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Open-File Report 2015–1043

Surface and Subsurface Microgravity Data in the Vicinity of Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota

By Jeffrey R. Kennedy, Karl R. Koth, and Robert L. Carruth

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Absolute gravity data were collected at 32 stations in the vicinity of the Sanford Underground Research Facility from 2007 through 2014 for the purpose of monitoring groundwater storage change during dewatering of the former Homestake gold mine in the Black Hills of South Dakota, the largest and deepest underground mine in North America. Eight underground stations are at depths from 300 feet below land surface to 4,850 feet below land surface. Surface stations were located using Global Positioning System observations, and subsurface stations were located on the basis of maps constructed from survey measurements made while the mine was in operation. Gravity varies widely at many stations; however, no consistent temporal trends are present across all stations during the 7-year period of data collection.

First posted March 19, 2015

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Kennedy, J.R., Koth, K.R., and Carruth, R.L., 2015, Surface and subsurface microgravity data in the vicinity of Sanford Underground Research Facility, Lead, South Dakota: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2015–1043, 32 p., https://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ofr20151043.

ISSN 2331-1258 (online)


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