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Tracers of Surficial Processes Affecting Mineral Deposits in Humid Environments

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Ayuso, R., Foley, N., Robinson, G., Jr., Wandless, Gregory, and Dillingham, Jeremy, 2004, Lead Isotopic Compositions of Common Arsenical Pesticides Used in New England: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2004-1342.

Ayuso, R., and Foley, N., 2004, Geochemical and isotopic constraints on the sources of arsenic in groundwater from Coastal Maine, New England: in Wanty, R.B. and Seal, R.R. III, eds., Water-Rock Interaction. Proceedings of the Eleventh International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction WRI-11, Saratoga Springs, New York, 27 June-2 July, 2004. A.A. Balkema, Leiden, the Netherlands, v.1, p. 801-805.

Balistrieri, L.S., Seal, R.R., II, Piatak, N.M., Paul, B., 2007. Assessing the concentrations, speaciation, and toxicity of dissolved metals during mixing of acid-mine drainage and ambient river water downstream of the Elizabeth Copper Mine, Vermont, USA: Applied Geochemistry, v. 22, p. 930-952.

Chou, I-M., and Seal, R.R., II, 2005, Determination of goslarite-bianchite equilibria by the humidity-buffer technique at 0.1 MPa: Chemical Geology, v. 215, p. 517-524.

Chou, I-M., and Seal, R.R., II, 2005, Acquisition and evaluation of thermodynamic data for morenosite-retgersite equilibria: American Mineralogist, Director's Approval 1/7/03, in press.

Chou, I-Ming, and Seal, Robert R. II, 2004, Acquisition and evaluation of thermodynamic data for the reaction CDSO4·8/3H2O = CDSO4·H2O + 5/3 H2O AT 0.1 MPA: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program Vol. 36, No. 5, p. 337-338. Online at http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2004AM/finalprogram/abstract_76368.htm .

Chou, I-M., and Seal, R.R., II, 2005, Acquisition and evaluation of thermodynamic data for bieberite-moorhouseite equilibria at 0.1 MPa : American Mineralogist, Volume 90, pages 912-917.

Chou, I-M., and Seal, R.R., II, 2003, Determination of epsomite-hexahydrite equilibria by the humidity-buffer technique at 0.1 MPa with implications for phase equilibria in the system MgSO 4-H 2O: Astrobiology, v. 3, p. 619-630.

Foley, N., Ayuso, R.A., Culbertson, C., Marvinney, R.G., and Beck, Fred, 2004, Mining in downeast Maine: progress toward a geoenvironmental model assessing consequences of mining metamorphosed massive sulfide deposits on the coast [abs]: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 36, No. 2, p. 82. Online at http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2004NE/finalprogram/abstract_70451.htm .

Foley, N.K., Ayuso, R.A., Culbertson, C., Marvinney, R., Robinson, G., and Ayotte, J., 2004, Geoenvironmental studies in New England: contributions from mines and bedrock due to sulfide degradation in humid near-coast settings [abs]: NEDMC.

Foley, N.K., Ayuso, R.A., West, N., Dillingham, J., Marvinney, R.g., 2004, Rock-water pathways for arsenic in weathering meta-shales: Mineralogical evidence of dominant processes: in Wanty, R.B. and Seal, R.R. III, eds., Water-Rock Interaction. Proceedings of the Eleventh International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction WRI-11, Saratoga Springs, New York, 27 June-2 July, 2004. A.A. Balkema, Leiden, the Netherlands, V. 2, p. 1493-1499.

Hammarstrom, J.M., Brady, K., and Cravotta, C.A., 2005, Mineralogical controls on acid-rock drainage at Skytop, Centre Co, PA: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2005-1148, Online Version 1.0. http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2005/1148/

Hammarstrom, J.M., Eppinger, R.G., Van Gosen, B.S., Briggs, P.H., and Meier, A.L., 2004, Water-rock interactions in the upper Salmon River watershed, central Idaho, in Wanty, R.B. and Seal, R.R., II, Water-Rock Interaction, Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction, WRI-11, v. 2, p. 1517-1520.

Hammarstrom, J.M., Johnson, A.N., Seal, R.R., II, Meier, A.L., Briggs, P.L., and Piatak, N.M., 2006. Geochemical and mineralogical characterization of the abandoned Valzinco (lead-zinc) and Mitchell (gold) mine sites prior to reclamation, Spotsylvania County, Virginia: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5085, 27p.

Hammarstrom, J.M., and Seal, R.R., II, 2004, Geochemical signatures of historic metal mining in the Virginia gold-pyrite belt: Geol. Soc. Amer. Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, p. 82.

Hammarstrom, J.M., Seal, R.R., II, Meier, A.L., and Kornfeld, J.M., 2005, Secondary sulfate minerals associated with acid drainage in the eastern U.S.: recycling of metal and acidity in surficial environments: Chemical Geology, v. 215, p. 407-432.

Hammarstrom, J.M., Seal, R.R., II, Meier, A.L., and Jackson, J.C., 2003, Weathering of sulfidic shale and copper mine waste: secondary minerals and metal cycling in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, and North Carolina, USA: Environmental Geology, v. 45, p. 35-57.

Kiah, R.G., Deacon, J.R., Piatak, N.M., Seal, R.R., II, Coles, J.F., and Hammarstrom, J.M., 2007. Surface-water hydrology and quality at the Pike Hill Superfund Site, Corinth, Vermont, October 2004 to December 2005: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5003, 61p.

Klein, T.L., Cunningham, C.G., Logan, M.A.V., and Seal, R.R., II, 2007, The Russell gold deposit, Carolina slate belt, North Carolina.  Economic Geology, v. 102, p. 239-256.

Kwong, Y.T.J. and Seal, R.R., II, 2007, Role of environmental ore deposits in mine reclamation.  Proceedings of Northern Latitudes Mining Reclamation Workshop, May 15-17, 2007, Juneau, Alaska.

Levitan, D.M., Seal, R.R., Piatak, N.M.,and Hammarstrom, J.M., 2007, Evaluation of acid-generating potential of complex mine wastes: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, 39(6), 404

Piatak , N.M., Hammarstrom, J.M., and Seal, R.R., II, 2004, Mineralogical controls on acid-base accounting of mine waste from the abandoned Ely copper mine Superfund site, Vermont: Geol. Soc. Amer. Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, p. 55.

Piatak, N.M., Hammarstrom, J.M., Seal, R.R., II, Briggs, P.H ., Meier, A.L., Muzik, T.L., and Jackson, J.C., 2004, Geochemical characterization of mine waste at the Ely copper mine Superfund site, Orange County, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 2004-1248.

Piatak, N.M., Seal, R.R., II, Hammarstrom, J.M., Meier, A.L., and Briggs, P.H ., 2003, Geochemical characterization of slags, other mine waste, and their leachate from the Elizabeth and Ely mines (Vermont), the Ducktown mining district (Tennessee), and the Clayton smelter site (Idaho): U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 03-260.

Piatak, Nadine M., Seal, Robert R. II, and Hammarstrom, Jane M., 2004, Environmental Significance of Cadmium and Other Trace-Element Concentrations in Sphalerite from Mineral Deposits: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program Vol. 36, No. 5, p. 27-28. Online at http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2004AM/finalprogram/abstract_79382.htm .

Piatak , N.M., Seal, R.R., II, and Hammarstrom, J.M., 2004, Mineralogical and geochemical controls on the release of trace elements from slag produced by base- and precious-metal smelting at abandoned mine sites: Applied Geochemistry, v. 19, p. 1039-1064.

Piatak, N.M., Seal, R.R., II, Sanzolone, R.F., Lamothe, P.J., Brown, Z.A., and Adams, M., 2007. Sequential extraction results and mineralogy of mine waste and stream sediments associated with metal mines in Vermont, Maine, and New Zealand: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1063, 34p. http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1063/

Piatak, N.M., Seal, R.R., II, Hammarstrom, J.M., Kiah, R.G., Deacon, J.R., Adams, M., Anthony, M.W., Briggs, P.H., and Jackson, J.C., 2006. Geochemical characterization of mine waste, mine drainage, and stream sediments at the Pike Hill Copper Mine Superfund Site, Orange County, Vermont: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5303, 120p. http://pubs.water.usgs.gov/sir2006-5303/

Piatak, N.M., Seal, R.R., II, Sanzolone, R.F., Lamothe, P.J., and Brown, Z.A., 2006. Preliminary results of sequential extraction experiments for selenium on mine waste and stream sediments from Vermont, Maine, and New Zealand: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2006-1184, 21p. http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2006/1184/

Piatak, N.M., Hammarstrom, J.M., and Seal, R.R., II, 2006.  Geochemical characterization of mine waste from the Pike Hill Superfund site in Vermont, USA: Proceeding from the 7th International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage [ICARD 2006], p. 1583-1602.

Piatak, N.M., Hammarstrom, J.M., and Seal, R.R., II, 2004. Geochemical characterization of mine waste from the Ely copper mine in Vermont, USA, in: Wanty, R.B., and Seal, R.R., 11, eds., Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction, v. 2, p. 1619-1623.

Robinson, G.R., Jr., and Ayotte, J.D., 2007, Rock-bound arsenic influences ground water and sediment chemistry throughout New England:  U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2007-1119, Online at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2007/1119/ .

Robinson, G. R., Jr., and Ayuso, R.A., 2004, Use of spatial statistics and isotopic tracers to measure the influence of arsenical pesticide use on stream sediment chemistry in New England, USA: in Applied Geochemistry, v. 19, no. 7, pp. 1097-1110.

Robinson, G.R., Jr., and Ayuso, R.A., 2004, Geochemical and isotopic constraints on the sources of arsenic in groundwater from Coastal Maine, New England: in Wanty, R.B. and Seal, R.R. III, eds., Water-Rock Interaction. Proceedings of the Eleventh International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction WRI-11, Saratoga Springs, New York, 27 June-2 July, 2004. A.A. Balkema, Leiden, the Netherlands, V. 2, p. 801-805.

Robinson, G.R., Jr., and Ayuso, R.A., 2002, The geochemical legacy of arsenical pesticide use in New England [abs]: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 34, p. 295. Onilne at http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2002AM/finalprogram/abstract_38997.htm .

Seal, R.R., Balistrieri, L.S., Piatak, N.M., Garrity, C.P., Hammarstrom, J.M., and Hathaway, E.M., 2006. Processes controlling geochemical variations in the South Pit lake, Elizabeth mine Superfund site, Vermont, USA: Proceedings from the 7th International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage [ICARD 2006], p. 1936-1951.

Seal, R.R., II, Hammarstrom, J.M., Johnson, A.N., Piatak, N.M. and Wandless, G.A., 2008, Environmental geochemistry of a Kuroko-type massive sulfide deposit at the abandoned Valzinco mine, Virginia, USA: Applied Geochemistry, 23(2), 320-342.

Seal, R.R., II, Hammarstrom, J.M., Piatak, N.M., and Balistrieri, L.S., 2004. Environmental geochemistry of drainage from the abandoned Elizabeth Cu mine, USA, in: Wanty, R.B., and Seal, R.R., II, eds., Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Water-Rock Interaction, v. 2, p. 1637-1641.

Seal, R.R., II, 2004, Geoenvironmental models of massive sulfide deposits with an emphasis on sedimentary-exhalative lead-zinc deposits: in M. Deb and W.D. Goodfellow (eds.), Sediment-hosted Lead-Zinc Sulphide Deposits: Attributes and Models of Some Major Deposits in India, Australia and Canada, Narosa Publishing (New Delhi), p. 191-221.

Seal, R.R., II, Balistrieri, L.S., Piatak, N.M., and Hammarstrom, Jane, 2003, Physical and chemical limnology of an acidic pit lake at the Elizabeth Copper mine Superfund site, Vermont: Geol. Soc. Amer. Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, p. 269.

Seal, R.R., II, and Hammarstrom, J.M., 2003, Geoenvironmental models of mineral deposits: examples from massive sulfide and gold deposits: Environmental Aspects of Mine Wastes, J.L. Jambor, D.W. Blowes, and A.I.M. Ritchie (eds.), Mineralogical Association of Canada Short Series, v. 31, p. 11-50.

Seal, R.R., II, ., Hammarstrom, J.M., and Piatak, N.M., 2004, Relationship of geologic and hydrologic setting to distinct evolutionary paths of mine drainage at he Elizabeth copper mine Superfund site, Vermont: Geol. Soc. Amer. Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, p. 83.

Seal, Robert R., 2003, Stable-isotope geochemistry of mine waters and related solids, in Mineralogical Association of Canada Short Series, v. 31, Environmental Aspects of Mine Wastes: Jambor, J.L., Blowes, D.W., and Ritchie, A.I.M., eds., p. 303-334.

Seal, R.R. II, Foley, N.K., and Wanty, R.B., 2002, Introduction to Geoenvironmental Models of Mineral Deposits: in Progress on Geoenvironmental Models for Selected Mineral Deposit Types, Seal R.R., II, and Foley, N.K., eds., USGS Open-file Report 02-195, pp. 1-7.

Seal, R.R., Jambor, J.L., and Alpers, C.N., 2004, Preface: Geochemistry of sulfate minerals in high- and low-temperature environments; a tribute to Robert O. Rye: Chemical Geology, v. 215, p. 1-4.

Seal, R.R., II, Piatak, N.M., Levitan, D.M., and Hammarstrom, J.M., 2007, Geoenvironmental mineral deposit models as aids to the identification of environmental challenges associated with the mining of unmined and undiscovered ore deposits: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, 39(6)

Seal, R.R., II, and Wandless, G.A., 2003, Sulfur isotopic evidence for seafloor mineralizing processes at the Bald Mountain and Mount Chase massive sulfide deposits, northern Maine: Economic Geology Monograph, v. 11, p. 567-587.

Seal, R.R., II, and Wandless, G.A., 2004, Stable isotope insights into the evolution of mine drainge at the Elizabeth copper mine Superfund site, Vermont: Geol. Soc. Amer. Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, p. 82.

Swezey, C.S.,Piatak, N.M., Grady, F.V., and Hackley, P.C., 2007, Some notes on the geology of Haynes Cave, Monroe County, West Virginia: The West Virginia Caver, v. 25(3), p. 12-15.