Chemical analyses of water samples from the Picher mining area, northeast Oklahoma and southeast Kansas
Open-File Report
87-453
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Abstract
Chemical analyses are presented for 169 water samples from Tar Creek drainage and the Picher lead-zinc mining area of northeast Oklahoma and southeast Kansas. Water samples were taken from November 1983 through February 1986 from the abandoned mines, from points of mine-water discharge, and from surface-water locations upstream and downstream from mine discharge area. The pH, temperature, alkalinity, dissolved oxygen, and specific conductance were measured in the field. Laboratory analyses routinely included the major ions plus aluminum, cadmium, copper, iron, lead, manganese, nickel, and zinc. Non-routine analyses of dissolved gases and tritium are presented. Stable carbon-isotope ratios for 11 mine-water samples and three carbonate-rock samples are reported. Miscellaneous stream-discharge measurements made at the time of sampling or taken from gaging-station records are included in the report.
Suggested Citation
Parkhurst, D.L., 1987, Chemical analyses of water samples from the Picher mining area, northeast Oklahoma and southeast Kansas: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 87-453, iv, 43 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr87453.
ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Chemical analyses of water samples from the Picher mining area, northeast Oklahoma and southeast Kansas |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 87-453 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr87453 |
| Year Published | 1987 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey, |
| Description | iv, 43 p. :ill., maps ;28 cm. |