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U.S. Geological Survey applied research studies of the Cheyenne River System, South Dakota; description and collation of data, water years 1987-88

Open-File Report 89-580
Edited by: K.E. Goddard
https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr89580

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Abstract

The Cheyenne River System in western South Dakota has been impacted by the discharge of about 100 million metric tons of gold-mill tailings to Whitewood Creek near Lead, South Dakota. In April 1985, the U.S. Geological Survey initiated an extensive series of research studies to investigate the magnitude of the impact and to define important processes acting on the contaminated sediments present in the system. The report presents all data collected during the 1987 and 1988 water years for these research studies. Some of the data included have been published previously. Data collected in the 1985 and 1986 water years have been published in a companion report (U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 88-484). Hydrologic, geochemical, and biologic data are available for sites on Whitewood Creek, and the Belle Fourche and Cheyenne Rivers. Data complexity varies from routine discharge and water-quality to very complex energy-dispersive x-ray analysis. Methods for sample collection, handling and preservation, and laboratory analysis are also presented. No interpretations or complex statistical summaries are included. (See also W89-08390) (USGS)

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1990, U.S. Geological Survey applied research studies of the Cheyenne River System, South Dakota; description and collation of data, water years 1987-88: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 89-580, vii, 145 p. :ill. ;28 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr89580.

ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title U.S. Geological Survey applied research studies of the Cheyenne River System, South Dakota; description and collation of data, water years 1987-88
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 89-580
DOI 10.3133/ofr89580
Year Published 1990
Language ENGLISH
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey ; Books and Open-File Reports,
Description vii, 145 p. :ill. ;28 cm.
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