Seismic activity in the Sunnyside mining district, Utah, during 1967
Open-File Report
69-15
By: Barton K. Barnes, C. Richard Dunrud, and Jerome Hernandez
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Abstract
A seismic monitoring network near Sunnyside, Utah, consisting of a triangular array of seismometer stations that encompasses most of the mine workings in the district, recorded over 50,000 local earth tremors during 1967. About 540 of the tremors were of sufficient magnitude to be accurately located. Most of these were located within 2-3 miles of mine workings and were also near known or suspected faults.
The district-wide seismic activity generally consisted of two different patterns--a periodic increase in the daily number of tremors at weekly intervals, and also a less regular and longer term increase and decrease of seismic activity that occurred over a period of weeks or even months. The shorter and more regular pattern can be correlated with the mine work week and seems to result from mining. The longer term activity, however, does not correlate with known mining causes sad therefore seems to be .caused by natural stresses.
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Barnes, B.K., Dunrud, C., Hernandez, J., 1969, Seismic activity in the Sunnyside mining district, Utah, during 1967: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 69-15, 26 p. ill, maps ;29 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr6915.
ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Seismic activity in the Sunnyside mining district, Utah, during 1967 |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 69-15 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr6915 |
| Year Published | 1969 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey], |
| Description | 26 p. ill, maps ;29 cm. |