Mineral Resources On-Line Spatial Data: contamination and pollution

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Contamination and pollution

Introduction of harmful substances into the environment by human action or natural processes.

This category is also used for natural contaminants, pollution, effluent, and outfall.

Subtopics:
Nonpoint-source pollution (1 items)
Industrial pollution (27 items)
Toxic radionuclide contamination (1 items)
Toxic trace element contamination (8 items)

Water pollution (1 items)

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A ground electromagnetic survey used to map sulfides and acid sulfate ground waters at the Abandoned Cabin Branch Mine, Prince William Forest Park, northern Virginia gold-pyrite belt [New Window]: A map of the soil conductivity derived from the survey to provide insight into the distribution of the mobilized sulfides present under the ground.
Bedrock and soil geochemistry from Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota [New Window]: Analyses to establish the background and baseline geochemistry for bedrock and soil in the region, and to determine terrestrial mercury sources and sinks in the park
Bedrock soil and lichen geochemistry from Isle Royale National Park, Michigan [New Window]: Geochemical analyses conducted as part of a larger study of the Midcontinent Rift in the Lake Superior region.
Chemical data for rock, sediment, biological, precipitate, and water samples from abandoned copper mines in Prince William Sound, Alaska [New Window]: Report containing tables of geochemical data
Determination of premining geochemical background and delineation of extent of sediment contamination in Blue Creek downstream from Midnite Mine, Stevens county, Washington [New Window]: Geochemical and radionuclide analyses of surface samples and cores taken near the outflow of this old uranium mine.
Digital map of surficial geology, wetlands, and deepwater habitats, Coeur d'Alene river valley, Idaho [New Window]: Details of materials and geologic environments in an area where a long history of mining has enriched stream sediments in silver, lead, zinc, arsenic, antimony and mercury, copper, cadmium, manganese, and iron.
Environmental effects of historical mining in the Animas River watershed, southwestern Colorado [New Window]: General description, with a few maps, of USGS environmental monitoring in an area affected by abandoned mines
Geochemical analysis of soils and sediments, Coeur d'Alene drainage basin, Idaho: Sampling, analytical methods, and results [New Window]: Chemical composition of sediments and soils are of interest because of the potential for human and wildlife health impacts from high metal contents due to over 100 years of mining activity.
Geochemical data for stream-sediment, surface-water, rock, and vegetation samples from Red Mountain (Dry Creek), an unmined volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit in the Bonnifield district, Alaska Range, east-central Alaska [New Window]: Geochemical data for stream sediment, surface-water, rock, precipitate, and vegetation samples from Red Mountain
Ground geophysical study of the Buckeye Mine Tailings, Boulder watershed, Montana [New Window]: Electromagnetic, resistivity, and magnetic surveys used to determine the extent of contamination in an abandoned mine area.

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