Appendix B: Major ion concentration data for water from supply wells at the Nevada National Security Site,

Nye Count
This is Appendix B in "Paces, J.B., Elliott, P.E., Fenelon, J.M., Laczniak, R.J., and Moreo, M.T., 2012, Transient effects on grou
Site, Nye County, Nevada, 1951-2008: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2012-5023, 108 p."

Concentrations of major ions (Na, K, Ca, Mg, SiO 2, bicarbonate alkalinity as HCO3, carbonate alkalinity as CO3, total alkalinity a
wells on the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) are presented in this Microsoft ® Excel spreadsheet. This spreadsheet is der
maintained in Microsoft® Access and administered by the U.S. Department of Energy’s primary contractor (currently Navarro-In
Excel® spreadsheet), and can be sorted by well name from the pull-down menu at the top of the second column header. Locatio
abundant major ions. All concentrations are given as milligrams of solute per liter of water (mg/L; equivalent to parts per million)

Yellow shaded rows in the "TableMajors" sheet have ionic charge balances greater than 10% caused by one or more missing v
original value reported in Geochem08.mdb that was (1) considered spurious compared to values from other samples, (2) consi
values used to calculate an average reported for a single sample date.

Column headings for worksheet "TableMajors"

USGS Site Number: Unique USGS site identification number
USGS Well Name: Unique USGS well name that represents a discrete open interval in the borehole
Collection Date: Month, day, and year when the sample was collected or the particular constituent was measured
Meas. TDS (mg/L): Total dissolved solids (TDS) measured gravimetrically after evaporation of a filtered sample; reported in mil
Calc. TDS (mg/L): Total dissolved solids (TDS) calculated from chemical analysis; reported in milligrams of solute per liter of w
Charge balance (%): Difference between positively and negatively charged ions expressed in milliequivalents per liter and der
Na (mg/L): Sodium; reported in milligrams of solute per liter of water (mg/L)
K (mg/L): Potassium; reported in milligrams of solute per liter of water (mg/L)
Ca (mg/L): Calcium; reported in milligrams of solute per liter of water (mg/L)
Mg (mg/L): Magnesium; reported in milligrams of solute per liter of water (mg/L)
SiO2 (mg/L): Silicon dioxide, or silica; reported in milligrams of solute per liter of water (mg/L)
Bicarbonate (HCO3) alkalinity as HCO3 (mg/L): Bicarbonate (HCO3); reported in milligrams of solute per liter of water (mg/L)
Carbonate (CO3) alkalinity, as HCO3 (mg/L): Carbonate (CO3); reported in milligrams of solute per liter of water (mg/L)
Total alkalinity, as HCO3 (mg/L): Sum of bicarbonate and carbonate alkalinity reported in milligrams of solute per liter of water
Cl (mg/L): Chloride; reported in milligrams of solute per liter of water (mg/L)
SO4 (mg/L): Sulfate; reported in milligrams of solute per liter of water (mg/L)
NO3 (mg/L): Nitrate; reported in milligrams of solute per liter of water (mg/L)
F (mg/L): Fluoride; reported in milligrams of solute per liter of water (mg/L)
Br (mg/L): Bromine; reported in milligrams of solute per liter of water (mg/L)
PO4 (mg/L): Phosphate; reported in milligrams of solute per liter of water (mg/L)
Data Source: Source of data as reported in Geochem08.mdb database: Bechtel, Bechtel Nevada; Boughton (1986), C.J. Boug
1973, Water quality and physical characteristics of Nevada Test Site water-supply wells: U.S. Geological Survey Report USGS-
Flat-Nevada Test Site database, data from M. Martin, IT Corporation; HRCES, Harry Reid Center for Environmental Studies (Un
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; NSTec, National Security Technologies, LLC; Perfect and others (1995), Perfect, D.L
Death Valley region, California and Nevada: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94–305, 10 p. and 2 diskettes.; REECo,
U.S. Department of Energy; USGS, U.S. Geological Survey. See Geochem08.mdb for specific information on references.
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well name of interest from the pull down menu accessed by clicking the down arrow in the lower right corner of the cell labeled "USGS well name"

Bicarbonate Carbonate Total

Meas. Calc. (HCO3) (CO3) alkalinity,
Collection TDS TDS Charge Na K Ca Mg SiO2 alkalinity as alkalinity, as as HCO3 Cl,
date (mg/L) (mg/L) balance (%) (mg/L) (mg/L) (mg/L) (mg/L) (mg/L) HCO3 (mg/L) HCO3 (mg/L) (mg/L) (mg/L)
7/10/1962 330 328 -0.01 37 5.20 47 21 21 256 256 16
7/15/1962 332 332 -1.01 38 4.90 46 21 20 254 254 17
9/25/1963 316 318 -1.45 34 4.80 44 22 18 258 258 15
10/20/1964 315 324 -0.27 38 5.20 45 21 19 256 256 16
11/16/1967 362 322 0.53 36 5.40 46 22 19 258 258 15
4/15/1969 308 -0.54 36.1 5.90 44.1 22 258 258 13
4/22/1969 308 321 -0.06 36 6.00 44 22 20 258 258 13
3/18/1971 301 324 -0.84 37 5.20 44 22 19 262 262 15
4/13/1972 334 326 -1.27 39 7.70 41 21 21 257 257 16
1/1/1973 370 -1.46 33 3.90 46 22 259 259 19
1/1/1977 389 1.07 38 4.70 44 23 242 242 20
2/28/1979 286 4.18 37 5.00 46 25 244 244 15
1/1/1981 325 345 5.57 32.7 5.33 49.1 33 21.4 259 259 25
3/19/1981 348 -96.58 4.00 259 259 16
8/8/1984 310 -10.26 45.4 21.4 271 271 16
2/1/1988 346 -98.34 18.0 271 271 18
4/17/1990 320 -2.37 39.4 5.68 37.6 21.6 20.3 259 259 16
5/31/1990 312 333 -0.87 39 5.00 44 22.0 22.0 261 261 15
7/30/1990 324 -0.97 37.9 5.70 44.1 20.4 20.0 258 258 15.7
9/10/1990 326 -0.95 38.3 5.82 44.1 20.5 20.3 260 260 15.6
7/22/1991 317 334 0.79 40 5.00 45 23.0 21.0 261 261 15
12/18/1991 12.63 41 5.70 46 21.0 23.0 251 251 17
5/12/1993 315 51.59 40 5.00 43.5 22.2 20.75 24
8/28/1995 323.8 321 -2.79 38 5.00 42 20.0 19.0 261 261 17
9/18/1996 331.2 331 -1.40 40 5.60 44 21.0 19.0 259 259 20
7/19/2000 480 -0.16 35.4 4.84 44 21.8 249 2.4 251 16.6
8/1/2001 326 321 -0.60 34.4 5.81 44.9 22.0 19.5 250 0.6 251 18.7
7/17/2002 343 338 -0.46 38.7 5.41 47.9 21.8 19.2 249 0.6 249 30.6
1/29/2003 355 355 -1.76 41.8 5.59 47.3 22.5 20.6 250 2.4 252 38.6
5/29/2003 352 350 -2.88 41.9 5.21 45.7 21.3 20.4 250 250 39.2
7/2/2003 355 340 1.74 40.9 5.74 48.007 23.0 19.8 250 2.4 252 26.3
10/8/2003 331 346 1.65 42 5.12 48.6 23.3 20.4 249 2.4 251 30.2
1/21/2004 384 380 2.62 46.1 6.26 55.3 25.3 21.3 258 1.2 260 43.5
4/21/2004 393 365 -2.74 43.1 5.96 47.9 22.5 20.4 251 1.6 253 47.5
7/21/2004 391 372 -1.68 44.4 5.53 49.6 23.2 20.1 243 2.2 245 50.9
7/13/2005 440 375 0.84 46.4 5.90 50.3 24.7 22.5 241 2.1 243 52.7
5/1/2006 312 -100.00 238 2.4 241

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SO4 NO3 F Br PO4

(mg/L) (mg/L) (mg/L) (mg/L) (mg/L)
53 1.2 0.90 0.16
58 1.4 0.90
51 1.4 0.70 0.08
52 0.5 1.00 0.01
49 1.2 1.10 0.01
51 4.9 1.10
51 1.1 1.10 0.01
51 0.9 1.00 0.01
52 0.24 1.20
45 1.7 1.20
53 2.85 1.10
53 1.4 1.07
50 0.068 1.00
53 1.5 0.98
0.2 1.10
52 1.8 1.01
51.1 1.239
55 1.9 1.07
52.5 1.284
52.3 1.328
54 1.9 1.06
1.505 0.05
54.68 1.09
52 0.11
53 1.10 0.14
49.7 1.00
51.8 1.00
51.2 0.89
53.9 0.91
52.2 1.00 0.11
51.8 0.86
52 0.86
53.7 0.91
52.5 0.90
56.7 0.94
51.7 0.90
49.5

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