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STRATIGRAPHY, SLICK ROCK DISTRICT AND VICINITfY USGS P,,P-5-76-A7
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<br /> and six which issue from the fault, at about 8,200 feet, TABLE 2.-Analysa of eprinri well, and mind mat in As Slick
<br /> BortInvest of Glade Mountain. Springs in the Salt Wash Pock district, Boa Miguel Counly, Colo.
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<br /> Member of the Morrison Formation, at altitudes of 5; [Data for sampler 1-4.from Ptloenb(IB69,p.e05q;for e,from Phoenix(written rom-
<br /> .sfif)-i,000 feet, are all Within a n area of about 30 square mun.,1958). Data in parts par million except as Indicated.nd,not daturidned)
<br /> miles just north of Egnar, and, perhaps significantly, Semple No................ 1 2 3 4 5
<br /> within the area of known uranium-vanadium deposits Laboratory No.-.......... 6318 6319 arm 4733 7237
<br /> p Source of water..--........ Spring Spring Dug well Mine Mine
<br /> in the district. This fact suggests that the Salt Wash Data sample collected.._.. Mar.24, Mir.24, Mar.24. Juna28, Aue D9- .
<br /> clay be generally more permeable, either inherently or 1961 1951 1951 1950 1951
<br /> because of abundant fractures, in this area than else-
<br /> Sales(SIOJ............... 9.9 1e 20 17 sa
<br /> where In the district. Imn(Fe) (In solution)..... .04 .05 .07 .04 .m
<br /> WELLS Iron(Pe)(total)........... nd nd nd nd nd
<br /> Calcium Ice)............. 41 88 W 64 66
<br /> m(Magneil'uMg)......_.._ 13 34 103 is 36
<br /> Wells Ill the district include n fen' shallow (lug wells Sodium(Na).............. 360 203 its 27 160
<br /> and several (frilled Wells a few feet to a few hundred Potassium(K)+man-
<br /> ganme(Mn)t._--------- 68 4.4 -66 4.8 32
<br /> feet Veep. Witter front these wells is used for irrigation, Blearbonute.(11COt),..... 528 506 554 =e 21
<br /> ,trick millin ud domestic purposes. Sulfate(SOO-------------- 435 212 158 42 20
<br /> + g+' 1 1poses. Chloride(CI)............. all 113 198 30 97
<br /> Ina well at the foot of Slick Rock hill, water is Fluoride(F)_----------- 1.0 .3 .3 .4 .5
<br /> )rim red f the Entrada Sandstone f depth of Nitrate(Not)------------- -3 .1 14.0 L7 374
<br /> I from an one from a P Boron IS)----------------- -07 .09 .03 .04 nd
<br /> shout 200 feet. Froul 1054 to 1056 probably :lit aVel'age Drardu a.01L-----------. nd .02 nd <.01 nd
<br /> Of 1,000+rallons iI week wits taken for use at the Govern- copper IC(<1" ------- nd . 0 nd col nd
<br /> + n Copper ICU),...---....... rid .000 rid .00 rid
<br /> went camp on Slick Rock hill. The water Was pumped Lead(Pb)- ............... nd .00 nd .33 nd
<br /> once or twice a Week, on the a+ 'avers at a rate of about selenium(SO)------------- nd <.05 nd .00 nd
<br /> g Dissolved wilds:
<br /> 1,000 gallons per hour. Minor amounts of water Were Sure..........Ppm_-1,190 020 980 314 809
<br /> tukCIl from the Well by other users duringthis period, Sum-tons per
<br /> 1 per a raft............. 1.62 Les 1.35 .43 1.10
<br /> Mid some drawdown was apparent from the pumping. Hardness l as OnCO.:
<br /> 312
<br /> A Well several hundred feet deep drilled oil Poverty Flat Total................ Ise 3e0 e® � ...
<br /> I y Noncerbonnte......... 0 0 214 10 ..._.......
<br /> in about 1056 by union Carbide Nuclear Co. (John notice:
<br /> Motica, written common., 1059 water Which slN.................. .au4 .one .asv .013 .0052
<br /> pumped F/CI.................. .0161 OOZ7 .0015 .013/ .00e2
<br /> flowed mostly from the Wingate Sandstone. This Water Specific conductance
<br /> hard however, and Was not potable. (mlerombos at 25^C)----1,730 1,420 1,610 523 1,20
<br /> Was Very + , ' l Percent sodium-.......... 82 55 yl 20 ...........
<br /> Three deep holes in Disappointment Valley, diamond Laboratory PR..----_--- 8.1 7.0 7.7 7.7 7.6
<br /> driller) in 1055 by the Geological Survey daring it
<br /> se:u•ch for uranium-vanadium deposits, encountered I Manganese detected:0.28 ppm in sample 3;0.00 ppm In other samples.
<br /> High NO,may have resulted Imm contamination by powder smoke(L.B.Riley,
<br /> Wader at a depth of about 200 feet in the Dakota Sand- oral cammun..1955).
<br /> stone. This water was artesian anal flowed from each Method of determination:fiuortmetrlc.
<br /> Method of determination:colotimetrlc.
<br /> hole at spoilt 2-8 gallons per minute. This flow Was t Total hardness is the ram of all constituents causing hardiness;noncurbonuehord-
<br /> ponded, and ;lS bate as 1058 It continued t0 feed ponds u'Is the sum of all the constituents except carbonate,cauing hardness.The two
<br /> herdnesses are, by common practice, expressed as"hardness as CaCO,."
<br /> which were being used extensively for watering stock. -Percent sodium Is obtained by dividing the total milligram equivalents Into
<br /> sodium milligram equivalents.
<br /> WATER ANALYSES 1.Jae Davb Canyon,SWy sec.33,T.44 N.,R.18 W.Sandy shale of Ilmuhy Basin
<br /> Member of Morrison Formation;field pn 7;tomp 42°F.
<br /> Analytical data oil waters front two springs In the2, Strawberry Spring,Bishop Canyon,SW%sec.32,T.43 N.,R.19W.Conglomeratic
<br /> district, OIle flowing from sandy shale near the contact sandstone near top of Salt Wash Member of Morrbon Formation;field pn 7:
<br /> of the Brushy Basin .1renibel• of the Morrison Fornift- temp
<br /> 3. Spud Patch,
<br /> NEyt see.0,T.43 N.,R.18 W.Quaternary alluvium derived largely
<br /> t ion and Ole Ih rro (on\'oil Formation and the other from Brushy Basin (7)Member of Morrison Formation:field pit 7.
<br /> from COlIgIOIIIe171tIC sit lldsttpllC Ilea)' the top Of the Salt 4, May Day mine,Spud Patch,SWyt sec.N,T.t3 N., It.IS W.Mineralized send.
<br /> stone at tap of Solt Wash Member of Morrison Formation; field PR 9; tomp
<br /> Wash Member of the Morrison Formation, are sum- 44'F.
<br /> mnrized in table 2. Thm doniinant constituents of these S. Cougar mine of Lower Group.Sett Wash Member of Morrlson Formation.
<br /> waters are the sodium bicarbonate and sulfate radicals, Slick Rock springs (0.016 and 0.003) approximate
<br /> but I be nnlouutn of calcium and ohioride:u'e itlso appre- those of high-temperature thermal springs (0.0005-0.1)
<br /> ciable. 'These waters are unlike most, of the sprin- and are much higher than the ratios in oil-field brines
<br /> Waters listed by Clarke (1924, p. 68). They have un- and ocean water (0.00001-0.001) (White, 1057, p.
<br /> cnululonly large amounts of dissolved solids, notably 1666) and probably much higher than those in cold-
<br /> high chlorine, and unusual fluorine/chlorine and potas- waster springs. The potassium/sodium ratios of the
<br /> sium/sodimn ratios. The fluorine/chlorine ratios of the Slick Rock springs (0.(Y24 and 0.022) are close to those
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