OFR 97-492: Harrison Quadrangle NURE HSSR Study
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[See History of NURE HSSR Program for a summary of the entire program.]
Arkansas
Subcontractors for the Savannah River Laboratory (SRL) collected at least 3,292 stream-sediment, 5,121 ground-water, and 1,711 surface-water samples within 43 counties of central Arkansas as part of the NURE Hydrogeochemical and Stream Sediment Reconnaissance (HSSR) program. The sampling effort was completed between May and October of 1978 and included portions of the El Dorado, Fort Smith, Greenwood, Harrison, Helena, Little Rock, McAlester, Memphis, Poplar Bluff, Russellville, Texarkana, and Tulsa 1:250,000-scale quadrangles. (A total of 47 stream-sediment, 26 surface-water, and 87 ground-water samples were collected within the Harrison quadrangle.) These samples were sent to SRL for analysis of uranium and 16 additional elements. SRL was able to analyze only 2,416 Arkansas stream-sediment samples and 6,831 Arkansas water samples; this includes 36 stream-sediment and all 113 water samples from the Harrison quadrangle. The analytical and site location data for all Arkansas sediment and water samples were released as separate files in the Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas Data Report [GJBX-104(82)].
Missouri
Subcontractors for the Savannah River Laboratory (SRL) collected at least 2,162 stream-sediment, 1,340 surface-water, and 3,423 ground-water samples within 30 counties from the southeast and southwest corners of Missouri as part of the NURE Hydrogeochemical and Stream Sediment Reconnaissance (HSSR) program. The samples were collected during May - August, 1978, October - December, 1978, and May - June, 1979 and included portions of the Dyersburg, Harrison, Joplin, Paducah, Poplar Bluff, Rolla, St. Louis, Springfield, and Tulsa 1:250,000-scale quadrangles. (A total of 116 stream-sediment, 36 surface-water, and 196 ground-water samples were collected within the Harrison quadrangle.) These samples were sent to SRL for analysis of uranium and 16 additional elements. SRL was able to analyze only 1,669 Missouri stream-sediment samples and 4,762 Missouri water samples; this includes 8 stream-sediment and all 142 water samples from the Harrison quadrangle. The analytical and site location data for all Missouri samples were released in the Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas Data Report [GJBX-104(82)].
SRL: Harrison Quadrangle
SRL did not release a separate report for the Harrison quadrangle.
ORGDP: Enid, Tulsa, and Harrison Quadrangles
SRL sent several Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Missouri sediment samples to the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant (ORGDP) for analysis of uranium and 31 additional elements. ORGDP released the analytical data for 974 samples in the Enid, Tulsa, and Harrison Quadrangles GJBX-72(82) Data Report. This report includes data for 116 sediment samples from the Harrison quadrangle. The site coding information for this data set was summarized in the GJBX-51(82) report.
Gold Analyses
Data for gold analyses of sediments by SRL neutron activation were released in the GJBX-135(82) summary report. The introduction of that report states:
"This report contains previously unreported neutron-activation analyses of gold in sediment samples determined at SRL. These data were not included in the standard SRL NURE data reports because the gold spectrum was not measured in the original analytical procedure and the report format was designed without the gold analyses being included. Gold analyses became available as the analytical procedure was refined, but the report format was not modified to incorporate these data."
Only those sediment samples that had detectable concentrations of gold by neutron activation analysis were given in the GJBX-135(82) report. Sediment samples with concentrations below detection limits were not reported and can only be ascertained by identifying which samples were actually analyzed by neutron activation at SRL.
Summary Tables
Because of the various laboratories and analytical methods used, some SRL samples may have been analyzed once, twice, or not at all. The following table summarizes the analysis of Harrison quadrangle samples.
Laboratory Analysis | Sediments | Waters |
---|---|---|
Only SRL | 44 | 345 |
Only ORGDP | 116 | 0 |
Both SRL and ORGDP | 0 | 0 |
None | 3 | 0 |
Total Samples | 163 | 345 |
Total Data Records | 163 | 345 |
The following is a list of all sample types collected and reported for NURE studies in the Harrison quadrangle.
Sediment Sample Type | Number of Samples | Water Sample Type | Number of Samples |
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Wet Streams | 163 | Streams | 62 |
Wells | 255 | ||
Springs | 28 | ||
Total Sediments | 163 | Total Waters | 345 |
These Harrison quadrangle samples were analyzed by one or more of the following methods:
Sediment Samples
Water Samples
Sediment Records
The Harrison quadrangle sediment data consist of reformatted records from the Arkansas and Missouri portions of the Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas GJBX-104(82) Data Report combined with records from the ORGDP Enid, Tulsa, and Harrison Quadrangles GJBX-72(82) Data Report. When combining sample records, site descriptive information and coordinates were compared for all corresponding records. The following problems were found and addressed during the comparison and reformatting stages for the Harrison quadrangle sediment data:
Water Records
The Harrison quadrangle water data consist of reformatted records from the Arkansas and Missouri portions of the Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas GJBX-104(82) Data Report. The following problems were found and addressed during the reformatting process of the Harrison quadrangle water data:
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 web sites, 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).
Harrison Quadrangle Sediment Data - 163 records
Harrison Quadrangle Water Data - 345 records
In the eastern United States, SRL collected samples primarily by county. Often, not all counties within a quadrangle were completely sampled. The laboratory and analytical methods used also may vary by county such that adjacent counties often have very different analytical coverages. Samples were collected from the western and eastern borders of the Harrison quadrangle. The sampled Arkansas counties include Benton, Fulton, Izard, and Washington. The sampled Missouri counties include Barry, Howell, and Lawrence.
Three sediment samples within the Harrison quadrangle were not analyzed by any of the various laboratories. The following table summarizes the locations of those unanalyzed samples.
State | County | Sample Media | Unanalyzed Samples | Total Samples |
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Missouri | Barry | Sediment | 3 | 96 |
Northern Arkansas Orientation Study
An orientation study of northern Arkansas, including parts of the Ft. Smith, Harrison, Russellville, and Tulsa quadrangles, was conducted by SRL (GJBX-212(82)) in Benton, Carroll, Madison, and Washington counties. Analyses for 335 stream-sediment and 335 water samples are given in tables within the report. The water samples were analyzed by neutron activation analysis for U, Br, Cl, F, Mn, Na, Al, and Dy. In addition, the ground-water samples were analyzed for He. Sediment samples were analyzed by neutron activation analysis for U, Th, Hf, Ce, Fe, Mn, Sc, Ti, V, Al, Dy, Eu, La, Sm, Yb, and Lu.
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