Selected water-quality data for the Standard Mine, Gunnison County, Colorado, 2006-2007

Philip L. Verplanck; Andrew H. Manning; M. Alisa Mast; Richard B. Wanty; R. Blaine McCleskey; Todor I. Todorov; Monique Adams

doi:10.3133/ofr20071241

Selected water-quality data for the Standard Mine, Gunnison County, Colorado, 2006-2007

Open-File Report 2007-1241

Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

By: Philip L. Verplanck, Andrew H. Manning, M. Alisa Mast, Richard B. Wanty, R. Blaine McCleskey, Todor I. Todorov, and Monique Adams

https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20071241

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Abstract

Mine drainage and underground water samples were collected for analysis of inorganic solutes as part of a 1-year, hydrogeologic investigation of the Standard Mine and vicinity. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has listed the Standard Mine in the Elk Creek drainage near Crested Butte, Colorado, as a Superfund Site because discharge from the Standard Mine enters Elk Creek, contributing dissolved and suspended loads of zinc, cadmium, copper, and other metals to Coal Creek, which is the primary drinking-water supply for the town of Crested Butte. Water analyses are reported for mine-effluent samples from Levels 1 and 5 of the Standard Mine, underground samples from Levels 3 and 5 of the Standard Mine, mine effluent from an adit located on the Elk Lode, and two spring samples that emerged from waste-rock material below Level 5 of the Standard Mine and the adit located on the Elk Lode. Reported analyses include field parameters (pH, specific conductance, water temperature, dissolved oxygen, and redox potential) and major constituents and trace elements.

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Verplanck, P.L., Manning, A.H., Mast, M.A., Wanty, R.B., McCleskey, R.B., Todorov, T.I., Adams, M., 2007, Selected water-quality data for the Standard Mine, Gunnison County, Colorado, 2006-2007 (Version 1.0): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1241, iv, 12 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20071241.

ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)

Additional publication details
Publication type	Report
Publication Subtype	USGS Numbered Series
Title	Selected water-quality data for the Standard Mine, Gunnison County, Colorado, 2006-2007
Series title	Open-File Report
Series number	2007-1241
DOI	10.3133/ofr20071241
Edition	Version 1.0
Year Published	2007
Language	English
Publisher	U.S. Geological Survey
Contributing office(s)	U.S. Geological Survey
Description	iv, 12 p.
Online Only (Y/N)	Y