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• Overview
• Chemistry
• Clay
• Geochronology
• Geothermal
• Metallurgy
• Microprobe
• Soils
• Perlite
• XRD & XRF

Description

The chemistry laboratories of the NMBGMR are both service facilities and research labs. They are equipped to perform inorganic environmental analyses, geochemical analyses, acid rock drainage studies, ore and sediment analyses, and major, minor, and trace element inorganic analyses on water samples. For a more complete description see the listings under " Services". The Water Quality Evaluation page explains what the results of your water analyses mean. For price quotations call (575) 835-5160.

Staff

• Bonnie Frey, Chemistry Lab Manager / Geochemist
• Frederick Partey, Aqueous Geochemist
• Dustin Baca, Lab Technician

Equipment

• ICP-MS
• ICP-OES
• Flow injection analyzer
• Flame atomic absorption spectrophotometer.
• Graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrophotometer with Zeeman background correction and hydride generator attachment.
• Ion chromatograph with conductivity detector, UV/Vis detector, and electrochemical detector.
•  Cold vapor mercury analyzer, direct reading emission spectroscope, fluorometers, and UV/Vis spectrophotometers.

Services

• General chemical analysis of water; pH, conductivity, TDS, hardness, alkalinity/acidity, chloride, sulfate, nitrate, fluoride, sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, and silica.
• Minor elements in water; boron, bromide, iron, lithium, manganese, phosphate, and strontium.
• Trace elements in water; aluminum, antimony, arsenic, barium, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, mercury, molybdenum, selenium, silver, and zinc.
• Meteoric water mobility testing, acid producing potential, and acid neutralizing potential.
• Routine ore analyses; copper, lead, and zinc.
• Soil, sediment, and tailings analyses; arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, manganese, molybdenum, selenium, silver, and zinc.
• Toxicity characteristic leaching procedure (TCLP); arsenic, barium, cadmium, chromium, lead, mercury, selenium, and silver.

Current Projects

• Depleted uranium contamination at military test sites including isotope analysis.
• Water, soil, and whole rock analysis for mine rock pile stability project.
• Arsenic in groundwater in the Socorro Basin.
• Monthly changes in water quality parameters in Socorro drinking water sources with an emphasis on arsenic.
• Heavy metal transport in the Pecos River in New Mexico.
• Database containing chemical analysis of New Mexico groundwaters.

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Revised: 12 May, 2008

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or as specified

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