Mineralogy of selected sedimentary interbeds at or near the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Idaho
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94-374
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Abstract
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Project Office at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL), in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Energy and Idaho State University, analyzed 66 samples from sedimentary interbed cores during a 38-month period beginning in October 1990 to determine bulk and clay mineralogy. These cores had been collected from 19 sites in the Big Lost River Basin, 2 sites in the Birch Creek Basin, and 1 site in the Mud Lake Basin, and were archived at the USGS lithologic core library at the INEL. Mineralogy data indicate that the core samples from the Big Lost River Basin have larger mean and median percentages of quartz, total feldspar, and total clay minerals, but smaller mean and median percentages of calcite than the core samples from the Birch Creek Basin. Core samples from the Mud Lake Basin have abundant quartz, total feldspar, calcite, and total clay minerals.
Suggested Citation
Reed, M.F., Bartholomay, R.C., 1994, Mineralogy of selected sedimentary interbeds at or near the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Idaho: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-374, iii, 19 p. :maps ;28 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr94374.
ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Mineralogy of selected sedimentary interbeds at or near the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Idaho |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 94-374 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr94374 |
| Year Published | 1994 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey ; USGS Earth Science Information Center, Open-File Reports Section [distributor], |
| Description | iii, 19 p. :maps ;28 cm. |