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Digitally Available Interval-Specific Rock-Sample Data Compiled from Historical Records, Nevada Test Site and Vicinity, Nye County, Nevada

Prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Site Office, Office of Environmental Management under Interagency Agreement, DE-AI52-07NA28100

By David B. Wood

Table of Contents

Conversion Factors and Datums

Abstract

Introduction

Digital Data

Summary

Acknowledgments

References Cited

Appendixes

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Figures

Figure 1. Location of Nevada Test Site and pertinent physiographic features, Nye County, Nevada.

Figure 2. Generalized distribution of rock types in vicinity of Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada.

Figure 3. Areal distribution of rock-sample sites in vicinity of Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada.

Figure 4. Examples of subsurface core and cuttings collected from exploratory holes at Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada.

Figure 5. Areal distribution of lithologic-description sites in vicinity of Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada.

Figure 6. Example of generalized lithologic units in borehole ER-6-1, Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada.

Figure 7. Areal distribution of rock-property sites in vicinity of Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada.

Figure 8. Examples of subsurface rock-property data collected at Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada.

Figure 9. Areal distribution of fracture-characteristic sites in vicinity of Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada.

Figure 10. Example of subsurface fracture characteristics in vertical core hole MH-2 in floor of emplacement drift U-12n.10 at 303.77 feet from portal opening, Nye County, Nevada.

Figure 11. Areal distribution of hydraulic-property sites in vicinity of Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada.

Figure 12. Example of subsurface hydraulic-property data collected at Nevada Test Site, Nye County, Nevada.

Appendixes

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Send questions or comments about this report to the author, D.B. Wood, (702) 564-4612.