 | Carlos, Barbara A., Chipera, Steve J., Bish, David L., Craven, Sandra J. (1993) Fracture-lining manganese oxide minerals in silicic tuff, Yucca Mountain, Nevada, U.S.A. Chemical Geology, 107 (1) 47-69 doi:10.1016/0009-2541(93)90101-n | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | manganese oxide minerals in silicic tuff, Yucca Mountain, Nevada, U.S.A. Barbara A. Carlos a, Steve J. Chipera...Alamos, NM 87545, USA bDepartment of Geology, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063, USA (Received June 20...and accepted January 20, 1993 ) ABSTRACT Yucca Mountain, Nevada, is currently under investigation to determine...first U.S. high-level nuclear waste repository Yucca Mountain is composed of a thick sequence of silicic...chemistry and distribution of the Mn-oxides at Yucca Mountain using X-ray diffraction and optical and electron |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | garnet from the Topopah Spring Tuff at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, USA R. J. MOSCATI* AND C. A. JOHNSON U...Federal Center, Box 25046, MS 963, Denver, CO 80225, USA [Received 20 January 2014; Accepted 10 April 2014;...Tuff of the Paintbrush Group from Yucca Mountain, in southern Nevada. The Miocene-age Topopah Spring Tuff...cristobalite or quartz), sanidine and locally, hematite and/or garnet. Vapour-phase topaz and economic...were not found in the Topopah Spring Tuff at Yucca Mountain. Based on their occurrence only in lithophysae |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | diageneticallyaltered volcanic rocks at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, having formed by posteruptive reactions...the presenceof potassium feldspar, saponite, and hematite, and using rangesof activities for SiO, and Al3defined...from fractured devitrified tuffs at the adjacent Nevada Nuclear Test Site, is approximately in equilibrium...observed in weathered zeolitized vitric tuffs at Yucca Mountain. The activity diagrams indicate that prolonged...ash-flowtuffs are the predominant rocks at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, the site of the proposed repository for |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | high-level nuclear waste repository within Yucca Mountain, Nevada, USA Elizabeth Warner Holt Cooperative Institute...(CIRES), University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA Received 18 July 2001; received in revised form 25...three other locations in the vicinity of Yucca Mountain, Nevada, suggest that the uppermost 5^20 m of the...reserved. Keywords: O-18/O-16; fumaroles; Yucca Mountain; hydrothermal processes 1. Introduction *...9001 Stockdale Highway, BakersĀ¢eld, CA 93311-1099, USA. Tel.: +1-661-398-2153. E-mail address: ewholt_liz@yahoo |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | LOW-TEMPERATURE ALTERATION IN TUFFS FROM YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA JILLIAN F. BANFlELDt AND WILLIAM W. BARKER...products of feldspars and glass in 3 samples of Yucca Mountain tuffs (GSW G4 borehole at a depth of 1531 ft...alteration assemblage also includes finely crystalline hematite, goethite, Mn-oxide films and illite formed by...Weathering, Yucca Mountain, Zeolites. INTRODUCTION Previous work on the mineralogy of the Yucca Mountain tuffs...The 3-dimensional distribution of minerals in Yucca Mountain rocks, including samples from core close to |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | LITHIUM SORPTION TO ZEOLITIC ALLUVIUM NEAR YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA E N ID J . S UL L I VA N 1 , * , P A UL...Mexico 87545, USA MS J514, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA MS D469, Los...National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA AbstractāThe Li+ ion is used frequently as an environmentally...radionuclides in saturated alluvium south of Yucca Mountain, Nevada, the site of a proposed nuclear waste repository...Sorption, Reactive Tracer, Yucca Mountain. INTRODUCTION Yucca Mountain, Nevada, located ~145 km northwest |  | Sullivan, Enid J., Reimus, Paul W., Chipera, Steve J., Counce, Dale (2003) Effects of Mineralogy, Exchange Capacity, Surface Area and Grain Size on Lithium Sorption to Zeolitic Alluvium near Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Clays and Clay Minerals, 51 (6) 634-643 doi:10.1007/bf03449121 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | LITHIUM SORPTION TO ZEOLITIC ALLUVIUM NEAR YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA E NID J. S ULL I VAN 1 , *, P AUL W . R...Mexico 87545, USA MS J514, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA 3 MS D469,...National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA 2 AbstractāThe Li+ ion is used frequently as an...radionuclides in saturated alluvium south of Yucca Mountain, Nevada, the site of a proposed nuclear waste repository...Sorption, Reactive Tracer, Yucca Mountain. INTRODUCTI ON Yucca Mountain, Nevada, located ~145 km northwest |  | | Report (issue) | | DRILL HOLES USU GU-3 and USU G-3, YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA Open-File Report 84-491 Prepared...Prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey for the Nevada Operations Office U.S. Department of Energy (Interagency...DRILL HOLES USW GU-3 and USU G-3, YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA By Robert B. Scott*, and Mayra Castellanos2...............(in pocket) 1. Location map of Yucca Mountain...................... 3 2. Location of drill... at Yucca Mountain................................ Generalized geologic map of Yucca Mountain showing |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | units at the potential repository level, Yucca Mountain, Nevada Zell E. Petermana,*, Paul L. Clokeb a ...Survey, MS 963 Box 25046 DFC, Denver, CO 80225, USA Science Applications International Corporation, MS...423 1261 Town Center Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89144, USA b Received 15 August 2000; accepted 5 January 2001...20 core samples from the cross drift at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Previous analyses of outcrop and core...high-level radioactive waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Core samples from drill holes in the cross |  | Whelan, J.F., Moscati, R.J., Allerton, S.B., Marshall, B.D. (1998) Applications of isotope geochemistry to the reconstruction of Yucca Mountain, Nevada, paleohydrology; status of investigations, June 1996. Open-File Report Vol. 1998 (98-83) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr9883 | Report (issue) | | Isotope Geochemistry to the Reconstruction of Yucca Mountain, Nevada, Paleohydrology Status of Investigations:...Report 9&-8S Prepared in cooperation with the NEVADA OPERATIONS OFFICE, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, under...FIGURES 1. Maps showing location of the Yucca Mountain region, Nevada, the potential repository site, the...secondary mineralization occurrences near Yucca Mountain, Nevada................................... 3. Schematic..................... 8-9. Histograms showing: 8. Yucca Mountainun unsaturated zone secondary silica delta |  | | Report (issue) | | ROCKS AT THE USW G-2 DRILL HOLE, YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA by Florian Maldonado and S. L. Koether...Report 83-732 Prepared in cooperation with the Nevada Operations Office U.S. Department of Energy (Interagency...Member.................................. 14 Yucca Mountain Member............................... 14 ...hole USW G-2........... [in pocket] Map showing Nevada Test Site and vicinity and location of study area...Map showing location of caldera relative to Yucca Mountain..., 5. Generalized geologic map, hole.. |  | Spengler, R.W., Chornack, Michael P., Muller, D.C., Kibler, J.E. (1984) Stratigraphic and structural characteristics of volcanic rocks in core hole USW G-4, Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada. Open-File Report Vol. 1984 (84-789) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr84789 | Report (issue) | | VOLCANIC ROCKS IN CORE HOLE USW G-4, YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA By Richard W. Spengler and M. P...Report 84-789 Prepared in cooperation with the Nevada Operations Office U.S. Department of Energy (Interagency...VOLCANIC ROCKS IN CORE HOLE USW G-4, YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA by Richard W. Spengler1 and M. P........................................ 12 Yucca Mountain Member, bedded tuff, and Pah Canyon Member...6-4.......................[In pocket] Map showing Nevada test site and vicinity and location of study area |  | Rosenbaum, J.G., Snyder, D.B. (1984) Preliminary interpretation of paleomagnetic and magnetic property data from drill holes USW G-1, G-2, GU-3, G-3, and VH-1 and surface, localities in the vicinity of Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada. Open-File Report Vol. 1984 (85-49) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr8549 | Report (issue) | | SURFACE LOCALITIES IN THE VICINITY OF YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA By J. G. Rosenbaum and D. B. Snyder...Prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey for the Nevada Operations Office U.S. Department of Energy (Interagency............................................. Yucca Mountain and Pah Canyon Members.......................and outcrop sampling sites in the vicinity of Yucca Mountain.................... 2. Equal area projection...3. Paleomagnetic data versus depth for the Yucca Mountain, Pah Canyon and Tiva Canyon Members of the |  | | Report (issue) | | ANALYSES OF VOLCANIC ROCKS FROM THE NEVADA TEST SITE AREA, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA by William R. Page Open-File...Report 90-87 Prepared in cooperation with the Nevada Operations Office U.S. Department of Energy (Interagency............in pocket Figure 1. Map showing the Nevada Test Site and surrounding 2. 3. Standard card...location of drill holes at Yucca 4. Map showing calderas of the southwestern Nevada volcanic field.........rock samples collected from the Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada, between 1960 and 1985 were analyzed |  | | Report (volume) | | Spring Member of the Paintbrush Tuff______ 3. Yucca Mountain and Tiva Canyon Members of the Paintbrush Tuff...Tuff ___ _ ________________ 4. Timber Mountain Tuff____________________ 5. Grouse Canyon and Tub Spring...Ground water from the Rainier Mesa area, southern Nevada, and other semiarid volcanic terranes____ 4. Glassy...rhyolitic lavas and ash-flow tuffs from southern Nevada and all examples of primary crystallization, show...for U.S. Geological Survey investigations at the Nevada Test Site has revealed greater compositional scatter |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | secondary minerals from the unsaturated zone at Yucca Mountain, Nevada L.A. Neymark a,*, Y.V. Amelin b,c a U.S...Survey, DFC Box 25046, MS 963, Denver, CO 80225, USA Geological Survey of Canada, 601 Booth Street, Room...mineral coatings in the unsaturated zone at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. These very slowly growing minerals (mm...formed during cooling) in felsic tuļ¬s at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. The site is proposed to host a geologic...that secondary minerals started to form in the Yucca Mountain UZ shortly after the eruption of the host tuļ¬s |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Chemistry of Diagenetic Minerals at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada 89 Black shale Excello, petrology...Chemistry, of Diagenetic Minerals at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada 89 BURTON, J. H. (with D. H. KRINSLEYand...Transformation of Ferrihydrite into Goethite and Hematite in Alkaline Media 21 CORNEt.L, R. M. (with P....evidence 111 tuff, in open hydrologic system, Yucca Mountain, Nevada 89 zeolite formation in tuff 8 9 , 4 4...rihydrite into Goethite and Hematite in Alkaline Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada, by D. E. Media, by R. |  | Carr, M.D., Waddell, S.J., Vick, G.S., Stock, J.M., Monsen, S.A., Harris, A.G., Cork, B.W., Byers, F.M. (1986) Geology of drill hole UE25p1; a test hole into pre-Tertiary rocks near Yucca Mountain, southern Nevada. Open-File Report Vol. 1986 (86-175) US Geological Survey doi:10.3133/ofr86175 | Report (issue) | | hole into pre-Tertiary rocks near Yucca Mountain, southern Nevada by Michael D. Carr Sandra J. Waddel1...hole into pre-Tertiary rocks near Yucca Mountain, southern Nevada by Michael D. Carr 1 Sandra J. Waddell...SECTION AT BARE MOUNTAIN..................................................... 16 Roberts Mountain Formation....................... 16 Roberts Mountain Formation at Bare Mountain.......................... 18 Age........................................ 18 Lone Mountain Dolomite..................................... |  | | Report (issue) | | VOLCANIC ROCKS IN DRILL HOLE USW-G1, YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA By Richard M. Spengler1 , F. M.......................................... 26 26 Yucca Mountai n and Pah Canyon Members................... x [in pocket] Figure 1.--Index map of the Nevada Test Site and vicinity showing location of study...1.--Abridged drill hole history of USW-G1, Yucca Mountain.................................. 2.--Major...VOLCANIC ROCKS IN DRILL HOLE USW-G1, YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA By Richard W. Spengler, F. M. Byers |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Copyright Ā© 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd Printed in the USA. All rights reserved 0016-7037/03 $30.00 ā«¹ .00 Pergamon...secondary calciteāsilica mineral formation at Yucca Mountain, Nevada NICHOLAS S. F. WILSON,1,* JEAN S. CLINE...Geoscience, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV 89154-4010, USA Jack Satterly Geochronology...secondary porosity of the host Miocene tuffs at Yucca Mountain has been hotly debated during the last decade...high-level nuclear waste repository beneath Yucca Mountain have interpreted the secondary minerals to |  | | Report (issue) | | AND GEOPHYSICS OF DRILL HOLE UE25a-l , YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA TEST SITE By Richard W. Spengler 1 , D...Abstract-Introduction-AcknowledgmentsGeneral geology of Yucca Mountain- - --- --- 1 1 3 4 -- 4 -- -- Stratigraphyotr*UC...1. Index map of the Nevada Test Site and vicinity showing the location of Yucca Mountainii [in pocket]...map of Yucca Mountain- -- ------ _-_-_____---____ 5 Generalized geologic map of Yucca Mountain in the...TABLES Page Table 1. General stratigraphy of Yucca Mountain in the vicinity of drill hole UE25a-l- 5 |  | | Report (issue) | | hole USW-G1, Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Core sample compositions, hole USW-G1, Yucca Mtn., Nevada. Volatile-corrected...Volatile-corrected compositions, hole USW-G1, Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Leachate compositions (as ppm in rock)...Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Index map of the Nevada Test Site and vicinity showing location of the...of uranium distribution in ash flow tuffs, Yucca Mtn., Nevada. Dark areas correspond to highest uranium...RaeU/U ratios in 39 whole-rock samples from Yucca Mtn., Nevada. Ratios in excess of 1.0 Ā± 0.1 (2 sigma) |  | | Report (issue) | | PETROGRAPHY OF THE BEDDED TUFFS, YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA By Sharon F. Diehl and Michael P...Open-File Report 89-3 Prepared in cooperation with the Nevada Operations Office U.S. Department of Energy (Interagency...PETROGRAPHY OF THE BEDDED TUFFS, YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA By Sharon F. Diehl U.S. Geological............. Stratigraphy of bedded tuffs at Yucca Mountain.................. Methods of study............................. Diagenetic zones in the Yucca Mountain stratigraphic column...................... |  | Denniston, Rhawn F., Shearer, Charles K., Layne, Graham D., Vaniman, David T. (1997) SIMS analyses of minor and trace element distributions in fracture calcite from Yucca Mountain, Nevada, USA. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 61 (9) 1803-1818 doi:10.1016/s0016-7037(97)00049-5 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | CopyrightĀ© 1997 ElsevierScienceLtd Printed in the USA. All fights reserved 0016-7037/97 $17.00 + .00 Pergamon...distributions in fracture calcite from Yucca Mountain, Nevada, USA RHAWN F. DENNISTON,I,* CHARLES K. SHEARER...University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA 2Earth and Environmental Science Division (EES-1)...National Laboratories, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA (Received February 6, 1996; accepted in revised form...Abstract--Fracture-lining calcite samples from Yucca Mountain, Nevada, obtained as part of the extensive vertical |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | world, other than those in Turkey are located in the USA and in a few locations in Tanzania, Kenya and Georgia...of zeolites, specifically on the zeolites of Yucca Mountain (Bowers and Burns, 1990; Chipera and Bish,...Stilbite Mesolite Clinoptilolite Erionite Ca-saponite Hematite Calcite Dolomite 1 2 3 4 5 6 DGf0(298) kJ/mol...cations, e.g. Ca-saponite (trioctahedral smectite), hematite, amorphous silica + pyrophyllite (cf. dioctahedral...diagrams for zeolite minerals occurring at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. These diagrams might have been used to |
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