CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF RIVERS AND LAKES 



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Table 24. — Analyses, in parts per million, of some other north- 

 western waters 



Thompson River at Kamloops, British Columbia. July 27, 1938. Leverin 



(1947), analysis 579. 

 Fraser River at Hope, British Columbia. Dec. 4, 1938. Leverin (1947), analysis 



586. 

 Fraser River at Mission City, British Columbia. Oct. 1, 1958, Durum, Heidel, 



and Tison (1960). Analysis includes F, 0.0 ppm; Ag. 0.00007 ppm; Al, 0.526 



ppm; B, 0.011 ppm; Ba, 0.018 ppm; Co, 0.0019 ppm; Cr, 0.0060 ppm; Cu, 0.0025 



ppm; Li, 0.00018 ppm; Mn, 0.032 ppm; Mo, 0.000 ppm; Ni, 0.012 ppm; P, 0.073 



ppm; Pb. 0.0018 ppm; Rb, 0.00095 ppm; Sr, 0.018 ppm; TI, 0.016 ppm; and 



Zn, 0.000 ppm. 

 Fraser River at New Westminster, British Columbia. Aug. 19, 942. Leverin 



(1947), analysis 899. 

 Untreated water supply of Nanaimo, British Columbia, from a dam 3 miles 



from the city. Sept. 6, 1938. Leverin (1947J, analysis 553. 

 Untreated water supply of Prince Rupert, British Columbia, from a lake 7 miles 



from the city. July 16, 1943. Leverin (1947), analysis 968. 



coastal regions of southern Alaska to have very dilute 

 water with about 25 ppm of total dissolved solids, 

 whereas the drier interior and arctic parts have 100 

 or 200 ppm. The great increase in salinity over a 

 2-week period of Ikrowik Lake near the Arctic coast 

 at Point Barrow is probably due to sea-spray transport 

 by summer gales during the short ice-free season. 



MACKENZIE AND HUDSON BAY DRAINAGES 



The information available for the Mackenize River 

 system (table 26) suggests that the waters are a calcium 

 bicarbonate type of moderate dilution. The two 

 analyses from the Mackenize River show it to be 

 remarkably similar to the lower Mississippi River in 

 concentration and suggest that the Mackenzie River 

 must have some tributaries more highly concentrated 

 than the ones which have been analyzed. 



Table 25. — Analyses, in parts per million, of Alaskan waters 



A. Brrowik Lake near Point Barrow. June 30, 1951. U.S. Geol. Survey analysis J. 



quoted In Livingstone, Bryan, and Leahy (195S). 



B. ttrowik Lake near Point Barrow. July 13, 1951. U.S. Geol. Survey analysis K. 



quoted in Livingstone, Brvan, and Leahy (1958). 



C. East Oumalik Lake, near edge of Arctic Coastal Plain. July 26, 1951. U.S. L. 



Geol. Survey analysis quoted in Livingstone, Bryan, and Leahy (1958). M. 



D. Chandler Lake, Brooks Range. Aug. 22, 1951. U.S. Geol. Survey analysis 



quoted in Livingstone, Bryan, and Leahy (1958). N. 



E. Yukon River at Eagle. Mean of the analyses of 16 composite samples, Apr. O. 



to Sept. 195!. Whetstone (1951). 



F. Tanana River near Tok Junction. Mean of the analyses of 13 composite sam- P. 



pies, Mar. to Sept. 1951. Whetstone (1951). 



O. Tanana River at Big Delta. Mean of the analyses of 35 composite samples, Q. 



Oct. 1950 to Sept. 1951. Whetstone (1951). R. 



H Yukon River at Mountain Villaee, Alaska. Jan. 7, 1959. Durum, ITeidel, and S. 



Ti?on (1960). Analysis includes Ag, <0.0002 ppm; Al, <0.082 ppm; B, 0.013 T. 



ppm; Ba, 0.109 ppm; Co, 0.000 ppm; Cr, 0.0070 ppm; Cu, 0.0026 ppm; Li, 



0.0020 ppm; Mo, 0.0012 ppm; Ni, 0.017 ppm; Pb, 0.0086 ppm; Rb, 0.000 ppm; U. 



Sr, 0.123 ppm; Ti, <0.0020 ppm; and Zn, 0.000 ppm. V. 



1 Susitna River at O old Creek. Mean of the analyses of 9 composite samples, W. 



May to Sept. 1951. Whetstone (1951). 



Eklutna Creek at Eklutna Lake near Palmer. Mean of the analyses of 11 

 composite samples, Dec. 1950 to Sept. 1951. Whetstone (1951). 



Ship Creek near Anchorage. Mean of the analyses of 31 composite samples, 

 Oct. 1950 to July 1951. Whetstone (1951). 



Brown Slough at Bethel, Sept. 13, 1951. Whetstone (1951). 



Kenai River at Cooper Landing. Mean of the analyses of 6 composite sam- 

 ples, Oct. and Nov. 1951. Whetstone (1951). 



Gypsum Creek, mile 112 Glenn Highway, Sept. 10, 1949. Moore (1950, p. 10). 



South Branch Worthington River near Wortmanns, Aug. 7, 1951. Whetstone 

 (1951). 



Gold Creek, Juneau. Mean of the analyses of 3 samples. Oct. 1948 to July 

 1949. Moore (1950). 



Lemon Creek, Juneau. Oct. 10, 1948. Moore (1950). 



Mendenhall River, Juneau. Oct. 10, 1948. Moore (1950). 



Dorothy Creek, Juneau. Apr. 14, 1949. Moore (1950). 



Purple Creek, Metalaska. Mean of 2 analyses, one for an unspecified date in 

 1948, the other for Apr. 23, 1949. Moore (1950). 



Maybeso Creek, Hollis. Apr. 26, 1949. Moore (1950). 



Ella Creek near Ketchikan, Apr. 22, 1949. Moore (1950). 



Perseverance Creek, Ketchikan. Oct. 11, 1948. Moore (1950). 



