Questa Project

Geological Characterization

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Sample collection and preparation (McLemore)

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Statistics (McLemore)

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Characterization of mined rock (McLemore)

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Characterization of Questa rock piles (McLemore, Anim, Fakhimi, Dickens, Nunoo)

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Clays (Donahue, Dunbar, Heizler, and McLemore)

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Petrography (Dunbar, Heizler, Sweeney)

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Quantitative mineralogy (McLemore, Sweeney, Dunbar, Heizler, Campbell, and Phillips)

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Characterization of GHN (McLemore and Donahue)

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Characterization of the hot zones (McLemore, Donahue, Campbell)

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Chemistry and mineralogy with change in particle size (McLemore)

Hydrogeological Characterization

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Characterization of the crust (Geise, McLemore)

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Heat Flow Characterization (Reiter)

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Heat flow characterization (Soloman)

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Tritium Analysis (Solomon and Marston)

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Isotope geochemistry of pore water (Campbell, McLemore, Graf)

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Hydrological characterization of rock piles (McLemore, Fredlund, and Donahue)

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Climate (Hamilton, Fredlund, and McLemore)

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Hydrology System Models (Fredlund)

Geochemical/weathering

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QMWI (McLemore, Campbell, Lueth, and Dunbar)

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Sulfur and oxygen isotopes (Campbell, Lueth, Graf)

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Geochronology (Lueth, Campbell)

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Characterization of analogs (Lueth, Campbell)

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Scar analog characterization: mineralogy and geochemistry (Graf, Lueth, Campbell)

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Characterization of bedrock analogs (McLemore)

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Characterization of debris flow analogs (Ayakwah, McLemore, Dickens)

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Column leach tests and modeling (Osantowski, Pullin, and McLemore)

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Microbiology (Adams, Hough, Richins, Kennedy, Eshler, Pennington, McLemore, Menson, Gutierrez, Shields, Lockwood, Sweeny)

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Boulder study (Sweeney, Dunbar, Logsdon, McLemore, Heizler, Dickens)

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DI Leach (Osantowski, Pullin, and McLemore)

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Characterization of Physical and Chemical Weathering (McLemore, Lueth, Campbell, and Dunbar)

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Cementation in the Questa materials (McLemore)

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Water Chemistry – Goathill Spring (Logsdon)

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Conceptual Model of Hydrogeochemistry of Goathill North (Logsdon)

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Simple solution models (Logsdon)

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Simple models of acid-base balance and mineral stability (Logsdon)

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Formation of Evaporative Crusts (Logsdon)

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Inverse mass balance model—GHN spring (Logsdon)

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Humidity cell mineralogy and characterization (McLemore, Heizler and Dunbar)

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Humidity cells (Trujillo)

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Modeling of humidity cell data (Trujillo, Eldredge, Evans, Sunkavalli, Niewiadomski, Li)

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COMSOL model (Trujillo, Niewiadomski, Sunkavalli, Li)

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Prediction of mineralogical changes occurring in a rock pile over time due to weathering (Trujillo, Niewiadomski, Sunkavalli, Li)

Geotechnical Characterization

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Literature search (McLemore, Fakhimi)

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Particle shape (Nunoo, Fakhimi, McLemore, and Phillips)

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Wet/dry sieving (Nunoo, Fakhimi, McLemore)

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NMIMT Laboratory direct shear tests (Fakhimi, McLemore, Nunoo, Anim, and Gutierrez)

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UBC Laboratory direct shear tests (van Zyl, Wilson)

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Legacy Laboratory direct shear tests (Fakhimi, McLemore, and Nunoo)

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Triaxial tests (van Zyl, Nunoo, McLemore and Ayakwah)

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Point load, slake durability (Ayakwah McLemore, Fakhimi, Dickens, and Viterbo)

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In-situ and laboratory direct shear tests (Boakye, Fakhimi, McLemore)

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Interpretations of analog sites (McLemore)

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Shear box model (Fakhimi, Hosseinpour)

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Golder results (megasamples) (Fakhimi, Nunoo, McLemore, and van Zyl)

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Geotechnical evaluation of rock piles (van Zyl, Nunoo, McLemore)

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Extrapolation of geotechnical and geochemistry characterization into the future (McLemore, van Zyl)

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Slope stability (Fredlund)