| Abstract: | The 103 wells sampled during the study establish a quasi-network that could be resampled in the future to document and analyze changes in ground-water quality in the southeastern Idaho study area. The main aquifers are categorized as alluvium of Quaternary age, basalt of Quaternary and (or) Tertiary age, rocks of the Salt Lake Formation of Tertiary age, and undifferentiated bedrock of pre-Tertiary age. Dissolved solids, hardness, nitrite plus nitrate as nitrogen, and chloride concentrations in the ground waters ranged from 165 to 1,690; 78 to 1,700; 0 to 29; and 1.9 to 360 milligrams per liter, respectively. The areal distributions of these constituents are shown on maps. The range and median values of these same constituents are tabulated by aquifer occurrence. Some of the most mineralized and hardest waters occur in the basalt aquifer near travertine deposits (or terraces), which are composed of calcium carbonate precipitates from mineral springs. For irrigation purposes, all the waters are classified as having low-sodium hazard. Most have medium- to high-salinity hazard. (Woodard-USGS) |
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| ProdID: | 29658 |
| Citation Author: | Seitz, H. R.; Norvitch, R. F. |
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| Citation Phsyical Description: | vii, 53 p. :ill., fold. maps ;26 cm. -- |
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| Citation Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, |
| Citation Series: | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Citation Series Code: | WRI |
| Citation Series Number: | 79-14 |
| Citation Search Results Text: | Ground-water quality in Bannock, Bear Lake, Caribou, and part of Power counties, southeastern Idaho; 1979; WRI; 79-14; Seitz, H. R.; Norvitch, R. F. |
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| Citation Year: | 1979 |
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| Text: | Ground-water quality in Bannock, Bear Lake, Caribou, and part of Power counties, southeastern Idaho; 1979; WRI; 79-14; Seitz, H. R.; Norvitch, R. F. |
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| Date Other: | Sat, 1 Jan 1994 00:00 -0600 |
| Publisher: | U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, |
