Borehole and geohydrologic data for test hole USW UZ-6, Yucca Mountain area, Nye County, Nevada | Zendy

M.S. Jr. Whitfield | Zendy; C.L. Loskot | Zendy; C.M. Cope | Zendy

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Borehole and geohydrologic data for test hole USW UZ-6, Yucca Mountain area, Nye County, Nevada

Author(s) -

M.S. Jr. Whitfield,

C.L. Loskot,

C.M. Cope

Publication year - 1993

Publication title -

osti oai (u.s. department of energy office of scientific and technical information)

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Reports

DOI - 10.2172/138662

Subject(s) - borehole , test site , geology , drilling , lithology , ridge , drill hole , yucca , radioactive waste , hydrology (agriculture) , geological survey , mining engineering , geochemistry , geotechnical engineering , paleontology , engineering , waste management , botany , biology , mechanical engineering

Test hole USW UZ-6, located 1.8 kilometers west of the Nevada Test Site on a major north-trending ridge at Yucca Mountain, was dry drilled in Tertiary tuff to a depth of 575 meters. The area near this site is being considered by the US Department of Energy for potential construction of a high-level, radioactive-waste repository. Test hole USW UZ-6 is one of seven test holes completed in the unsaturated zone as part of the US Geological Survey`s Yucca Mountain Project to characterize the potential repository site. Data pertaining to borehole drilling and construction, lithology of geologic units penetrated, and laboratory analyses for hydrologic characteristics of samples of drill-bit cuttings are included in this report

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