### Digitally available interval-specific rock-sample data compiled from historical records, Nevada National Security Site and vicinity, Nye County, Nevada

By: David B. Wood

                            https://doi.org/10.3133/ds297

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#### Abstract

First posted November 1, 2007

Revised February 15, 2017

**For additional information, contact:**
Director, Nevada Water Science Center U.S. Geological Survey 2730 N. Deer Run Road Carson City, Nevada 89701http://nevada.usgs.gov 

Between 1951 and 1992, 828 underground tests were conducted on the Nevada National Security Site, Nye County, Nevada. Prior to and following these nuclear tests, holes were drilled and mined to collect rock samples. These samples are organized and stored by depth of borehole or drift at the U.S. Geological Survey Core Library and Data Center at Mercury, Nevada, on the Nevada National Security Site. From these rock samples, rock properties were analyzed and interpreted and compiled into project files and in published reports that are maintained at the Core Library and at the U.S. Geological Survey office in Henderson, Nevada. These rock-sample data include lithologic descriptions, physical and mechanical properties, and fracture characteristics. Hydraulic properties also were compiled from holes completed in the water table. Rock samples are irreplaceable because pre-test, in-place conditions cannot be recreated and samples can not be recollected from the many holes destroyed by testing. Documenting these data in a published report will ensure availability for future investigators.

#### Suggested Citation

Wood, D.B., 2007, Digitally available interval-specific rock-sample data compiled from historical records, NevadaNational Security Site and vicinity, Nye County, Nevada (ver. 2.2, February 2017): U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 297, 23 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ds297.

ISSN: 2327-638X (online)

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#### Table of Contents

- Abstract 
- Introduction 
- Digital Data 
- Summary 
- Acknowledgments 
- References Cited 

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