Water resources of the Marquette Iron Range area, Marquette County, Michigan

Grannemann, N.G.

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“…Dissolved solids concentrations have increased in wells near the Base over the past several years and there is speculation that Pumping in the vicinity of the Base may have altered area ground-water flow, causing this situation to develop (Ref. 14).…”

Section: ) Bedrockmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For example, it is known that the outwash aquifer is confined at K. I. Sawyer AFB, as aquifer tests indicate that the glacial deposits have a transmissivity of 70,000 gallons per day per square foot and a storage coefficient of 0.004 (Ref. 14).…”

Section: -4mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The Precambrian rocks are metamorphic and igneous, consisting of quartzite, schist, qneiss, volcanics, granite, diorite and other igneous materials (Ref. 14,20). Cambrian rocks are primarily dolomitic and qlauconitic sandstones (Ref.…”

Section: Consolidated Unitsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…I. Sawyer AFB is located within the Sands Plain groundwater resource areas of Upper Peninsula Michigan (Ref. 14).…”

Section: Hydrology A) Ground-water Hvdrologymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As discussed previously, a permit cannot be granted to construct or modify a major source if emissions from the proposed source would cause a violation of the NRAQS or would preclude the attainment of NAAQS. In Chanter 3, the existing air quality in the area was established based on ambient air auality data available [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22] for the area.…”

Section: Impact With Respect To Naaqsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Environmental Assessment of a Central Heating Plant.

Sawyer¹

1983

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Section: ) Bedrockmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: -4mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Consolidated Unitsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…I. Sawyer AFB is located within the Sands Plain groundwater resource areas of Upper Peninsula Michigan (Ref. 14).…”

Section: Hydrology A) Ground-water Hvdrologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Impact With Respect To Naaqsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Environmental Assessment of a Central Heating Plant.

Sawyer¹

1983

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Hydrogeology and effects of tailings basins on the hydrology of Sands Plain, Marquette County, Michigan

Grannemann¹

1984

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Sands Plain, a 225-square mile area, is near the Marquette iron-mining district in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Gribben Basin, a settling basin for disposal of waste rock particles from iron-ore concentration, is in the western part. Because Sands Plain is near iron-ore deposits, but not underlain by them, parts of the area are being considered as sites for additional tailings basins. Glacial deposits, as much as 500 feet thick, comprise the principal aquifer. Most ground water flows through the glacial deposits and discharges in a series of nearly parallel tributaries to the Chocolay River which flows into Lake Superior. Ninety-five percent of the discharge of these streams is groundwater runoff. The aquifer is recharged by precipitation at an average rate of 15 inches per year and by streamflow losses from the upper reaches of Goose Lake Outlet at an average rate of 2 inches per year. Precipitation collected at two sites had mean pH values of 4.0; rates of deposition of sulfate and total dissolved nitrogen were estimated to be 17.4 and 5.8 pounds per acre per year, respectively. Dissolved-solids concentrations in water from streams ranged from 82 to 143 milligrams per liter; sulfate ranged from 4.2 to 10 milligrams per liter. Calcium and bicarbonate were the principal dissolved substances. Highest dissolved-solids concentrations in water from wells in glacial deposits were found in a major buried valley east of Goose Lake Outlet. These concentrations ranged from 14 to 246 milligrams per liter; sulfate concentrations ranged from 0.9 to 53 milligrams per liter. Because of the high groundwater component of streamflow, mean concentrations of total nitrogen and trace metals in surface water do not differ significantly from mean concentrations in ground water. A two-dimensional digital model of groundwater flow was used to simulate water levels and groundwater runoff under steady-state and transient conditions Predictive simulations with the steady-state model were made to determine the effects of continued operation of Gribben tailings basin and construction and operation of four hypothetical tailings basins. Operation of Gribben Basin has decreased the average rate of groundwater flow to Goose Lake Outlet by 0.9 to 1.6 cubic feet per second but has increased the average rate of groundwater flow to Warner Creek by about 0.2 cubic foot per second. Continued filling of the tailings basin to its design capacity is expected to cause a slight increase in leakage from the basin to Goose Lake Outlet. Four hypothetical tailings basins, comprising a total of 11 square miles, were simulated by successively adding one more basin to the previous basin configuration. Net groundwater flow to streams was reduced by the simulated basins. The magnitude of these reductions depends on engineering decisions about the method of basin construction and a better understanding of the hydraulic properties of the materials used to seal the basin perimeters. The maximum total reduction in groundwater runoff due to construction and operation of ...

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Water resources of the Marquette Iron Range area, Marquette County, Michigan

Cited by 2 publications

References 1 publication

Environmental Assessment of a Central Heating Plant.

Environmental Assessment of a Central Heating Plant.

Hydrogeology and effects of tailings basins on the hydrology of Sands Plain, Marquette County, Michigan

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