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| Title | Water and Sediment Quality in the Vicinity of Cleveland Mine, Hunters Creek Drainage, Stevens County | |||
| Month-Year Published | March 2000 | |||
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| Short Description |
Water and sediment quality were assessed in a small unnamed tributary to the North Fork of Hunters Creek in Stevens County. The stream largely consists of drainage from two abandoned mine portals at the Cleveland Mine site. The Bureau of Land Management is undertaking a cleanup of tailings piles at the mine. (Also see abstract below) | |||
| Publication Number | 00-03-013 | |||
| Author(s) | Johnson, A. | |||
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| Number of pages | 48 pp. + app (57 total) | |||
| Keywords | county, creek, drainage, lead, management, quality, recommendations, sediment, water, zinc | |||
| Subject Waterbodies |
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| Related Publications | Title | Relationship | ||
| Identification of Cleveland Mine Tailing Pile Particulate Matter in Hunters Creek Drainage, Stevens County. Article in the journal, Microscope, Vol 93-105, June 2000. | similar topic | |||
| Abstract | Long Description |
Water and sediment quality were assessed in a small unnamed tributary to the North Fork of Hunters Creek in Stevens County. The stream largely consists of drainage from two abandoned mine portals at the Cleveland Mine site. The Bureau of Land Management is undertaking a cleanup of tailings piles at the mine. Because of buffering by limestone, the portal discharges are not acidic and metals concentrations generally met state standards during the summer/fall period. Due to the presence of tailings, high concentrations of iron, zinc, lead, arsenic, cadmium, silver, and antimony occur in stream sediments from the mine to the North Fork of Hunters Creek. The level of sediment contamination would be expected to have severe adverse effects on benthic organisms. Recommendations include additional water sampling during spring runoff conditions, assessing the downstream extent of sediment contamination in Hunters Creek, and evaluating options for sediment cleanup on non-BLM land. |
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