Baseline Deposition Rates, Lead-Rich Sediment, Coeur d’Alene (CdA) River Floodplain, Idaho Arthur Bookstrom, Stephen Box, Robert Fousek Mill tailings and floods in the CdA drainage basin, Lead-rich sediments on the CdA River floodplain, Baseline rates of sediment deposition, Baseline concentrations of lead (Pb) in sediments, Secondary sources of Pb-rich sediment, Continuing deposition of Pb-rich sediments.
Location map
Production and Tailings Management
History of Flooding
Block Diagram of Floodplain
Star Mill - south fork Coeur d’ Alene River
Rose Lake, Idaho 1933 Flood Smelterville Flats, Idaho
Lead in Surficial Sediments
Riverbank near Medimont in Mt. St. Helens volcanic ash layer Base of section of Pb-rich sediments Section of Pb-Rich Sediments
Lead-Concentration Profiles
Pre- and Post-1969 Rates of Sediment Deposition in Medicine Lake
Summary of Baseline Depositional Rates and Lead Concentrations
Baseline Depositional Rates
Lateral Variation in Baseline Rates of Sediment Deposition 28.5
Baseline Lead Concentrations
Lateral Variation in Baseline Lead Concentrations 7500
Box plots of historic and baseline sediment-deposition rates
Box plots of Pb concentrations in sediments of successive time intervals Figure 23. Box-and-whisker plots, comparing interval-weighted average lead (ppm Pb) in sediments of the early post-tailings-release (BA1) and baseline (AA) time-stratigraphic intervals. n = 13 90th percentile 75th 50th 25th 10th
Percentages of tailings-derived Pb in sediments by drainage basin, and by depositional setting
Lead Concentrations in Suspended Sediment
1996 Scour of Pb-Rich Sediments in the River near Dudley Approximate location of drill hole 94VCD2 Log exposed by flood scour Stored Pb-rich sediments (well stratified) River bottom before 1996 flood Scoured zone Sandy active bed sediment (poorly stratified)
Secondary Sources of Pb-Rich Sediment in the River Channel ’96 scour