Mathematical simulation of contaminant distribution in and around the uranium mill tailing piles, Riverton, Wyoming (open access)

Mathematical simulation of contaminant distribution in and around the uranium mill tailing piles, Riverton, Wyoming

As part of the Research and Development phase of the Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) program, the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (LBL) has set itself the goal of explaining the physico-chemical evolution of the Riverton site on the basis of the already collected field data at the site (Tokunaga and Narasimhan, 1982, Smith and Moed, 1982; White et al., 1984). The predictive aspects as well as addressing the question of critical quantity of field data have to be considered during the design phase of the project as a joint effort between the LBL team and the construction engineers. At the present time, LBL is in the process of completing the Research and Development phase of the work. As of this writing, the development of an appropriate set of mathematical models has been completed. The computations of the soil-water regime at the upper tailings surface, involving climatological factors is nearing completion. Computations of chemical transport are still in progress. This paper is devoted to a description of the key mathematical issues, the mathematical models that are needed to address these issues and a discussion of the model results pertaining to the soil water regime at the tailings-atmosphere interface. 11 references, 3 …
Date: February 1, 1983
Creator: Narasimhan, T. N.; Tokunaga, T.; White, A. F. & Smith, A. R.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
UMTRA Project Water Sampling and Analysis Plan, Riverton, Wyoming (open access)

UMTRA Project Water Sampling and Analysis Plan, Riverton, Wyoming

Surface remediation was completed at the former uranium mill site in Riverton, Wyoming, in 1990. Residual radioactive materials (contaminated soil and debris) were removed and disposed of at Union Carbide Corporation`s (Umetco) nearby Gas Hills Title 2 facility. Ground water in the surficial and semiconfined aquifers (known collectively as the `uppermost aquifer`) below the former mill and tailings site has been contaminated. No contamination has been detected in the deeper, confined sandstone aquifer. The contaminant plume extends off site to the south and east. The plume is constrained by surface wetlands and small streams to the east and west of the site and by the Little Wind River to the south. Fifteen monitor wells installed in 1993 were sampled to better define the contaminant plume and to provide additional water quality data for the baseline risk assessment. Samples also were collected from domestic wells in response to a request by the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality in January 1994. No contamination attributable to the former uranium milling operations have ever been detected in any of the domestic wells used for potable supplies.
Date: March 1994
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Investigation of Tuffs Near Lysite, Wyoming for Selenium (open access)

Investigation of Tuffs Near Lysite, Wyoming for Selenium

Report issued by the Bureau of Mines over studies conducted on seleniferous tuff deposits in Wyoming. Results of the tuff samples obtained are presented. This report includes tables, maps, photographs, and illustrations.
Date: January 1957
Creator: Everett, Floyd D. & Bauerle, L. C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mineral Resources of the Honeycomb Buttes Wilderness Study Area, Fremont and Sweetwater Counties, Wyoming (open access)

Mineral Resources of the Honeycomb Buttes Wilderness Study Area, Fremont and Sweetwater Counties, Wyoming

From summary: This report includes field investigations to evaluate the mineral resource potential of the Honeycomb Buttes were conducted during the summer of 1984. Geologic mapping, geochemical sampling, geophysical surveys, stratigraphic and sedimentological studies, and surveys of prospects delineated areas of very low grade placer gold deposits in terrace gravels and low and moderate resource potential for additional similar undiscovered placer gold deposits, low and moderate resource potential for small uranium deposits, moderate resource potential for accumulation of oil and gas, and low resource potential for coal and oil shale.
Date: 1987
Creator: Patterson, Charles G.; Kulik, D. M.; Loen, Jeffrey S.; Koesterer, M. E. & Scott, David C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mineral Resources of the Sweetwater Canyon Wilderness Study Area, Fremont County, Wyoming (open access)

Mineral Resources of the Sweetwater Canyon Wilderness Study Area, Fremont County, Wyoming

From abstract: This report includes field investigations to evaluate the mineral resource potential of the Sweetwater Canyon Wilderness Study Area that were conducted during the summer of 1986.
Date: 1988
Creator: Day, Warren C.; Hill, Randall H.; Kulik, Dolores M.; Scott, David C. & Hausel, W. Dan
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Progress Report on the Geology and Uranium Deposits of the Gas Hills Area, Fremont and Natrona Counties, Wyoming (open access)

Progress Report on the Geology and Uranium Deposits of the Gas Hills Area, Fremont and Natrona Counties, Wyoming

From introduction: This report concerns the investigation of uranium deposits in the Gas Hills area in July 1954.
Date: September 1955
Creator: Zeller, H. D.; Soister, Paul E. & Hyden, Harold Julius
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Umohoite from the Lucky Mc Mine, Fremont County, Wyoming (open access)

Umohoite from the Lucky Mc Mine, Fremont County, Wyoming

The following report describes the study of the hydrous uranium-molybdenum mineral umohoite discovered in the Lucky Mc mine, Wyoming.
Date: February 1957
Creator: Coleman, Robert G. & Appleman, Daniel E.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preliminary Reconnaissance for Uranium in the Green River Basin and the Rock Springs Uplift, Sweetwater and Fremont Counties, Wyoming (open access)

Preliminary Reconnaissance for Uranium in the Green River Basin and the Rock Springs Uplift, Sweetwater and Fremont Counties, Wyoming

Abstract: Preliminary reconnaissance for uranium in the Green River Basin and the Rock Springs Uplift revealed anomalous radioactivity northwest of Oregon Buttes in the Tipton tongue of the Green River formation and in the Cathedral Bluffs tongue of the Wasatch formation, and in the Tipton tongue in Red Creek Basin.
Date: March 25, 1954
Creator: Winterhalder, E. C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Preliminary Report on the Precambrian Iron Deposits Near Atlantic City, Wyoming (open access)

A Preliminary Report on the Precambrian Iron Deposits Near Atlantic City, Wyoming

This report studies the Precambrian iron deposits and major geological features near Atlantic City, Fremont County, Wyoming.
Date: 1963
Creator: Bayley, Richard W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Gas Hills Uranium District and Some Probable Controls for Ore Deposition (open access)

The Gas Hills Uranium District and Some Probable Controls for Ore Deposition

A generalized geologic map shows the locations of the uranium mines and some of the many occurrences and prospects in the Gas Hills district. Included also are recently-mapped structural features and results of analyses of uranium in water.
Date: June 1947
Creator: Zeller, H. D.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library

Airborne radioactivity survey of the Tabernacle Buttes area, Sublette and Fremont Counties, Wyoming [cartographic material]

Aerial image shows the result of an airborne radioactive survey over an area of 670 square miles in Sublette and Fremont Counties, Wyoming with the approximate location of five radioactivity anomalies found. Text describes methods used and discusses the anomalies.
Date: 1953
Creator: Meuschke, J. L. & Moxham, Robert Morgan
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Summary of the Geology of Crooks Gap, Fremont County, Wyoming, as Related to Uranium Resources (open access)

A Summary of the Geology of Crooks Gap, Fremont County, Wyoming, as Related to Uranium Resources

A report summarizing the geology of Crooks Gap, Fremont County, Wyoming, as related to Uranium Resources
Date: March 8, 1967
Creator: Curry, Donald L.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analyses of Coals in the United States with Descriptions of Mine and Field Samples Collected between July 1, 1904 and June 30, 1910: Part 1. -- Analyses (open access)

Analyses of Coals in the United States with Descriptions of Mine and Field Samples Collected between July 1, 1904 and June 30, 1910: Part 1. -- Analyses

From Significance and value of Analyses of Coal: "The analyses published in this report cover samples of coal collected in many different parts of the country with unusual care by experiences men, in such manner as to make them representative of extensive beds of coal."
Date: 1913
Creator: Lord, N. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analyses of Coals in the United States with Descriptions of Mine and Field Samples Collected between July 1, 1904 and June 30, 1910 Part 2. Descriptions of Samples (open access)

Analyses of Coals in the United States with Descriptions of Mine and Field Samples Collected between July 1, 1904 and June 30, 1910 Part 2. Descriptions of Samples

From Introduction: "This volume contains the descriptions of the samples whose analyses are published in the preceding volume, Part I of this bulletin. The descriptions have been compiled from the notebooks of the persons who collected the samples, have been condensed from accounts given in published reports of the United States Geological Survey, or have furnished by the collection themselves. Inasmuch as the descriptions represent the work of many persons during a period of six years, and inasmuch as they were recorded under widely differing conditions, they necessarily vary in fullness detail."
Date: 1913
Creator: Lord, N. W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Uranium Deposits in the Copper Mountain Area: Fremont and Hot Springs Counties, Wyoming (open access)

A Study of Uranium Deposits in the Copper Mountain Area: Fremont and Hot Springs Counties, Wyoming

Report documenting a study of the Copper Mountain area to "evaluate the potential uranium production to determine, if possible, the origin and conditions of deposition of the uranium; and suggest possible guides to prospecting in this and geologically similar areas. All known radioactive deposits were examined and samples were collected for special studies and for assay of uranium content" (p. 5).
Date: July 1957
Creator: Loomis, Tom H. W. & Marks, Lawrence Y.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Photogeologic maps of the Miles Ranch and Love Ranch quadrangles, Fremont and Natrona Counties, Wyoming (open access)

Photogeologic maps of the Miles Ranch and Love Ranch quadrangles, Fremont and Natrona Counties, Wyoming

These maps were compiled primarily from 1/60,000-scale vertical aerial photographs taken in June 1954.
Date: November 1957
Creator: Minard, James P.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Uranium Deposits in the Copper Mountain Area: Fremont and Hot Springs Counties, Wyoming: Table (open access)

A Study of Uranium Deposits in the Copper Mountain Area: Fremont and Hot Springs Counties, Wyoming: Table

Data table to accompany a report on a geologic and radiological study done of deposits in the Copper Mountain area to evaluate uranium content and conditions. It documents the amounts of various minerals in each of the labeled samples.
Date: 1957~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library

A Study of Uranium Deposits in the Copper Mountain Area: Fremont and Hot Springs Counties, Wyoming: Figures

Maps and other figures to accompany a report on a geologic and radiological study done of deposits in the Copper Mountain area to evaluate uranium content and conditions.
Date: 1957~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Image
System: The UNT Digital Library

Plate I Geologic Map of the Crooks Map District, Freemont District, Wyoming

Geologic map of the Crooks Map District, Freemont District, Wyoming showing core drill holes prepared for a report by U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Grand Junction Office.
Date: October 24, 1958
Creator: Bromley, Charles P.
Object Type: Map
System: The UNT Digital Library