Table 1. Dissolved Zinc and Cadmium Concentration Summary Upstream and Downstream of SMC, mg/L. 

 

 

Study    

 

Date

Upstream zinc range

Downstream zinc range

Upstream

Cd range

Downstream

Cd range

USGS   

April 1987-1988

0.007-0.17

0.27-0.59

<0.001-0.002

<0.001-0.004

USGS  

July 1988

3.4

2.3

0.013-0.017

0.006-0.007

Weston

July 1988

NA

NA

0.007

<0.005

EPA      

May 2000

0.092

0.47

<0.001

<0.001

EPA      

September 2000

0.64

0.46

<0.005

<0.005

USGS   

March 2000

0.25

0.97

0.0037

0.0024

USGS   

August 2000

0.90

1.65

<0.001

0.0029

USGS   

May 2002

0.36a

1.57

0.0035

0.0013

BLM    

July 2002

0.32b

 

 

<0.005

Utah water quality standardc

 

0.39

0.39

0.00076

0.00076

a west fence line, b  at main beaver pond, c hardness @400 mg/L

shaded areas exceed or potentially exceed Utah water quality standards


Table 2. XRF Analytical Results, Silver Maple Claims Surface Grid, mg/kg

(Note: 25 mg/kg substituted for non-detects to compute means; background (Weston, 1989))

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grid

Pb 

Se 

As 

Hg 

Zn

Cu 

Ni 

Fe 

Mn 

1A

1560

ND

200

ND

2629

25

ND

21299

25

1B

5290

ND

501

ND

9894

25

ND

37683

25

1D

3360

ND

243

ND

14592

25

ND

25293

25

1E

1180

ND

25

ND

1789

134

ND

10797

1160

2A

2509

ND

215

ND

4438

25

ND

22298

25

2B

1240

ND

25

ND

4538

25

ND

22592

25

3A

860

ND

25

ND

7290

25

ND

24998

25

3B

1570

ND

25

ND

8454

25

ND

27187

25

3C

971

ND

193

ND

7738

25

ND

40986

25

3D

1250

ND

25

ND

4518

25

ND

25

30797

3E

506

ND

25

ND

1540