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DATA OF GEOCHEMISTRY 

 Table 16. — Analyses, in parts per million, of water from the Rio Grande and its tributaries 



1 Calculated from combined FeiCh+AbOj on basis that Fe alone was present. 



A. Rio Grande near Lobatos, Colo. Oct. 1949 to Sept. 1950. U.S. Geol. Survey 



(1954c). 



B. Rio Grande at Otowi Bridge near San Ildefonso, N. Mex. Oct. 1949 to Sept. 



1950. U.S. Geol. Survey (1954c). 



C. Rio Guadalupe at its mouth near Jemez Springs, N. Mex. June 1949 to Sept. 



1950. U.S. Geol. Survey (1954c). 



D. Rio Grande at San Acacia, N. Mex. Oct. 1949 to Sept. 1950. U.S. Geol. Survey 



(1954c). 



E. Pecos River near Guadalupe, N. Mex. Oct 1942 to Sept. 1943. Howard and 



Love (1954). 



F. Pecos River below Alamogordo Dam, N. Mex. Oct. 1943 to Sept. 1944. U.S. 



Geol. Survey (1947 [1948]). 



G. Pecos River near Artesia, N. Mex. Oct. 1943 to Sept. 1944. U.S. Geol. Survey 



(1947 [1948]). 

 H. Pecos River at Red Bluff, N. Mex. Oct. 1943 to Sept. 1944. U.S. Geol. Survey 



(1947 [1948]). 

 I. Pecos River near Orla, Tex. Oct. 1944 to Sept. 1945. U.S. Geol. Survey (1949b). 

 J. Rio Grande at Laredo, Tex. Analysis recalculated from Clarke (1924b). 



Table 17.- — Analyses, in milligrams per liter, of water from west Texas and Mexico 

 [Analyses A-H are from Deevey (1957, p. 278, 283), which also contains several analyses and some less complete ones, Guatemalan Lakes] 



A. 

 B. 

 C. 

 D. 



E. 



Salt Flat ditch, Hudspeth County, Tex., June 12, 1940. 



Intermittent stream in Fern Canyon, Jeff Davis Countv, Tex., June 19, 1940. 



Balmorhefi Lake, Jeff Davis County, Tex., June 21, 1940. 



Fort Stockton Lake, Pecos Countv, Tex., June 20, 1940. 



La Sal Vieja, Willacy Countv, Tex., Nov. 27, 1941. 



F. 

 G. 

 H. 

 I. 



Presa de Hipolitom Coanuila, Mexico, June 19, 1941. 

 Lake Patzcuaro, Miehoacan, Mexico, July 13, 1940. 

 Lake Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico, July 13, 1940. 



Laguna Chicban Kanab, Yucatan. Analysis from Pasqucl (1950, table facing 

 p. 208). 



Table 18. — Analyses, in parts per million, of water from the 

 Colorado River system and the Sacramento River 



Colorado River at Hot Sulfur Springs, Colo. Oct. 1948 to Sept. 1949. U.S. 

 Geol. Survey (1953b). 



B. Eagle River below Gypsum, Colo. Oct. 1948 to Sept. 1949. U.S. Geol. Survey 



(1953b). 



C. San Rafael River near Green River, Utah. Oct. 1948 to Sept. 1949. U.S. Geol. 



Survey (1953b). 



D. Colorado River at Lees Ferry, Ariz. Oct. 1919 to Sept. 1950. U.S. Geol. Survey 



(1954d[1955]). 



E. Colorado River near Grand Canyon, Ariz. Oct 1949 to Sept. 1950. U.S. Geol. 



Survey (1954d [1955]). 



F. Yuma main canal below Colorado River siphon at Yuma, Ariz. Oct. 1949 to 



Sept. 1950. U.S. Geol. Survey (1954d [1955]). 



G. Colorado River at bridge on U.S. Highway 80 at Yuma, Ariz. Sept. 16, 1958. 



Durum, Heidcl, and Tison (1960). Analvsis includes AG, 0.0010 ppm; Ba, 

 0.152 ppm; Co, 0.000 ppm; Cr, 0.024 ppm; Cu, 0.0088 ppm; Li, 0.035 ppm; Mn, 

 0.021 ppm; Mo, 0.0069 ppm; Ni, 0.030 ppm; P, 0.000 ppm; Pb, <0.0080/ppm; 

 Rb, <0.0080 ppm; Sr, 0.802 ppm; Ti, <0.0080 ppm; and Zr, 0.000 ppm; 



H. Sacramento River at Rio Vista, Calif., 1956. California Dept. of Water Resources 

 (1957, p. A-282). 



I. Sacramento River at tower bridge on Capital Street, Sacramento, Calif. Nov. 

 25, 1958. Durum, Heidel, and Tison (1960). Analysis includes AG, <0.000086 

 ppm; Ba, 0.031 ppm; Co, 0.000 ppm; Cr, 0.0044 ppm; Cu, 0.0029 ppm; Li 0.0021 

 ppm; Mn, 0.0063 ppm; Mo <0.00043 ppm; Ni, 0.0071 ppm; P, 0.000 ppm; Pb, 

 0.0045 ppm; Rb, 0.0010 ppm; Sr, 0.046 ppm; Ti, <0.00086 ppm; and V, <0.086 

 ppm. 



