THE HG GEOCHEMISTRY OF A GEOTHERMAL STREAM, STEAMBOAT CREEK, NEVADA -NATURAL VS. ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCES

Authors
LYONS WB WAYNE DM WARWICK JJ DOYLE GA
Citation
Wb. Lyons et al., THE HG GEOCHEMISTRY OF A GEOTHERMAL STREAM, STEAMBOAT CREEK, NEVADA -NATURAL VS. ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCES, Environmental geology, 34(2-3), 1998, pp. 143-150
Citations number
31
Categorie Soggetti
Water Resources","Environmental Sciences","Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Environmental geology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09430105
Volume
34
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
143 - 150
Database
ISI
SICI code
0943-0105(1998)34:2-3<143:THGOAG>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
A series of water samples from Steamboat Creek, Nevada, was analyzed f or total mercury concentrations. Concentrations from these waters were 40 to 60 times higher than the pristine mountain streams entering the creek. The major source of the mercury entering Steamboat Creek is pr obably from gold/silver processing that took place in the 1960s.