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Aquifer tests at the Jackpile-Paguate uranium mine, Pueblo of Laguna, west-central New Mexico

Water-Resources Investigations Report 84-4255
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https://doi.org/10.3133/wri844255

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Abstract

The transmissivity of the Jackpile sandstone bed in the Brushy Basin Shale Member of the Morrison Formation, west-central New Mexico, was determined to be 24 sq ft/day at well M2 and 47 sq ft/day at well M3 from constant-discharge aquifer tests conducted at the Jackpile-Paguate Uranium Mine. The storage coefficient of the Jackpile sandstone bed was estimated to be 0.00018 at well M2 and 0.00029 at well M3 from the same tests. An aquifer test conducted at well M21 indicated the transmissivity of the Jackpile sandstone bed was 2.0 sq ft/day and the storage coefficient was 0.00002. The transmissivity of an unnamed sandstone bed in the Brushy Basin Shale Member of the Morrison Formation was estimated from ' slug-test ' results to be about 20 sq ft/day. Water levels in this sandstone probably did not change due to pumping from the overlying Jackpile sandstone bed for 88 hours at an average discharge of 15.3 gallons/min. A constant discharge aquifer test at well M4C indicated that the transmissivity of the alluvium at this location was about 430 sq ft/day. Water levels in the underlying Jackpile sandstone bed began declining within 15 minutes after withdrawals of groundwater from the alluvial aquifer began. (USGS)

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Aquifer tests at the Jackpile-Paguate uranium mine, Pueblo of Laguna, west-central New Mexico
Series title Water-Resources Investigations Report
Series number 84-4255
DOI 10.3133/wri844255
Year Published 1984
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Description iv, 26 p.
Country United States
State New Mexico
Other Geospatial Jackpile-Paguate uranium mine, Pueblo of Laguna
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