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Open-File Report 2011-1140

Annotated Bibliography of Environmentally Relevant Investigations of Uranium Mining and Milling in the Grants Mineral Belt, Northwestern New Mexico

By James K. Otton

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Studies of the natural environment in the Grants Mineral Belt in northwestern New Mexico have been conducted since the 1930s; however, few such investigations predate uranium mining and milling operations, which began in the early 1950s. This report provides an annotated bibliography of reports that describe the hydrology and geochemistry of groundwaters and surface waters and the geochemistry of soils and sediments in the Grants Mineral Belt and contiguous areas. The reports referenced and discussed provide a large volume of information about the environmental conditions in the area after mining started. Data presented in many of these studies, if evaluated carefully, may provide much basic information about the baseline conditions that existed over large parts of the Grants Mineral Belt prior to mining. Other data may provide information that can direct new work in efforts to discriminate between baseline conditions and the effects of the mining and milling on the natural environment.

First posted June 24, 2011

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Suggested citation:

Otton, J.K., 2011, Annotated bibliography of environmentally relevant investigations of uranium mining and milling in the Grants Mineral Belt, northwestern New Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011–1140, 85 p.


Contents

Abstract
Introduction

Bibliography for the Grants Mineral Belt, New Mexico

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