine sand & silt

19.233

15.660

38.772

20

    95ABS139

Junction Creek 1.7 km
west of Durango, Colo.

fine sand & silt

19.353

15.662

38.623

6

    95ABS141

Animas River, Red Lion Inn

fine sand & silt

18.559

15.585

38.095

260

    95ABS140

Lightner Creek above
confluence with Animas
River

fine sand & silt

19.407

15.687

39.056

20

    95ABS148

Animas River at BoR pump
station site above US
550, Durango

fine sand & silt

18.592

15.575

38.073

320

    95ABS142

Basin Creek, west of road

fine sand & silt

18.997

15.629

38.709

10

    95ABS143

Animas River south of
Weaselskin Bridge

fine sand & silt

18.586

15.580

38.100

140

    95ABS145

Animas River above
Bondad Bridge

fine sand & silt

18.637

15.569

38.135

31

    95ABS144

Florida River north of
Co. Rd. 318 bridge

fine sand & silt

19.271

15.667

38.938

8

    95ABS146

Animas River at Cedar Hill
gaging station, Colo.

fine sand & silt

18.684

15.587

38.219

28

    95ABS147

Animas River above bridge,
Aztec, New Mexico

fine sand & silt

18.661

15.578

38.129

64

Standards

  SRM-2709

NIST Reference Soil

 

19.065

15.646

38.864

7

  SRM-2710

NIST Reference Soil

 

17.819

15.537

38.141

5100

  SRM-2711

NIST Reference Soil

 

17.086

15.419

36.888

1100

  SRM-2711

NIST Reference Soil

 

17.097

15.430

36.936

1100

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