Little Cottonwood Creek
Sept 14-18, 1998
Study Design & Sequence of Events
Study Design
The objective of the study was to determine the principal sources of metals and acidity in Little Cottonwood Creek. The study reach began in Alta Utah and ended near Tanner Flat.
Sequence of Events
September 14-15 Stream measurement and reconnaissance 16 Tracer injection setup 17 Tracer injection begins at 1045 hours 18 Water quality sampling for synoptic study
Results
Gerner, L.J., Rossi, F.J., and Kimball, B.A., 2001, Selected hydrologic data for Little Cottonwood Creek, Salt Lake County, Utah, September 1998: U.S. Geological Survey, Open-file Report, 01-38, 2 p. Sheet 1 Sheet 2
Kimball, B.A., Runkel, R.L., and Gerner, L.J., 2001, Quantification of mine-drainage inflows to Little Cottonwood Creek, Utah, using a tracer-injection and synoptic-sampling study: Environmental Geology, v. 40, no. 11-12, p. 1390-1404.