Synthetic Precipitation Leaching Procedure (SPLP) leachate chemistry data for solid mine-waste composite samples from southwestern New Mexico, and Leadville, Colorado

Philip L. Hageman; Paul H. Briggs; George A. Desborough; Paul J. Lamothe; Peter M. Theodorakos

doi:10.3133/ofr200033

Synthetic Precipitation Leaching Procedure (SPLP) leachate chemistry data for solid mine-waste composite samples from southwestern New Mexico, and Leadville, Colorado

Open-File Report 2000-33

By: Philip L. Hageman, Paul H. Briggs, George A. Desborough, Paul J. Lamothe, and Peter M. Theodorakos

https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr200033

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Abstract

This report details chemistry data derived from leaching of mine-waste composite samples using a modification of E.P.A. Method 1312, Synthetic Precipitation Leaching Procedure (SPLP). In 1998, members of the U.S. Geological Survey Mine Waste Characterization Project collected four mine-waste composite samples from mining districts in southwestern New Mexico (CAR and PET) and near Leadville, Colorado (TUC and MII). Resulting leachate pH values for the four composites ranged from 5.45 to 8.84 and ranked in the following order: CAR < TUC < MII < PET. Specific conductivity values ranged from 85 uS/cm to 847 uS/cm in the following order: PET < MII < CAR < TUC. Geochemical data generated from this investigation reveal that leachate from the CAR composite contains the highest concentrations of Pb, Zn, Ni, Mn, Cu, Cd, and Al

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Hageman, P.L., Briggs, P.H., Desborough, G.A., Lamothe, P.J., Theodorakos, P.M., 2000, Synthetic Precipitation Leaching Procedure (SPLP) leachate chemistry data for solid mine-waste composite samples from southwestern New Mexico, and Leadville, Colorado (Version 1.0): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2000-33, i, 18 p. ;28 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr200033.

ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)

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Publication type	Report
Publication Subtype	USGS Numbered Series
Title	Synthetic Precipitation Leaching Procedure (SPLP) leachate chemistry data for solid mine-waste composite samples from southwestern New Mexico, and Leadville, Colorado
Series title	Open-File Report
Series number	2000-33
DOI	10.3133/ofr200033
Edition	Version 1.0
Year Published	2000
Language	ENGLISH
Publisher	U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey],
Description	i, 18 p. ;28 cm.