OFR 97-492: Saint Louis Quadrangle NURE HSSR Study
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[See History of NURE HSSR Program for a summary of the entire program.]
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, Saint Louis, Springfield, and Tulsa 1:250,000-scale quadrangles. (A total of 96 stream-sediment, 59 surface-water, and 138 ground-water samples were collected within the Saint Louis quadrangle.) These samples were sent to SRL for analysis of uranium and additional elements (16 in sediments and 9 in waters). SRL was able to analyze 1,669 sediments and 4,762 waters from Missouri; this includes all Missouri sediment and water samples from the Saint Louis 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)].
Illinois
Subcontractors for the Savannah River Laboratory (SRL) collected at least 716 stream-sediment, 337 surface-water, and 1,046 ground-water samples within 16 counties from southern Illinois as part of the NURE Hydrogeochemical and Stream Sediment Reconnaissance (HSSR) program. The samples were collected during November - December, 1978 and included portions of the Paducah, Saint Louis, Belleville, and Vincennes 1:250,000-scale quadrangles. (A total of 9 stream-sediment, 3 surface-water, and 17 ground-water samples were collected within the Saint Louis quadrangle.) These samples were sent to SRL for analysis of uranium and additional elements (16 in sediments and 9 in waters). SRL was able to analyze all 716 sediments and 1,288 waters from Illinois; this includes all Illinois sediment and water samples from the Saint Louis quadrangle. The analytical and site location data for all Illinois samples were released in the Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio Data Report [GJBX-105(82)].
SRL: Saint Louis Quadrangle
SRL did not release a separate report for the Saint Louis quadrangle.
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
The following is a list of all sample types collected and reported for NURE studies in the Saint Louis quadrangle.
Sediment Sample Type | Number of Samples | Water Sample Type | Number of Samples |
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Wet Streams | 105 | Streams | 62 |
Wells | 151 | ||
Springs | 4 | ||
Total Sediments | 105 | Total Waters | 217 |
These Saint Louis quadrangle samples were analyzed by one or more of the following methods:
Sediment Samples
Water Samples
Sediment Records
The Saint Louis quadrangle sediment data consist of reformatted records from the Missouri portion of the Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas GJBX-104(82) Data Report plus reformatted records from the Illinois portion of the Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio GJBX-105(82) Data Report. The following problems were found and addressed during the comparison and reformatting stages for the Saint Louis quadrangle sediment data:
Water Records
The Saint Louis quadrangle water data consist of reformatted records from the Missouri portion of the Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas GJBX-104(82) Data Report plus reformatted records from the Illinois portion of the Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Ohio GJBX-105(82) Data Report. The following problems were found and addressed during the reformatting process of the Saint Louis 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).
Saint Louis Quadrangle Sediment Data - 105 records
Saint Louis Quadrangle Water Data - 217 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 Saint Louis quadrangle is limited to the Randolph County in Illinois and Crawford, Phelps, St. Francois, St. Genevieve, and Washington Counties in Missouri. These counties are found only on the southern border of the Saint Louis quadrangle. The laboratory and analytical methods used also may vary by county such that adjacent counties often have very different analytical coverages.
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Page written by Bryan G. Moravec and Steven M. Smith.
Contact: Steven M. Smith (smsmith@usgs.gov)
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