The Hg geochemistry of a geothermal stream, Steamboat Creek, Nevada: Natural vs. anthropogenic influences

Environmental Geology

Volumn 34, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 143-150

  Lyons, W B ^a   Wayne, D M ^b   Warwick, J J ^c   Doyle, G A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d MFG Incorporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Gold mining; Mercury; Steamboat Creek, Nevada

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOTHERMAL WATER RESOURCES; MERCURY (METAL); SILVER GOLD MINES;

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITIES;

WATER ANALYSIS;

GOLD-SILVER PROCESSING; MERCURY; STREAM WATER; SURFACE WATER QUALITY; SURFACE WATER WUALITY; THERMAL WATER;

USA, NEVADA, STEAMBOAT CREEK;

EID: 0032080412     PISSN: 09430105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002540050265     Document Type: Article

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