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Hydrogeophysical, water quality, and stream tracer data collected along the Lake Fork Creek corridor and wetland area in Leadville, Colorado, 2023 and 2024

Multiple sources of mine drainage including discharge from the abandoned Dinero mine tunnel and two gulches flow into a wetland, known herein as the Dinero wetland along the Lake Fork Creek corridor. The Dinero wetland is approximately 20 acres in extent. The Dinero wetland is being considered as a location for passive treatment of the mine drainage flowing through it. As such, study objectives are to understand: (1) variations in pH, specific conductance, and temperature in surface water in the wetland; (2) metal loading into and out of the wetland; (3) the configuration of surface drainage features; (4) the configuration of subsurface conductive features; and (4) depth to bedrock in the wetland. These data will be used to help understand whether the wetland is currently and naturally treating the mine drainage flowing through it and will help pinpoint locations needing additional investigations to help inform potential passive treatment scenarios.

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Author(s) Martin Briggs orcid, Neil C Terry orcid, Scott J Ikard orcid, Connor P Newman orcid, Nicholas J Pieseski orcid, M. Alisa Mast orcid, Andrea L Creighton orcid, Jackson B Sharp orcid, Katie Walton-Day orcid, Robert L Runkel orcid
Publication Date 2025-07-20
Beginning Date of Data 2023-08-15
Ending Date of Data 2024-07-19
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DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P14KBQBW
Citation Briggs, M., Terry, N.C., Ikard, S.J., Newman, C.P., Pieseski, N.J., Mast, M.A., Creighton, A.L., Sharp, J.B., Walton-Day, K., and Runkel, R.L., 2025, Hydrogeophysical, water quality, and stream tracer data collected along the Lake Fork Creek corridor and wetland area in Leadville, Colorado, 2023 and 2024: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P14KBQBW.
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Metadata Date 2025-08-12
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