Research on the Fate of Contaminants from Hard Rock Mining Activities

Ball, J.W., Runkel, R.L., and Nordstrom, D.K., 2005,

Questa baseline and pre-mining ground-water quality investigation. 12. Geochemical and reactive-transport modeling based on tracer injection-synoptic sampling studies for the Red river, New Mexico, 2001-2002: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5149, 78 p.

Bargar, J.R., Fuller, C.C., Marcus, M.A., Brearley, A.J., Perez De la Rosa, M., Webb, S.M., and Caldwell, W.A., 2009,

Structural characterization of terrestrial bacteriogenic Mn oxides from Pinal Creek, AZ: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 73, no. 4, p. 889-910, doi:10.1016/j.gca.2008.10.036.

Bencala, K.E., 2005,

Hyporheic exchange flows, in Anderson, M.G., and McDonnell, J.J., eds., Encyclopedia of Hydrological Sciences: New Jersey, John Wiley and Sons, v. 3, Chapter 113, p. 1,733-1,740.

Biochemielab, and Bianchi, F., 2006,

Studio del trasporto di massa del fiume Merse nel tratto tra il fosso di Ribudelli e le Vene di Ciciano, eseguito con il metodo dell'immissione continuativa di un tracciante ed il campionamento sinottico: Firenze, Italia, Geosciences, 28 p.

Borrok, D.M., Nimick, D.A., Wanty, R.B., and Ridley, W.I., 2008,

Isotopic variation of dissolved copper and zinc in stream waters affected by historical mining: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 72, no. 2, p. 329-344, doi:10.1016/j.gca.2007.11.014.

Borrok, D.M., Wanty, R.B., Ridly, W.I., Wolf, R., Lamothe, P.J., and Adams, M., 2007,

Separation of copper, iron, and zinc from complex aqueous solutions for isotopic measurement: Chemical Geology, v. 242, no. 3-4, p. 400-414, doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.04.004.

Bove, D.J., Lowers, H.A., Plumlee, G.S., and Verplanck, P.L., 2008,

In-situ acid weathering reactions in areas affected by large-scale and pervasive hydrothermal alteration in the Southern Rocky Mountains (Chapter C), in Verplanck, P.L., ed., Understanding Contaminants Associated with Mineral Deposits: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 2008-1328, p. 14-17.

Buchwalter, D.B., Cain, D.J., Clements, W.H., and Luoma, S.N., 2008,

Using biodynamic models to reconcile differences between laboratory toxicity tests and field biomonitoring with aquatic insects: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 42, no. 8, p. 3,117-3,117, doi:10.1021/es703130e.

Buchwalter, D.B., Cain, D.J., Clements, W.H., and Luoma, S.N., 2007,

Using biodynamic models to reconcile differences between laboratory toxicity tests and field biomonitoring with aquatic insects: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 41, no. 13, p. 4,821-4,828, doi:10.1021/es070464y.

Cain, D.J., Buchwalter, D.B., and Luoma, S.N., 2006,

Influence of metal exposure history on the bioaccumulation and subcellular distribution of aqueous cadmium in the insect Hydropsyche californica: Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, v. 25, no. 4, p. 1042-1049, doi:10.1897/05-255R.1.

Caine, J.S., Manning, A.H., Philip L. Verplanck, Bove, D.J., Kahn, K.G., and Ge, S., 2008,

U.S. Geological Survey Research in Handcart Gulch, Colorado--An alpine watershed affected by metalliferous hydrothermal alteration (Chapter I), in Verplanck, P.L., ed., Understanding Contaminants Associated with Mineral Deposits: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 2008-1328, p. 50-57.

Chapin, T.P., Nimick, D.A., Gammons, C.H., and Wanty, R.B., 2007,

Diel cycling of zinc in a stream impacted by acid rock drainage--Initial results from a new in situ Zn analyzer: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, v. 133, no. 1-3, p. 161-167, doi:10.1007/s10661-006-9569-y.

Chapin, T.P., and Wanty, R., 2005,

Development of a solenoid pumped in situ zinc analyzer for environmental monitoring: Analytica Chimica Acta, v. 543, no. 1-2, p. 199-208, doi:10.1016/j.aca.2005.04.046.

Choate, L.M., Ranville, J.F., Blumenstein, E.P., and Smith, K.S., 2008,

Simple screening tests to determine the potential metal toxicity of mining-waste leachates (Chapter E), in Verplanck, P.L., ed., Understanding Contaminants Associated with Mineral Deposits: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 2008-1328, p. 24-27.

Church, S.E., Owen, J.R., von Guerard, P., Verplanck, P.L., Kimball, B.A., and Yager, D.B., 2007,

The effects of acidic mine drainage from historical mines in the Animas River watershed, San Juan County, Colorado--What is being done and what can be done to improve water quality?, in DeGraff, J.V., ed., Understanding and responding to hazardous substances at mine sites in the western United States: Boulder, Colo., Geological Society of America, p. 47-83, ISBN:9780813741178.

Cox, T.J., and Runkel, R.L., 2008,

Eulerian-Lagrangian numerical scheme for simulating advection, dispersion, and transient storage in streams and a comparison of numerical methods: Journal of Environmental Engineering, v. 134, no. 12, p. 996-1005, doi:10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2008)134:12(996).

Diehl, S.F., Hageman, P.L., and Smith, K.S., 2008,

What is weathering in mine waste? Mineralogic evidence for sources of metals in leachates (Chapter A), in Verplanck, P.L., ed., Understanding Contaminants Associated with Mineral Deposits: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 2008-1328, p. 4-7.

Farag, A.M., Nimick, D.A., Kimball, B.A., Church, S.E., Harper, D.D., and Brumbaugh, W.G., 2007,

Concentrations of metals in water, sediment, biofilm, benthic macroinvertebrates, and fish in the Boulder River Watershed, Montana, and the role of colloids in metal uptake: Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, v. 52, no. 3, p. 397-409, doi:10.1007/s00244-005-0021-z.

Gammons, C.H., Grant, T.M., Nimick, D.A., Parker, S.R., and DeGrandpre, M.D., 2007,

Diel changes in water chemistry in an arsenic-rich stream and treatment-pond system: Science of the Total Environment, v. 384, no. 1-3, p. 433-451, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.06.029.

Gammons, C.H., Milodragovich, L., and Belanger-Woods, J., 2007,

Influence of diurnal cycles on metal concentrations and loads in streams draining abandoned mine lands--An example from High Ore Creek, Montana: Environmental Geology, v. 53, no. 3, p. 611-622, doi:10.1007/s00254-007-0676-z.

Gammons, C.H., Nimick, D.A., Parker, S.R., Cleasby, T.E., and McCleskey, R.B., 2005,

Diel behavior of iron and other heavy metals in a mountain stream with acidic to neutral pH - Fisher Creek, Montana, USA: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 69, no. 10, p. 2505-2516, doi:10.1016/j.gca.2004.11.020.

Gammons, C.H., Nimick, D.A., Parker, S.R., Snyder, D.M., McCleskey, R.B., Amils, R., and Poulson, S.R., 2008,

Photoreduction fuels biogeochemical cycling of iron in Spain's acid rivers: Chemical Geology, v. 252, no. 3-4, p. 202-213, doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.03.004.

Gooseff, M.N., Bencala, K.E., Scott, D.T., Runkel, R.L., and McKnight, D.M., 2005,

Sensitivity analysis of conservative and reactive stream transient storage models applied to field data from multiple-reach experiments: Advances in Water Resources, v. 28, no. 5, p. 479-492, doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2004.11.012.

Herring, J.R., and Walton-Day, K., 2007,

Selenium and other elements in water and adjacent rock and sediment of Toll Gate Creek, Aurora, Arapahoe County, Colorado, December 2003 through March 2004: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5018, 58 p.

Kimball, B.A., Bianchi, F., Walton-Day, K., Runkel, R.L., Nannucci, M., and Salvadori, A., 2007,

Quantification of changes in metal loading from storm runoff, Merse River (Tuscany, Italy), in Cidu, R., and Frau, F., eds., Water in Mining Environments, Proceedings of the International Mine Water Association Symposium 2007, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy, May 27-31, 2007: p. 83-87.

Kimball, B.A., Bianchi, F., Walton-Day, K., Runkel, R.L., Nannucci, M., and Salvadori, A., 2007,

Quantification of changes in metal loading from storm runoff, Merse River (Tuscany, Italy): Mine Water and the Environment, v. 26, no. 4, p. 209-216, doi:10.1007/s10230-007-0020-6.

Kimball, B.A., Nordstrom, D.K., Runkel, R.L., and Verplanck, P.L., 2006,

Questa baseline and pre-mining ground-water quality investigation. 23. Quantification of solute mass loading for Red River, New Mexico: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5004.

Kimball, B.A., Runkel, R.L., and Walton-Day, K., 2008,

Principal locations of major-ion, trace-element, nitrate, and Escherichia coli loading to Emigration Creek, Salt Lake County, Utah, October 2005: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2008-5043, 33 p.

Kimball, B.A., Runkel, R.L., and Walton-Day, K., 2007,

Principal locations of metal loading from flood-plain tailings, Lower Silver Creek, Utah, April 2004: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5248, 33 p.

Kimball, B.A., Runkel, R.L., Walton-Day, K., and Stover, B.K., 2006,

Evaluation of metal loading to streams near Creede, Colorado, August and September 2000: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5143, 64 p.

Kimball, B.A., Runkel, R.L., Walton-Day, K., and Williamson, J.E., 2006,

Quantification of mass loading to Strawberry Creek near the Gilt Edge mine, South Dakota: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5006, 41 p.

Kimball, B.A., Walton-Day, K., and Runkel, R.L., 2007,

Quantification of metal loading by tracer injection and synoptic sampling, 1996-2000 (Chapter E9), in Church, S.E., von Guerard, P., and Finger, S.E., eds., Integrated Investigations of Environmental Effects of Historical Mining in the Animas River Watershed, San Juan County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1651, v. 1, p. 417-495.

Kimball, B.E., Mathur, R., Dohnalkova, A.C., Wall, A.J., Runkel, R.L., and Brantley, S.L., 2009,

Copper isotope fractionation in acid mine drainage: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 73, no. 5, p. 1,247-1,263, doi:10.1016/j.gca.2008.11.035.

Miller, M.P., McKnight, D.M., Cory, R.M., Williams, M.W., and Runkel, R.L., 2006,

Hyporheic exchange and fulvic acid redox reactions in an alpine stream/wetland ecosystem, Colorado Front Range: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 40, no. 19, p. 5943-5949, doi:10.1021/es060635j.

Morris, J.M., Farag, A.M., Nimick, D.A., and Meyer, J.S., 2006,

Light-mediated Zn uptake in photosynthetic biofilm: Hydrobiologia, v. 571, p. 361-371, doi:10.1007/s10750-006-0261-6.

Morris, J.M., and Meyer, J.S., 2007,

Photosynthetically mediated Zn removal from the water column in High Ore Creek, Montana: Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, v. 179, no. 1-4, p. 391-395, doi:10.1007/s11270-006-9232-9.

Morris, J.M., and Meyer, J.S., 2006,

Extracellular and intracellular uptake of zinc in a photosynthetic biofilm matrix: Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, v. 77, no. 1, p. 30-35, doi:10.1007/s00128-006-1028-5.

Morris, J.M., Nimick, D.A., Farag, A.M., and Meyer, J.S., 2005,

Does biofilm contribute to diel cycling of Zn in High Ore Creek, Montana?: Biogeochemistry, v. 76, no. 2, p. 233-259, doi:10.1007/s10533-005-4774-2.

Nimick, D.A., 2005,

Environmental effects of historical mining in the Boulder River watershed, southwestern Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2005-3148, 2 p.

Nimick, D.A., Cleasby, T.E., and McCleskey, R.B., 2005,

Seasonality of diel cycles of dissolved trace-metal concentrations in a Rocky Mountain stream: Environmental Geology, v. 47, no. 5, p. 603-614, doi:10.1007/s00254-004-1178-x.

Nimick, D.A., Gurrieri, J.T., and Furniss, G., 2009,

An empirical method for estimating instream pre-mining pH and dissolved Cu concentration in catchments with acidic drainage and ferricrete: Applied Geochemistry, v. 24, no. 1, p. 106-119, doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.11.007.

Nimick, D.A., Harper, D.D., Farag, A.M., Cleasby, T.E., Macconnell, E., and Skaar, D., 2007,

Influence of in-stream diel concentration cycles of dissolved trace metals on acute toxicity to one-year-old cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarki lewisi): Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, v. 26, no. 12, p. 2667-2678, doi:10.1897/07-265.

Nimick, D.A., McCleskey, R.B., Gammons, C.H., and Parker, S.R., 2007,

Diel mercury concentration cycles in streams affected by mining and geothermal discharge: Science of the Total Environment, v. 373, no. 1, p. 344-355, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.11.008.

Parker, S.R., Gammons, C.H., Jones, C.A., and Nimick, D.A., 2007,

Role of hydrous iron oxide formation in attenuation and diel cycling of dissolved trace metals in a stream affected by acid rock drainage: Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, v. 181, no. 1-4, p. 247-263, doi:10.1007/s11270-006-9297-5.

Parker, S.R., Gammons, C.H., Pedrozo, F.L., and Wood, S.A., 2008,

Diel changes in metal concentrations in a geogenically acidic river--Rio Agrio, Argentina: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 178, no. 2, p. 213-223, doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.06.029.

Parker, S.R., Gammons, C.H., Poulson, S.R., and DeGrandpre, M.D., 2007,

Diel variations in stream chemistry and isotopic composition of dissolved inorganic carbon, upper Clark Fork River, Montana, USA: Applied Geochemistry, v. 22, no. 7, p. 1329-1343, doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.02.007.

Parker, S.R., Poulson, S.R., Gammons, C.H., and DeGrandpre, M.D., 2005,

Biogeochemical controls on diel cycling of stable isotopes of dissolved 02 and dissolved inorganic carbon in the Big Hole River, Montana: Environmental Science and Technology, v. 39, no. 18, p. 7134-7140, doi:10.1021/es0505595.

Rhea, D.T., Harper, D.D., Farag, A.M., and Brumbaugh, W.G., 2006,

Biomonitoring in the Boulder River watershed, Montana, USA--Metal concentrations in biofilm and macroinvertebrates, and relations with macroinvertebrate assemblage: Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, v. 115, no. 1-3, p. 381-393, doi:10.1007/s10661-006-7086-7.

Runkel, R.L., 2007,

Toward a transport-based analysis of nutrient spiraling and uptake in streams: Limnology and Oceanography--Methods, v. 5, p. 50-62.

Runkel, R.L., Kimball, B.A., Walton-Day, K., and Verplanck, P.L., 2007,

A simulation-based approach for estimating premining water quality--Red Mountain Creek, Colorado: Applied Geochemistry, v. 22, no. 9, p. 1899-1918, doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.03.054.

Runkel, R.L., Kimball, B.A., Walton-Day, K., and Verplanck, P.L., 2005,

Geochemistry of Red Mountain Creek, Colorado, under low-flow conditions, August 2002: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5101, 78 p.

Schemel, L.E., Cox, M.H., Runkel, R.L., and Kimball, B.A., 2006,

Multiple injected and natural conservative tracers quantify mixing in a stream confluence affected by acid mine drainage near Silverton, Colorado: Hydrological Processes, v. 20, no. 13, p. 2727-2743, doi:10.1002/hyp.6081.

Schemel, L.E., Kimball, B.A., Runkel, R.L., and Cox, M.H., 2007,

Formation of mixed Al-Fe colloidal sorbent and dissolved-colloidal partitioning of Cu and Zn in the Cement Creek-Animas River confluence, Silverton, Colorado: Applied Geochemistry, v. 22, no. 7, p. 1467-1484, doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2007.02.010.

Shope, C.L., Xie, Y., and Gammons, C.H., 2006,

The influence of hydrous Mn-Zn oxides on diel cycling of Zn in an alkaline stream draining abandoned mine lands: Applied Geochemistry, v. 21, no. 3, p. 476-491, doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2005.11.004.

Swayze, G.A., Desborough, G.A., Smith, K.S., Heather A. Lowers, Hammarstrom, J.M., Diehl, S.F., Leinz, R.W., and Driscoll, R.L., 2008,

Understanding jarosite--From mine waste to Mars (Chapter B), in Verplanck, P.L., ed., Understanding Contaminants Associated with Mineral Deposits: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 2008-1328, p. 8-13.

Verplanck, P.L., Manning, A.H., Kimball, B.K., McCleskey, R.B., Runkel, R.L., Caine, J.S., Adams, M., Gemery-Hill, P.A., and Fey, D.L., 2007,

Ground- and surface-water chemistry of Handcart Gulch, Park County, Colorado, 2003-2006: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1020, 31 p.

Verplanck, P.L., Mueller, S.H., Goldfarb, R.J., and Nordstrom, D.K., 2007,

Elevated arsenic in ground water, Ester Dome (Alaska), in Cidu, R., and Frau, F., eds., Water in Mining Environments, Proceedings of the International Mine Water Association Symposium 2007, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy, May 27-31, 2007: p. 473-477.

Verplanck, P.L., Nordstrom, D.K., Bove, D.J., Plumlee, G.S., and Runkel, R.L., 2009,

Naturally acidic surface and ground waters draining porphyry-related mineralized areas of the Southern Rocky Mountains, Colorado and New Mexico: Applied Geochemistry, v. 24, no. 2, p. 255-267, doi:10.1016/j.apgeochem.2008.11.014.

Verplanck, P.L., ed., 2008,

Understanding contaminants associated with mineral deposits: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 2008-1328, 96 p.

Walton-Day, K., Flynn, J.L., Kimball, B.A., and Runkel, R.L., 2005,

Mass loading of selected major and trace elements in Lake Fork Creek near Leadville, Colorado, September-October 2001: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5151, 46 p.

Walton-Day, K., Paschke, S.S., Runkel, R.L., and Kimball, B.A., 2007,

Using the OTIS solute-transport model to evaluate remediation scenarios in Cement Creek and the Upper Animas River (Chapter E24), in Church, S.E., von Guerard, P., and Finger, S.E., eds., Integrated Investigations of Environmental Effects of Historical Mining in the Animas River Watershed, San Juan County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1651, v. 2, p. 973-1028.

Wood, S.A., Gammons, C.H., and Parker, S.R., 2006,

The behavior of rare earth elements in naturally and anthropogenically acidified waters: Journal of Alloys and Compounds, v. 418, no. 1-2, p. 161-165, doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2005.07.082.

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