Geohydrology of rocks penetrated by test well USW H-4, Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada
Water-Resources Investigations Report
85-4030
By: M.S. Whitfield, E.P. Eshom, William Thordarson, and D.H. Schaefer
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Abstract
Test well USW H-4 is one of several wells drilled in the southwestern part of the Nevada Test Site for hydraulic testing, hydrologic monitoring, and geophysical logging. The work was performed in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Energy. The rocks penetrated by the well to a total depth of 1,219 m were volcanic tuffs of Tertiary age. Hydraulic coefficients calculated from pumping test data indicate that transmissivity ranged from 200 to 790 sq m/day. A radioactive tracer, borehole flow survey indicated that the two most productive zones during this borehole flow survey occurred in the upper part of the Bullfrog Member of the Crater Flat Tuff, depth interval from 721 to 731.5m, and in the underlying part of the Tram Member, depth interval from 864 to 920m. The water is predominantly a sodium biocarbonate type with small concentrations of calcium, magnesium, and sulfate. The apparent age of this composite water sample was determined by carbon-14 date of 17,200 years before present. (USGS)
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Geohydrology of rocks penetrated by test well USW H-4, Yucca Mountain, Nye County, Nevada |
| Series title | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Series number | 85-4030 |
| DOI | 10.3133/wri854030 |
| Edition | - |
| Year Published | 1985 |
| Language | ENGLISH |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, |
| Description | iv, 33 p. :ill., map ;28 cm. |
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