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• Professional Paper 1652 (2004)

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Published Reports

• AML Science Team, 1999, Abandoned Mine Lands Initiative-Providing science for watershed issues: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-0321, p. 29-30.
• Buxton, H.T. Nimick, D.A., von Guerard, Paul, Church, S.E., Frazier, Ann, Gray, J.R., Lipin, B.R., Marsh, S.P., Woodward, Daniel, Kimball, Briant, Finger, Susan, Ischinger, Lee, Fordham, J.C., Power, M.S., Bunck, Christine, and Jones, J.W., 1997, A science-based watershed strategy to support effective remediation of abandoned mine lands: Proceedings of Fourth International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage, v. IV, p. 1869-1880.
• Cleasby, T.E., Nimick, D.A., and Kimball, B.A., 2000, Quantification of metal loads by tracer-injection and synoptic-sampling methods in Cataract Creek, Jefferson County, Montana, August 1997: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigation Report 00-4237, 39 p.
• Desborough, G.A., and Driscoll, R., 1998, Mineralogical characteristics and acid-neutralizing potential of drill core samples from eight sites considered for metal-mine related waste repositories in northern Jefferson, Powell, and Lewis and Clark County, Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-0790, 6 p.
• Desborough, G.A., and Fey, D.L., 1997, Preliminary characterization of acid-generating potential and toxic metal solubility of some abandoned metal-mining related wastes in the Boulder River headwaters, northern Jefferson County, Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-0478, 21 p.
• Desborough, G.A., Briggs, P.H., and Mazza, N., 1998, Chemical and mineralogical characteristics and acid-neutralizing potential of fresh and altered rocks and soils of the Boulder River headwaters in Basin and Cataract Creeks of northern Jefferson County, Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-0040, 21 p.
• Desborough, G.A., Briggs, P.H., Mazza, N., and Driscoll, R., 1998, Acid-neutralizing potential of minerals in intrusive rocks of the Boulder batholith in northern Jefferson County, Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-0364, 21 p.
• Farag, A.M., Woodward, D.F., Skaar, D., and Brumbaugh, W.G., 1999, Characterizing the aquatic health in the Boulder River watershed, Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 4018A, p. 55-58.
• Farag, A.M., Nimick, D.A., Kimball, B.A., Church, S.E., Harper, D.D., and Brumbaugh, W.G., 2007, Concentrations of Metals in Water, Sediment, Biofilm, Benthic Macroinvertebrates, and Fish in the Boulder River Watershed, Montana, and the Role of Colloids in Metal Uptake: Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, v. 52, no. 3, p. 397-409. Abstract available online at: http://www.springerlink.com/content/k1150j8837k8t226/.
• Farag, A.M., Skaar, D., Nimick, D.A., MacConnell, E., and Hogstrand, C., 2003, Characterizing aquatic health using salmonid mortality, physiology, and biomass/density estimates in streams with elevated concentrations of arsenic, cadmium, copper, lead, and zinc in the Boulder River watershed, Montana: Transactions of the American Fisheries Society, v. 132, p. 450-467.
• Fey, D.L., Church, S.E., and Finney, C.J., 1999, Analytical results for 35 mine-waste tailings cores and six bed sediment samples, and an estimate of the volume of contaminated materials at Buckeye meadow on upper Basin Creek, northern Jefferson County, Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-0537, 59 p.
  (Download the OFR 99-537 data tables as a self-extracting zip file containing Microsoft Excel files.)
• Fey, D.L., and Church, S.E., 1998, Analytical results for 42 fluvial tailings cores and 7 stream sediment samples from High Ore Creek, northern Jefferson County, Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-0215, 49 p.
  (Download the OFR 98-0215 data tables as a self-extracting zip file containing Microsoft Excel files.)
• Fey, D.L., Desborough, G.A., and Church, S.E., 2000, Comparison of two leach procedures applied to metal-mining related wastes in Colorado and Montana and a relative ranking method for mine wastes: ICARD 2000, International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage, 5th, Denver Colo., 2000, Proceedings: Littleton, Colo., Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc., v. 2, p. 1477-1487.
• Fey, D.L., Church, S.E., and Finney, C.J., 2000, Analytical results for the Bullion Mine and Crystal Mine waste samples and bed sediments from a small tributary to Jack Creek and from Uncle Sam Gulch, Boulder River watershed, Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-0031, 71 p.
  (Download the OFR 00-0031 data tables as a self-extracting zip file containing Microsoft Excel files.)
• Fey, D.L., Desborough, G.A., and Finney, C.J., 2000, Analytical Results for Total-Digestions, EPA-1312 Leach, and Net Acid Production for Twenty-Three Abandoned Metal-Mining Related Wastes in the Boulder River Watershed, Northern Jefferson County, Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-0114, 17 p.
  (Download the OFR 00-0114 data tables as a self-extracting zip file containing Microsoft Excel files.)
• Fey, D.L., Unruh, D.M., and Church, S.E., 1999, Chemical data and lead isotopic compositions in stream-sediment samples from the Boulder River watershed, Jefferson County, Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-0575, 147 p.
  (Download the OFR 99-0575 data tables as a self-extracting zip file containing Microsoft Excel files.)
• Kimball, B.A., Runkel, R.L., Bencala, K.E., and Walton-Day, Katherine, 1999, Use of tracer-injection and synoptic-sampling studies to quantify effects of metal loading from mine drainage: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 4018A, p. 31-36.
• Kimball, B.A., Bencala, K.E., and Besser, J.M., Synthesis of watershed characterization for making remediation decisions: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 4018A, p. 3-7.
• Lund, K., Aleinikoff, J.N., Kunk, M.J., Unruh, D.M., Zeihen, G.D., Hodges, W.C., du Bray, E.A., O'Neill, J.M., 2002, SHRIMP U-Pb and ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar Age Constraints for Relating Plutonism and Mineralization in the Boulder Batholith Region, Montana: Economic Geology, v. 97, p.241-267.
• McCafferty, A.E., and Smith, B.D., 1998, Watershed characterization from the air: Application of geophysical techniques to watershed characterization in the Boulder River Watershed, Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report: 98-297, p. 29.
• McCafferty, A.E., Yager, D.B., and Sole, T.C., 1998, The Boulder geoenvironmental explorer: A GIS tool to communicate science to land managers and the public: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report: 98-297, p. 54.
• McDougal, R.R., and Smith, B.D., 2000, Ground Geophysical Study of the Buckeye Mine Tailings, Boulder Watershed, Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-0371, 56 p.
• McDougal, R.R., Smith, B.D., Cannon, M.R., and Fey, D.L., 2000, Integrated geophysical, geochemical, and hydrological study of the Buckeye Mine tailings, Boulder watershed, Montana: Proceedings of the 22nd National Association of Abandoned Mine Land Programs, Colorado Department of Natural Resources, Division of Minerals and Geology, Denver, CO, p. 411-427.
• Milhous, R. T., 1999, Nose velocities in physical habitat simulation, in Hydraulic Engineering for Sustainable Water Resources Management at the Turn of the Millennium, Proceedings of the XXVIII IAHR Congress, 22-27 August 1999: Graz, Austria, Technical University Graz, Institute for Hydraulics and Hydrology, 6 p., (CD plus book of abstracts).
• Nimick, D., 2006, Environmental effects of historical mining in the Boulder River watershed, southwestern Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS 2005-3148.
• Nimick, D.A., and Cleasby, T.E., 2000, Water-quality data for streams in the Boulder River Abandoned Mine Lands Initiative study area: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-0099, 70 p.
• Nimick, D.A., Church, S.E., Cleasby, T.E., Fey, D.L., Kimball, B.A., Leib, K.J., Mast, M.A., and Wright, W.G., 1999, Characterization of metals in water and bed sediment in two watersheds affected by historical mining in Montana and Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 4018A, p. 11-18.
• Nimick, D.A., Gammons, C.H., Cleasby, T.E, Madison, J.P., Skaar, Don, and Brick, C.M., 2003, Diel cycles in dissolved metal concentrations in streams: Occurrence and possible causes: Water Resources Research, v. 39, no. 9, citation no. 1247, doi:10.1029/WR001571.
• Nimick, D.A., and von Guerard, P., 1998, Science for watershed decisions on abandoned mine lands: review of preliminary results, Denver, Colo. Feb. 1998: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-0297, 71 p.
• Smith, B.D. and Sole, T.C., 2000, Schlumberger DC Resistivity Soundings in the Boulder Watershed, Jefferson and Lewis and Clark Counties, Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-0110, 7 p.
• Smith, B.D., Labson, V.F., and Hill, P., 2000, Airborne Geophysical Surveys in the Boulder Watershed, Jefferson and Lewis and Clark Counties, Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-0240, CD-ROM.
• Smith, B.D., McCafferty, A.E., and McDougal, R.R., 2000, Utilization of airborne magnetic, electromagnetic, and radiometric data in abandoned mine land investigations: ICARD 2000, International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage, 5th, Denver Colo., 2000, Proceedings: Littleton, Colo., Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc., v. 2, p. 1525-1530.
• U.S. Geological Survey, 1999, The USGS Abandoned Mine Lands Initiative, Protecting and restoring the environment near abandoned mine lands: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 095-99, 2 p.
• Unruh, D.M., Fey, D.L., and Church, S.E., 2000, Chemical data and lead isotopic compositions of geochemical baseline samples from streambed sediments and smelter slag, lead isotopic compositions in fluvial tailings, and dendrochronology results from the Boulder River watershed, Jefferson County, Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-0038, 14 p.
  (Download the data tables from OFR 00-0038 as a self-extracting zip file containing Microsoft Excel files.)
• Verplanck, P.L., Nordstrom, D.K., and Taylor, H.E., 1999, Overview of rare earth element investigations in acid waters of U.S. Geological Survey abandoned mine land watersheds: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 4018A, p. 83-92.
• Verplanck, P.L., Nordstrom, D.K., Taylor, H.E., and Kimball, B.A., 2004, Rare earth element partitioning between hydrous ferric oxides and acid mine water during iron oxidation: Applied Geochemistry, v. 19, p. 1339-1354.

USGS Professional Paper 1652 (2004)

INTEGRATED INVESTIGATIONS OF ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF HISTORICAL MINING IN THE BASIN AND BOULDER MINING DISTRICTS, BOULDER RIVER WATERSHED, JEFFERSON COUNTY, MONTANA
http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/2004/1652/

Edited by D.A. Nimick, S.E. Church , and S.E. Finger; U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1652, 2004, 524 p. (18 Chapters, 2 Plates, 1 CD-ROM)

• Nimick, D.A., Church, S.E., and Finger, S.E., eds., 2004, Integrated investigations of environmental effects of historical mining in the Basin and Boulder mining districts, Boulder River watershed, Jefferson County, Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1652, 524 p.
• U.S. Geological Survey, 2004, Summary and conclusions from investigations of the effects of historical mining in the Boulder River watershed, Jefferson County, Montana, chap. A in Nimick, D.A., Church, S.E., and Finger, S.E., eds., Integrated investigations of environmental effects of historical mining in the Basin and Boulder mining districts, Boulder River watershed, Jefferson County, Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1652, p. 3-12.
• Church, S.E., Nimick, D.A., Finger, S.E., and O’Neill, J.M., 2004, The Boulder River watershed study, Jefferson County, Montana, chap. B in Nimick, D.A., Church, S.E., and Finger, S.E., eds., Integrated investigations of environmental effects of historical mining in the Basin and Boulder mining districts, Boulder River watershed, Jefferson County, Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1652, p. 13-28.
• Finger, S.E., Farag, A.M., Nimick, D.A., Church, S.E., and Sole, T.C., 2004, Synthesis of water, sediment, and biological data using hazard quotients to assess ecosystem health, chap. C in Nimick, D.A., Church, S.E., and Finger, S.E., eds., Integrated investigations of environmental effects of historical mining in the Basin and Boulder mining districts, Boulder River watershed, Jefferson County, Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper1652, p. 29-48.
• O’Neill, J.M., Lund, Karen, Van Gosen, B.S., Desborough, G.A., Sole, T.C., and DeWitt, D.H., 2004, Geologic framework, chap. D1 in Nimick, D.A., Church, S.E., and Finger, S.E., eds., Integrated investigations of environmental effects of historical mining in the Basin and Boulder mining districts, Boulder River watershed, Jefferson County, Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1652, p. 48-88.
• McCafferty, A.E., Van Gosen, B.S., Smith, B.D., and Sole, T.C., 2004, Geophysical characterization of geologic features with environmental implications from airborne magnetic and apparent resistivity data, chap. D2 in Nimick, D.A., Church, S.E., and Finger, S.E., eds., Integrated investigations of environmental effects of historical mining in the Basin and Boulder mining districts, Boulder River watershed, Jefferson County, Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1652, p. 89-126.
• Martin, P.E., 2004, Mine inventory, chap. D3 in Nimick, D.A., Church, S.E., and Finger, S.E., eds., Integrated investigations of environmental effects of historical mining in the Basin and Boulder mining districts, Boulder River watershed, Jefferson County, Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1652, p. 127-136.
• Fey, D.L., and Desborough, G.A., 2004, Metal leaching in mine-waste materials and two schemes for classification of potential environmental effects of mine-waste piles, chap. D4 in Nimick, D.A., Church, S.E., and Finger, S.E., eds., Integrated investigations of environmental effects of historical mining in the Basin and Boulder mining districts, Boulder River watershed, Jefferson County, Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1652, p. 137-154.
• Nimick, D.A., and Cleasby, T.E., 2004, Trace elements in water in streams affected by historical mining, chap. D5 in Nimick, D.A., Church, S.E., and Finger, S.E., eds., Integrated investigations of environmental effects of historical mining in the Basin and Boulder mining districts, Boulder River watershed, Jefferson County, Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1652, p. 155-190.
• Kimball, B.A., Runkel, R.L., Cleasby, T.E., and Nimick, D.A., 2004, Quantification of metal loading by tracer injection and synoptic sampling, 1997-1998, chap. D6 in Nimick, D.A., Church, S.E., and Finger, S.E., eds., Integrated investigations of environmental effects of historical mining in the Basin and Boulder mining districts, Boulder River watershed, Jefferson County, Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1652, p. 191-263.
• Lambing, J.H., Nimick, D.A., and Cleasby, T.E., 2004, Short-term variation of trace-element concentrations during base flow and rainfall runoff in small basins, August 1999, chap. D7 in Nimick, D.A., Church, S.E., and Finger, S.E., eds., Integrated investigations of environmental effects of historical mining in the Basin and Boulder mining districts, Boulder River watershed, Jefferson County, Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1652, p. 263-278.
• Church, S.E., Unruh, D.M., Fey, D.L., and Sole, T.C., 2004, Trace elements and lead isotopes in streambed sediment in streams affected by historical mining, chap. D8 in Nimick, D.A., Church, S.E., and Finger, S.E., eds., Integrated investigations of environmental effects of historical mining in the Basin and Boulder mining districts, Boulder River watershed, Jefferson County, Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1652, p. 279-336.
• McDougal, R.R., Cannon, M.R., Smith, B.D., and Ruppert, D.A., 2004, Hydrogeology of the Boulder River watershed study area, and examination of regional ground-water flow using interpreted fracture mapping from remote sensing data, chap. D9 in Nimick, D.A., Church, S.E., and Finger, S.E., eds., Integrated investigations of environmental effects of historical mining in the Basin and Boulder mining districts, Boulder River watershed, Jefferson County, Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1652, p. 337-368.
• Farag, A.M., Nimick, D.A., Kimball, B.A., Church, S.E., Skaar, Don, and Brumbaugh, W.G., McConnell, Elizabeth, and Hogstrand, Christer, 2004, Aquatic health and exposure pathways of trace elements, chap. D10 in Nimick, D.A., Church, S.E., and Finger, S.E., eds., Integrated investigations of environmental effects of historical mining in the Basin and Boulder mining districts, Boulder River watershed, Jefferson County, Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1652, p. 369-400.
• Cannon, M.R., Church, S.E., Fey, D.L., McDougal, R.R., Smith, B.R., and Nimick, D.A., 2004, Understanding trace-element sources and transport to upper Basin Creek in the vicinity of the Buckeye and Enterprise mines, chap. E1 in Nimick, D.A., Church, S.E., and Finger, S.E., eds., Integrated investigations of environmental effects of historical mining in the Basin and Boulder mining districts, Boulder River watershed, Jefferson County, Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1652, p. 401-456.
• Gelinas, S.L., and Tupling, Robert, 2004, Monitoring remediation—Have mine-waste and mill- tailings removal and flood-plain restoration been successful in the High Ore Creek valley? chap. E2 in Nimick, D.A., Church, S.E., and Finger, S.E., eds., Integrated investigations of environmental effects of historical mining in the Basin and Boulder mining districts, Boulder River watershed, Jefferson County, Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1652, p. 457-474.
• Smith, B.D., McDougal, R.R., and Lund, Karen, 2004, Geologic, geophysical, and seismic characterization of the Luttrell pit as a mine-waste repository, chap. E3 in Nimick, D.A., Church, S.E., and Finger, S.E., eds., Integrated investigations of environmental effects of historical mining in the Basin and Boulder mining districts, Boulder River watershed, Jefferson County, Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1652, p. 475-494.
• Finger, S.E., Church, S.E., and Nimick, D.A., 2004, Evaluating the success of restoration in the Boulder River watershed, chap. F in Nimick, D.A., Church, S.E., and Finger, S.E., eds., Integrated investigations of environmental effects of historical mining in the Basin and Boulder mining districts, Boulder River watershed, Jefferson County, Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper1652, p. 495-502.
• Rich, C.L., Litke, D.W., Granitto, Matthew, Pelltier, R.T., and Sole, T.C., 2004, Digital databases and CD-ROM for the Boulder River watershed, chap. G in Nimick, D.A., Church, S.E., and Finger, S.E., eds., Integrated investigations of environmental effects of historical mining in the Basin and Boulder mining districts, Boulder River watershed, Jefferson County, Montana: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1652, p. 503-524.

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