Groundwater-Quality Sample Data for Abandoned Underground Coal Mine Aquifers in West Virginia, 1973 through 2016
Description
This data file represents a compilation of existing water-quality data associated with abandoned underground coal mine aquifers in West Virginia. The first two lines of this file should be used for header information. Its intended use is as a reconnaissance tool for the purpose of directing future studies focusing on underground mine-pools. Data incorporated into this spreadsheet were obtained from multiple sources including government and academic institutions. Water-quality samples were collected from 7/13/1973 through 9/7/2016 by independent studies using multiple methods. This project identified spatially extensive data that could be attributed to abandoned underground-coal-mine aquifers throughout West Virginia and includes 770 samples from 294 sites originating from multiple coal seams.
Resources
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Description |
Link |
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55 |
Landing page for access to the data |
https://doi.org/10.5066/F7TM78C5 |
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55 |
The metadata original format |
https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.59c9463ee4b017cf313f0f82.xml |
Tags
- usgs-59c9463ee4b017cf313f0f82
- mine-drainage
- appalachian-plateaus
- west-virginia
- water-quality
- coal-mine