Hydrologic reconnaissance to identify areas of emergent groundwater, Mineral Creek, near Silverton, Colorado, June 2020

Dates

Publication Date: 2020-11-09
Start Date: 2020-06-25
End Date: 2020-06-27

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Hoogenboom, B.E., and Runkel, R.L., 2020, Hydrologic reconnaissance to identify areas of emergent groundwater, Mineral Creek, near Silverton, Colorado, June 2020: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9MJLI0X.

Summary

Hydrologic reconnaissance of Mineral Creek near Silverton, Colo., was conducted from June 25-27, 2020. Both banks of Mineral Creek and the adjacent hillsides were walked, starting near the ghost town of Chattanooga and proceeding downstream to the confluence of Mineral Creek with the Middle Fork of Mineral Creek. The purpose of this reconnaissance was to identify areas of emergent groundwater on the right (EGR) and left (EGL) banks, a task that was accomplished by following observed surface flows (seeps and springs) upgradient to the point at which they emanated from the subsurface. Coordinates, using a handheld global positioning system (GPS) device, and photographs were obtained at these locations of emergent groundwater. Water [...]

Summary

Hydrologic reconnaissance of Mineral Creek near Silverton, Colo., was conducted from June 25-27, 2020. Both banks of Mineral Creek and the adjacent hillsides were walked, starting near the ghost town of Chattanooga and proceeding downstream to the confluence of Mineral Creek with the Middle Fork of Mineral Creek. The purpose of this reconnaissance was to identify areas of emergent groundwater on the right (EGR) and left (EGL) banks, a task that was accomplished by following observed surface flows (seeps and springs) upgradient to the point at which they emanated from the subsurface. Coordinates, using a handheld global positioning system (GPS) device, and photographs were obtained at these locations of emergent groundwater. Water temperature and specific conductance were measured at a subset of locations. Elevation for each location was subsequently assigned using an existing LIDAR data set. Similar procedures were followed at additional sites such as where surface flows entered Mineral Creek (right (RBI) and left (LBI) bank inflows) and the main stem of Mineral Creek (STR). These data are provided in a visual format through the associated KMZ file (224 MB), which provides an HTML formatted pop-up of unique point data and photograph when a waypoint is selected. This release is complementary to a synoptic study conducted in 1999 (Kimball and others, 2007).

References:

Kimball, B.A., Walton-Day, K. and Runkel, R.L., 2007, Quantification of metal loading by tracer injection and synoptic sampling, 1996-2000, chap. E9 of Church, S.E., von Guerard, P., and Finger, S.E., eds., Integrated investigations of environmental effects of historical mining in the Animas River Watershed, San Juan County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1651, p. 417–495. https://doi.org/10.3133/pp1651.

Contacts

Point of Contact :: Bennett E Hoogenboom
Originator :: Bennett E Hoogenboom, Robert L Runkel
Metadata Contact :: Bennett E Hoogenboom, GS GGGSC DM Team
Publisher :: U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :: U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
Cooperator/Partner :: U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Animas River Stakeholders Group
USGS Mission Area :: Energy and Minerals
SDC Data Owner :: Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center

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Mineral_Creek_2020_Recon.xml Original FGDC Metadata	View	19.24 KB	application/fgdc+xml
Mineral_Creek_2020_Recon_Photos.zip		227.66 MB	application/zip
Mineral_Creek_2020_Recon.csv		24.72 KB	text/csv
Mineral_Creek_2020_Recon.kmz		224.38 MB	application/vnd.google-earth.kmz
Mineral_Creek_2020_Recon_DataDictionary.csv		1.78 KB	text/csv
IMG_5785.JPG “Bear Mountain in the background of Mineral Creek near Silverton, Colo.”		1.61 MB	image/jpeg

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Kimball, B.A., Walton-Day, K. and Runkel, R.L., 2007, Quantification of metal loading by tracer injection and synoptic sampling, 1996-2000, chap. E9 of Church, S.E., von Guerard, P., and Finger, S.E., eds., Integrated investigations of environmental effects of historical mining in the Animas River Watershed, San Juan County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1651, p. 417–495. https://doi.org/10.3133/pp1651.	https://doi.org/10.3133/pp1651

Purpose

This survey was conducted as part a study of the hydrogeologic framework of the San Juan-Silverton caldera complex. The study was designed to help characterize subsurface rock properties important for understanding surface water and groundwater quality issues, and to improve knowledge of shallow to deep faults and vein-structures that were conduits for hydrothermal fluids that formed mineral deposits. The study also has general applications to mineral resource assessments in other areas of the world, and in identifying possible groundwater flow paths and associated geochemistry important in abandoned mine lands cleanup.

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