 | | Report (volume) | | ·e">CNevada Distribution, Characterization, and Genesis of Mordenite in Miocene Silicic...Silicic Tuffs at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada By RICHARD A. SHEPPARD, ARTHUR j. GUDE, 3d, and JOAN j...and genesis of mordenite in Miocene silicic tuffs at Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada. (U.S. Geological...Bibliography: p. Supt. of Docs. no.: 119.3:1777 1. Mordenite-Nevada-Yucca Mountain Region. 2. Volcanic ash, tuff...4. Geology-Nevada-Yucca Mountain Region. 5. Radioactive waste disposal in the ground-Nevada-Yucca Mountain |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | ZEOLITE DIAGENESIS BELOW PAHUTE MESA, NEV ADA TEST SITE GEORGE K, MONCURE Conoco Inc., Exploration Research...Pahute Mesa, of the Department of Energy ' s Nevada Test Site have been divided into three vertical mineralogical...subordinate amounts of smectite, cristobalite, and mordenite. Zone 3 i s a complex mineral assemblage that...rapid formation of the Zone 2 assemblage (except mordenite) . This stage of alteration resulted in a net...reactions, also conserved mass. Precipitation of mordenite followed the formation of this zonal configuration |  | | Report (issue) | | GEOHYDROLOGIC DATA FOR TEST WELL USW H-6 YUCCA MOUNTAIN AREA, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA by R. W. Craig, R. L...Report 83-856 Prepared in cooperation with the Nevada Operations Office U.S. Department of Energy (Interagency...location of test well USW H-6 Map showing geographic features and other wells in vicinity of test well USW...Graphs showing: 4. Water-level drawdown, pumping test 1, depth interval from 526 to 1,220 meters, at a...liters, per second 5. Water-level drawdown, pumping test 2, depth interval from 526 to 1,220 meters, at a |  | Paces, James B., Nichols, Paul J., Neymark, Leonid A., Rajaram, Harihar (2013) Evaluation of Pleistocene groundwater flow through fractured tuffs using a U-series disequilibrium approach, Pahute Mesa, Nevada, USA. Chemical Geology, 358. 101-118 doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.08.043 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | U-series disequilibrium approach, Pahute Mesa, Nevada, USA James B. Paces a, Paul J. Nichols b, Leonid A...fractured felsic tuffs and lavas at the Nevada National Security Site represents the most likely mechanism...through areas at the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS, formerly Nevada Test Site) that hosted underground...560,000 570,000 580,000 UTM-X (m) Nevada National Security Site boundary Sample locations Boreholes...groundwater NEVADA NEVADA NATIONAL SECURITY Groundwater divides within the alluvial-volcanic aquifer SITE LAS |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | diageneticallyaltered volcanic rocks at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, having formed by posteruptive reactions of ground...fractured devitrified tuffs at the adjacent Nevada Nuclear Test Site, is approximately in equilibrium at 25...are the predominant rocks at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, the site of the proposed repository for burial of high-level...nuclearwaste(U.S. DOE, 1988).The repositoryhorizon at this site is a densely welded and devitrified tuff unit underlain...zeolitesincluding clinoptilolite, ratedzoneat YuccaMountain,Nevada,arecompositions used heulandite,natrolite, scolecite |  | | Report (volume) | | 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Near Vaughn, Cascade County. .. Tuff and tuffaceous siltstone and sandstone...FormaR. 14 E., Chouteau County. tion of Eocene age. Near Harlem, Blaine County..... Bentonite in the Bearpaw...Bearpaw Shale of Cretaceous age. Near Turner, Blaine County ... ....do..............-.---.----. Near Livingston...Group of Cretaceous age. 1 Near Joliet, Carbon County...... Bentonite in the Claggett Formation of Cretaceous...Cretaceous age. Near Bridger, Carbon County.... Bentonite in the Thermopolis Shale of Cretaceous age. |  | 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) | | ROCKS IN CORE HOLE USW G-4, YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA By Richard W. Spengler and M. P. Chornack...Report 84-789 Prepared in cooperation with the Nevada Operations Office U.S. Department of Energy (Interagency...ROCKS IN CORE HOLE USW G-4, YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA by Richard W. Spengler1 and M. P. Chornack2.................................................. Site selection ..........................................................[In pocket] Map showing Nevada test site and vicinity and location of study area.. |  | | Report (issue) | | PERSONNEL ON STUDIES AT THE NEVADA TEST SITE AND THE WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT SITE, NEW MEXICO, JANUARY 1...PERSONNEL ON STUDIES AT THE NEVADA TEST SITE AND THE WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT SITE, NEW MEXICO, JANUARY 1...and waste management projects at the NTS (Nevada Test Site) (figs. 1 and 2) and radioactive waste projects...projects at the WIPP (Waste Isolation Pilot Plant) site, New Mexico (fig. 3). The bibliography is divided...NTS, and (3) waste management studies at the WIPP site. Reports are listed in each category by publication |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | CONDITIONS IN SILICIC TUFF FROM YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA DAVID J L. BISH' AND JAMES L. ARONSON2 Earth...mineralogy of tuffs from Yucca Mountain, Nevada, the potential site of the nation's first high-level radioactive...Clinoptilolite apparently became unstable at about 100·C, mordenite was not a major phase above 130·C, and analcime...some cations, breakdown of clinoptilolite (and mordenite) probably provided the source of some of the Ca...suggests that the bulk of the clinoptilolite- and mordenite-bearing rocks in Yucca Mountain will not react |  | | Report (issue) | | and M. Aoki (1975). "Hydrothermal alteration of mordenite rocks in sodium carbonate solution with reference...and Chemicals Inc. (1984). "Treatment of sodium mordenite adsorbent for gas separation." Japan Pat: Kokai...water in contact with a zeolite from the Nakhichevan site of Azerbaidzhan SSR." Nauch Osnocv Giaienv Okruzh...Scott (1981). "Alteration of remnant arc debris, Site 448, Palau-Kyushu Ridge, Phillippine Sea, Deep Sea...27(3): Alexiev, B. and E. G. Djourova (1976). "Mordenite zeolitites from northeastern Rhodopes." Proceed |  | | Report (issue) | | BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PUBLICATIONS RELATED TO THE YUCCA MOUNTAIN SITE CHARACTERIZATION PROJECT PREPARED BY U.S. GEOLOGICAL...Report 91-341 Prepared in cooperation with the Nevada Operations Office U.S. Department of Energy (Interagency...BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PUBLICATIONS RELATED TO THE YUCCA MOUNTAIN SITE CHARACTERIZATION PROJECT PREPARED BY U.S. GEOLOGICAL...BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PUBLICATIONS RELATED TO THE YUCCA MOUNTAIN SITE CHARACTERIZATION PROJECT PREPARED BY U.S. GEOLOGICAL...nuclear-waste management studies in the State of Nevada since the mid-1970's. A bibliography of publications |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | a pH of 8 to 10 was associatedwith the higher mordenite yields. The purpose of the present study was to...clinoptilolite-like phaseswere synthesized.products included mordenite,analcime,clvartzand chabazite.chabazite was previously...hydroxide starting mixture. The appearanceof the mordenite crystals is similar to that reported by Barrer...hydroxide, lithium hydroxide and NaOH yielded only mordenite. The clinoptiiolite-like phase was not stable...system containing both lithium and sodium. The mordenite crystals synthesizedin the above lithium-and |  | Feng, Xiahong, Faiia, Anthony M., WoldeGabriel, Giday, Aronson, James L., Poage, Michael A., Chamberlain, C. Page (1999) Oxygen isotope studies of illite/smectite and clinoptilolite from Yucca Mountain: implications for paleohydrologic conditions. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 171 (1) 95-106 doi:10.1016/s0012-821x(99)00136-3 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Hanover, NH 03755, USA t, Los Alamos National Laboratory, EES-1/D462, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA Received 13...Ma old altered volcanic tufts of Yucca Mountain, Nevada were analyzed for 3180 values. We reconstruct the...circulation, such as by surficial uplift of the Sierra Nevada, which caused it to become an orographic barrier...Mountain 1. Introduction Yucca Mountain in southwest Nevada has been proposed as a repository for high-level...suitability of this area as a nuclear repository site, particularly with regard to the nature of m o d |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Vol. 45, No.5, 632-648, 1997. THE GENESIS OF A MORDENITE DEPOSIT BY HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION OF PYROCLASTICS...replaced by authigenic zeolite and clay minerals. Mordenite dominates, and clinoptilolite (heulandite type...substantial evidence to support a hypothesis that mordenite was formed with the heulandite minerals after...very minor mordenite that was formed from a gel-like type of material. The majority of mordenite present...heulandite minerals group were transformed to mordenite. Clinoptilolite (heulandite type 3), which was |  | | Report (issue) | | PASS TUFF (CRATER FLAT GROUP) AT YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA by Thomas C. Moyer and Jeffrey K. Geslin Science...Vegas, Nevada U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Open-Re Report 94-460 Prepared in cooperation with the NEVADA OPERATIONS...Summary of stratigraphic relations in the southwest Nevada volcanic field...................................Pass Tuff (Crater Flat Group) at Yucca Mountain, Nevada By Thomas C. Moyer and Jeffrey K. Geslin Abstract...INTRODUCTION Yucca Mountain in Nye County, Nevada, is being studied as a potential site for a high-level nuclear |  | | Report (issue) | | ROCKS IN DRILL HOLE USW-G1, YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA By Richard M. Spengler1 , F. M. Byers, Jr.......................................... i 2 6 Site selection......................................... [in pocket] Figure 1.--Index map of the Nevada Test Site and vicinity showing location of study area...ROCKS IN DRILL HOLE USW-G1, YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA By Richard W. Spengler, F. M. Byers, Jr...Detailed subsurface studies in connection with the Nevada Nuclear Waste Storage Investigations program are |  | | Report (issue) | | HOLES USU GU-3 and USU G-3, YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA Open-File Report 84-491 Prepared by the...the U.S. Geological Survey for the Nevada Operations Office U.S. Department of Energy (Interagency Agreement...HOLES USW GU-3 and USU G-3, YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA By Robert B. Scott*, and Mayra Castellanos2...story.......................................... Site selection.........................................HOLES USU GU-3 AND USU G-3, YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA By ROBERT B. SCOTT and MAYRA CASTELLANOS |  | | Report (issue) | | Associated with Tuffaceous Rocks, Oasis Valley, Nevada GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 712 E. Prepared...withTUffaceous Rocks, Oasis Valley, Nevada By A. F. WHITE HYDROLOGY OF NUCLEAR TEST SITES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ...with tuffaceous rocks, Oasis Valley, Nevada. (Hydrology of nuclear test sites) (Geological Survey Professional...Underground Nevada-Oasis Valley. 2. Geochemistry-Nevada-Oasis Valley. 3. Volcanic ash, tuff, etc.-Nevada-Oasis...Gallon per minute (gal/min) HYDROLOGY OF NUCLEAR TEST SITES GEOCHEMISTRY OF GROUND WATER ASSOCIATED WITH |  | | Report (issue) | | GEOHYDROLOGIC DATA FOR TEST WELL USW H-5, YUCCA MOUNTAIN AREA, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA by C. B. Bentley, J...ILLUSTRATIONS Page Figure 1. 2. Map showing location of test well USW H-5 Map showing geographic features and...pumping test 3, depth interval from 707 to 1,219 meters 5. Water-level recovery, pumping test 3, depth...to 1,219 meters 6. Water-level recovery, pumping test 4, depth interval from 707 to 1,219 meters 7. Borehole-flow...Packer-injection test for depth interval from 790 to 796 meters 10. Packer-injection test for depth interval |  | | Report (issue) | | PETROGRAPHY OF THE BEDDED TUFFS, YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA By Sharon F. Diehl and Michael P. Chornack...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 Survey...3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Aerial view of the Nevada Test Site, Nevada.............. Location map of core holes........... 28. Scanning-electron micrograph of mordenite after clinoptilolite......................... |  | | Report (issue) | | PROPERTIES OF ROCKS IN RAINIER NESA AREA, NEVADA TEST SITE, NEVADA By R.D. Carrol 1 Open-File Report 90-31...90-31 Prepared in cooperation with the Nevada Operations Office U.S. Department of Energy (Interagency...PROPERTIES OF ROCKS IN RAINIER MESA AREA, NEVADA TEST SITE, NEVADA By R.D. Carrol 1 CONTENTS Abstract...General stratigraphy of Rainier Mesa area, Nevada Test Site.............................................PROPERTIES OF ROCKS IN RAINIER MESA AREA, NEVADA TEST SITE, NEVADA By R.D. Carrol1 ABSTRACT Electric logs |  | | Report (issue) | | Volcanics in the Northern Galiuro Mountains, Final County, Arizona GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL iPAPER...Volcanics in the Northern Galiuro Mountains, Final County, Arizona By MEDORA H. KRIEGER GEOLOGICAL UNITED...Volcanics in the northern Galiuro Mountains, Final County, Arizona. (Geological Survey Professional paper...VOLCANICS IN THE NORTHERN GALIURO MOUNTAINS, FINAL COUNTY, ARIZONA By MEDORA H. KRIEGER ABSTRACT The upper... ASH-FLOW TUFFS OF THE GALIURO VOLCANICS, FINAL COUNTY, ARIZONA no-32'30" • „ MOUNTAIN M,Q U.NT . 7%' |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the hydrothermal synthesis of clinoptilolite, mordenite, and phillipsite from natural rhyolitic glass...alluvial boulders in Hot Springs Creek, Ventura County, California. This occurrence demonstrates for the...minerals in a 10,000 year-old tuff at Tee1s Marsh, Nevada (a saline, alkalineCopyright © 1981, The Clay Minerals...Energy's Nevada Test Site, a region undergoing intensive investigation as a possible disposal site for radioactive...area. Of special interest is the evidence that mordenite postdates authigenic analcime and albite. A. J |  | | Report (issue) | | mt y Here oan¥ ») ees Peis i.) Eig Nevada Test Site Sedan Crater Lawrence Radiation Laboratory...University of California Sedan Crater at the Nevada Test Site, excavated in alluvium by a buried nuclear...Geological Society of America, Inc. Memoir 110 Nevada Test Site EpDwIn B. ECKEL, Editor 1968 Copyright...Wise aes EDWIN B. ECKEL Geologic Setting of Nevada Test Site and eerrAae PONT TEBOBG IE 6S vee Sonia 2...Movement in Miogeosynclinal Rocks of South-Central Nevada eet baie Ba CaS xy > Isaac J. WINOGRAD and WILLIAM |  | | Report (issue) | | GEOPHYSICS OF DRILL HOLE UE25a-l , YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA TEST SITE By Richard W. Spengler 1 , D. C. Muller 1...drill hole UE25a-l -Figure 1. Index map of the Nevada Test Site and vicinity showing the location of Yucca...history of drill hole UE25a-l, Yucca Mountain, Nevada Test Site 11 3. Lithologic log of drill hole UE25a-l...GEOPHYSICS OF DRILL HOLE UE25a-l, YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA TEST SITE By Richard W. Spengler, D. C. Muller, and...subsurface geologic study in connection with the Nevada Nuclear Waste Storage Investigations has furnished |
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