Open AccessCompletion Report for Well ER-EC-13 Corrective Action Units 101 and 102: Central and Western Pahute Mesa
Author(s) -
Management, NSTec Environmental
Publication year - 2011
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/1015229
Subject(s) - piezometer , geology , casing , drilling , lithology , siltstone , water table , mineralogy , groundwater , geotechnical engineering , geomorphology , geochemistry , facies , aquifer , materials science , petroleum engineering , structural basin , metallurgy
Well ER-EC-13 was drilled for the U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Site Office, in support of the Nevada Environmental Restoration Project at the Nevada National Security Site (formerly Nevada Test Site), Nye County, Nevada. The well was drilled in October 2010 as part of the Pahute Mesa Phase II drilling program. A main objective was to provide detailed hydrogeologic information for the Fortymile Canyon composite unit hydrostratigraphic unit in the Timber Mountain moat area, within the Timber Mountain caldera complex, that will help address uncertainties within the Pahute Mesa–Oasis Valley hydrostratigraphic framework model. This well may also be used as a long-term monitoring well