Pahute Mesa and Rainier Mesa

Tour Booklet

Nevada Site
Specific Advisory Board
April 10, 2019
 Prohibited Articles On Nevada National
Security Site (NNSS) Public Tours
The following items are prohibited within the boundaries of the NNSS public tours.
Tour escorts are required to do random checks.

• Cellular Phones • Recording Devices

• Bluetooth Enabled Devices
• PDA, BlackBerry, etc.
• Computers
• Portable Data Storage Devices
• Global Positioning System (GPS)
• Cameras/Camcorders
• Binoculars
• Optical Instruments
• Geiger Counters
• Pets and Animals
• Explosives
• Ammunition
• Incendiary Devices
• Chemical Irritants
• Alcoholic Beverages
• Controlled Substances
• Any Item Prohibited by Law

Possession of these items may delay the tour and prevent your participation.
If at any point during the tour these items are discovered, the tour may be terminated.

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 Tour Agenda*
8:35 a.m. Arrive at Mercury Badge Office.
9:10 a.m. Depart for USGS Core Library.
9:15 a.m. Arrive at USGS Core Library for overview on
the NNSS and highlights of trip stops. Rest stop.
9:45 a.m. Depart for Pahute Mesa – discussion of testing
areas of Frenchman Flat and Yucca Flat on bus.
11:05 a.m. Arrive at Well ER-20-5 for discussion of TYBO
(name of nuclear detonation) near field drilling
approaches, wells construction, Pahute Mesa
hydrogeologic setting, underground test
locations, and observation wells.
11:35 a.m. Depart for Well ER-20-7.
11:45 a.m. Arrive at Well ER-20-7 for continuation of
discussion of TYBO/BENHAM (names of nuclear
detonations) setting, observed groundwater
contamination and hydrologic setting. Overview
of ER-20-7 relative to the Oasis Valley Discharge
Area and distal wells. Lunch, rest stop, and open
discussion.
12:25 p.m. Depart for Stockade Wash Overlook.
1:05 p.m. Arrive at Stockade Wash Overlook. Exit bus for
Rainier Mesa hydrogeologic overview
discussion. Porta Potties available.
1:35 p.m. Depart for N-Tunnel for discussion of Rainier
Mesa underground testing areas.
1:55 p.m. Arrive at N-Tunnel Portal for discussion of
testing/tunnels and overview of hydrologeology.
2:25 p.m. Depart for Blue Box.
3:15 p.m. Arrive at Blue Box for rest stop.
3:30 p.m. Depart for Gate 100.
3:35 p.m. Drop off at Mercury and return to Las Vegas.
5:05 p.m. Arrive Frank H. Rogers Science & Technology
Building, LV.
* Subject to change
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 Underground Test Area (UGTA) Groundwater Closure Strategy

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 NSSAB FY 2019 Groundwater
Work Plan Items
Item 1 Work Plan Item: Pahute Mesa Groundwater Sampling Well Prioritization

Deadline for July 2019

Recommendation:
Description: Background: Environmental Management (EM) NV plans to drill additional groundwater wells on/near
Pahute Mesa. In support of this, the EM NV contractor will develop a white paper outlining the proposed
well locations. The white paper will be presented to the NSSAB.

NSSAB Scope: From a community perspective, provide a recommendation to EM NV that prioritizes the
factors used by EM NV to prioritize proposed well locations.

Item 2 Work Plan Item: Changes to Approach for Pahute Mesa Completion

Deadline for April 2019

Recommendation:
Description: Background: EM NV is considering a more pragmatic approach for the closure of the Pahute Mesa
Corrective Action Unit (CAU).

NSSAB Scope: From a community perspective, provide a recommendation on if the more pragmatic
approach is supported by the NSSAB and how it could be improved.

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 Monitoring & Hydrogeologic Investigation Wells and
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Coordinate Systems: Latitude and Longitude values, 15 minute intervals; North American Datum 1927 Universal Trans Mercator Zone 11 North, meters; North American Datum 1983 State Plane Nevada Central, feet
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 Stratigraphic Column Stratigraphic Nomenclature Range in Thickness (ft)
Typ Alluvium 0-250
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Tpd rhyolite of Delirium Canyon 0-300
Ti Tpe Tpe rhyolite of Echo Peak 0-1200
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Miocene
Tertiary

Tcpk rhyolite of Kearsarge 0-500

Tcb Bullfrog Tuff 0-2200

Tbd Deadhorse Flat Formation 0-2000

Belted Range

Ti

100-3500
Tb
Group

Tbg Grouse Canyon Tuff 0-400

Tbgs Comendite of Split Ridge 0-1200
Tr Tram Ridge Group 0-200
Tn Tunnel Formation 0-1200

Ti Tq Volcanics of Quartz Mountain 100-1000

Tu Tub Volcanics of Big Dome
Tub Spring Tuff
To Tor Volcanics of Oak Spring Butte 400-3000
Redrock Valley Tuff
Tot Tuff of Twin Peaks 0-900
Tk Volcanics of Kawich Valley 0-3750
rhyolite of Belted Peak
rhyolite of Wheelbarrow Peak
Tec Volcanics of Central Nevada
Ti Fraction Tuff 0-7000

Tep Pahranagat Tuff 0-650

Shingle Pass Tuff 0-650

Oligocene

Ti Tes
Monotony Tuff 0-5000
Tem
p_
D
Mesozoic _- De Gold Meadows stock granite (Kgg)
M
Cambrian-Devonian carbonate (Thrusted) 0-2500
Precambrian
& Paleozoic

Kgg
_-D Chainman Shale/Eleana Formation (MDe) 0-4000
Cambrian-Devonian carbonate rocks (C-D) 10,000-16,000
Pre-Cambrian rocks (Thrusted) 0-2000
p_ Pre-Cambrian rocks (p_)

Explanation
welded inter-caldera limestone/
ash-flow tuff basaltic lava intrusives dolomite intrusive granite
nonwelded and rhyolitic lava alluvium silty shale/ p_ sediments
bedded ash-fall tuff quartzite
Schematic Stratigraphic Column for the Pahute Mesa and Bench Areas
modified from NSTec 2014
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. •
/

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If

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. ;'ti&

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I - .
ALKALI FLAT ..j '.5-
FURNACE CREEK RANCH � ASH MEADOWS
GROUNDWATER BASIN
(19,000 Umin;
7,900 acre-ft/Y_r)
�

EXPLANATION
Groundwater basin boundary-Numbers in
parentheses are approximate predevelopment discharge
from springs and evapotranspiration. Modified from
Fenelon et al. (2016)

c:::::::> General direction of regional groundwater flow

Area of recharge-dark blue: 15-50 mm/yr; light blue:

••c:==-•••-====:::::J
5-15 mm/yr; uncolored: <5 mm/yr. Modified from Belcher
0 5 10 20 30 et al. (2004)
Miles
Generalized area of groundwater discharge-Modified
Kilometers
from Laczniak and others (2001)
0 5 10 20 30

Groundwater basins, areas of recharge and discharge,

and general flow directions

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 Underground Nuclear Test Detonation
• Instantaneous vaporization of rock,
water, and device/diagnostic hardware

– ~70 metric tons of rock per kiloton of

yield is vaporized

• Gas includes all residual radionuclides

• Extremely high temperatures and

pressures initiate compressive shock
wave

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 Cavity Formation
• Gas expansion with heat contained in
the cavity
– Cavity reaches maximum size
~80-500 milliseconds after
detonation
• Radiating shock wave melts, crushes,
fractures and compresses surrounding
rock
• Elastic unloading/rebound helps
contain cavity gases; some exceptions
• Water table mound created

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 Cavity Collapse
• Cavity expansion leads to decreasing
pressures and high temperatures
• Gases condense in order of molecular
vapor pressure
• Aggregate melt glass “puddle” forms
– ~700 metric tons of rock per kiloton of
yield is melted
• Overburden begins to collapse into open
cavity to form “rubble” chimney
• Remaining gases circulate in void spaces
• Steam condenses to water

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 Final Configuration

• Chimney collapse usually proceeds

fairly rapidly
• Collapse may continue to surface
and form a surface crater
• Lower temperatures and/or
groundwater mound promote return
of liquid saturation to cavity zone
• High temperature in melt glass zone
and surrounding rock dissipates
over years to decades

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Tritium Measurements on Pahute Mesa

Detected migration
above the SDWA*
Standard
Post Shot (Source)
Sample Locations
above the SDWA*
Standard
Tritium Detections
below the SDWA
Standard

*Safe Drinking Water Act

(SDWA)

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 Location Map Showing Wells ER-20-7 and ER-20-5 and Surrounding Area
540,000 542,000 544,000 546,000 548,000 550,000 552,000

^ (
!
^

1900
U-20ad U-20z
1800
(PEPATO) (KASSERI)

U-20v

2000
(PURSE)

^ ^
1900
U-20aw

^ (CONTACT)

4,126,000
^ ^
0
! ER-20-12 !(!(!(!(

190
( !!
(
(
!
(
U-20af
(KASH)
6,280,000

U-20ab

^
(FARM)

^ !!
( (
!

^ ^
U-20aL (
NEVADA NATIONAL (EGMONT) (
! U-20h
( !
! (
SECURITY SITE (REX)

^
U-20f
(FONTINA) U-20am
(KAPPELI)

^ ^ U-20ai
^ ER-20-6 ^
U-20bd

4,124,000
ER-20-6 #1 (BULLION)

^ ER-20-6 #3#2 !(^

U-20bc (JEFFERSON)
U-20aq (HORNITOS)
U-20ap
(DARWIN) U-20ay
(COMSTOCK)
(
!
(
!
(
! (BODIE)

^
6,278,000

^U-20bd PS #1A
2

1900
^ U-20b

-0

20-04
U-20ae (
! (PIPKIN)

20
(TAFI) U-20ah

2000 2
(GIBNE)

U-20bb U-20ak
(TENABO) (SALUT)
U-20d ( U-20 WW
!
^
(KNICKERBOCKER) U-20ac

^ ^ ^ ^^ U-20bf (COLWICK)

00
(!
!(
(
! (MONTELLO)

1900

0
^

4,122,000
U-20a U-20n
(
!
NEVADA TEST AND U-20at (BUTEO) (CHESHIRE)

^ !(!(^
1900

(DELAMAR) U-20t
TRAINING RANGE (CHATEAUGAY)
U-20ao
(
!
6,276,000

(GOLDSTONE)
U-20n PS #1D UE-20n #1
PM-3
!
(
Area 20 ^

2000
^
U-20c U-20az
U-20av (
!
(BENHAM) (BARNWELL)

^ ^
(HARDIN)
(
!
U-20be

4,120,000
U-20ag (HOYA)

ER-20-1 U-20y
(TYBO) ^
(MOLBO)
^
(
!

1900
(^
6,274,000

ER-20-5 #3 !
(
!
U-20as
(BELMONT)
^
0

ER-20-5 #1
180

Pahut e M esa
!
( (
!

0 0
0
0 ER-20-2 #1

20
19

2000
ER-20-7

4,118,000
0
0
18
n

0 0 (
!
17 ER-EC-1
6,272,000

yo

0
180
an

ER-EC-11!
( ER-20-11 ER-20-4
!
( (
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0

(
!
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170

ER-20-8

4,116,000
!
( ER-20-8 #2 18
0 0
ER-EC-15 !
( ER-EC-6
6,270,000

00
r st

18
1600

0
170
hi

4,114,000
(
!
1600

ER-EC-12
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1600 (
!
6,268,000

ER-EC-13
0

Bu
160

1700
170

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0

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5
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6,266,000

1700
0
170

(
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ER-EC-2A
ER-EC-14
1600 (
!
1600
4,110,000

(
!
510,000 512,000 514,000 516,000 518,000 520,000 522,000 524,000

£
Explanation
!
( Select UGTA Well 50-m Contours
0 1 2 3
(
! Existing UGTA Well 100-m Contours
(
! UE Well Paved Road Kilometers

^ Underground Nuclear Test Unpaved Road

NNSS Operational Area
0 0.5

Miles
1 1.5

NNSS Boundary
Map Projection: NAD 1983 UTM Zone 11N, Meters
Source: Navarro GIS, 2017 Black tick marks and numbers are in NAD 1983 UTM Zone 11N, meters
Path: H:\Ugta\ER-20-7\ER-20-7_Well_Topo.mxd 3/27/2017 Blue tick marks and numbers are in NAD 1983 State Plane NV Central, meters

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 Well Construction Diagram for ER-20-5 #1
Well ID: ER-20-5 #1 UTM NAD 27 Northing: 4,119,208.3 m Easting: 546,385.9 m
Start Date: 10/15/1995 Stop Date: 11/15/1995 NSPC NAD 83 Northing: 6,274,057.21 m Easting: 516,737.51 m
Drilling Program: Pahute Mesa Lat/Long NAD 83 Deg N: 37.219998 Deg W: 116.478066
Environmental Contractor: UGTA/IT Surface Elevation 6,241.8 ft amsl 1,902.50 m amsl
Drilling Contractor: Welch and Howell Drill Method: Air Foam Drilled Depth: 2,823 ft bgs
Well Construction Diagram (Current as of 03/19/2018)

Depth Depth Stratigraphy Lithology HSU Water Well Construction

(m) (ft) Level
0 0 Ttt: Trail Ridge Partially Welded TCVA: 36-in. Borehole (0 - 11 ft bgs)
Tuff Ash-Flow Tuff Thirsty
Type II cement (0 - 11 ft bgs)
Bedded Tuff Canyon
Ttp: Pahute Partially Welded Volcanic 30-in. Carbon-steel (CS) casing (0 - 11 ft bgs)
100 Mesa Tuff aquifer
Ash-Flow Tuff 26-in. Borehole (11 - 207 ft bgs)
20-in. CS casing, (0 - 204.08 ft bgs)
50 Tmap: mafic- Bedded Tuff
poor Ammonia TMWTA: Type II cement (11 - 207 ft bgs)
Nonwelded Ash-Flow
200 Tanks Tuff Timber Cement/gravel mix (0 - 320 ft bgs)
Tuff
Tmab: bedded Bedded Tuff Mountain
Ammonia welded-tuff 17.5-in. Borehole (207 - 213 ft bgs)
Tanks Tuff aquifer
300
100 Tmrr: mafic- Nonwelded Ash-Flow
rich Rainier Tuff
Mesa Tuff Partially Welded
400 Ash-Flow Tuff
Moderately Welded
Ash-Flow Tuff
Tmr: Rainier Densely Welded TMLVTA:
150 Mesa Tuff Ash-Flow Tuff Timber Type II cement (320 - 651 ft bgs)
500
Tmrf: rhyolite Nonwelded Ash-Flow Mountain
of Fluorspar Tuff lower vitric-
Canyon Bedded Tuff tuff aquifer
600

200 20/40 Silica sand (651 - 655 ft bgs)

6/9 Silica sand (655 - 657 ft bgs)
700
3/8-in. Gravel (657 - 678 ft bgs)
Tpb: rhyolite of Pumiceous Lava
Benham
800
250

900 2.875-in. Stainless-steel (SS) blank tubing

(0 - 2,240.01 ft bgs)
Lava BA: Benham
aquifer
300
1000

1100

350
5.5-in. SS blank casing (0 - 2,301.3 ft bgs)
1200
2.875-in. Blank fiberglass tubing (0 - 2,315.0 ft bgs)

1300
400

Flow Breccia
1400

Bedded Tuff UPCU:

Upper Type II cement (678 - 2,249 ft bgs)
450
1500 Paintbrush
confining 12.25-in. Borehole (213 - 2,823 ft bgs)
unit

1600 Tpcyp: crystal-

500 poor tuff of
Pinyon Pass
Tpcm: Pahute Partially Welded TCA: Tiva
1700 Mesa lobe of Ash-Flow Tuff Canyon
Tiva Canyon Moderately Welded aquifer
Tuff Ash-Flow Tuff

550 1800

1900

600
Tp: Paintbrush Bedded Tuff LPCU:
2000 Group, Lower
undivided Paintbrush Water Level: p1
confining 2,052.51 ft bgs
unit
2100 08/10/17
650
Crossover (2,240.01 - 2,241.08 ft bgs)
4.0-in. Electric submersible pump, (10 – 40 gpm),
2200
Partially Welded (2,241.08 - 2,257.33 ft bgs), intake at 2,257.33 ft bgs
Tptm: Pahute Ash-Flow Tuff TSA:
Mesa lobe of Moderately Welded Topopah 20/40 Silica sand (2,249 - 2,267 ft bgs)
the Topopah Ash-Flow Tuff Spring 4.0-in. Seal (2,257.33 - 2,263.28 ft bgs)
700 2300 6/9 Silica sand (2,267 - 2,278 ft bgs)
Spring Tuff aquifer
p1 4.56-in. Motor (2,263.28 - 2,281.32 ft bgs)
5.5-in. SS slotted casing (2,301.3 - 2,331.5 ft bgs)
2400 5.5-in. SS blank casing (2,331.5 - 2,361.7 ft bgs)
2.875-in. Slotted fiberglass tubing (2,315.0 - 2,373.7 ft bgs)
750
m1 5.5-in. SS slotted casing (2,361.7 - 2,391.8 ft bgs)
5.5-in. SS blank casing (2,391.8 - 2,421.9 ft bgs)
2500 5.5-in. SS slotted casing (2,421.9 - 2,452.1 ft bgs)
5.5-in. SS blank casing (2,452.1 - 2,482.3 ft bgs)
5.5-in. SS slotted casing (2,482.3 - 2,512.5 ft bgs)
2600 Nonwelded Ash-Flow CHZCM: 5.5-in. SS blank casing (2,512.5 - 2,542.7 ft bgs)
800 Tuff Calico Hills 5.5-in. SS slotted casing (2,542.7 - 2,572.9 ft bgs)
zeolitic 5.5-in. SS blank bullnosed casing (2,572.9 - 2,603.0 ft bgs)
composite 3/8-in. Gravel (2,278 - 2,655 ft bgs)
2700 unit
Thp: mafic- Bedded Tuff Type II cement (2,655 - 2,705 ft bgs)
poor Calico
Hills Formation
850 Fill (2,705 - 2,823 ft bgs)
2800

Source: Modified from Completion Report for Well Cluster ER-20-5, U.S. Department of Energy, Nevada Operations Office, 1997.; Phase II Pahute Mesa/Oasis Valley Model, N-I, 11/27/2013.
Int. Samp. Plan ID’s (ISPIDS) - https://extranet.nv.doe.gov/Boreholes/ISPIDS.xlsx accessed on 03/19/2018.
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Tritium Observed at TYBO-BENHAM*
on Pahute Mesa

Detected migration
above the SDWA
Standard

>10% MCL**

Low-Level Tritium

Non-Detect

*Name of nuclear detonation

**Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL)

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 25,000,000
~5 16,000,000
N.D.
18,500
~81,000
12.1
N.D.
11.8

N.D. = Not Detected Note: Cavity radius is calculated using the maximum of the
announced yield range in DOE/NV--209 Rev. 16 (NNSA/NFO,
2015), and Equation 1 in UCRL-ID-136003 (Pawloski, 1999).

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 Well Construction Diagram For ER-20-7
Well ID: ER-20-7 UTM NAD 27 Northing: 4,118,429.7 m Easting: 546,218.4 m
Start Date: 06/06/2009 Stop Date: 07/07/2009 NSPC NAD 83 Northing: 6,273,279.1 m Easting: 516,567.3 m
Drilling Program: Pahute Mesa Phase II Lat/Long NAD 83 Deg N: 37.212989 Deg W: 116.480002
Environmental Contractor: UGTA/N-I Surface Elevation 6,208.9 ft amsl 1,892.5 m amsl
Drilling Contractor: United Drilling Inc. Drill Method: Rotary Air Foam Drilled Depth: 2,936.24 ft bgs
Well Construction Diagram (Current as of 08/27/2017)

Depth Depth Stratigraphy Lithology HSU Water Well Construction

(m) (ft) Level

0 0
Ttt: Trail Ridge Moderately Welded TCVA: 30-in. CS casing (0 - 115.40 ft bgs)
Tuff Ash-Flow Tuff Thirsty 48-in. Borehole (0 - 120.00 ft bgs)
Canyon
100 Ttp: Pahute Bedded Tuff volcanic Cement (0 - 120 ft bgs)
Mesa Tuff aquifer
50 Partially Welded
Ttr: Rocket Ash-Flow Tuff 2.375-in. CS tubing (0 - 322.33 ft bgs)
200 Wash Tuff
Bedded Tuff
Tf: Volcanics of
Fortymile Nonwelded Ash-Flow
300 Canyon, Tuff p1
100 undifferentiated
Bedded Tuff TMWTA: 2.375-in. CS perforated tubing (322.33 - 384.00 ft
Tmar: mafic- Timber bgs)
400 rich Ammonia Partially Welded Mountain
Tanks Tuff Ash-Flow Tuff welded-tuff
aquifer
150 Tmap: mafic- Nonwelded Ash-Flow
500
poor Ammonia Tuff
Tanks Tuff
Partially Welded
600 Tmab: bedded Ash-Flow Tuff
Ammonia
Tanks Tuff Nonwelded Ash-Flow
200 Tuff
700 Tmrr: mafic-
rich Ranier Bedded Tuff TMLVTA:
Mesa Tuff Timber
Partially Welded Mountain
800 Tmrf: rhyolite Ash-Flow Tuff lower vitric-
250 of Fluorspar tuff aquifer
Canyon Bedded Tuff

900
Pumiceous Lava
Tpb: rhyolite of
300 Benham Flow Breccia BA: Benham
1000 aquifer

1100 13.375-in. CS casing (0 - 2,203.86 ft bgs)

350 7.625-in. CS casing (0 - 2,271.61 ft bgs)

Rhyolitic Lava
2.875-in. Stainles-steel (SS) tubing (0 - 2,304.75
1200 ft bgs)
17.5-in. Borehole (120.00 - 2,237.38 ft bgs)

1300
400

1400

Vitrophyric Ash-Flow
450 Tuff
1500

Rhyolitic Lava
1600
Tp: Paintbrush Bedded Tuff UPCU:
500 Group, Upper
undivided Paintbrush
1700 confining
unit
Tpcyp: crystal-
poor tuff of
Pinyon Pass Partially Welded
550 1800
Ash-Flow Tuff
Tpc: Tiva TCA: Tiva
Canyon Tuff Moderately Welded Canyon
1900 Ash-Flow Tuff aquifer

600
Water Level: m1
2000
Densely Welded 2,023.15 ft bgs
Ash-Flow Tuff
03/27/2017 Cement (1,893 - 2,292 ft bgs)
2100 Vitrophyric Ash-Flow
Tuff
650
Cement (2,100- 2,220 ft bgs)
Moderately Welded LPCU:
2200 Tp: Paintbrush Ash-Flow Tuff Lower
Group, Paintbrush Fill (2,220- 2,237 ft bgs)
undivided Partially Welded confining
Ash-Flow Tuff unit Crossover 7.625-in. CS casing to 5.5-in. SS
700 2300 casing (2,271.61 - 2,274.23 ft bgs)
Nonwelded Ash-Flow
20/40 Silica sand (2,292 - 2,304 ft bgs)
Tuff
Tptm: Pahute TSA: m1 2.875-in. SS Crossover (2,304.75 - 2,306.32 ft
2400 Bedded Tuff bgs)
Mesa lobe of Topopah
Topopah Spring 6/9 Silica sand (2,304 - 2,332 ft bgs)
750 Nonwelded Ash-Flow 4.0-in. Series 400/400 pump, (2,306.32 -
Spring Tuff aquifer
Tuff 2,318.42 ft bgs), Intake at 2,318.42 ft bgs
2500
Partially Welded Seal (2,318.42 - 2,326.35 ft bgs)
Ash-Flow Tuff Motor Series 375 (40 hp), (2,326.35 - 2,347.60 ft
bgs)
2600 Densely Welded
800 Ash-Flow Tuff 5.5-in. SS blank casing (2,274.23 - 2,360.00 ft
bgs)

2700 5.5-in. SS slotted casing (2,360.00 - 2,874.90 ft bgs)

3/8-in. Gravel (2,332 - 2,924 ft bgs)
850 12.25-in. Borehole ( 2,237.78 - 2,936.24 ft bgs)
2800 Partially Welded CHZCM:
Ash-Flow Tuff Calico Hills 5.5-in. SS bullnosed casing (2,874.90 - 2,920.00
Thp: mafic- zeolitic ft bgs)
Nonwelded Ash-Flow
poor Calico Tuff composite
2900 Fill (2,924.00 - 2,936.24 ft bgs)
Hills Formation Bedded Tuff unit

Source: Modified from Pahute Mesa Phase II ER-20-7 Well Development, Testing, and Sampling Data Report, N-I, 2011; Completion Report for Well ER-20-7, U.S. Department of Energy,
National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Site Office, 2010.; Phase II Pahute Mesa/Oasis Valley Model, N-I, 11/27/2013; Navarro and NSTec Groundwater Sampling Records 2017.

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534,000 536,000 538,000 540,000 542,000 544,000 546,000 548,000

4,134,000
6,288,000

(
!

(
! U-20p
(STILTON)

(
!
^ (
!

4,132,000
20-0
5
NEVADA NATIONAL
6,286,000

SECURITY SITE

4,130,000
U-20ar !
(
(KERNVILLE)
^ ^ U-20e
(JORUM)
6,284,000

NEVADA TEST AND Area 20 U-20aa

(COLBY)
TRAINING RANGE
U-20m
(HANDLEY)
^ U-20aj

20-03
(CABRA)

^ ^

4,128,000
(
!
1800
18
00 U-20i
(BOXCAR) ^
6,282,000

0
190
U-20v
U-20ad
(PEPATO)
^ (
!

2000
ER-20-12 (PURSE)
0

^
200

4,126,000
0
!
(
190
(!
!
(
! !!
( (
! U-20af
!
( ( (
(KASH)
6,280,000

U-20al

^ ^
(EGMONT) (
!
00
19

U-20f
(FONTINA)

^ ^

4,124,000
U-20aq
(DARWIN) U-20bc
00

(HORNITOS)

1900
2
6,278,000

18

^
-0

U-20ae !
(
20

(TAFI)

U-20at U-20bb U-20d

(DELAMAR) (TENABO) (KNICKERBOCKER)

^ (!
!(
^ ^ ^^

1900
(
!

4,122,000
1800 U-20ak
1900

(SALUT) U-20t
18
00 (CHATEAUGAY)
6,276,000

00 ( PM-3
! U-20ao
18 (GOLDSTONE) ^
U-20c
(BENHAM)
^ (
!

U-20ag

4,120,000
(MOLBO)
1900

ER-20-1!
( ^
U-20y U-20as
(BELMONT)
6,274,000

ER-20-5 #3 !
( ^ (TYBO)
^
ER-20-5 #1
Pahut a
e M es ( ER-20-7
!
4,118,000

ER-EC-1 !
n

(
0
yo

180
1800

504,000 506,000 508,000 510,000 512,000 514,000 516,000 518,000

an

Explanation

£
!
( ER-20-12 Location 50-m Contour
y C

0 1 2 3
!
( Existing UGTA Activity Well 100-m Contour
Paved Road Kilometers
(
! UE Well
r st

Unpaved Road 0 0.5 1 1.5

^ Underground Nuclear Test
NNSS Boundary Miles
hi

Map Projection: NAD 1983 UTM Zone 11N, Meters

T

Source: Navarro GIS, 2015 Black tick marks and numbers are in NAD 1983 UTM Zone 11N, meters
Path: H:\GIS_WORK\GWO696 ER-20-12 Presentation\Criteria\ER-20-12_Topo.mxd 8/25/2015 Blue tick marks and numbers are in NAD 1983 State Plane NV Central, meters

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 Well Construction Diagram for ER-20-12
Well ID: ER-20-12 UTM NAD 27 Northing: 4,125,952.84 m Easting: 540,925.06 m
Start Date: 10/8/15 Stop Date: 1/6/16 NSPC NAD 83 Northing: 6,280,822.82 m Easting: 511,298.95 m
Drilling Program: Pahute Mesa Phase II Lat/Long NAD 83 Deg N: 37.281047 Deg W: 116.539246
Environmental Contractor: UGTA/Navarro Surface Elevation 6,258.40 ft amsl 1,907.56 m amsl
Drilling Contractor: UDI Drill Method: Conventional-Air/Foam Drilled Depth: 4,543.33 ft bgs
Current Well Construction Diagram (03/23/2018)

Depth Depth Stratigraphy Lithology HSU Water Well Construction

(m) (ft) Levels
0 0 54-in. borehole (0 - 7.13 ft bgs)
Ttt: Trail Ridge Moderately Welded TCVA: Cement (0 - 7.13 ft bgs)
Tuff Ash-Flow Tuff Thirsty
100 42-in. Carbon Steel (CS) Blank Casing
Canyon
(0 - 6.6 ft bgs)
50 Ttp: Pahute Bedded Tuff volcanic
200 Mesa Tuff aquifer 36-in. borehole (6.6 - 63.5 ft bgs)
Nonwelded to Cement (6.6 - 63.5 ft bgs)
Ttc: Comendite Partially Welded 30-in. CS Blank Casing (0 - 62.5 ft bgs)
300 of Ribbon Cliff Ash-Flow Tuff
100

400 Partially to
Moderately Welded
Ash-Flow Tuff
150 500
Lava
600
Lava and Flow
200 Breccia
700
Lava
800 Tfbw: rhyolite
250 Bedded Tuff
of Beatty Wash 1.9-in. CS blank tubing (-1.80 - 1,685.65 ft
bgs)
900 Lava
Tmar: Timber TMWTA: 5.5-in. CS blank tubing (0 - 1,771.43 ft bgs)
300 Mountain Nonwelded and Timber
1000 Ammonia Mountain
Reworked Tuff
Tanks mafic- welded tuff
1100 rich Tuff Bedded Tuff aquifer 2.875-in. SS blank tubing (0 - 2,149.39 ft
bgs)
350
Tmab: Timber Nonwelded to
1200 Mountain Moderately Welded
Ammonia Ash-Flow Tuff 20-in. CS Casing (0 - 2,502.80 ft bgs)
1300 Tanks bedded
400 tuff 2.375-in. CS blank tubing (0 - 2,551.42 ft
Moderately to bgs)
Densely Welded
1400 Tmrb: Timber Ash-Flow Tuff 26-in. borehole (63.5 - 2,510.3 ft bgs)
Mountain
450 Rainier Mesa
1500 Water Level: p4 p4
bedded tuff
1,613.6 ft bgs 1.9-in. CS blank tubing (0 - 3,079.52 ft
11/29/2017 bgs)
1600 Tmrr: Timber
Water Level: m1 m1
500 Mountain
Rainier Mesa 1,848.0 ft bgs
1700 11/29/2017 2.375-in. CS blank tubing (0 - 3,423.34 ft
mafic-rich Tuff
Water Level: p1 p1 bgs)
550 1800 Tmrp: Timber Vitrophyre 1,857.2 ft bgs 1.9-in. CS slotted tubing with orange peeled
Mountain TMLVTA: 11/29/2017 termination (1,685.65 - 1,901.79 ft bgs)
Rainier Mesa Partially to Timber Water Level: p2 p2
1900 5.5-in. CS to 5.5-in. SS Crossover
mafic-poor Tuff Moderately Welded Mountain 1,873.9 ft bgs (1,771.43 - 1,772.63 ft bgs)
600 Ash-Flow Tuff lower vitric 11/29/2017 9 5/8-in. CS Casing (0 - 3,900 ft bgs)
2000 tuff aquifer Water Level: p3 p3
Nonwelded Ash-Flow 1,874.1 ft bgs 2.875-in. cross over (2,149.39 - 2,150.22 ft
Tuff 11/29/2017 bgs)
2100
650 REDA Pump (2,150.22 - 2,159.50
2200 Tmrb: Timber ft bgs), Intake at 2,159.50 ft
Mountain
Rainier Mesa REDA Seal (2,159.50 - 2,167.53 ft
700 2300 bedded tuff UPCU: bgs)
Bedded Tuff Upper REDA Motor (2,167.53 - 2,175.92 ft
Paintbrush bgs)
2400 confining
Tp: Paintbrush Nonwelded Ash-Flow
750 Group Non- Tuff unit Cement (2,287 - 2,510.3 ft bgs), calculated
2500 welded tuff volume/rise
Lava 2.375-in. CS to 2.875-in. Stainless Steel
Thrl: Calico Hills (SS) Crossover (2,551.42 - 2,552.26 ft
2600 - Rhyolitic Lava
800 bgs)
2.875-in. SS slotted tubing (2,552.26 -
2700
2,912.96 ft bgs)
850 2800 5.5-in. SS blank tubing (1,772.63 -
3,991.81 ft bgs)
CHZCM:
2900 Nonwelded Ash-Flow 2.875-in. SS Bullnose termination
Calico Hills (2,912.96 - 2,915.08 ft bgs)
900 Tuff zeolitic
Thr: Calico Hills composite Cement (2,946.93 - 3,053 ft bgs)
3000
mafic-rich Tuff unit
20/40 Silica Sand (3,053 - 3,071 ft bgs)
950 3100
1.9-in. CS slotted tubing with orange peeled
termination (3,079.52 - 3,142.13 ft bgs)
3200 Th: Calico Hills
lithic-richTuff Gravel pack 0.375-in. (3,071 - 3,157 ft
bgs)
1000
3300 Th: Calico Hills Cement (3,157 - 3,343 ft bgs)
Bedded/Nonwelded
bedded / Tuff
Nonwelded tuff 20/40 Silica Sand (3,343 - 3,376 ft bgs)
3400
1050 Densely Welded BRA: Belted 2.375-in. CS to 2.875-in. SS Crossover
Tbg: Grouse Ash-Flow Tuff Range (3,423.34 - 3,424.18 ft bgs)
3500 Canyon Tuff aquifer
18.5-in. borehole (2,510.3 - 4,352 ft bgs)
Bedded Tuff
1100 3600 Tbq: 2.875-in. SS slotted tubing (3,424.18 -
Comendite of Lava 3,663.73 ft bgs)
Quartet Dome Gravel pack 0.375-in. (3,376 - 3,725 ft
3700 Moderately to bgs)
Densely Welded 2.875-in. SS Bullnose termination
1150 Ash-Flow Tuff
3800 (3,663.73 - 3,665.85 ft bgs)
Tqj: rhyolite of PBRCM:
Handley Lava Pre-Belted Cement (3,725 - 3,916 ft bgs)
3900 Range
1200 composite
unit
m1
4000

1250 4100

4200 Lava and Flow 5.5-in. SS slotted tubing (3,991.81 -

Breccia 4,428.95 ft bgs)
1300
4300 5.5-in. SS Bullnose termination
(4,428.95 - 4,431.15 ft bgs)
4400
1350
Nonwelded Tuff 8.5-in. borehole (4,352 - 4,543.33 ft bgs)
4500
Fill (4,519 - 4,543.33 ft bgs)
Source: Modified from Completion Report for Well ER-20-12, Navarro 2016; U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration, Nevada Field Office, 2016. Water Levels from USGS NWIS 03/23/2018
Int. Samp. Plan ID’s (ISPIDS)- https://extranet.nv.doe.gov/Boreholes/ISPIDS.xlsx accessed on 03/23/2018

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~560 57,500 p4 53,000 OH**
~300 <400 p3
25,000 p1
41,500 m1
9,000,000

**OH - Open hole (collected during drilling)

Note: Cavity radius is calculated using the minimum of the

announced yield range in DOE/NV-209 Rev. 16 (NNSA/NFO, 2015),
and Equation 1 in UCRL-ID-136003 (Pawloski, 1999).

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Coordinate System: UTM, NAD27, Zone 11, Meters

Note: While the formal names for the tunnel complexes at the NNSS are designated U12x, where x is a letter designator
between a and t, a common shorthand has been adopted in this report where the letter is capitalized. For example,
the U12t-Tunnel complex is called the T-Tunnel complex; similarly, the U12n-Tunnel complex is called the N-Tunnel complex.

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Surface units from Nevada Bureau
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Sedimentary Rocks

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Stratigraphic Column Stratigraphic Nomenclature Hydrostratigraphic Unit Table

Tma Ammonia Tanks Tuff

Timber Mountain
Tmab bedded Ammonia Tanks Tuff

Group
TMWTA
Tmr Rainier Mesa Tuff

Tmrh Tuff of Holmes Road UTCU

Tpc Paintbrush Group, undifferentiated TCA
Tp Tiva Canyon Tuff PVTA
TMLVTA
Th Calico Hills Formation UTCU2 LVTA
Tw Wahmonie Formation
Tc Crater Flat Group, undifferentiated
Tcbs SWA
Stockade Wash lobe, Bullfrog Tuff
Tc
UTCU1 LVTA2
Belted Range

Tbg Grouse Canyon Tuff BRA

Group

Tbgb bedded Grouse Canyon Tuff LVTA1

Cenozoic

Miocene
Tertiary

Tn4 Tunnel 4 Member LTCU

Tunnel Formation

Tunnel 3 Member
Tn3

Tq Pre-Grouse Canyon Lava Flows

Tub Tub Spring Tuff TUBA
Volcanics of Oak

Ton2 Tunnel Bed 2

Spring Butte
Oligocene(?)

Yucca Flat Tuff OSBCU

Toy Tunnel Bed 1
To Ton1 Redrock Valley Tuff RVA
Tor Fraction Tuff
Tf LTCU1
Tlt Paleocolluvium ATCU
Mc Gold Meadows stock granite
Mesozoic MGCU
O-D Mississippian siliciclastic rocks UCCU
Precambrian & CZw-Zs Ordovician - Devonian carbonate rocks
Paleozoic Kqg LCA LCA3
Precambrian siliciclastic rocks (Thrusted)
LCCU LCCU1
Not to Scale Rock Type
Welded Paleocolluvium Intrusive granite Mississippian
ash-flow tuff siliciclastic rocks
Nonwelded and Carbonate rocks P _C siliciclastic rocks Water Table
bedded ash-fall tuff

Simplified Stratigraphic Section and Hydrostratigraphic Units for the Rainier Mesa Area
Source: Modified from NSTec, 2007
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Hydrostratigraphic Cross Section

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N-Tunnel S. Portal N-Tunnel N. Portal

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