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A Watershed-Scale Approach to Tracing Metal Contamination in the Environment - Figure 4

Figure 4.
Figure 4. Distribution of lead in minus-80 and minus-100 mesh stream sediments from the Arkansas River drainage basin (from Smith, 1994). Lead concentrations in the fine-grained sediment fraction from the Arkansas River are shown on the ribbon map that overlays the trace to the Arkansas River. Localities shown are: BV—Buena Vista, C—Climax porphyry molybdenum deposit open pit, CC—Canon City, CR—Cripple Creek, CS—Colorado Springs, P—Pueblo, PR—Pueblo Reservoir, L—Leadville, S—Salida, and W—Westcliffe.

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