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Pinenut Mine Photo Gallery

Bats

  •  Adjusting microphone

    USGS scientist Ernie Valdez adjusting microphone on bat acoustic monitor. April 2015. Photo credit: Jo Ellen Hinck , USGS .

  •  Bat acoustic monitor setup

    USGS scientist Ernie Valdez setting up recorder for bat acoustic research. April 2015. Photo credit: Jo Ellen Hinck , USGS .

  •  Installing bat acoustic monitor

    USGS scientists Ernie Valdez and Greg Linder deploying bat acoustic monitors. April 2015. Photo credit: Jo Ellen Hinck , USGS .

Biology

  •  Sampling water for eDNA analysis

    Katy Klymus, USGS, samples water for eDNA at a cattle tank. July 2017. Photo credit: Jo Ellen Hinck , USGS .

  •  Decontaminating lab for eDNA analysis

    Nathan Thompson, USGS, decontaminates the laboratory prior to eDNA analysis. January 2017. Photo credit: Jo Ellen Hinck , USGS .

  •  Snake

    Small snake collected outside of the Pinenut Mine. July 2015. Photo credit: Jo Ellen Hinck , USGS .

  •  Cliff chipmunk

    Cliff chipmunk collected outside of the Pinenut Mine. July 2015. Photo credit: Jo Ellen Hinck , USGS .

Dust and Gas Sampling

  •  Passive dust sampler

    Passive dust sampler (BSNE, Big Spring Number Eight). October 2015. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .

  •  Radon meter

    Radon meter installed east of ore pile (in background in front of head frame) at Pinenut mine. March 2015. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .

  •  Radon meter, back

    Radon meter (in white corrugated protective cover) located with passive dust sampler (Big Springs Number Eight), east of Pinenut mine. March 2015. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .

  •  Radon meter, side

    Radon meter (in white corrugated protective cover) located with passive dust sampler (Big Springs Number Eight), east of Pinenut mine. March 2015. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .

  •  Weather station

    Weather station to record precipitation and wind direction and speed. October 2015. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .

  •  Installing radon meter

    Deploying radon meter (white corrugated equipment on the ground) along the northern perimeter of the Pinenut mine. March 2015. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .

  •  Aeolian sediment collectors

    Aeolian sediment collectors at the Pinenut Mine on the Arizona Strip. September 2014. Photo credit: Mike Duniway , USGS .

Pinenut Mine Site

  •  Aerial 1

    Aerial view of Pinenut Mine and surrounding area. Photo credit: Jon Mason , USGS .

  •  Aerial 3

    Aerial view of Pinenut Mine and surrounding area. Photo credit: Jon Mason , USGS .

  •  Aerial 2

    Aerial view of Pinenut Mine and surrounding area. Photo credit: Jon Mason , USGS .

  •  Aerial 4

    Aerial view of Pinenut Mine and surrounding area. Photo credit: Jon Mason , USGS .

  •  Pinenut panorma from north

    View toward Pinenut mine from the north showing head frame and mine detention pond. October 2014. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .

  •  Pinenut mine entrance

    Pinenut mine entrance and head frame. October 2014. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .

  •  Pinenut head frame from road

    Pinenut mine head frame (in middle ground) as viewed from approach along the haul road. October 2014. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .

  •  Pinenut mine containement pond

    Pinenut Mine Area.

  •  Pinenut mine, headframe, and ore pile

    Pinenut mine. Gray ore pile to left of head frame. Red waste rock to the right of head frame. October 2014. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .

  •  Pinenut mine landscape

    View of Pinenut mine. October 2014. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .

  •  Pinenut mine

    Pinenut Mine. October 2015. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .

  •  Base of head frame

    Headframe at Pinenut Mine. June 2012. Photo credit: Jo Ellen Hinck , USGS .

  •  Mine tour

    USGS scientists touring the mined with BLM managers and mine company representatives to learn more about mine processes. June 2012. Photo credit: Jo Ellen Hinck , USGS .

  •  Aerators in containment pond

    Aerators in containment pond. June 2012. Photo credit: Jo Ellen Hinck , USGS .

  •  Pinenut gage sign

    Signage on gate of Pinenut Mine. April 2015. Photo credit: Jo Ellen Hinck , USGS .

  •  Ore pile

    Ore pile at Pinenut Mine. April 2015. Photo credit: Jo Ellen Hinck , USGS .

  •  Containment pond and head frame

    Containment pond and head frame at Pinenut Mine. April 2015. Photo credit: Jo Ellen Hinck , USGS .

  •  Ore pile and waste rock

    Ore pile (left) and waste rock (right) at Pinenut Mine. April 2015. Photo credit: Jo Ellen Hinck , USGS .

  •  Draining containment pond closeup

    Draining of mine containment pond. August 2016. Photo credit: Jo Ellen Hinck , USGS .

  •  Draining containment pond

    Draining of mine containment pond as part of the reclamation process. August 2016. Photo credit: Jo Ellen Hinck , USGS .

  •  Vegetation within containment pond

    Vegetation and sediment in containment pond during pond drainage. August 2016. Photo credit: Jo Ellen Hinck , USGS .

  •  Detention pond

    Detention pond at Pinenut mine. June 2015. Photo credit: Jo Ellen Hinck , USGS .

  •  Vegetation along edge of containment pond

    Vegetation and sediment in containment pond during pond drainage. August 2016. Photo credit: Jo Ellen Hinck , USGS .

Soil Sampling

  •  Dry stream chanel

    Dry stream channel north of Pinenut mine. October 2014. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .

  •  Collecting soil samples 1

    USGS scientists collecting soil samples near the Pinenut mine. October 2014. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .

  •  Collecting soil samples 2

    USGS scientists collecting soil samples near the Pinenut mine. October 2014. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .

  •  Soil in core liner

    Soil core in core liner collected from near Pinenut mine. Core length approximately 40 centimeters. October 2014. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .

  •  Collecting soil core 1

    Collecting soil core near Pinenut mine. October 2014. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .

  •  Collecting soil core 2

    USGS scientists collecting soil core near Pinenut mine. October 2014. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .

  •  Collecting soil core 3

    USGS scientists collecting soil core near Pinenut mine. October 2014. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .

  •  Dry stream channel facing Pinenut

    Dry stream channel near Pinenut mine, with Pinenut head frame in the background. October 2014. Photo credit: Katie Walton-Day , USGS .

  •  Measuring soil core

    USGS scientists at soil sampling site near Pinenut mine. April 2018. Photo credit: Brian Andraski , USGS .

  •  Soil core location

    Soil-profile core sample collected near Pinenut mine with head frame in background. April 2018. Photo credit: Brian Andraski , USGS .