Phelps Dodge Sierrita Mine


Monitor Well No. �MH-15W


Monitor well along east side of tailing dam, approximately � mile north of center of dam

Sulfates and Dissolved Metals

Date

Hardness

Calcium mg/l

Magnesium mg/l

Sulfate

Arsenic mc/l

Molybdenum

TDS

Alkalinity

pH

Units

                   
                   

9/27/90

 

525

107

1,800

   

2,995

125

7.6

10/8/90

 

500

114

1,720

   

2,935

 

7.4

7/9/91

 

480

102

1,690

   

2,856

 

7.08

6/4/92

 

444

105

1,792

.01

.3

2,884

 

7.14

8/14/92

 

440

100

     

2,887

 

7.14

9/16/93

 

500

115

1,772

   

3,150

 

7.35

12/17/93

 

580

104

1,828

   

3,080

 

7.59

7/29/97

 

554

97.5

1,760

.001

 

3,110

 

7.8

1997

     

2,172

   

N/A

   
                   

Regulated Inorganic Chemicals

Date

Barium

Beryl

lium

Cad

mium

Chromium

Copper

Iron

Lead

Mer

cury

Nitrate

Selen

ium

Silver

Zinc

Sodium

9/27/90

ND

--

ND

ND

13.

ND

ND

.2

6.2

ND

ND

206

206

8/14/92

   

.01

<.01

<.01

.99

<.01

<.01

1.7

<.01

 

.48

230

7/10/97

.134

--

.004

       

0.011

 

0.01

   

57.9

                           

MCL:

mg/ltr

2

.004

.005

0.1

1.3

None

.015

.002

10

.05

.10**

5**

 

** Secondary Standard/Recommended Level

Regulated Radioactive Chemicals

Date

Gross

Alpha

pc/l

Gross

Beta

pc/l

Radium

226

pc/l

Radium

228

pc/l

Radon

222

pc/l

Uranium

234

pc/l

Uranium

235

pc/l

Uranium

238

pc/l

Total

Uranium

mg/l

2/26/98

64 � 9

18 � 24

0.2 � 0.4

0.2 � 1.1

       

0.061

6/22/98

60 � 5

11 � 24

           

0.069

9/28/98

68 � 8

22 � 25

.006 � 0.1

         

0.065

12/04/98

72 � 20

25 � 26

           

0.061

3/09/99

53 � 17

20 � 11

           

0.0483

4/15/99

43 � 9.8

25 � 6

           

0.0243

6/10/99

29 � 14

23 � 11

           

0.0508

10/11/99

52 � 25

8.6 � 12

           

0.06

4/11/00

60 � 20

16 � 13

           

0.0535

7/5/00

66 � 22

8.9 � 12

           

0.0561

10/9/00

55 � 18

99 �12

           

0.0720

4/02/01

130 � 70

88 � 61

           

0.0444

2/19/02

61.2 � 20

24.8 � 10

     

31.2

1.05 � 0.96

20.8 � 2.8

0.0532

4/15/02

34 � 15

25.2 � 13

0.17 � 0.2

0.76 � 0.7

 

28.1 � 3.4

1.58 � 1.1

17.3 � 2.8

0.0541

9/13/02

51.6

27.9

     

24.3

0.32

17.4

0.0492

11/14/02

25.7

35.4

     

23.9

0.26

18.1

0.0455

1/24/03

20.2

18.2

     

23.3

1.25

16.1

0.0474

4/22/03

73.5

50.1

     

27

0.6

21.5

0.0478

8/11/03

54.5 � 2.4

37.1 � 2.7

ND

ND

671 � 66.6

26.3 � 2.3

1.0 � 0.4

16.8 � 1.8

0.0565

11/27/03

55.2 � 2.6

55.3 � 8.2

ND

ND

760 � 68.0

24.8 � 2.0

0.6 � 0.3

17.7 � 1.7

0.0708

3/11/04

55.3 � 3.7

9.3 � 7.6

ND

ND

780 � 79.0

27.8 � 2.6

0.6 � 0.4

19.3 � 2.2

0.0602

MCLG**

0

0

Ra 226 + 228 = 0

None

None

None

None

0

MCL

15 pCi/l

4 mrem/yr

Ra 226 + 228 = 0

None

None

None

None

0.03 mg/l

*�� No standard set for Radon

** Maximum Contaminant Level Goal, 40 C.F.R. � 141.55.

*** Maximum Contaminant Levels, 40 C.F.R. � 141.66(b) [for Ra-226+-228]; (c) [for gross alpha activity]; (d) [for beta particle and [photon radioactivity]; and (e) [for uranium].