Uncle Sam Gulch
August 27-30, 1998
Objectives & Sequence of Events Objectives
Sequence of Events
August 27 Injection setup. Injection site is at ~417 ft. Injection begins (1650). 28 Injection continues 29 Pump failure in early morning hours. Pumps restarted at a higher rate. Synoptic sampling (0820-1750). Spot injections and pygmy meter measurements at Transport Sites SAM-3 and SAM-5. Tracer injection terminated due to second pump failure (~1600). 30 Sampled tracer departure. Remaining injectate dumped (1010). Tracer sampling continued.
Photo Gallery Sampling Locations
str - stream site rbi - right bank inflow lbi - left bank inflow 999 - number corresponds to distance from injection site, in meters.
Distance Type Description
780 str Transport Site SAM-1 780 str_b Transport Site SAM-1 1413 str Confluence of adit discharge (right) with Uncle Sam (left) 1461 str 1510 str 1829 rbi 1829 rbi_b 1829 rbi_c 2286 lbi 3777 str Transport Site SAM-2 4650 rbi 4763 rbi 4763 rbi_b 5264 rbi 5264 rbi_b 5830 str Transport Site SAM-3 6088 rbi Confluence of Jack Mtn. Tributary (left) and Uncle Sam (right) 6088 rbi_b Confluence of Jack Mtn. Tributary (left) and Uncle Sam (right) 8374 lbi 8374 lbi_b 9200 str Transport Site SAM-4 9400 rbi 10289 lbi 11006 lbi 11006 lbi_b 14540 str Transport Site SAM-5 15314 str 15671 lbi 16471 rbi
Results & Acknowledgments Results
Data analysis is incomplete at this time.
Acknowledgments
Field assistance was provided by Fred Bailey, Mike Cannon, Tom Cleasby, Deann Dutton, Kevin Johnson, Mike Gooseff, David Nimick, Phil Verplanck, Laurie Wirt, and members of the research team.
