Richard Wanty (Former Employee)
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The aqueous geochemistry of uranium in a drainage containing uraniferous organic-rich sediments, Lake Tahoe area, Nevada, USA
Anomalously uraniferous waters occur in a small (4.2 km2) drainage in the west-central Carson Range, Nevada, on the eastern side of Lake Tahoe. The waters transport uranium from local U-rich soils and bedrock to organic-rich valley-fill sediments where it is concentrated, but weakly bound. The dissolved U and the U that is potentially available from coexisting sediments pose a threat to the qualit
Authors
R. A. Zielinski, J. K. Otton, R. B. Wanty, C. T. Pierson
The geochemistry of water near a surficial organic-rich uranium deposit, northeastern Washington State, U.S.A.
The chemistry of three stream, three spring and six near-surface waters in the vicinity of a Holocene organic-rich uranium deposit is described, with particular emphasis on the chemistry of U. Results characterize the solution behavior of uranium as U-bearing water interacts with relatively undecomposed, surficial organic matter. Of the measured major and trace chemical species, only U is consiste
Authors
R. A. Zielinski, J. K. Otton, R. B. Wanty, C. T. Pierson
The solubilities of some major and minor element minerals in ground waters associated with a sandstone-hosted uranium deposit
Ground-water samples from 41 wells penetrating basal Oakville sandstone (Miocene) in S Texas were chemically analysed to identify chemical changes related to nearby U orebodies. The coverage included a 240 km2 area which contains several fault-related U deposits. Factors affecting the hydrochemistry include: 1) relatively high permeabilities of buried fluvial-channel sediments; 2) upwards leakage
Authors
Richard B. Wanty, J. R. Chatcham, D. Langmuir
A method for the determination of vanadium and iron oxidation states in naturally occurring oxides and silicates
A valence-specific analytical method for determining V3+ in ore minerals has been developed that involves two steps: dissolution of a mineral sample without disturbing the V3+/Vtot ratio, followed by determination of V3+ in the presence of V4+. The samples are dissolved in a mixture of hydrofluoric and sulphuric acids at 100?? in Teflon-lined reaction vessels. Tervalent vanadium is then determined
Authors
R. B. Wanty, M. B. Goldhaber
Application of mineral-solution equilibria to geochemical exploration for sandstone-hosted uranium deposits in two basins in west central Utah
A geochemical survey utilizing mainly ground waters was conducted in the Milford and Beaver basins. Waters were collected mainly from wells and springs at 100 sites and analyzed for major and minor elements. A computer model (WATEQ3) was used to calculate the redox potential and the state of saturation of the waters with respect to uraninite, coffinite, and other mineral phases. Several areas in t
Authors
W. R. Miller, R. B. Wanty, J. B. McHugh
Interaction of subsurface brines with oxygenated meteoric water, Ray Point Uranium District, South Texas, USA
No abstract available.
Authors
Martin B. Goldhaber, Richard B. Wanty, J.R. Chatham, R. L. Reynolds, D. Langmuir
Non-USGS Publications**
Wanty, Richard B., 1986, Geochemistry of vanadium in an epigenetic sandstone-hosted vanadium-uranium deposit, Henry basin, Utah: Ph.D. Dissertation, Colorado School of Mines, 198 pp.
Wanty, Richard B., 1981, The use of radiogenic elements, and selected trace elements and their solution-mineral equilibria in groundwater as exploration tools for uranium deposits: M.S. Thesis, Colorado School of Mines, 151 pp.
Wanty, R.B., Langmuir, D., and Chatham, J.R., 1981, Groundwater prospecting for sandstone-type uranium deposits: The merits of mineral-solution equilibria versus single element tracer methods: U.S. Department of Energy, Grand Junction Office Report GJO-79-360-E, v. 2, 91 pp.
Chatham, J.R., Wanty, R.B., and Langmuir, D., 1981, National Uranium Resource Evaluation. Groundwater prospecting for sandstone-type uranium deposits: the merits of mineral-solution equilibria versus single element tracer methods. Final Report: U.S. Department of Energy, Grand Junction Office Report GJO-79-360-E, 197 pp.
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
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The aqueous geochemistry of uranium in a drainage containing uraniferous organic-rich sediments, Lake Tahoe area, Nevada, USA
Anomalously uraniferous waters occur in a small (4.2 km2) drainage in the west-central Carson Range, Nevada, on the eastern side of Lake Tahoe. The waters transport uranium from local U-rich soils and bedrock to organic-rich valley-fill sediments where it is concentrated, but weakly bound. The dissolved U and the U that is potentially available from coexisting sediments pose a threat to the qualit
Authors
R. A. Zielinski, J. K. Otton, R. B. Wanty, C. T. Pierson
The geochemistry of water near a surficial organic-rich uranium deposit, northeastern Washington State, U.S.A.
The chemistry of three stream, three spring and six near-surface waters in the vicinity of a Holocene organic-rich uranium deposit is described, with particular emphasis on the chemistry of U. Results characterize the solution behavior of uranium as U-bearing water interacts with relatively undecomposed, surficial organic matter. Of the measured major and trace chemical species, only U is consiste
Authors
R. A. Zielinski, J. K. Otton, R. B. Wanty, C. T. Pierson
The solubilities of some major and minor element minerals in ground waters associated with a sandstone-hosted uranium deposit
Ground-water samples from 41 wells penetrating basal Oakville sandstone (Miocene) in S Texas were chemically analysed to identify chemical changes related to nearby U orebodies. The coverage included a 240 km2 area which contains several fault-related U deposits. Factors affecting the hydrochemistry include: 1) relatively high permeabilities of buried fluvial-channel sediments; 2) upwards leakage
Authors
Richard B. Wanty, J. R. Chatcham, D. Langmuir
A method for the determination of vanadium and iron oxidation states in naturally occurring oxides and silicates
A valence-specific analytical method for determining V3+ in ore minerals has been developed that involves two steps: dissolution of a mineral sample without disturbing the V3+/Vtot ratio, followed by determination of V3+ in the presence of V4+. The samples are dissolved in a mixture of hydrofluoric and sulphuric acids at 100?? in Teflon-lined reaction vessels. Tervalent vanadium is then determined
Authors
R. B. Wanty, M. B. Goldhaber
Application of mineral-solution equilibria to geochemical exploration for sandstone-hosted uranium deposits in two basins in west central Utah
A geochemical survey utilizing mainly ground waters was conducted in the Milford and Beaver basins. Waters were collected mainly from wells and springs at 100 sites and analyzed for major and minor elements. A computer model (WATEQ3) was used to calculate the redox potential and the state of saturation of the waters with respect to uraninite, coffinite, and other mineral phases. Several areas in t
Authors
W. R. Miller, R. B. Wanty, J. B. McHugh
Interaction of subsurface brines with oxygenated meteoric water, Ray Point Uranium District, South Texas, USA
No abstract available.
Authors
Martin B. Goldhaber, Richard B. Wanty, J.R. Chatham, R. L. Reynolds, D. Langmuir
Non-USGS Publications**
Wanty, Richard B., 1986, Geochemistry of vanadium in an epigenetic sandstone-hosted vanadium-uranium deposit, Henry basin, Utah: Ph.D. Dissertation, Colorado School of Mines, 198 pp.
Wanty, Richard B., 1981, The use of radiogenic elements, and selected trace elements and their solution-mineral equilibria in groundwater as exploration tools for uranium deposits: M.S. Thesis, Colorado School of Mines, 151 pp.
Wanty, R.B., Langmuir, D., and Chatham, J.R., 1981, Groundwater prospecting for sandstone-type uranium deposits: The merits of mineral-solution equilibria versus single element tracer methods: U.S. Department of Energy, Grand Junction Office Report GJO-79-360-E, v. 2, 91 pp.
Chatham, J.R., Wanty, R.B., and Langmuir, D., 1981, National Uranium Resource Evaluation. Groundwater prospecting for sandstone-type uranium deposits: the merits of mineral-solution equilibria versus single element tracer methods. Final Report: U.S. Department of Energy, Grand Junction Office Report GJO-79-360-E, 197 pp.
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
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