 | | Report (issue) | | OF SECONDARY SILICA WITHIN YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NYE COUNTY, SOUTHWESTERN NEVADA by Richard J. Moscati and...Report 95-289 Prepared in cooperation with the NEVADA OPERATIONS OFFICE, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, under...Chief, Earth Science Investigations Program Yucca Mountain Project Branch U.S. Geological Survey Box 25046...12 13 FIGURES 1. Maps showing location of Yucca Mountain region and potential repository site, sampled...Approximately north-south, generalized cross section of Yucca Mountain showing geology, water table, and boreholes |  | | 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...(former gas cavities) lined with an assemblage of tridymite (commonly inverted to cristobalite or quartz)...were not found in the Topopah Spring Tuff at Yucca Mountain. Based on their occurrence only in lithophysae |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | PALEOHYDROLOGIC CONDITIONS IN SILICIC TUFF FROM YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA DAVID J L. BISH' AND JAMES L. ARONSON2...Abstract-The clay mineralogy of tuffs from Yucca Mountain, Nevada, the potential site of the nation's first...clay-mineral separates from three drill holes at Yucca Mountain (USW G-l, USW G-2, and USW GU-3/G-3) were studied...and G-2. The predominant clay minerals in the Yucca Mountain tuffs are interstratified liS, with minor amounts...portion of Yucca Mountain were altered 10.0-11 my ago, soon after creation of the Timber Mountain caldera |  | | Report (issue) | | Elements in the Tiva Canyon Tuff, Yucca Mountain and Vicinity, Nye County, Nevada by Brian D. Marshall, T. Kurtis...Report 95-431 Prepared in cooperation with the NEVADA OPERATIONS OFFICE, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, under...from: Chief, Hydrologic Investigations Program Yucca Mountain Project Branch U.S. Geological Survey Box 25046...FIGURES 1. Map showing southern Nevada and location of the Nevada Test Site and the areas shown on figures...of the Tiva Canyon Tuff in the vicinity of Yucca Mountain..................................... Geochemistry |  | 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) | | Place, P.O. Box 9 140, Boulder, Colorado 80301-9140, USA. Copyright is not claimed on any material prepared...Place, P.O. Box 9 140, Boulder, Colorado 80301-9140, USA www.geosociety.org Printed in U.S.A. GSA Books Science...3. Geotechnical properties of tuffs at Yucca Mountain, Nevada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Windantide Place, Freeland, Washington 98249-9683, USA ABSTRACT Tuffs have been a part of manās environment...Windantide Place, Freeland, Washington 98249-9683, USA Many cities in volcanic regions have serious problems |  | | 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) | | 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) | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | unsaturated hydrogeochemical system at Yucca Mountain, Nevada Lauren Browninga,*, William M. Murphyb...78238-5166, USA b Department of Geosciences, California State University, Chico, CA 95929-0205, USA Received...for the ambient hydrogeochemical system at Yucca Mountain (YM). The model simulates two-phase, nonisothermal...Groundwater chemistry; Groundwater ļ¬ow and transport; Yucca Mountain 1. Introduction Reactive transport models...predictions of the long-term performance of Yucca Mountain (YM) as a potential high-level waste repository |  | 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 |  | Vaniman, David T., Chipera, Steve J., Bish, David L., Carey, J.William, Levy, Schƶn S. (2001) Quantification of unsaturated-zone alteration and cation exchange in zeolitized tuffs at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, USA. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 65 (20) 3409-3433 doi:10.1016/s0016-7037(01)00682-2 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Copyright Ā© 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd Printed in the USA. All rights reserved 0016-7037/ā«ŗ1899 $20.00 ā«¹ .00...cation exchange in zeolitized tuffs at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, USA DAVID T. VANIMAN,* STEVE J. CHIPERA,...Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA (Received December 6, 2000; accepted in revised form...horizons in the unsaturated zone (UZ) at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, USA, are an important component in concepts...that accompanied open-system zeolitization at Yucca Mountain. This approach also provides measures of the |  | | 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...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...from 9.14 m below GU3 1406 (examined in this Yucca Mountain is the proposed site for the United States |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | (1989a) identified mordenite, cristobalite, and tridymite in one sample from these outcrops (sample 103)...mordenite; Sme = smectite; Cr/Tr = cristobalite and tridymite, Mi = mica, Qtz Dol = dolomite, Cal = calcite;...RESULTS ed of mordenite, smectite, sanidine, tridymite, and cristobalite (Figure 3). Although albite...in microprobe analyses ofmordenite from Yucca Mountain, Nevada. The XRF analyses of predominantly mprdenitic...analyses reported by Sheppard et al. (1988) from Yucca Mountain (Na:K = 0.57 and 2.19). The average Na:K ratio |  | | 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) | | Information from Borehole UE-25 UZ#16, Yucca Mountain, Nevada by Falah Thamir, 1 William Thordarson,...Cunningham, Jr.3 1 U.S. Geological Survey, Yucca Mountain Project Branch, Denver, CO P ^ U.S. Department...Report 97-596 Prepared in cooperation with the NEVADA OPERATIONS OFFICE, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, under...Chief, Earth Science Investigations Program Yucca Mountain Project Branch U.S. Geological Survey Box 25046...Map showing location of borehole UE 25 UZ#16 in Nevada............................................... |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | modeled as interstratifrcationsof cristobalite and tridymite layers that were based on an idealized trigonal...by an interstratification of cristobalite and tridymite; both disordered and ordered interstratifications...an ordered fashion within the cristobalite and tridymite sheets. INrnooucrrox Opal is common in many ... C, and T signify amorphous,cristobalite,and tridymite, respectively(Jonesand Segnit, l97l). During diagenesis...alteration of tufl such as occurred at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Silica activity obviously affectedmineral |  | | 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) | | Copyright Ā© 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd Printed in the USA. All rights reserved 0016-7037/02 $22.00 ā«¹ .00 Pergamon...of pedogenic silica and carbonate, Crater Flat, Nevada K. R. LUDWIG1,* and J. B. PACES2 1 Berkeley Geochronology...Berkeley, CA 94709, USA 2 U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225, USA (Received August 15...and matrix laminae from alluvium in Crater Flat, Nevada was conducted using small-sample thermal-ionization...alluvium-filled, structurally controlled basin west of Yucca Mountain (Fig. 1), the potential site for a high-level |  | | Report (issue) | | 14D on the Bow Ridge Fault at Exile Hill, Nye County, Nevada by Emily M. Taylor and Heather E. Huckins...Report 93-477 Prepared in cooperation with the NEVADA OPERATIONS OFFICE, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, UNDER...Investigations Program U.S. Geological Survey Yucca Mountain Project Branch Earth Science Information Center...14 on the Bow Ridge Fault at Exile Hill, Nye County, Nevada FIGURES 1. 2. 3. 4. 5-9. 10. 11. 12. 13...14D on the Bow Ridge Fault at Exile Hill, Nye County, Nevada ByEm\\y M. Taylor 5/7 |  | Schindler, Michael, Fayek, Mostafa, Courchesne, Britanney, Kyser, Kurt, Hawthorne, Frank C. (2017) Uranium-bearing opals: Products of U-mobilization, diffusion, and transformation processes. American Mineralogist, 102 (6) 1154-1164 doi:10.2138/am-2017-5700 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | millions of years. Uraniferous opals from Spor Mountain and the Thomas Range, Utah, U.S.A., are examined...repository of high-level nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, U.S.A. (Ewing and von Hippel 2009; Long...Geochronological studies of U-bearing opals at Yucca Mountain and Spor Mountain, Utah, U.S.A., show that amorphous...background on the occurrence of opal at Spor Mountain The Spor Mountain district is situated along the western...1155 Paleozoic sedimentary sequence near Spor Mountain (Lindsey 1977, 1979; Lindsey et al. 1975; Shawe |  | | 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 |  | 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 |
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