Geological Society of America

8:00 AM

REGIONAL FLOODING OF ACID-PRODUCING UNDERGROUND MINES: IN THE THE PITTSBURGH COAL BASIN

Joseph J. Donovan, West Virginia Univ, Morgantown, WV and Bruce R. Leavitt, N/A, Washington, PA

46364 (Technical Sessions)

8:15 AM

HISTORICAL GEOCHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF A SOUTHERN APPALACHIAN WATERSHED IMPACTED BY COAL ACID MINE DRAINAGE

Jean Morrison, USGS Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO and Elise R. Irwin, Auburn Univ, Auburn, AL and Lopaka Lee, USGS, Denver, CO and Martin B. Goldhaber, USGS, Denver, CO

41047 (Technical Sessions)

8:30 AM

THE EFFECT OF THE BUCKEYE FURNACE MINELAND RECLAMATION PROJECT ON WATER QUALITY IN BUFFER RUN, JACKSON COUNTY, OHIO

Carrie E. Davis, Ohio Univ, Athens, OH and Mary Stoertz, Ohio Univ, Athens, OH and Mitch Farley, Ohio Dept. of Nat Rscs, Jackson, OH

42995 (Technical Sessions)

8:45 AM

THE IMPACTS OF HARDROCK MINING IN EASTERN TENNESSEE: INTEGRATED STUDIES OF DAVIS MILL CREEK AND THE COPPER BASIN MINE SITE

Thomas C. Moyer, Lakewood, CO and Thomas E. Dube, SAIC, Bothell, WA and Michael G. Johnsen, SAIC, Bothell, WA

41881 (Technical Sessions)

9:05 AM

ENVIRONMENTAL LEGACY OF THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH: 1. MERCURY CONTAMINATION AND BIOACCUMULATION ASSOCIATED WITH ABANDONED PLACER-GOLD MINES

Charles N. Alpers, U.S. Geol Survey, Sacramento, CA and Michael P. Hunerlach, U.S. Geol Survey, Sacramento, CA and Jason T. May, U.S. Geol Survey, Sacramento, CA and Roger L. Hothem, USGS, Davis, CA and Howard E. Taylor, Boulder, CO and Dale B. Peart, Boulder, CO and Mark C. Marvin-DiPasquale, USGS, Menlo Park, CA and John F. DeWild, USGS, Middleton, WI and David P. Krabbenhoft, USGS, Middleton, WI

46509 (Technical Sessions)

9:25 AM

GEOCHEMICAL STUDIES OF SOILS, STREAM SEDIMENTS, WATER, AND BIOTA IN A SMALL WATERSHED IMPACTED BY MERCURY AMALGAMATION AT AN ABANDONED GOLD MINE IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA

Robert R. Seal, US Geol Survey, Reston, VA and Carol A. Pollio, Fish and Wildlife Service, Arlington, VA and Jane M. Hammarstrom, U.S. Geol Survey, Reston, VA and Gregory A. Wandless, US Geol Survey, Reston, VA

42934 (Technical Sessions)

9:40 AM

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY OF ARCTIC GRAYLING (THYMALLUS ARCTICUS) IN THE FORTYMILE RIVER MINING DISTRICT, ALASKA

Larry P. Gough, U.S. Geol Survey, Anchorage, AK and James G. Crock, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO and Bronwen Wang, U.S. Geol Survey, Anchorage, AK and Phyllis Weber-Scannell, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Fairbanks, AK and Robert R. Seal, U.S. Geol Survey, Reston, VA

38716 (Technical Sessions)

9:55 AM

ECOSYSTEM TO SUBCELLULAR LEVEL EFFECTS OF CONTAMINATION FROM ABANDONED MINES ON ORGANISMS IN THE METHOW RIVER, WASHINGTON, U.S.A

Daniel Peplow, Univ of Washington, Seattle, WA and Robert Edmonds, Univ of Washington, Seattle, WA

40121 (Technical Sessions)

10:25 AM

CHARACTERIZING WATER, BED SEDIMENT, AND AQUATIC HEALTH IN A WATERSHED AFFECTED BY HISTORICAL MINING, MONTANA

David A. Nimick, U.S. Geol Survey, Helena, MT and Aïda M. Farag, U.S. Geol Survey, Jackson, WY and Stanley E. Church, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO

40426 (Technical Sessions)

10:40 AM

ACID-NEUTRALIZING POTENTIAL OF BEDROCK INFERRED FROM WHOLE ROCK CHEMISTRY AND HIGH RESOLUTION AIRBORNE GEOPHYSICAL DATA

Anne E. McCafferty, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO and Bradley S. Van Gosen, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO

40919 (Technical Sessions)

10:55 AM

INTEGRATED RESULTS FROM THE ANIMAS RIVER WATERSHED PROJECT, SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO

Stanley E. Church, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO and Dana J. Bove, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO and John M. Besser, U. S. Geol Survey, Columbia, MO and Briant A. Kimball, U.S. Geol Survey, West Valley City, UT and Win G. Wright, U.S. Geol Survey, Durango, CO

44249 (Technical Sessions)

11:15 AM

A GIS DATA VIEWER FOR PHYSICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF ABANDONED MINE LANDS: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE ANIMAS RIVER WATERSHED, SILVERTON, COLORADO

Douglas B. Yager, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO and Katie Walton-Day, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO and Jonathan S. Caine, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO and Dana J. Bove, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO and Stanley E. Church, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO and Bruce D. Smith, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO and Robert R. McDougal, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO and Laurie Wirt, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO and M. Alisa Mast, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO and Briant A. Kimball, U.S. Geol Survey, West Valley City, UT

44830 (Technical Sessions)

11:30 AM

STREAMS AS INTEGRATORS OF MINE-DRAINAGE SOURCES AND INSTREAM PROCESSES

Briant A. Kimball, U.S. Geol Survey, West Valley City, UT and Robert L. Runkel, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO and Katherine Walton-Day, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO and Dana J. Bove, U.S. Geol Survey, Denver, CO

45229 (Technical Sessions)

11:45 AM

BIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MINE SITE REMEDIATION

Chester Anderson, B.U.G.S. Consulting, Ignacio, CO

46071 (Technical Sessions)

T64 Integrated Studies of the Effects of Abandoned Mines on the Environment

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