Water chemistry data from the Big Creek and Monumental Creek tributaries of the Lower Middle Fork Salmon River, Idaho, 2021
Dates
Publication Date
2024-03-11
Start Date
2021-07-14
End Date
2021-07-20
Citation
Holloway, J.M., McGee, B.N., DeWild, J.F., and Berry, C.J., 2024, Water chemistry data from the Big Creek and Monumental Creek tributaries of the Lower Middle Fork Salmon River, Idaho, 2021: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9LEVH2K.
Summary
This USGS data release evaluates the impact of historical mining sites on water quality using samples collected in late July 2021 from Big Creek tributaries Coin Creek, Smith Creek, and Monumental Creek in Valley County, Idaho. These data were collected to support a fisheries mining impact assessment in the Middle Fork Salmon River. Specific conductance, pH, and stream temperature were measured in the field. Analyses include major cations and anions, alkalinity, trace metals, total mercury, and methylmercury.
Summary
This USGS data release evaluates the impact of historical mining sites on water quality using samples collected in late July 2021 from Big Creek tributaries Coin Creek, Smith Creek, and Monumental Creek in Valley County, Idaho. These data were collected to support a fisheries mining impact assessment in the Middle Fork Salmon River. Specific conductance, pH, and stream temperature were measured in the field. Analyses include major cations and anions, alkalinity, trace metals, total mercury, and methylmercury.
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WaterChemDataBigCreekMonumentalCreekTributariesLowerMiddleForkSalmonRiverID2021.xml Original FGDC Metadata
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Roosevelt Lake.jpg “Roosevelt Lake, Monumental Creek. Photo by JoAnn M. Holloway”
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Purpose
The objective of the study that generated these data was to determine geologic background concentrations of trace metals in water, and to quantify the increase in dissolved constituents in streams attributable to historical mining activity in the Thunder Mountain Mining District, Valley County, Idaho.
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Roosevelt Lake, Monumental Creek. Photo by JoAnn M. Holloway