Session: Mountain Watershed Pollutant Transport and Water Quality Issues, Including Groundwater Surface-Water Interplay in Pollutant Transfer (2004 Denver Annual Meeting (November 7

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8:00 AM

DELINEATION OF GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER CONNECTIONS AND PROCESSES USING HYDROCHEMICAL DATA IN A MOUNTAIN WATERSHED, JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO

YACOB, Sharon K., TSC Group Inc, 5400 Ward Road, Arvada, CO 80002 and THYNE, Geoffrey D., Geology and Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois St, Golden, CO 80401, sky@tscgroup-inc.com, sky@tscgroup-inc.com

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8:15 AM

NITRATE IN THE SUMMIT VALLEY OF SOUTHWEST MONTANA

LAFAVE, John I., Montana Bureau Mines & Geology, Montana Tech of The Univ of Montana, 1300 W Park St, Butte, MT 59701-8997, jlafave@mtech.edu, jlafave@mtech.edu

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8:30 AM

IMPACTS OF NEAR MOUNTAIN GEOLOGY ON AN IN SITU BIODENITRIFICATION SYSTEM

HUDSON, Amy L and GARRETT, Kevin E, MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc, 1627 Cole Boulevard, Golden, CO 80401, alhudson@mactec.com, alhudson@mactec.com

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8:45 AM

HYPORHEIC EXCHANGE THROUGHOUT A STREAM NETWORK AND IMPLICATIONS FOR WATER QUALITY: STUDIES WITHIN THE LOOKOUT CREEK BASIN, OREGON

GOOSEFF, Michael N.¹, HAGGERTY, Roy², WONDZELL, Steve M.³, ANDERSON, Justin⁴, LANIER, Justin² and NINNEMANN, Jeff⁵, (1)Aquatic, Watershed, & Earth Resources, Utah State Univ, 5210 Old Main, Logan, UT 84322-5210, (2)Department of Geosciences, Oregon State Univ, Corvallis, OR 97331, (3)Pacific Northwest Research Station, U S Forest Service, Olympia Forestry Sciences Lab, 3625 93rd Ave SW, Olympia, WA 98512, (4)Tongass National Forest, U S Forest Service, PO Box 1328, Petersburg, AK 99833, (5)Geosciences, Oregon State Univ, 104 Wilkinson Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331-5506, michael.gooseff@usu.edu, michael.gooseff@usu.edu

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9:05 AM

A MASS-BALANCE APPROACH TO ASSESSING ARSENIC TRANSPORT THROUGH THE HYPORHEIC ZONE OF A MINE-INFLUENCED MOUNTAIN STREAM

BROWN, Brendan, Department of Biology, Virginia Tech, 2119 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0420, VALETT, H. Maurice, Dept of Biology, Virginia Tech, 2125 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061 and SCHREIBER, Madeline, Dept. of Geological Sciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0420, bbrown25@vt.edu, bbrown25@vt.edu

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9:20 AM

CONTRASTING GROUND-WATER GEOCHEMISTRY BETWEEN ACIDIC DEBRIS-FLOW WATERS AND NEUTRAL-PH BEDROCK WATERS IN MINERALIZED VOLCANICS, RED RIVER VALLEY, NEW MEXICO

NORDSTROM, D. Kirk¹, NAUS, Cheryl A.², MCCLESKEY, R. Blaine¹ and VERPLANCK, P.L.¹, (1)U.S. Geol Survey, 3215 Marine St., Suite E-127, Boulder, CO 80303, (2)U.S. Geol Survey, 5338 Montgomery Blvd, NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109, dkn@usgs.gov, dkn@usgs.gov

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9:35 AM

ACIDIC DRAINAGE AND METAL TRANSPORT FROM THE WEATHERING OF THE DINERO MINE-WASTE PILE, LAKE FORK WATERSHED, LEADVILLE, COLORADO

DIEHL, S.F.¹, HAGEMAN, P.L.², SMITH, K.S.² and HERRON, J.T.³, (1)U.S. Geol Survey, Box 25046 DFC, M.S. 964, Denver, CO 80225-0046, (2)U.S. Geol Survey, Box 25046, MS 973, Denver, CO 80225, (3)Colorado Div of Minerals and Geology, 1313 Sherman St, Denver, CO 80203, diehl@usgs.gov, diehl@usgs.gov

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9:50 AM

ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY OF EROSIONAL SCAR AREAS DEVELOPED ABOVE CLIMAX-TYPE MOLYBDENITE DEPOSITS IN THE RED RIVER WATERSHED, NEW MEXICO

PLUMLEE, Geoffrey S.¹, LUDINGTON, Steve², CAINE, Jonathan S.³, BOVE, Dana J.¹, HOLLOWAY, JoAnn M.³, LOWERS, Heather A.⁴ and LIVO, K. Eric⁵, (1)U.S. Geol Survey, M.S. 964 Box 25046 Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046, (2)USGS, Menlo Park, CA 94025-3591, (3)U.S. Geol Survey, PO Box 25046, MS 973, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, (4)U.S. Geol Survey, Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, M.S. 973, Denver, CO 80225-0046, (5)U.S. Geol Survey, M.S. 964 Box 25046 DFC, Denver, CO 80225, gplumlee@usgs.gov, gplumlee@usgs.gov

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10:05 AM

DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF A SIMPLE SCHEME TO DETERMINE THE AQUATIC TOXICITY OF MINE WASTES

WILDEMAN, Thomas R., Department of Chemistry & Geochemistry, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401 and RANVILLE, James F., Department of Chemistry and Geochemistry, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, twildema@mines.edu, twildema@mines.edu

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10:20 AM

APPLICATION OF GEO-ENVIRONMENTAL AND BIOTIC LIGAND MODELS TO WATERSHED-SCALE RISK ASSESSMENT RELATED MINING OPERATIONS

SCHMIERMUND, Ron L., Knight Piésold & Co, 1050 17th St., Suite 450, Denver, CO 80265 and RANVILLE, James F., Department of Chemistry and Geochemistry, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, rschmiermund@knightpiesold.com, rschmiermund@knightpiesold.com

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10:35 AM

THE EFFECTS OF GROUNDWATER ON THE PHYSICAL LIMNOLOGY OF A FUTURE PIT LAKE PREDICTED USING DYRESM, MARTHA MINE, NEW ZEALAND

CASTENDYK, Devin N. and WEBSTER, J., Environmental Science, SGES, The Univ of Auckland, Tamaki Campus, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, d.castendyk@auckland.ac.nz, d.castendyk@auckland.ac.nz

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10:50 AM

EXPERIMENTAL AND MODELED ADSORPTION OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS IN YUCCA MOUNTAIN AQUIFER

ZHANG, Liqiong¹, YU, Zhongbo¹ and LAMBIS, Papelis², (1)Geoscience, Univ of Nevada at Las Vegas, P.O.Box 4010, 4505 Maryland Pkwy, Las Vegas, NV 89154, (2)Division of Hydrologic Sciences, Desert Rsch Institute, 755 E. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas, NV 89119, zhangl3@unlv.nevada.edu, zhangl3@unlv.nevada.edu

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11:05 AM

PHOSPHORUS SORPTION CHARACTERIZATION AT A WASTEWATER INFILTRATION SITE; MINES PARK, CO

DOYLE, Sarah, MCCRAY, John and LOWE, Kathryn, Environmental Science and Engineering Division, Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois St, Golden, CO 80401, sarahdoyle@mail.utexas.edu, sarahdoyle@mail.utexas.edu

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11:20 AM

METHODS COMPARISON OF FIELD PARAMETER QUANTIFICATION OF UNSATURATED FLOW AT AN EXISTING WASTEWATER INFILTRATION SYSTEM; MINES PARK, GOLDEN, COLORADO

BAILEY, Danielle M.¹, MCCRAY, John E.², SCANLON, Bridget R.³, REEDY, Robert C.³ and LOWE, Kathryn S.⁴, (1)Jackson School of Geosciences, Univ of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712, (2)Jackson School of Geosciences, Univ of Texas, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712-0254, (3)Bureau of Economic Geology, Univ. of Texas at Austin, 10100 Burnet Rd, Bldg. 130, Austin, TX 78758, (4)Environmental Science and Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, bailey_danny@hotmail.com, bailey_danny@hotmail.com

2004 Denver Annual Meeting (November 7–10, 2004)

T8. Mountain Watershed Pollutant Transport and Water Quality Issues, Including Groundwater Surface-Water Interplay in Pollutant Transfer