Stephen Box
Steve is a Scientist Emeritus with the Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center
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Stream-Sediment Geochemistry in Mining-Impacted Drainages of the Yankee Fork of the Salmon River, Custer County, Idaho
This reconnaissance study was undertaken at the request of the USDA Forest Service, Region 4, to assess the geochemistry, in particular the mercury and selenium contents, of mining-impacted sediments in the Yankee Fork of the Salmon River in Custer County Idaho. The Yankee Fork has been the site of hard-rock and placer mining, primarily for gold and silver, starting in the 1880s. Major dredge plac
Authors
Thomas P. Frost, Stephen E. Box
Stream-sediment geochemistry in mining-impacted streams: Prichard, Eagle, and Beaver Creeks, northern Coeur d'Alene mining district, northern Idaho
This report presents the results of one aspect of an integrated watershed-characterization study that was undertaken to assess the impacts of historical mining and milling of silver-lead-zinc ores on water and sediment composition and on aquatic biota in streams draining the northern part of the Coeur d'Alene Mining District in northern Idaho. We present the results of chemical analyses of 62 samp
Authors
Stephen E. Box, John C. Wallis, Paul H. Briggs, Zoe Ann Brown
Stream-sediment geochemistry in mining-impacted streams: Sediment mobilized by floods in the Coeur D'Alene-Spokane River system, Idaho and Washington
Environmental problems associated with the dispersion of metal-enriched sediment into the Coeur d'Alene-Spokane River system downstream from the Coeur d'Alene Mining District in northern Idaho have been a cause of litigation since 1903, 18 years after the initiation of mining for lead, zinc, and silver. Although direct dumping of waste materials into the river by active mining operations stopped i
Authors
Stephen E. Box, Arthur A. Bookstrom, Mohammed Ikramuddin
Guide to geophysical data for the northern Rocky Mountains and adjacent areas, Idaho, Montana, Washington, Oregon, and Wyoming
No abstract available.
Authors
Edward A. Mankinen, Thomas G. Hildenbrand, Michael L. Zientek, Stephen E. Box, Arthur A. Bookstrom, Mary H. Carlson, Jeremy C. Larsen
Baseline and historic depositional rates and lead concentrations, floodplain sediments, Lower Coeur d'Alene River, Idaho
No abstract available.
Authors
Arthur A. Bookstrom, Stephen E. Box, Robert S. Fousek, John C. Wallis, Helen Z. Kayser, Berne L. Jackson
Surficial geology along the Spokane River, Washington and its relationship to the metal content of sediments (Idaho-Washington stateline to Latah Creek confluence)
The purpose of this study is
1. to document the geographic distribution of Holocene (deposited in the last 11,000 years) sedimentary lithologies in and along the Spokane River,
2. to document the downstream variation of metal contents (especially lead [Pb] and zinc [Zn] ) by sedimentary lithology, and
3. to compare the metal contents of different sedimentary lithologies.
This data is used to gain
Authors
Stephen E. Box, John C. Wallis
Lead-rich sediments, Coeur d'Alene River Valley, Idaho: area, volume, tonnage, and lead content
In north Idaho, downstream from the Coeur d?Alene (CdA) silver-lead-zinc
mining district, lead-rich sediments, containing at least 1,000 ppm of lead, cover
approximately 61 km2 (or 73 percent) of the 84-km2 floor of the CdA River valley, from
the confluence of its North and South Forks to the top of its delta-front slope, in CdA
Lake. Concentrations of lead (Pb) in surface sediments range from
Authors
Arthur A. Bookstrom, Stephen E. Box, Julie K. Campbell, Kathryn I. Foster, Berne L. Jackson
Geochemical analysis of soils and sediments, Coeur d'Alene drainage basin, Idaho: sampling, analytical methods, and results
This report presents the locations, descriptions, analytical procedures used, and an inter-lab comparison of over 1100 geochemical analyses of samples of soil and sediment in and downstream of a major lead-zinc-silver mining district in the Coeur d'Alene (CdA) drainage basin of northern Idaho. The samples fall in 3 broad categories: (1) samples from vertical profiles of floodplain soils in the val
Authors
Stephen E. Box, Arthur A. Bookstrom, Mohammed Ikramuddin, James Lindsay
Digital Map of Surficial Geology, Wetlands, and Deepwater Habitats, Coeur d'Alene River Valley, Idaho
The Coeur d'Alene (CdA) River channel and its floodplain in north Idaho are mostly covered by metal-enriched sediments, partially derived from upstream mining, milling and smelting wastes. Relative to uncontaminated sediments of the region, metal-enriched sediments are highly enriched in silver, lead, zinc, arsenic, antimony and mercury, copper, cadmium, manganese, and iron. Widespread distributio
Authors
Arthur A. Bookstrom, Stephen E. Box, Berne L. Jackson, Theodore R. Brandt, Pamela D. Derkey, Steven R. Munts
Tests of ground-penetrating radar and induced polarization for mapping fluvial mine tailings on the floor of the Couer d'Alene River, Idaho
In order to investigate sequences of toxic mine tailings that have settled in the bed of the Coeur d'Alene River, Idaho, (see figure 1) we improvised ways to make geophysical measurements on the river floor. To make ground penetrating radar (GPR) profiles, we mounted borehole antennas on a skid that was towed along the river bottom. To make induced polarization (IP) profiles, we devised a bottom s
Authors
David L. Campbell, Jefferey C. Wynn, Stephen E. Box, Arthur A. Bookstrom, Robert Horton
Distribution, facies, ages, and proposed tectonic associations of regionally metamorphosed rocks in Southwestern Alaska and the Alaska Peninsula
The oldest dated metamorphic sequence in Alaska, the fault-bounded Kilbuck Terrane, consists of continental rocks that were metamorphosed under amphibolite-facies conditions during early Proterozoic (1.77 Ga) time. Proterozoic or early Paleozoic metamorphic ages are also possible for greenschist- and amphibolite-facies continental rocks in interior Alaska (Ruby and Nixon Fork terranes). Medium-gra
Authors
Cynthia Dusel-Bacon, Elizabeth O. Doyle, Stephen E. Box
Assessment of undiscovered mineral resources in the Pacific Northwest: a contribution to the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project
No abstract available.
Authors
Stephen E. Box, Arthur A. Bookstrom, Michael L. Zientek, Pamela D. Derkey, Roger P. Ashley, James E. Elliott, Stephen G. Peters
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Stream-Sediment Geochemistry in Mining-Impacted Drainages of the Yankee Fork of the Salmon River, Custer County, Idaho
This reconnaissance study was undertaken at the request of the USDA Forest Service, Region 4, to assess the geochemistry, in particular the mercury and selenium contents, of mining-impacted sediments in the Yankee Fork of the Salmon River in Custer County Idaho. The Yankee Fork has been the site of hard-rock and placer mining, primarily for gold and silver, starting in the 1880s. Major dredge plac
Authors
Thomas P. Frost, Stephen E. Box
Stream-sediment geochemistry in mining-impacted streams: Prichard, Eagle, and Beaver Creeks, northern Coeur d'Alene mining district, northern Idaho
This report presents the results of one aspect of an integrated watershed-characterization study that was undertaken to assess the impacts of historical mining and milling of silver-lead-zinc ores on water and sediment composition and on aquatic biota in streams draining the northern part of the Coeur d'Alene Mining District in northern Idaho. We present the results of chemical analyses of 62 samp
Authors
Stephen E. Box, John C. Wallis, Paul H. Briggs, Zoe Ann Brown
Stream-sediment geochemistry in mining-impacted streams: Sediment mobilized by floods in the Coeur D'Alene-Spokane River system, Idaho and Washington
Environmental problems associated with the dispersion of metal-enriched sediment into the Coeur d'Alene-Spokane River system downstream from the Coeur d'Alene Mining District in northern Idaho have been a cause of litigation since 1903, 18 years after the initiation of mining for lead, zinc, and silver. Although direct dumping of waste materials into the river by active mining operations stopped i
Authors
Stephen E. Box, Arthur A. Bookstrom, Mohammed Ikramuddin
Guide to geophysical data for the northern Rocky Mountains and adjacent areas, Idaho, Montana, Washington, Oregon, and Wyoming
No abstract available.
Authors
Edward A. Mankinen, Thomas G. Hildenbrand, Michael L. Zientek, Stephen E. Box, Arthur A. Bookstrom, Mary H. Carlson, Jeremy C. Larsen
Baseline and historic depositional rates and lead concentrations, floodplain sediments, Lower Coeur d'Alene River, Idaho
No abstract available.
Authors
Arthur A. Bookstrom, Stephen E. Box, Robert S. Fousek, John C. Wallis, Helen Z. Kayser, Berne L. Jackson
Surficial geology along the Spokane River, Washington and its relationship to the metal content of sediments (Idaho-Washington stateline to Latah Creek confluence)
The purpose of this study is
1. to document the geographic distribution of Holocene (deposited in the last 11,000 years) sedimentary lithologies in and along the Spokane River,
2. to document the downstream variation of metal contents (especially lead [Pb] and zinc [Zn] ) by sedimentary lithology, and
3. to compare the metal contents of different sedimentary lithologies.
This data is used to gain
Authors
Stephen E. Box, John C. Wallis
Lead-rich sediments, Coeur d'Alene River Valley, Idaho: area, volume, tonnage, and lead content
In north Idaho, downstream from the Coeur d?Alene (CdA) silver-lead-zinc
mining district, lead-rich sediments, containing at least 1,000 ppm of lead, cover
approximately 61 km2 (or 73 percent) of the 84-km2 floor of the CdA River valley, from
the confluence of its North and South Forks to the top of its delta-front slope, in CdA
Lake. Concentrations of lead (Pb) in surface sediments range from
Authors
Arthur A. Bookstrom, Stephen E. Box, Julie K. Campbell, Kathryn I. Foster, Berne L. Jackson
Geochemical analysis of soils and sediments, Coeur d'Alene drainage basin, Idaho: sampling, analytical methods, and results
This report presents the locations, descriptions, analytical procedures used, and an inter-lab comparison of over 1100 geochemical analyses of samples of soil and sediment in and downstream of a major lead-zinc-silver mining district in the Coeur d'Alene (CdA) drainage basin of northern Idaho. The samples fall in 3 broad categories: (1) samples from vertical profiles of floodplain soils in the val
Authors
Stephen E. Box, Arthur A. Bookstrom, Mohammed Ikramuddin, James Lindsay
Digital Map of Surficial Geology, Wetlands, and Deepwater Habitats, Coeur d'Alene River Valley, Idaho
The Coeur d'Alene (CdA) River channel and its floodplain in north Idaho are mostly covered by metal-enriched sediments, partially derived from upstream mining, milling and smelting wastes. Relative to uncontaminated sediments of the region, metal-enriched sediments are highly enriched in silver, lead, zinc, arsenic, antimony and mercury, copper, cadmium, manganese, and iron. Widespread distributio
Authors
Arthur A. Bookstrom, Stephen E. Box, Berne L. Jackson, Theodore R. Brandt, Pamela D. Derkey, Steven R. Munts
Tests of ground-penetrating radar and induced polarization for mapping fluvial mine tailings on the floor of the Couer d'Alene River, Idaho
In order to investigate sequences of toxic mine tailings that have settled in the bed of the Coeur d'Alene River, Idaho, (see figure 1) we improvised ways to make geophysical measurements on the river floor. To make ground penetrating radar (GPR) profiles, we mounted borehole antennas on a skid that was towed along the river bottom. To make induced polarization (IP) profiles, we devised a bottom s
Authors
David L. Campbell, Jefferey C. Wynn, Stephen E. Box, Arthur A. Bookstrom, Robert Horton
Distribution, facies, ages, and proposed tectonic associations of regionally metamorphosed rocks in Southwestern Alaska and the Alaska Peninsula
The oldest dated metamorphic sequence in Alaska, the fault-bounded Kilbuck Terrane, consists of continental rocks that were metamorphosed under amphibolite-facies conditions during early Proterozoic (1.77 Ga) time. Proterozoic or early Paleozoic metamorphic ages are also possible for greenschist- and amphibolite-facies continental rocks in interior Alaska (Ruby and Nixon Fork terranes). Medium-gra
Authors
Cynthia Dusel-Bacon, Elizabeth O. Doyle, Stephen E. Box
Assessment of undiscovered mineral resources in the Pacific Northwest: a contribution to the Interior Columbia Basin Ecosystem Management Project
No abstract available.
Authors
Stephen E. Box, Arthur A. Bookstrom, Michael L. Zientek, Pamela D. Derkey, Roger P. Ashley, James E. Elliott, Stephen G. Peters