Activities in 'New Mexico'

Questa, Red River valley
description: The main objective is to infer the pre-mining ground-water quality at the Questa Molycorp mine site. This investigation uses a multi-faceted approach to determining pre-mining ground-water quality that includes determination of existing hydrogeology and geochemistry at off-site analog areas, modeling of the hydrogeochemistry off site, determination of parameters that would have affected on-site controls of hydrogeology and geochemistry before mining, and appropriate scaling.
more information: (D. Kirk Nordstrom, Hydrologist, Philip Verplanck, BRR, WRD, Boulder, CO)
Project URL:http://wwwbrr.cr.usgs.gov/projects/GWC_chemtherm/questa.htm

Rio Grande Valley (-CO-TX)
description: National Water-Quality Assessment Program
more information: (Gary Levings, WRD, NM District, Albuquerque, NM)
Project URL:http://wwwdnmalb.cr.usgs.gov/public/riognawqa/riognawqa4.html