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Geohydrology of rocks penetrated by test well USW H-4, Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada

Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4030
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https://doi.org/10.3133/wri854030

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Abstract

Test well USW H-4 is one of several wells drilled in the southwestern part of the Nevada Test Site for hydraulic testing, hydrologic monitoring, and geophysical logging. The work was performed in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Energy. The rocks penetrated by the well to a total depth of 1,219 m were volcanic tuffs of Tertiary age. Hydraulic coefficients calculated from pumping test data indicate that transmissivity ranged from 200 to 790 sq m/day. A radioactive tracer, borehole flow survey indicated that the two most productive zones during this borehole flow survey occurred in the upper part of the Bullfrog Member of the Crater Flat Tuff, depth interval from 721 to 731.5m, and in the underlying part of the Tram Member, depth interval from 864 to 920m. The water is predominantly a sodium biocarbonate type with small concentrations of calcium, magnesium, and sulfate. The apparent age of this composite water sample was determined by carbon-14 date of 17,200 years before present. (USGS)

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Whitfield, M., Eshom, E., Thordarson, W., Schaefer, D.H., 1985, Geohydrology of rocks penetrated by test well USW H-4, Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 85-4030, iv, 33 p. :ill., map ;28 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/wri854030.

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Geohydrology of rocks penetrated by test well USW H-4, Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada
Series title Water-Resources Investigations Report
Series number 85-4030
DOI 10.3133/wri854030
Year Published 1985
Language ENGLISH
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division,
Description iv, 33 p. :ill., map ;28 cm.
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