OFR 97-492: Russellville 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 stream 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 290 stream-sediment, 131 surface-water, and 474 ground-water samples were collected within the Russellville quadrangle.) These sediment 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 264 stream-sediment and all 605 water samples from the Russellville quadrangle. The analytical and site location data for all Arkansas sediment samples were released as a separate file in the Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas Data Report [GJBX-104(82)].
SRL: Little Rock and El Dorado Quadrangles and Adjacent Areas of Arkansas
In 1981, SRL released an abbreviated data report for the Little Rock and El Dorado Quadrangles and Adjacent Areas of Arkansas [GJBX-349(81)]. This report includes neutron activation analytical data from SRL. Stream samples (surface-sediment and, if flowing, water samples) were collected at 943 sites in the Little Rock quadrangle, 806 sites in the El Dorado quadrangle, 121 sites in the Helena quadrangle, 292 sites in the Russellville quadrangle, and 77 sites in the Greenwood quadrangle. Ground-water samples were collected at 1,211 sites in the Little Rock quadrangle, 1,369 sites in the El Dorado quadrangle, 186 sites in the Helena quadrangle, 470 sites in the Russellville quadrangle, and 138 sites in the Greenwood quadrangle. Data tables with analyses are included within the microfiche accompanying this report. Data found in this report appear to be the same data as that found in the state digital data files. No digital data files accompany this report.
ORGDP: Oklahoma City, Fort Smith, and Russellville Quadrangles
SRL sent several Arkansas sediment samples to the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant (ORGDP) for analysis of uranium and 31 additional elements. ORGDP released the analytical data for 260 samples in the Oklahoma City, Fort Smith, and Russellville Quadrangles GJBX-71(82) Data Report. This report includes data for 26 sediment samples from the Russellville 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 Russellville quadrangle samples.
Laboratory Analysis | Sediments | Waters |
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Only SRL | 264 | 605 |
Only ORGDP | 26 | 0 |
Both SRL and ORGDP | 0 | 0 |
None | 0 | 0 |
Total Samples | 290 | 605 |
Total Data Records | 290 | 605 |
The following is a list of all sample types collected and reported for NURE studies in the Russellville quadrangle.
Sediment Sample Type | Number of Samples | Water Sample Type | Number of Samples |
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Wet Streams | 290 | Streams | 131 |
Wells | 468 | ||
Springs | 6 | ||
Total Sediments | 290 | Total Waters | 605 |
These Russellville quadrangle samples were analyzed by one or more of the following methods:
Sediment Samples
Water Samples
Sediment Records
The Russellville quadrangle sediment data consist of records from the Arkansas portion of the Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas GJBX-104(82) Data Report combined with records from the ORGDP Oklahoma City, Fort Smith, and Russellville Quadrangles GJBX-71(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 Russellville quadrangle sediment data:
Water Records
The Russellville quadrangle water data consist of reformatted records from the Arkansas portion 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 Russellville 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).
Russellville Quadrangle Sediment Data - 290 records
Russellville Quadrangle Water Data - 605 records
In the eastern United States, SRL collected samples primarily by county. Often, not all counties within a quadrangle were completely sampled. Sample coverage in the Russellville quadrangle is limited to the Crawford, Faulkner, Franklin, Izard, Lonoke, Logan, Perry, Pulaski, Scott, Washington, and Yell counties. These counties are found only along the southern half of the Russellville quadrangle. The laboratory and analytical methods used also may vary by county such that adjacent counties often have very different analytical coverages.
Igneous Rocks of Arkansas
SRL conducted a study of potential uranium source rocks within parts of the Little Rock and Russellville quadrangles of Arkansas [GJBX-129(82)]. A total of 76 igneous rock samples were collected from small outcrops (dikes and sills) and from major alkalic intrusions at Granite Mountain, Bauxite, Magnet Cove, Potash Sulphur Springs, and Murfreesboro, Arkansas. These rocks were of interest because of their potential to be source rocks for uranium deposits and their possible relationships to volcanic tuffs associated with black shales in the area. All sampled rocks are considered to be Cretaceous in age. SRL analyzed the rock samples by neutron activation for uranium, and Th, Na, Al, Sc, Ti, V, Mn, Fe, La, Ce, Sm, Eu, Dy, Yb, Lu, and Hf. The analytical data can only be found in tables within the report.
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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