Hexavalent chromium in the ground and surface waters near Telluride, Colorado; preliminary data report

Open-File Report 79-700
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Abstract

Data showing results of 38 groundwater and 25 surface-water samples analyzed for hexavalent chromium are presented. Most samples were taken within the Telluride, Colo., city limits during October 1978. Twenty-four of the 38 groundwater samples (63%) contained more than 50 micrograms per liter of hexavalent chromium. Excluding the mill tailings pond 6 of the 23 surface-water samples (26%) contained more than 50 micrograms per liter of hexavalent chromium. Hexavalent chromium concentrations in groundwaters ranged from 0 to 2700 micrograms per liter and in surface waters from 0 to 160 micrograms per liter. 

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Grove, D.B., Miller, R.L., Konikow, L.F., and O’Boyle, P.S., 1979, Hexavalent chromium in the ground and surface waters near Telluride, Colorado; preliminary data report: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-700, ii, 18 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr79700.

ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Hexavalent chromium in the ground and surface waters near Telluride, Colorado; preliminary data report
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 79-700
DOI 10.3133/ofr79700
Year Published 1979
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Description ii, 18 p.
Country United States
State Colorado
City Telluride
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