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    Distribution of uranium in rocks and radon levels in water in the San Carlos-Safford-Duncan Nonpoint-Source Management Zone

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    Author
    Harris, R.C.
    Issue Date
    1996-12-01
    Keywords
    Arizona Geological Survey Open File Reports
    Greenlee County
    Graham County
    San Carlos-Safford-Duncan Nonpoint-Source Management Zone
    Duncan
    San Carlos
    Safford
    Arizona
    hazard
    water quality
    radon
    Geology
    uranium
    airborne radioactive survey
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    Harris, R.C., 1996, Distribution of uranium in rocks and radon levels in water in the San Carlos-Safford-Duncan Nonpoint-Source Management Zone. Arizona Geological Survey Open File Report, OFR-96-28, 3 map sheets, map scales 1:250,000 and 1:500,000, 10 p.
    Publisher
    Arizona Geological Survey (Tucson, AZ)
    Description
    As part of a study of potential non-point-source impacts on water quality, this report discusses the nature and distribution ofuranium and radon in rocks, sediments, soils, and water in the San Carlos-Safford-Duncan Nonpoint-Source Management Zone (Figure 1). This study relies on previously published information, and for much of the Management Zone, this information is not detailed, or is not available. Uranium is a naturally occurring element, found in all rocks and soils, as well as in all natural surface and groundwaters. Average values for typical crustal rocks are 4.4 ppm for granite, 0.8 ppm in basalt, and 3.8 ppm in shale (Brownlow, 1979, p. 43). The range of uranium concentrations within each rock type commonly varies by factors of 2 to 10. Granites in Arizona, for example, have background levels of uranium ranging from 1.17 ppm in the Wilderness Granite, Santa Catalina Mountains, to 10 ppm in the Stronghold Granite in the Dragoon Mountains, and up to 51 ppm in the Lawler Peak Granite in Yavapai County (Duncan and Spencer, 1993b). Radon is a naturally occurring gas produced from the radioactive decay ofuranium. 222Radon, the isotope of interest, is a daughter of 238U (via 226Ra). 222 Radon decays with a half life of 3.82 days, emitting an alpha particle. Radon is highly soluble in water, and consequently is found in all natural waters. Radon may degas from domestic water, accounting for some ofthe indoor radon found in buildings. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed, but not yet enforced, a limit of 300 picocuries per liter (PCiIl) for radon in water. (10 pages, 3 map sheets)
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    http://hdl.handle.net/10150/630835
    Additional Links
    http://repository.azgs.az.gov/uri_gin/azgs/dlio/414
    Language
    en
    Series/Report no.
    OFR-96-28
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    Arizona Geological Survey. All rights reserved.
    Collection Information
    Documents in the AZGS Document Repository collection are made available by the Arizona Geological Survey (AZGS) and the University Libraries at the University of Arizona. For more information about items in this collection, please contact azgs-info@email.arizona.edu.
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    East Bounding Coordinate
    -109.039
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