HYDROLOGIC DATA FOR THE PUERCO RIVER BASIN, WESTERN … · 2010. 12. 16. · By Robert L. Gold and Dale R. Rankin ABSTRACT Hydrologic data collected during October 1, 1991, through

HYDROLOGIC DATA FOR THE PUERCO RIVER BASIN,

WESTERN NEW MEXICO, OCTOBER 1,1991, THROUGH

SEPTEMBER 30, 1992

By Robert L. Gold and Dale R. Rankin

U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Open-File Report 94-377

Prepared in cooperation with the

ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

and the

NEW MEXICO ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT

Albuquerque, New Mexico

1994

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

BRUCE BABBITT, Secretary

U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Gordon P. Eaton, Director

For additional information write to:

District ChiefU.S. Geological SurveyWater Resources Division4501 Indian School Rd. NE, Suite 200Albuquerque, New Mexico 87110

Copies of this report can be purchased from:

U.S. Geological SurveyEarth Science Information CenterOpen-File Reports SectionBox 25286, MS 517Denver Federal CenterDenver, Colorado 80225

CONTENTS

Page Abstract..................................................................................................................................................... 1Introduction..................................................................................................................................^ 1

Purpose and scope...................................................................................................................... 1Study area..................................................................................................................................... 2Previous studies.......................................................................................................................... 2

Description of the data collection network.......................................................................................... 4Presentation of data................................................................................................................................. 6References................................................................................................................................................. 8

FIGURES

Figure 1. Map showing location of study area and streamflow-gaging station, well clusters, and streambed sites for the Puerco River Basin study, western New Mexico........................................................................................................................ 3

2. Schematic diagram showing idealized well cluster used for the Puerco RiverBasin study......................................................................................................................... 5

3. Hydrograph showing daily maximum water levels for Windmill well 3A,Puerco River Basin, April - August 1992........................................................................ 6

4. Hydrograph showing daily maximum water levels for Windmill well 3B,Puerco River Basin, April - August 1992........................................................................ 7

5. Hydrograph showing daily maximum water levels for Manuelito well 2,Puerco River Basin, April - August 1992........................................................................ 7

TABLES

Table 1. Data collection sites and types of data collected for the Puerco River Basin study....... 9

2. Water-quality and sediment data for the streamflow-gaging station Puerco Rivernear Manuelito, New Mexico......................................................................................... 10

3. Mean daily discharge, in cubic feet per second, at the streamflow-gaging station Puerco River near Manuelito, New Mexico, October 1,1991, through September 30, 1992......................................................................................................... 14

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TABLES-ConcludedPage

Tables 4-12. Selected water-quality data for: Windmill well cluster:

4. Drivepointwell.......................................................................................................... 165. Welll........................................................................................................................... 176. WeU3........................................................................................................................... 18

Gallup well cluster:

7. WeU 1.......................................................................................................................... 198. Well3.......................................................................................................................... 209. WelH........................................................................................................................... 21

Manuelito well cluster:

10. Drivepoint well..........................................................................................................2211. WeU 2............................................................................................................................ 2312. Wdl3......................................_

13-21. Selected Puerco River sediment-chemistry and particle-size data for:

13. Cross section 1............................................................................................................ 2514. Cross section 2............................................................................................................ 2615. Cross section 3............................................................................................................ 2716. Cross section 4............................................................................................................ 2817. Cross section 5............................................................................................................ 2918. Cross section 6............................................................................................................ 3019. Cross section 7............................................................................................................ 3120. Cross section 8............................................................................................................ 3221. Cross section 9............................................................................................................ 33

CONVERSION FACTORS AND VERTICAL DATUM

Multiply Bv To obtain

inch 25.40 millimeterfoot 0.3048 metermile 1.609 kilometeracre 4,047 square metersquare mile 2.590 square kilometeracre-foot 1,233 cubic metergallon 3.785 litercubic foot per second 0.02832 cubic meter per second

Sea level: In this report, "sea level" refers to the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929-- a geodetic datum derived from a general adjustment of the first-order level nets of the United States and Canada, formerly called Sea Level Datum of 1929.

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HYDROLOGIC DATA FOR THE PUERCO RIVER BASIN, WESTERN NEW

MEXICO, OCTOBER 1,1991, THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30,1992

By Robert L. Gold and Dale R. Rankin

ABSTRACT

Hydrologic data collected during October 1, 1991, through September 30, 1992, in the Puerco River Basin, western New Mexico, are summarized in this report. The effects of uranium mining and a 1979 mill tailings spill, in combination with naturally occurring and potentially hazardous trace elements, have created a concern that surface water and ground water in the Puerco River Basin may be unsafe for irrigation, livestock watering, and domestic use; therefore, a data collection network was established to monitor the suitabililty of the water resources in the Puerco River Basin.

The data collection network consisted of one streamflow-gaging station, three water-well clusters, and nine streambed sites. The network is located along a reach of the Puerco River beginning near the confluence of the Puerco River and Pipeline Arroyo and ending approximately 9 miles upstream from the New Mexico-Arizona State line. Data tabulated and presented include mean daily discharge, ground-water hydrographs, water quality, and sediment chemistry and particle-size distribution.

INTRODUCTION

The Puerco River in western New Mexico drains an area that contains major uranium deposits (Wirt and others, 1991) and that has been subjected to uranium mining since the late 1950's. Mining activities, which include mine dewatering, have resulted in discharges to the Puerco River that contain radionuclides and other elements. In addition to these routine mine discharges, failure of a tailings pond at a uranium mill on July 16,1979, resulted in an estimated 94 million gallons of acidic wastewater (Millard and others, 1983) discharging into Pipeline Arroyo and consequently into the Puerco River. The effects of the uranium mining and the spill, in combination with naturally occurring and potentially hazardous trace elements, have created a concern that surface water and ground water in the Puerco River Basin may be unsafe for irrigation, livestock watering, and domestic use. To address these concerns, the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality and the New Mexico Environment Department, collected surface-water, ground-water, sediment, water- quality, and sediment-chemistry data to monitor the suitability of the water resources in the Puerco River Basin.

Purpose and Scope

This report describes the hydrologic data collected in the Puerco River Basin in western New Mexico by the U.S. Geological Survey during October 1,1991, through September 30,1992. Included in the report are a summary of the mean daily discharge, ground-water hydrographs, water quality, and sediment chemistry and particle-size distribution. Hydrologic data were

collected from a data collection network, established in 1988 as part of a prior study, consisting of one streamflow-gaging station, three water-well clusters, and nine streambed sites located along a reach of the Puerco River.

Study Area

The study area is a reach of the Puerco River in western New Mexico. The reach begins near the northern headwaters of the Puerco River in McKinley County near the confluence of the Puerco River and Pipeline Arroyo, then extends past the confluence with the South Fork of the Puerco River, through the city of Gallup, and terminates approximately 9 miles upstream from the New Mexico-Arizona State line. The locations of the study area and the data collection sites are shown in figure 1.

Previous Studies

The water resources of the Puerco River Basin have been studied by several Federal and State agencies. Most of these studies were conducted because of the possible effects of uranium deposits and uranium mining in the upper reaches of the Puerco River Basin on water supplies.

In response to the uranium mill tailings spill in 1979, the State of New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) (formerly called the New Mexico Environmental Improvement Division) conducted a program to monitor environmental conditions in the area around and downstream from the spill. Surface water, ground water, soils and sediment, air particulates, vegetation, gamma radiation, and livestock tissues were sampled. Using the results of NMED's sampling program and data collected by eight Federal and State agencies and four private contractors, NMED published a summary report (Millard and others, 1983). Millard and others (1983) analyzed the data to evaluate the impact of the spill on the environment and recommended future studies and means to limit adverse effects of the spill on inhabitants in the area.

The NMED, funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, compiled a regional assessment of the Grants Mineral Belt from 1978 to 1982. The mineral belt includes the New Mexico part of the Puerco River Basin. The purpose of the assessment was to evaluate the impacts of uranium mining on the quality of surface water and shallow ground water in the Grants Mineral Belt and to evaluate means to control water contamination resulting from uranium mining.

Gallaher and Gary (1986) listed water-quality data collected at various sites and analyses of those data. The report, in part, assessed water-quality conditions in the Puerco River Basin. Gallaher and Gary also included a series of recommendations concerning possible regulatory action to mitigate contamination of water supplies.

Van Metre and Gray (1991) expanded on the work of Gallaher and Gary (1986). Their study included analysis of additional chemical constituents, incorporation of data collected after mine dewaterings ended in February 1986, and evaluation of the relation of constituents to stream discharge and distance from the uranium mines. They also estimated total releases of uranium and gross alpha activity resulting from mine dewatering and the 1979 tailings-pond spill. A lumped-parameter digital computer model was used to investigate the path followed by the uranium that was released by the mines into the alluvial ground water.

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A comprehensive review of historical water-quality data collected in the Puerco River Basin was conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey in the late 1980's. The study surveyed data collected by Federal and State agencies, as well as private companies. Data compiled from 1942 to 1988 were published in a report by Wirt and others (1991). A major part of the publication is an extensive bibliography of geologic, hydrologic, and water-quality investigations in the Puerco River Basin.

In 1985, the U.S. Geological Survey conducted a reconnaissance of the ground-water quality in the Puerco River Basin in cooperation with the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation, U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs. The study resulted from concern about the quality of surface water and ground water in the Puerco River Basin. These waters may serve as water supplies for those living on Navajo Tribal Trust Lands. The results of the reconnaissance study were reported by Webb and others (1987 a,b).

In 1988, the U.S. Geological Survey began a 4-year study of the occurrence and movement of radionuclides and other trace metals in ground water and surface water in the Puerco River Basin in northeastern Arizona and northwestern New Mexico. A data collection network was established using streamflow-gaging stations and observation water wells to monitor water- quality trends in the basin. Some of the sites established for that network are the same sites used for collection of the data published in this report.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DATA COLLECTION NETWORK

The data collection network consisted of one streamflow-gaging station, three observation water-well clusters, and nine streambed sites. The network sites (fig. 1) were distributed along the reach of the Puerco River in New Mexico. The site name, site number, and types of data collected at each data collection site are listed in table 1 (all tables are in the back of the report).

The streamflow-gaging station on the Puerco River was installed and operated to determine changes in water quality and sediment discharge in response to storm runoff, and to record streamflow. Automatic sampling equipment collected water samples when the water level in the river reached a predetermined height. Sampling then continued at set time intervals until the runoff event had passed the gaging station. The water level was continuously monitored and recorded at 15-minute intervals during October 1, 1991, through September 30, 1992. The water level was used to compute streamflow, in cubic feet per second, in the river. Once these computations have been made, the resulting streamflow data can be compared with concurrent water-quality data to determine trends in water quality as related to streamflow.

The water-well clusters were constructed to collect data that could be used to determine changes in ground-water quality adjacent to the Puerco River. Water-quality samples were periodically collected from each well and analyzed. Water levels in three of the wells-two in the Windmill Cluster and one in the Manuelito Cluster-were continuously monitored from April to August 1992. A schematic representation of an idealized well cluster is shown in figure 2.

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NOT TO SCALE

Figure 2.-Schematic diagram showing idealized well cluster used for the Puerco River Basin study.

Streambed sites were established to collect data that characterize the chemistry and particle-size distribution of the Puerco River stream-channel sediments. Streambed samples were collected using a plunger-type device at nine preestablished stream cross sections. Each of these cross sections was sampled either March 31 or April 1,1992.

PRESENTATION OF DATA

Data tabulated and listed in this report are arranged by sampling station. Table 1 lists site names and numbers and the types of data collected. For the streamflow-gaging station, water- quality and sediment data are listed in table 2, and mean daily discharge values for October 1, 1991, through September 30,1992, are listed in table 3. For the three clusters of observation wells, water-quality constituents are listed in tables 4-12. Hydrographs of water-level data for April to August 1992 for wells equipped with recorders are shown in figures 3-5; in some cases the recorded data are incomplete because of recorder malfunction. Streambed analyses are listed in tables 13-21. Tables 2-21 also give detailed descriptions of each site location.

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REFERENCES

Gallaher, B.M., and Gary, S.J., 1986, Impacts of uranium mining on surface and shallow ground waters-Grants Mineral Belt, New Mexico: New Mexico Health and Environment Department, New Mexico Health and Environmental Improvement Division Report, 152 p.

Millard, J., Gallaher, B., Baggett, D., and Gary, D., 1983, The Church Rock uranium mill-tailings spill A health and environmental assessment, summary report: New Mexico Health and Environment Department, New Mexico Health and Environmental Improvement Division Report, 37 p.

Van Metre, P.C., and Gray, J.R., 1991, Effects of uranium-mining discharges on water quality in the Puerco River basin, Arizona and New Mexico: International Association of Hydrological Sciences, Hydrological Sciences Journal, 38 p.

Webb, R.H., Rink, G.R., and Favor, B.O., 1987a, Distribution of radionuclide and trace elements in ground water, grasses, and surficial sediments associated with the alluvial aquifer along the Puerco River, northeastern Arizona A reconnaissance sampling program: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 87-206,108 p.

Webb, R.H., Rink, G.R., and Radtcke, D.B., 1987b, Preliminary assessment of water quality in the alluvial aquifer of the Puerco River basin, northeastern Arizona: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 87-4126,70 p.

Wirt, L., Van Metre, P.C., and Favor, B.O., 1991, Historical water-quality data, Puerco River basin, Arizona and New Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 91-196,339 p.

Table 1. Data collection sites and types of data collected for the Puerco River Basin study

[Q, streamflow; WQ, water quality; SED, sediment; W, well; WL, water level; BED, sediment chemistry. Locations shown in figure 1]

Site name

Site number

Type of data collected

Puerco River near Manuelito, N. Mex.

Windmill drivepoint well

Windmill well 1 Windmill well 3

Gallup well 1 Gallup well 3 Gallup well 4

Manuelito drivepoint well

Manuelito well 2 Manuelito well 3

Streamflow-gaging station

09395630

Windmill well cluster

353537108355001353535108355004353536108354901

Gallup well cluster 353220108400001353220108400003353220108400004

Manuelito well cluster

352742108562301352742108563301352743108563401

Q, WQ, SED

WQWWL1 , WQ

WQ WQ WQ

WQWL,WQWQ

Cross section 1Cross section 2Cross section 3Cross section 4Cross section 5

Cross section 6Cross section 7Cross section 8Cross section 9

1 Water levels

Puerco River streambed353716108312701353640108333601353537108353901353445108372701353153108403201

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recorded at two wells (A and B)

SED, BEDSED, BEDSED, BEDSED, BEDSED, BED

SED, BEDSED, BEDSED, BEDSED, BED

Table 2. Water-quality and sediment data for the streamflow-gaging station Puerco River near Manuelito, New Mexico

[Site number: 09395630. Location: McKinley County, latitude 35 7742", longitude108°56'42", in sec. 10, T. 14 N., R. 20 W., on right bank on downstream side of Atchison,Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway, 200 feet upstream from Interstate Highway 40,1.2 milesupstream from Hunting Canyon, and 12.6 miles west of Gallup. (oS/cm, microsiemensper centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius; deg C, degrees Celsius; mg/L, milligrams per liter;M-g/L, micrograms per liter; pCi/L, picocuries per liter; pCi/g, picocuries per gram; ^ig/g, micrograms per gram; Sr, strontium; Y, yttrium; Cs, cesium; bot mat, bottom material;U, uranium; Th, thorium; Ra, radium, ds, dry sieve; u, microns; radio, radioactivity; wgt,weight; sed, sediment; susp, suspended; diam, diameter; %, percent; mm, millimeter; nat,

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Date

July 24, 1992July 24-25, 1992July 25, 1992July 25, 1992July 25, 1992July 25, 1992Augus 24, 1992Augus 24, 1992Augus 24, 1992Augus 24, 1992Augus 24, 1992

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charge, Dis- instan- charge, taneous mean(cubic (cubic

Ending feet per feet pertime second) second)

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2,1102,0501,6901,6103,640

1230 -- 3,3702,6003,4303,330

pH, Solids, Spe- water residue

cific whole, at 180 con- field deg C, Alka-duct- (stand- dis- linity,ance ard solved lab(fiS/cm) units) (mg/L) (mg/L)

532552 7.8 342 218652719568476413410 8.0 247 165347417392

Magne- Potas- Calcium, slum, Sodium, slum,dis- dis- dis- dissolved solved solved solved(mg/L) (mg/L) (mg/L) (mg/L)

43 7.2 61 3.9____ ____

31 5.0 44 2.9 ____

Date

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(|ig/L) (|ig/L) (ng/L)

61 <0.5 <1.0____---___

48 < .5 <1.0--_.--__--

Chromium, Cobalt, Copper, Iron, Lead,dis- dis- dis- dis- dissolved solved solved solved solved

(W/L) (W/L) ((tg/L) (W/L) (W/L)

<5 <3 <10 39 <10____---___

<5 <3 <10 53 <10___---._--

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Table 2.~Water-quality and sediment data for the streamflow-gaging station Puerco River near Manuelito, New Mexico Continued

Date

July 24, 1992July 24-25, 1992July 25, 1992July 25, 1992July 25, 1992July 25, 1992August 24, 1992August 24, 1992Augus 24, 1992Augus 24, 1992Augus 24, 1992Augus 24, 1992Augus 24, 1992

Date

July 24, 1992July 24-25, 1992July 25, 1992July 25, 1992July 25, 1992July 25, 1992August 24, 1992August 24, 1992August 24, 1992August 24, 1992August 24, 1992August 24, 1992

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<10 <10 <1.0--____--

<10 <10 <1.0--___---

Alpha Ra-226,radio dis- Uraniumwater, solved, -238

dissolved plan- water,as chet dis-

Th-230 count solved(pCi/L) IpCi/L) (pCi/L)

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Vana- Sele- dis-dium, Zinc, Lithium, nium, solveddis- dis- dis- dis- (pCi/Lsolved solved solved solved as ces-(Hg/L) ((ig/L) (jig/L) (ng/L) ium-137)

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Uranium Alum- Beryl--235 inum Arsenic Barium liumwater, bot mat bot mat bot mat bot matdis- <63u ds, <63u ds, <63u ds, <63u ds.solved lab lab lab lab(pCi/L) (percent) (jig/g) (pg/g) <m>/g)

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August 24, 1992

Date

Calcium bot mat <63u ds,

lab (percent)

Cerium bot mat <63u ds,

lab

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lab

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Cobalt bot mat <63u ds,

lab

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Copper bot mat <63u ds,

lab

Euro

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lab

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Gold bot mat <63u ds,

lab

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Holmium Iron bot mat bot mat <63u ds, <63u ds,

lab lab (Hg/g) (percent)

Lantha

num bot mat <63u ds,

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lab

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July 24, 1992 July 24-25, 1992 July 25, 1992 July 25, 1992 July 25, 1992 July 25, 1992 August 24, 1992 August 24, August 24, August 24, August 24,

0.92

1992199219921992

10 20 <2 13 <8

10 15 <2 12 <8

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<4 1.9 36 19

August 24, 1992 August 24, 1992

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Date


Magne- Manga-Lithium sium nesebot mat bot mat bot mat<63u ds, <63u ds, <63u ds.

lab lab lab(jlg/g) (percent) (jig/g)

21 0.48 300___.------

20 .43 290-- ----

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bot mat<63u ds,

lab

(ng/g)

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Neodym-ium

bot mat<63u ds.

lab(ng/g)

30----------

29--------

Phos-Nickel Niobium phorusbot mat bot mat bot mat<63u ds, <63u ds, <63u ds.

lab lab lab

Potassium

bot mat<63u ds,

lab(jig/g) (jig/g) (percent) (percent)

12 8 0.04___--____-

11 7 .04--__----

2.1----------

2.1--------

Scandium Silverbot mat bot mat<63u ds, <63u ds

lab lab(jig/g) (jig/g)

7 <4__________

6 <4-- ----

Sodiumbot mat

, <63u ds.lab

(percent)

0.96-- ----

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August 24, 1992

Date

July 24, 1992July 24-25, 1992July 25, 1992July 25, 1992July 25, 1992July 25, 1992August 24, 1992August 24, 1992August 24, 1992August 24, 1992August 24, 1992August 24, 1992August 24, 1992

Stron- Tanta-tium lum Thorium

bot mat bot mat bot mat<63u ds, <63u ds, <63u ds,

lab lab lab

(ng/g) (ng/g) (w/g)

170 <40 13-----_--__

150 <40 12-----_--__

Tita-Tin nium

bot mat bot mat<63u ds, <63u ds.

lab lab(jig/g) (percent)

<5 0.35--.------_

<5 .30----__--_-

Vana- Ytter-Uranium dium Yttrium bium Zincbot mat bot mat bot mat bot mat bot mat<63u ds, <63u ds, <63u ds, <63u ds, <63u ds,

lab lab lab lab lab

(jig/g) (ng/g) (ng/g) (ng/g) (ng/g)

<100 59 22 2 62---.__--_-

<100 53 19 2 56---.-.----

Sediment,sus

pended(mg/L)

162,000--

170,000147,000143,00096,40056,100--

46,50045,80036,20049,00040,000

Sed Sed Sed Sed Sed Sed Sed Sed Th-232 susp susp susp susp susp susp susp susp 2 sigma Th-230

sieve fall fall fall fall fall fall fall Mercury sed, sed,

Date

July 24, 1992July 24-25, 1992July 25, 1992July 25, 1992July 25, 1992July 25, 1992August 24, 1992August 24, 1992August 24, 1992August 24, 1992August 24, 1992August 24, 1992August 24, 1992

diam, diam, diam, diam, diam, diam, diam, diam,% finer % finer % finer % finer % finer % finer % finer % finer

than than than than than than than than0.062 mm 0.002 mm 0.004 mm 0.008 mm 0.016 mm 0.062 mm 0.125 mm 0.250 mm

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(Hg/L) (pci/g) (pci/g)

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Table 2. Water-quality and sediment data for the streamflow-gaging station Puerco River near Manuelito, New Mexico Concluded

Date


U-238sed.

susp.total,

dry wgt(pCi/g)

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U-2342 sigma U-234sed, sed.susp, susp.total, total,

dry wgt dry wgt(pCi/g) (pCi/g)

0.18 1.5__--__----

.17 1.2__--._--

Ra-2262 sigmased.susp.total,

dry wgt(PCi/g)

0.23 ------

.21 ---~--

Ra-226sed,susp.total,

dry wgt(pCi/g)

..

1.3----------

1.1------

U-235 Th-2302 sigma 2 sigma Th-232sed, sed, sed.susp, susp, susp.

dry wgt dry wgt dry wgt(pCi/g) (pCi/g) (pCi/g)

..

0.02 0.01 <0.1----------

.02 .02 <.l__--__--

Alpha,2 sigmased,

bot mat

Th-230(PCi/g)

9.1----------

9.0 ------

Alpha,2 sigmased,

bot mat

nat U(W/g)

13----------

12--------

Beta,2 sigmabot mattot dry Sr-90/

Y-90

(PCi/g)

..

8.6---- ----

4.3 ------

August 24, 1992

Date

Alpha, Alpha,U-235 count, count.sed, 2 sigma 2 sigmasusp, wat dis wat distotal, as as

dry wgt nat U Th-230(pCi/L) (Jig/L) (pCi/L)

Beta,2 sigmawat disas Sr-90/Y-90(pCi/L)

Beta,2 sigmawat dis U-238

as 2 sigmaCs-137 wat dis(pCi/L) (pCi/L)

U-234 U-235 Ra-2262 sigma 2 sigma 2 sigmawat dis wat dis wat dis(pCi/L) (pCi/L) (pCi/L)

Grossalpha.dis

solved(yg/Las

U-nat)

Grossbeta,dis

solved(PCi/Las Sr/Y-90)

July 24, 1992July 24-25, 1992 <0.1 1.3 0.96 1.2 1.5 0.18 0.3 0.02 0.084 4.6 5.6July 25, 1992July 25, 1992July 25, 1992July 25, 1992AugusAugusAugusAugusAugusAugusAugus

24, 199224, 199224, 199224, 199224, 199224, 199224, 1992

_-

< .1 1.4 1.0--__ --

--

1.7----------

._

1.8 .12--____----

._

.2 .02 .116--.___----

--

4.8----------

--

5.0----------

13

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tem

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1992

; e, e

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]

Day 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

Oct

el.

6el

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el. 5

el. 5

el.

5

el.

5el

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el. 4

el. 4

el. 4

el. 4

el. 4

el. 4

el.

3el

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el. 3

el. 3

el. 3

el. 2

el. 2

el. 2

el. 2

el. 6

el.

5el

. 4

Nov

el.

9el. 7

el. 7

el. 7

el.

6

el.

5el.

5el.

4el. 4

el.

4

46 34 el.

4el.

377 61 el. 2

el.l

el.l

el.l

el.l

el.l

el.l

el.l

el.O

Dec

el.O

el.O

el.O e.OO

e.OO

e.OO

e.OO

e.OO

e.OO

e.OO

e.OO

e.OO

e.OO

e.OO

e.OO

e.OO

e.OO

el.O

el.O

el.O

el.O

el.O

el.O

el.O

el.O

Jan

e.09

0e.90

e.90

e.90

e.90

e.90

e.90

e.90

e.90

e.90

e.90

el.

5el

. 5

el.

5el

. 5

el.

5el. 5

el. 4

el. 4

el. 4

e2.5

e2.5

e2.5

e2.5

e2.4

Feb

e2.4

e2.4

e2.4

e2.4

e2.4

e2.3

e2.3

e2.3

e2.3

e2.3

e2.3

e2.3

38 31 37 e6.4

e6.5

e6.6

e6.6

e6.6

e6.6

e6.6

e6.6

e6.6

e6.6

Mar

e6.6

e6.6

e6.6

e6.6

e6.6

e6.6

73 elO

elO 76 ell

ell

ell

ell

ell

ell

elO

elO

elO

elO

e!2

e!2

e!2

e!2

e!2

Apr

16ell

elO e9.3

e8.7

e8.4

e8.0

e7.3

e7.0

e6.4

e6.2

e6.0

e6.4

e6.6

e6.8

e6.0

e5.4

e4.5

e4.2

e3.6

e3.3

e3.0

e3.0

e3.0

e3.0

May

e2.9

e3.3

e3.4

e3.4

e3.4

e3.4

e3.5

17 22 135 22 139.

811 5.

0

15 55 39 42 33 76 46 72 23 16

June

9.7

e8.0

e6.8

e5.8

e5.0

e4.4

e3.5

e3.0

14 23 e3.8

e3.6

e3.2

e3.2

e3.2

e3.1

e3.1

e3.1

e3.1

e3.1

e3.1

e3.1

e3.0

e3.0 2.1

July

2.6

2.8

2.6

3.0

3.1

2.1

2.6

4.1

5.1

60 8010

7 40 20 14 15 18 18 737.

7

2.8

7.7

30 112

317

Aug

e3.2

e3.2

e3.4

e3.6

e3.8

e4.0

e4.0

e4.0

e4.0

e4.0

19 207.

811 16 13 27 51

elO e6.0

e6.0

elO 53

1,050

143

Sept

207

140 99 76 66 e6.0

e5.8

e5.8

e5.8

e5.8

e5.7

e5.7

e5.6

e5.6

e5.6

e5.6

e5.5

e5.4

113

189 63 e7.0

e6.1

e5.4

e5.4

Tab

le 3

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n da

ily d

isch

arge

, in

cubi

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et p

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econ

d, a

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str

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Puer

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Oct

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1,1

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thr

ough

Sep

tem

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30,1

992

Con

clud

ed

Day 26 27 28 29 30 31

Total

Mean

Maximum

Minimum

Acre-feet

Oct

el.

4e2.0

el.

9el.

8e2.0

el. 9

45.9

1.48 2.0

1.2 91

Nov

el.O

el.O

el.O

el.O

el.O --

251.4

8.38 77 1.0

499

el el el el el el 17

Dec

.0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .00

.55

1.0

.00 34

Jan

e2.4

e2.4

e2.4

e2.4

e2.4

e2.4

49.90

1.61

2.5

.90 99

Feb

e6.6

e6.6

e6.6

e6.6 -- --

226.2

7.80 382.3

449

Mar

e!2

e!2

e!2

e!2 25 26

473.6

15.3 766.6

939

Apr

e2.9

e2.9

e2.9

e2.9

e2.9

--

177.6

5.92 162.9

352

May

215.

0e5.0

e6.0

6.6

42

760.7

24.5

135

2.9

1,510

June

2.8

2.6

2.1

2.2

2.1

--

141.8

4.73 232.

128

1

July

156.2

e3.2

e3.2

e3.2

e3.2

984.

231.7 317

2.1

1,950

Aug

108

elO

elO

elO

elO 71

1,699.0

54.8

1,050

3.2

3,370

Sept

e5.4

e5.3

e5.3

e5.3

e5.1

--

1,077.2

35.9

207

5.1

2,140

Table 4. Selected water-quality data for Windmill well cluster drivepoint well

[Site number: 353537108355001. Location: McKinley County, latitude 35 °35'37",longitude 108°35'50", in sec. 25, T. 16 N., R. 17 W. fiS/cm, microsiemens per centimeter at25 degrees Celsius; deg C, degrees Celsius; mg/L, milligrams per liter; }ig/L, micrograms

per liter; pCi/L, picocuries per liter; , no data; <, less than]

Altitudeof land- pH,surface Spe- water

Depth datum cific whole.of (feet con- field Temper-

well, above duct- (stand- ature.total sea ance ard air

Date Time (feet) level) (us/cm) units) (deg C)

April 01, 1992 1345 6,672 1,300 7.6 10.0

Beryl- Chro-Barium, lium. Cadmium, mium, Cobalt, Copper,dis- dis- dis- dis- dis- dissolved solved solved solved solved solved

Date (H3/L) (M9/L) (jig/L) (Mg/L) (Mg/L) (Mg/L)

April 01, 1992 91 <0.5 <1.0 <5 <3 <10

Stron- Vana- Sele-tium, dium. Zinc, Lithium, nium,dis- dis- dis- dis- dissolved solved solved solved solved

Date mg/L) (Mg/L) (Mg/L) (Mg/L) (M9/L)

April 01, 1992 1,500 <6 210 23 <1

Alpha count. Alpha count, Beta,2 sigma 2 sigma 2 sigma

Solids,residueat 180 Magne-

Temper- deg C, Calcium, slum.ature, dis- dis- dis-water solved solved solved(deg C) (mg/L) (mg/L) (mg/L)

8.0 994 180 31

Manga- Molyb-Iron, Lead, nese, denum,dis- dis- dis- dissolved solved solved solvedmg/L) (Mg/L) (Mg/L) mg/L)

480 <10 2,900 20

Gross Alpha Radium-226,beta, radio dis- Uraniumdis- water solved, -238solved dissolved, plan- water.(pCi/L as thor- chet dis-as cesium-230 count solvedium-137) (pCi/L) (pCi/L) (pCi/L)

120 74 0.2 71

Beta, Uranium Uranium2 sigma -238 -234

Uranium water, dis- water, dis- water, dis- water, dis- 2 sigma 2 sigmanatural, solved as solved as solved as solved as water, water.

dis- natural thorium strontium-90/ cesium dis- dissolved uranium -230 yttrium-90

Date (Mg/L) (Mg/L) (pCi/L) (pCi/L)

April 01, 1992 260 5.6 4.4 11

Gross Grossalpha, beta.dis- dissolved solved(Mg/L as (pCi/L asnatural strontium-

Date uranium) 90/yttrium-90)

-137 solved solved(pCi/L) (pCi/L) (PCi/L)

15 6.9 7.2

Sodium,dis

solved(mg/L)

100

Nickel,dissolved(jig/L)

<10

Uranium-234

water.dissolved(PCi/L)

74

Uranium-235

2 sigmawater.dis

solved(pCi/L)

0.46

Silica,dissolved(mg/L)

8.6

Silver,dis

solved(Mg/L)

1.0

Uranium-235

water.dissolved(pCi/L)

2.9

Radium-2262 sigmawater.dis

solved(pCi/L)

0.175

April 01, 1992 110

16

Table 5.~Selected water-quality data for Windmill well cluster well 1

[Site number: 353535108355004. Location: McKinley County, latitude 35 °35'35",longitude 108°35'50", in sec. 25, T. 16 N., R. 17 W. uS/cm, microsiemens per centimeter at25 degrees Celsius; deg C, degrees Celsius; mg/L, milligrams per liter; |ig/L, micrograms


Altitudeof land-surface Spe-

Depth datum cificof (feet con-

well, above duct-total sea ance

Date Time (feet) level) (|lS/cm)

April 01, 1992 1330 52.00 6,682 7,300

Beryl- Chro-Barium, lium. Cadmium, mium.dis- dis- dis- dissolved solved solved solved

Date (jig/L) (|ig/L) (|ig/L) (jig/D

April 01, 1992 <5 <3 <1.0 <1

Stron- Vana-tium, dium. Zinc, Lithiumdis- dis- dis- dissolved solved solved solved

Date (jig/L) ((ig/L) ((ig/L) (jig/L)

April 01, 1992 3,700 <30 17 54

Alpha count. Alpha count.2 sigma 2 sigma

pH, Solids,water residuewhole, at 180 Magne-field Temper- Temper- deg C, Calcium, sium. Sodium, Silica,(stand- ature, ature, dis- dis- dis- dis- dis-ard air water solved solved solved solved solved

units) (deg C) (deg C) (mg/L) (mg/L) (mg/L) (mg/L) (mg/L)

7.4 10.0 11.0 6,590 190 190 1,300 8.7

Manga- Molyb-Cobalt, Copper, Iron, Lead, nese, denum, Nickel, Silver,dis- dis- dis- dis- dis- dis- dis- dissolved solved solved solved solved solved solved solved(Hg/L) ((ig/L) (jig/L) (jig/L) (yg/L) (Jig/L) (jig/L) ((ig/L)

3 <1 3,700 1 1,000 <50 3 <1.0

Gross Alpha Radium-226,beta, radio dis- Uranium Uranium uranium

Sele- dis- water, solved, -238 -234 -235, nium, solved dissolved plan- water, water, water.

dis- (pCi/L as thor- chet dis- dis- dissolved as cesium-230 count solved solved solved(Jig/L) ium-137) (pCi/L) (pCi/L) (pCi/L) (pCi/L) (pCi/L)

<1 16 -- <0.1 6.0 8.7 0.2

Beta, Beta, Uranium Uranium Uranium2 sigma 2 sigma -238 -234 -235 Radium-226

Uranium water, dis- water, dis- water, dis- water, dis- 2 sigma 2 sigma 2 sigma 2 sigmanatural, solved as solved asdis- natural thoriumsolved uranium -230

Date (jig/L) (jig/L) (pCi/L)

April 01, 1992 18 3.4 11

Gross Grossalpha, beta.dis- dissolved solved

(jig/L as (pCi/L asnatural strontium-90/

Date uranium) yttrium-90)

solved as solved as water, water, water, water.strontium-90/ cesium dis- dis- dis- dis-yttrium-90 -137 solved solved solved solved(pCi/L) (pCi/L) (pCi/L) (pCi/L) (pCi/L) (pCi/L)

8.0 11 0.64 0.9 0.06 0.093

April 01, 1992

17

Table 6.~Selected watei ita for Windmill well cluster well 3

[Site number: 353536108354901. Location: McKinley County, latitude 35 °35I36", longitude108°35'49", in sec. 25, T. 16 N., R. 17 W. pS/cm, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degreesCelsius; deg C, degrees Celsius; mg/L, milligrams per liter; M£/L, micrograms per liter;

pCi/L, picocuries per liter; <, less than]

Date

April 01, 1992

Date

April 01, 1992

Date

April 01, 1992

Date

April 01, 1992

Date

Altitude of land- pH, Solids, surface Spe- water residue

Depth datum cific whole, at 180 of (feet con- field Temper- Temper- deg C, Calcium

well, above duct- (stand- ature, ature, dis- dis- total sea ance ard air water solved solved

Time (feet) level) ((is/cm) units) (deg C) (deg C) (mg/L) (mg/L)

1605 32.00 6,682 5,800 7.6 10.0 11.0 4,910 440

Beryl- Chro- Manga- Barium, lium. Cadmium, mium. Cobalt, Copper, Iron, Lead, nese, dis- dis- dis- dis- dis- dis- dis- dis- dis solved solved solved solved solved solved solved solved solved

(jig/L) (ng/L) (Hg/L) (Jig/L) (Hg/L) (Hg/L) (jig/L) (jig/L) (ng/L)

6 <2 <3.0 <20 <9 <30 <9 <30 26

Gross Alpha Radium-226, beta, radio dis-

Stron- Vana- Sele- dis- water solved, tium, dium, Zinc, Lithium, nium, solved dissolved, plan- dis- dis- dis- dis- dis- (pCi/L as thor- chet solved solved solved solved solved as cesium-230 count (H9/L) (fig/L) (ng/L) (ng/L) (jig/L) ium-137) (pCi/L) (pCi/L)

Magne-

, sium. Sodium, dis- dis

solved solved (mg/L) (mg/L)

170 730

Molyb

denum, Nickel , dis- dis

solved solved

(jig/L) (ng/L)

Silica, dis

solved (mg/L)

8.0

Silver, dis

solved

(Hg/L)

<30 <30 <3.0

Uranium Uranium Uranium -238 -234 -235 water, water, water, dis- dis- dis solved solved solved (pCi/L) (pCi/L) (pCi/L)

5,000 <18 11 83 <1 37 23 <0.1 23 33

Alpha count. Alpha count. Beta, Beta, Uranium Uranium Uranium 2 sigma 2 sigma 2 sigma 2 sigma -238 -234 -235

Uranium water, dis- water, dis- water, dis- water, dis- 2 sigma 2 sigma 2 sigma natural, solved as solved as solved as solved as water, water, water, dis- natural thorium strontium-90/ cesium dis- dis- dis solved uranium -230 yttrium-90 -137 solved solved solved (flg/L) (Hg/L) (pCi/L) (pCi/L) (pCi/L) (pCi/L) (pCi/L) (pCi/L)

63 4.4 3.3 8.3 11 2.2

Gross Gross alpha, beta, dis- dis solved solved

(jig/L as (pCi/L as natural strontium-

uranium) 90/yttrium-90)

3.2 0.14

0.8

Radium-226 2 sigma water, dis

solved (pCi/L)

0.112

April 01, 1992

18

Table 7.-Selected water-quality data for Gallup well cluster well 1

[Site number: 353220108400001. Location: McKinley County, latitude 35 °32'20",longitude 108 WOO", in sec 08, T. 15 N., & 17 W. nS/cm, microsiemens per centimeter at25 degrees Celsius; deg C, degrees Celsius; mg/L, milligrams per liter; ng/L, micrograms

per liter; pCi/L, picocuries per liter; <, less than]

Altitude of land- surface Spe-

Depthof

well.total

Date Time (feet)

datum(feetabovesea

level)

cificconductance(US/cm)

PH, waterwhole.field(standard

units)

Temperature,air

(deg C)

Temperature,water(deg C)

Solids, residueat 180deg C,dissolved(mg/L)

Calcium,dissolved(mg/L)

Magnesium,dissolved(mg/L)

Sodium,dissolved(mg/L)

Silica,dissolved(mg/L)

April 01, 1992 25.00 6,600 2,100 7.5 11.0 1,560 350

Date

Barium,dis

solved(jig/L)

Beryllium,dis

solved(fig/L)

Cadmium,dis

solved(jig/L)

Chromium, Cobalt,dis- dissolved solved(jig/L) (ng/L)

Copper ,dis

solved(jig/L)

Iron,dis

solved(Jig/L

Lead,dis

solved(Hg/L)

Manganese,dis

solved(ng/D

Molybdenum,dis

solved(ng/L)

Nickel ,dis

solved(Jig/L)

Silver,dis

solved(»ig/L)

April 01, 1992 <30

Stron

tium, dis-

Vana-dium,dis-

Zinc, dis-

sele-Lithium, nium,

dis- dis-

Gross Alpha Radium-226,beta, radio dis-dis- water solved,solved dissolved plan-(pCi/L as thor- chet

solved solved solved solved solved as cesium-230 count(jig/L) (ng/L) (ng/L) (jig/L) (jig/L) ium-137) (pCi/L) (pCi/L)

Uranium -238 water, dis-

Uranium Uranium-234 -235water, water,dis- dis

solved solved solved(pCi/L) (pCi/L) (pCi/L)

April 01, 1992 1,800 11

Uraniumnatural ,dissolved

Date (jig/L)

Alpha count,2 sigmawater, dissolved asnaturaluranium(jig/L)

Alpha count.2 sigma

water, dissolved asthorium-230

(pCi/L)

Beta,2 sigma

Beta,2 sigma

water, dis- water, dissolved asstrontium-90/yttrium-90(PCi/L)

solved ascesium-137

(pCi/L)

Uranium-238

2 sigmawater.dis

solved(pCi/L)

Uranium-234

2 sigmawater,dissolved(pCi/L)

Uranium-235

2 sigmawater.dis

solved(pCi/L)

Radium-2262 sigmawater,dissolved(pCi/L)

April 01, 1992 1.1 0.101

Date

Grossalpha.dissolved(ug/L asnatural

uranium)

Grossbeta,dissolved

(pCi/L asstrontium-

90/yttrium-90)

April 01, 1992

19

Table 8.~Selected waur-quai. ty data for Gallup well cluster well 3

[Site number: 353220108400003. Location: McKmley County, latitude 35 °32'20", longitude108°40'00", in sec. 08, T. 15 N., R. 17 W. uS/cm, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees

Celsius; deg C, degrees Celsius; mg/L, milligrams per liter; |ig/L, micrograms per liter;pCi/L, picocuries per liter; --, no data; <, less than]

Altitude of land- surface Spe-

Depthof

well.total

Date Time (feet)

datum(feetabovesea

level)

cificconductance((is/cm)

pH, waterwhole,field(standard

units)

Temperature,air

(deg C)

Temperature,water(deg C)

Solids, residueat 180deg C,dis

solved(mg/L)

Calcium,dis

solved(mg/L)

Magnesium,dis

solved(mg/L)

Sodium,dis

solved(mg/L)

Silica,dis

solved(mg/L)

April 01, 1992 1000 6,600 1,500 1,010

Date

Barium,dissolved(Hg/L)

Beryllium,dissolved(|ig/L)

Cadmium,dissolved(|ig/L)

Chromium, Cobalt,dis- dissolved solved(fig/L) (|ig/L)

Copper,dissolved(Hg/L)

Iron,dissolved(H9/L)

Lead,dissolved(mr'L)

Manganese,dissolved(|ig/L)

Molybdenum,dissolved(H9/L)

Nickel,dissolved(fig/D

Silver,dissolved(|ig/L)

April 01, 1992 350

Strontium,dissolved

Date (ng/L)

Vanadium,dissolved(|ig/L)

Zinc,dissolved(|ig/L)

Lithium,dissolved(H9/L)

Selenium,dissolved(H9/L)

Grossbeta.dissolved(pCi/Las ces-ium-137)

Alpharadiowater.

dissolvedas thor-ium-230(pCi/L)

Radium-226,dis

solved.plan-chetcount(pCi/L)

Uranium-238

water,dissolved(PCi/L)

Uranium-234water,dissolved(pCi/L)

Uranium-235water,dissolved(pCi/L)

April 01, 1992 6.0

Alpha count. Alpha count,2 sigma 2 sigma

Uranium water, dis- water, dis-natural, solved as solved asdis- natural thorium

solved uranium -230(fig/L) (ng/L) (PCi/L)

Beta, Beta, Uranium Uranium Uranium2 sigma 2 sigma -238 -234 -235 Radium-226

water, dis- water, dis- 2 sigma 2 sigma 2 sigma 2 sigmasolved as solved as water, water, water, water,

strontium-90/ cesium dis- dis- dis- dis-yttrium-90 -137 solved solved solved solved(pCi/L) (pCi/L) (pCi/L) (pCi/L) (pCi/L) (pCi/L)

April 01, 1992

Date

Grossalpha.dis

solved(fig/L asnatural

uranium)

Grossbeta.dis

solved(pCi/L asstrontium-

90/yttrium-90)

April 01, 1992

20

Table 9.-Selected water-quality data for Gallup well cluster well 4

[Site number: 353220108400004. Location: McKinley County, latitude 35 °32'20",longitude 108°40'00", in sec 08, T. 15 N., R. 17 W. nS/cm, microsiemens per centimeter at25 degrees Celsius; deg C, degrees Celsius; mg/L, milligrams per liter; |ig/L, micrograms

per liter; pCi/L, picocuries per liter; --, no data; <, less than]




Date Time (feet) level) (jlS/cm)

March 31, 1992 1605 -- 6,600 1,320

Beryl- Chro-Barium, lium. Cadmium, mi urn,dis- dis- dis- dissolved solved solved solved

Date (jig/L) (Jig/L) (jig/L) (jig/L)

March 31, 1992 15 <0.5 <1.0 <5

Stron- Vana-

pH,waterwhole.

Solids,residueat 180

field Temper- Temper- deg C,(stand- ature, ature, dis-ard air water solved

units) (deg C) (deg

7.4 6.0 12.

C) (mg/L)

0 860

Cobalt, Copper, Iron, Lead,dis- dis- dis dis-

solved solved solved solved

(Hg/L) mg/L) mg/L

<3 <10 11

Grossbeta.

Sele- dis-

) (H9/L)

<»

Alpha R<radiowater,

tium, dium, Zinc, Lithium, nium, solved dissolveddis- dis- dis- dis dis- (pCi/Lsolved solved solved solved solved as ces-

Date (H9/L) (jlg/L) (jlg/L) (|ig/L) (ftg/L) ium-137)

March 31, 1992 540 <6 <3 25

Alpha count, Alpha count.2 sigma 2 sigma

<1 19

Beta, Beta,2 sigma 2 sigma

Uranium water, dis- water, dis- water, dis- water, dis-natural, solved as solved as solved as solved asdis- natural thorium strontium-90/ cesiumsolved uranium -230

Date (Mg/L) (jig/L) (pCi/L)

March 31, 1992 29 3.8 2.5

Gross Grossalpha, beta,dis- dissolved solved

(Jlg/L as (pCi/L asnatural strontium-


yttrium-90 -137(pCi/L) (pCi/L)

2.9 3.9

as thor-ium-230(pCi/L)

18

Uranium-238

2 sigmawater.dis

solved(pCi/L)

1.]

Calcium,dis

solved(mg/L)

57

Manga -nese.dis

solved

mg/D

140

idium-226,dis

solved.plan-chet

count(pCi/L)

<0.1

Uranium-234

2 sigmawater,dis

solved(pCi/L)

1.6

Magnesium, Sodium, Silica,dis- dis- dissolved solved solved(mg/L) (mg/L) (mg/L)

11 240 14

Molybdenum, Nickel, Silver,dis- dis- dissolved solved solved

mg/L) mg/L) (fig/L)

<>° <» «'

Uranium Uranium Uranium-238 -234 -235

water, water, waterdis- dis- dissolved solved solved(pCi/L) (pCi/L) (pCi/L)

11 16 0.

Uranium-235 Radium-266

2 sigma 2 sigmawater, water.dis- dissolved solved(pCi/L) (PCi/L)

0.08 0.129

4

March 31, 1992

21

Table 10. Selected water-quality data for Manuelito well cluster drivepoint well

[Site number: 352742108562301. Location: McKinley County, latitude 35 °27'42",longitude 108 "S^S", in sec. 10, T. 14 N., R. 20 W. uS/cm, microsiemens per centimeter at25 degrees Celsius; deg C, degrees Celsius; mg/L, milligrams per liter; ug/L, micrograms





Date Time (feet) level) ((is/cm)

March 31, 1992 1200 -- 6,290 1,980


Date (|ig/L) mg/L) (M-g/L) (|ig/L)

March 31, 1992 37 <2 <3.0 20

Stron- Vana-

PH,waterwhole.field Temper- Temper-

( standard

ature, ature,air water

units) (deg C) (deg C)

7.7 8.0 11.5

Cobalt, copper. Iron,dis

solvedmg/D

<9

Sele-tium, dium. Zinc, Lithium, nium.dis- dis- dis- di s- dis-

dis- dissolved solvedmg/L) mg/L)

<30 320

Grossbeta.dis

Solids,residueat 180deg C,dis

solved(mg/L)

1,360

Lead,dis

solved(Jig/L)

<30

Calcium,dissolved(mg/L)

110

Manganese,dis

solvedmg/L)

3,500

Magnesium, Sodium, Silica,

dis- dis- dissolved solved solved(mg/L) (mg/L) (mg/L)

26 320 11

Molybdenum, Nickel, Silver,dis- dis- dissolved solved solved(|ig/L) (jig/L) mg/L)

<30 <30 <3.0

Alpha Radium-226,radiowater.

solved dissolved(pCi/L as thor-

solved solved solved solved solved as cesium-230Date (ng/L) ((ig/L) ((ig/L) (ng/L) (ng/L) ium-137) (pCi/L)

March 31, 1992 1,500 <18 41 <

Alpha count. Alpha count2 sigma 2 sigma

Uranium water, dis- water, dis-natural , solved as solved asdis- natural thorium

solved uranium -230Date (Hg/L) (Hg/L) (pCi/L)

March 31, 1992 15 2.2 6.3

Gross Grossalpha, beta.dis- dissolved solved(|ig/L as (pCi/L asnatural strontium-


a .,

Beta,2 sigma

12

Beta,2 sigma

water, dis- water, dissolved as solved as

strontium-90/ cesiumyttrium-90

(PCi/L)

2.9

-137

(pCi/L)

3.8

-

Uranium-238

2 sigmawater,dis

solved(pCi/L)

0.53

dis

solved.plan-chetcount

(pCi/L)

0.1

Uranium-234

2 sigmawater,dis

solved(pCi/L)

0.7

Uranium Uranium Uranium-238 -234 -235

water, water, water.dis- dis- dissolved solved solved(pCi/L) (pCi/L) (pCi/L)

5.1 6.4 0.2

Uranium-235 Radium-226

2 sigma 2 sigmawater, water.dis- dissolved solved(pCi/L) (pCi/L)

0.05 0.130

March 31, 1992

22

Table 11. Selected water-quality data for Manuelito well cluster-well 2

[Site number: 352742108563301. Location: McKinley County, latitude 35 °27I42"/longitude W8°56'33", in sec. 10, T. 14 N., R. 20 W. fiS/cm, microsiemens per centimeter at25 degrees Celsius; deg C, degrees Celsius; mg/L, milligrams per liter; M£/L, micrograms


Altitude of land-surface Spe-



Date Time (feet) level) (us/cm)

March 31, 1992 0830 85.00 6,300 810


Date (Hg/L) (jig/L) (ng/L) (jig/L)

March 31, 1992 230 <0.5 <1.0 <5

Stron- Vana-

pH, Solids,water residuewhole, at 180field Temper- Temper- deg C, Calcium,(stand- ature, ature, dis- dis-ard air water solved solved

units) (deg C) (deg C) (mg/L) (mg/L)

7.7 6.0 12.0 513 31

Manga-Cobalt, Copper, Iron, Lead, nese.dis- dis- dis- dis- dissolved solved solved solved solved(jig/L) (ng/L) (jig/L) (ng/L) (ng/L)

<3 <10 1,600 <10 130

Gross Alpha Radium-226,beta, radio dis-

Sele- dis- water, solved,tium, dium, Zinc, Lithium, nium, solved dissolved plan-dis- dis- dis- dis- dis- (pCi/L as thor- chetsolved solved solved solved solved as cesium-230 count

Date (ng/L) (jig/L) (ng/L) (jig/D (jig/L) ium-137) (pCi/L) (pCi/L)

March 31, 1992 770 <6 3

Alpha count. Alpha count.2 sigma 2 sigma

Uranium water, dis- water, dis-natural, solved as solved asdis- natural thoriumsolved uranium -230

Date (ng/L) (Hg/L) (pCi/L)

March 31, 1992 <1.0 0.45 <0.60

Gross Grossalpha, beta,dis- dissolved solved

(jig/L as (pCi/L asnatural strontium-


6 <1 2.4 -- 0.1

Magnesium, Sodium, Silica,dis- dis- dissolved solved solved(mg/L) (mg/L) (mg/L)

16 150 9.4

Molybdenum, Nickel, Silver,dis- dis- dissolved solved solved(Hg/L) (jig/L) (ng/L)

30 <10 <1.0

Uranium Uranium Uranium-238 -234 -235water, water, water.dis- dis- dissolved solved solved(pCi/L) (pCi/L) (pCi/L)

<0.1 <0.1 <0.1

Beta, Beta, Uranium Uranium Uranium2 sigma 2 sigma -238 -234

water, dis- water, dis- 2 sigma 2 sigmasolved as solved as water, water,strontium-90/ cesium dis- dis-yttrium-90 -137 solved solved(pCi/L) (pCi/L) (pCi/L) (pCi/L)

0.98 1.3 0.02 0.0

-235 Radium-2262 sigma 2 sigmawater, water.dis- dissolved solved(pCi/L) (pCi/L)

0.01 0.138

March 31, 1992

23

Table 12. Selected water-quality data for Manuelito well cluster well 3

[Site number: 352743108563401. Location: McKinley County, latitude 35 7743",longitude 108°56'34", in sec. 10, T. 14 N., R. 20 W. }iS/cm, microsiemens per centimeter at25 degrees Celsius; deg C, degrees Celsius; mg/L, milligrams per liter; ^ig/L, micrograms


Depthof

totalDate Time (feet)

Altitude of land- surfacedatum(feet

sealevel)

Spe

cificcon-

ance(us/cm)

PH, waterwhole.field

ardunits)

Temper -

air(deg C)

Temper-

water(deg C)

Solids, residueat 180deg C, dis

solved(mg/L)

Calcium, dis

solved(mg/L)

Magnesium, dissolved(mg/L)

Sodium, dis

solved(mg/L)

Silica, dis

solved(mg/L)

March 31, 1992 1115 6,300 2,700 7.2 1,970 41

Date

Barium,dissolved<W/L>

Beryllium,dis

solved(ug/L)

Cadmium,dissolved(ug/L)

Chromium, Cobalt,dis- dissolved solved(ug/L) (ug/L)

Copper,dissolved(ug/L)

Iron,dissolved(H9/L)

Lead,dissolved(ug/L)

Manganese,dissolved(ug/L)

Molybdenum,dissolved(W/D

Nickel,dissolved(ug/L)

Silver,dissolved(ug/L)

March 31, 1992 <2 1,200

strontium.dissolved

Date (ug/L)

Vana

dium,dissolved(Ug/L)

Zinc,dis

solved(ug/L)

Lithium,dissolved(ug/L)

Selenium,dissolved(ug/L)

Grossbeta,dissolved(pCi/Las ces-ium-137)

Alpha Radium-226,radiowater.

dissolvedas thor-ium-230(pCi/L)

dis

solved,plan-chetcount

(pCi/L)

Uranium-238

water.dissolved(PCi/L)

Uranium-234


Uranium-235


March 31, 1992 0.2

Uraniumnatural ,dis

solvedDate (ug/L)

Alpha count,2 sigma

water, dissolved asnaturaluranium(ug/L)

Alpha count.2 sigma

water, dissolved asthorium-230

(pCi/L)

Beta,2 sigmawater, dissolved as

strontium 90/yttrium 90(pCi/L)

Beta,2 sigma

water, dissolved ascesium-137

(pCi/L)

Uranium-238

2 sigmawater,dis

solved(pCi/L)

Uranium-234

2 sigmawater,dis

solved(pCi/L)

Uranium-235

2 sigmawater,dis

solved(pCi/L)

Radium-2262 sigmawater,dis

solved(pCi/L)

March 31, 1992 22

Date

Grossalpha, dis

solved(ug/L as natural

uranium)

Grossbeta, dis

solved(pCi/L as strontium-

90/yttrium-90)

March 31, 1992

24

Table 13. Selected Puerco River sediment-chemistry and particle-size data for crosssection 1

[Site number: 353716108312701. Location: McKinley County, latitude 35 °37' 16",longitude 108°31'27", in sec. 15, T. 16 N., R. 16 W. pCi/g, picocuries per gram; pCi/L,

picocuries per liter; %, percent; mm, millimeter; ~, no data; <, less than]

Numberof

sam

plingpoints

Date Time (count)

Uranium-2382 sigmasediment.suspended.

total.dry weight(pci/g)

Thorium-2322 sigmasediment ,suspended.

total,dry weight(pci/g)

Uranium-234Thorium-230sediment.suspended,


Uranium-2 J 8sediment,suspended.

total.dry weight(PCi/g)

2 sigmasediment,suspended.

total.dry weight(pCi/g)

Uranium-234sediment,suspended.


March 31, 1992 1100 1 -- 0.06 0.4 0.7

Uranium-2352 sigmasediment ,suspended,

total,dry weight

Date (pCi/g)

Thorium-2302 sigmasediment ,suspended,

total,dry weight(pCi/g)

Thorium-232sediment.suspended,


Uranium-235sediment,suspended,

total,dry weight(pci/L)

Bedmaterialsieve

diameter,% finerthan

0 .125 mm

Bedmaterialsieve

diameter.% finerthan

0.250 mm

Bedmaterialsieve


0.500 mm

March 31, 1992

March 31, 1992

Bed Bed Bed Bed Bed Bed Sedimentmaterial material material material material material materialsieve sieve sieve sieve sieve sieve fall

diameter, diameter, diameter, diameter, diameter, diameter, diameter,% finer % finer % finer % finer % finer % finer % finerthan than than than than than than

1.00 mm 2.00 mm 4.00 mm 8.00 mm 16.0 mm 0.062 mm 0.031 mm

25

Table 14. Selected Puerco River. amu u-chemistry and particle-size data for crosssection 2

[Site number: 353640108333601. Location: McKinley County, latitude 35 °36'40",longitude 108°33'36", in sec. 17, T. 16 N., R. 16 W. pCi/g, picocuries per gram; pCi/L,

picocuries per liter; %, percent; mm, millimeter; , no data; <, less than]

Numberof

sam

plingpoints

Date Time (count)

Uranium-2382 sigmasediment

suspended.total.

dry weight(PCi/g)

Thorium-2322 sigmasediment

suspended.total.

dry weight(PCi/g)

Thorium-230sediment,suspended.


Uranium-238sediment.suspended.


Uranium-2342 sigmasediment,suspended


Uranium-234sediment ,suspended.


March 31, 1992

March 31, 1992

Uranium-235 Thorium-230

Date

2 sigmasediment,suspended,

total,dry weight(PCi/g)

2 sigmasediment.suspended.


Thorium-232sediment.suspended.



total,dry weight(pCi/L)

materialsieve


0.125 mm

materialsievediameter

% finerthan

0.250 mm

materialsieve

, diameter,% finerthan

0 .500 nun



1.00 mm 2.00 mm 4.00 mm 8.00 mm 16.0 mm 0.062 mm 0.031 mm

March 31, 1992

26




Numberofsam

plingpoints

Date Time (count)

Uranium-2382 sigmasediment

suspended.total.

dry weight(pci/g)


suspended.total,

dry weight(pci/g)





Uranium-2342 sigmasediment ,

suspended.total.

dry weight(pci/g)

Uranium-234sediment.

suspended.total.

dry weight(pci/g)

March 31, 1992 1300 1 -- 0.06 0.6 0.7


total, dry weight

Date (pci/g)


total, dry weight(pci/g)

Thorium-232sediment ,suspended.

total, dry weight(pci/g)


total, dry weight(pCi/L)

Bedmaterialsieve

diameter, % finerthan

0.125 mm

Bedmaterialsieve

diameter,

than0.250 mm

Bedmaterialsieve

diameter,

than0 .500 mm

March 31, 1992 0.02 0.08 0.3



1.00 mm 2.00 mm 4.00 mm 8.00 mm 16.0 mm 0.062 mm 0.031 mm

March 31, 1992

27




Numberofsam

plingpoints

Date Time (count)

Uranium-2382 sigmasedimentsuspended,



suspended.total.

dry weight(PCi/g)





Uranium-2342 sigmasediment,suspended,




April 01, 1992

Date

Uranium-2352 sigma

sediment,suspended.


Thorium-2302 sigma

sediment.suspended.






Bedmaterialsieve


0.125 mm

Bedmaterialsieve


0.250 mm

Bedmaterialsieve

, diameter.% finerthan

0.500 mm

April 01, 1992 0.12 52 89

Bed Bed Bed Bed Bed Bed Sediment

fallJl


1.00 mm 2.00 mm 4.00 mm 8.00 mm 16.0 mm 0.062 mm 0.031 mm

April 01, 1992 98

28




Numberofsam

plingpoints

Date Time (count)

Uranium-2382 sigmasedimentsuspended.


Thorium-2322 sigmasedimentsuspended,


Thorium-230sediment,

suspended,total.

dry weight(PCi/g)


suspended.total.

dry weight(PCi/g)




suspended,total.

dry weight(pci/g)

April 01, 1992 0.07

Date

Uranium-2352 sigmasediment ,suspended,


Thorium-2302 sigmasediment,suspended,


Thorium-232sediment,

suspended,total ,

dry weight(pci/g)

Uranium-235sediment,

suspended,total ,

dry weight(pci/L)

Bedmaterialsieve


0.125 mm

Bedmaterialsieve


0.250 mm

Bedmaterialsieve


0.500 mm

April 01, 1992 19

April 01, 1992



1.00 mm 2.00 mm 4.00 mm 8.00 mm 16.0 mm 0.062 mm 0.031 mm

29

Table 18.~Selected Puerco River sediment-chemistry and particle-size data for crosssection 6

[Site number: 353143108444101. Location: McKinley County, latitude 35*31'43",longitude 108 e44'41", in sec. 16, T. 15 N., R. 18 W. pCi/g, picocuries per gram; pCi/L,


Numberofsam

plingpoints

Date Time (count)




suspended,total.

dry weight(pCi/g)

Thorium-230sediment,suspended.








April 01, 1992 0.08

Uranium-2352 sigmasediment ,suspended.

total,dry weight

Date (pCi/g)


total,dry (eight(P /g)





Bedmaterialsieve


0.125 mm

Bedmaterialsieve


0.250 mm

Bedmaterialsieve


0 .500 mm

April 01, 1992


diameter, diameter, diameter, diameter, diameter, diameter, diameter,% finer % finer % finer % finer % finer % finer % finerthan than than than than than than1.00 mm 2.00 mm 4.00 mm 8.00 mm 16.0 mm 0.062 mm 0.031 mm

April 01, 1992

30

Table 19.~Selected Puerco River sediment-chemistry and particle-size data for crosssection 7


picocuries per liter; %, percent; mm, millimeter; --, no data; <, less than]

Numberofsam

plingpoints

Date Time (count)

Uranium-2382 sigtnasedimentsuspended.


Thorium-2322 sigmasedimentsuspended,




Uranium-238sediment.suspended,






March 31, 1992

Uranium-2352 sigma

sediment,suspended,

total.dry weight

Date (pCi/g)

Thorium-2302 sigma sediment,suspended,


Thorium-232

suspended,total,

dry weight(pci/g)

Uranium-235

suspended,total,

dry weight(pCi/L)

Bedmaterial


0.125 mm

Bed Bedmaterial material

diameter, diameter,% finer % finerthan than

0.250 mm 0.500 mm

March 31, 1992 90


diameter, diameter, diameter, diameter, diameter, diameter, diameter,% finer % finer % finer % finer % finer % finer % finerthan than than than than than than1.00 mm 2.00 mm 4.00 mm 8.00 mm 16.0 mm 0.062 mm 0.031 mm

March 31, 1992

31


[Site number: 352933108535301. Location: McKinley County, latitude 35 °29f33",longitude 108°53'53", in sec. 31, T. 15 N., R. 19 W. pCi/g, picocuries per gram; pCi/L,


Numberof

sam

plingpoints

Date Time (count)




suspended.total,

dry weight(pCi/g)

Thorium-230sediment.suspended,


Uranium-238sediment ,suspended,


Uranium-2342 sigmasediment ,suspended.




March 31, 1992 1500

Uranium-235 Thorium-230 Bed

Date




total,dry v ight(pCi g)

Thorium-232sediment ,suspended,

total ,dry weight(pCi/g)


total ,dry weight(PCi/L)

materialsieve


0 . 125 mm

materialsieve

. diameter,% finerthan

0.250 mm

materialsieve

. diameter,% finerthan

0 .500 mm

March 31, 1992

Bed Bedmaterial materialsieve sieve

diameter, diameter,% finer % finerthan than

1.00 mm 2.00 mm

Bed material

Bedmaterial

Bed material

Bed material

diameter, diameter, diameter, diameter, % finer % finer % finer % finerthan than than than

4.00 mm 8.00 mm 16.0 mm 0.062 mm

Sediment material

falldiameter,

% finerthan

0.031 mm

March 31, 1992 99

32




Numberofsam

plingpoints

Date Time (count)

Uranium-2382 sigmasedimentsuspended.total.

dry weight(PCi/g)

Thorium-2322 sigmasedimentsuspended.










March 31, 1992

Uranium-235 Thorium-230 Bed Bed Bed2 sigma 2 sigma Thorium-232 Uranium-235 material material materialsediment, sediment, sediment, sediment, sieve sieve sievesuspended, suspended, suspended, suspended, diameter, diameter, diameter,

total, total, total, total, % finer % finer % finerdry weight dry weight dry weight dry weight than than than(pCi/g) (pCi/g) (pCi/g) (pCi/L) 0.125 mm 0.250 mm 0.500 mm

March 31, 1992

March 31, 1992



1.00 mm 2.00 mm 4.00 mm 8.00 mm 16.0 mm 0.062 mm 0.031 mm

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