| Abstract: | The Eastern Coal Province is divided into 24 hydrologic reporting areas. This report describes the hydrology of area 18 which is located in the Cumberland River basin in central Tennessee near the southern end of the Province. Hydrologic information and sources are presented as text, tables, maps, and other illustrations designed to be useful to mine owners, operators, and consulting engineers in implementing permit applications that comply with the environmental requirements of the ‘ Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977. ‘ Area 18 encompasses parts of three physiographic regions; from east to west the Cumberland Plateau, Highland Rim, and Central Basin. The Plateau is underlain by sandstones and shales, with thin interbedded coal beds, of Pennsylvanian age. The Highland Rim and Central Basin are underlain by limestone and dolomite of Mississippian age. Field and laboratory analyses of chemical and physical water-quality parameters of streamflow samples show no widespread water quality problems. Some streams, however, in the heavily mined areas have concentrations of sulfate, iron, manganese, and sediment above natural levels, and pH values below natural levels. Mine seepage and direct mine drainage were not sampled. Ground water occurs in and moves through fractures in the sandstones and shales and solution openings in the limestones and dolomites. Depth to water is variable, ranging from about 5 to 70 feet below land-surface in the limestones and dolomites, and 15 to 40 feet in the coal-bearing rocks. The quality of ground water is generally good. Locally, in coal-bearing rocks, acidic water and high concentrations of manganese, chloride, and iron have been detected. (USGS) |
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| Citation Author: | May, V. J. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | 78 p. :ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ;29 cm. |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
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| Citation Series Code: | OFR |
| Citation Series Number: | 81-492 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Hydrology of area 18, Eastern Coal Province, Tennessee; 1981; OFR; 81-492; May, V. J. |
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| Text: | Hydrology of area 18, Eastern Coal Province, Tennessee; 1981; OFR; 81-492; May, V. J. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1981/0492/report-thumb.jpg |
| URL (DOCUMENT): | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1981/0492/report.pdf |
| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, |
