Preliminary Report on Water Quality Associated with the Abandoned Fontana and Hazel Creek Mines, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina and Tennessee
Seal RR, Hammarstrom JM, Southworth CS, Meier AL, Haffner DP, Schultz AP, Plumlee GS, Flohr MK, Jackson JC, Smith SM, Hageman PL. 1998. Preliminary Report on Water Quality Associated with the Abandoned Fontana and Hazel Creek Mines, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, North Carolina and Tennessee. U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Open-File Report. 98-476. United States Geological Survey. Reston, VA
'This report presents water quality data for samples collected in September, 1994, September, 1996, and June, 1997 in Great Smoky Mountains National Park from the areas around the abandoned Fontana and Hazel Creek mines in North Carolina, and the upper reaches of the West Prong of the Little Pigeon River in Tennessee. Data include temperature, pH, specific conductance, dissolved oxygen, alkalinity, flow, total acid soluble and dissolved major and trace element concentrations. Data are interpreted in terms of their impact on the surrounding environment with enumeration of remediation options around the mine sites.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Seal, Robert; Hammarstrom, Jane; Southworth, C; Meier, Allen; Haffner, David; Schultz, Arthur; Plumlee, Geoffrey; Flohr, Marta; Jackson, John; Smith, Steven; Hageman, Philip
- Date of Issue
- 1998
- Publisher
- United States Geological Survey
- Units
- GRSM , HIST , WRD
- Keywords
- Alkalinity, Aquatic Sciences, Chemistry, Conductivity, Dissolved Oxygen (DO), ehistory, Fontana Mine, Geology, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, GRSM-00729, Hazel Creek Mine, History, Impacts, Mines, NC, pH, Restoration, Streamflow, TN, Water Quality, Water Temperature