Spring Semester 2000 Class Information
Geol 719 Syllabus

Preparing equipment prior to sampling water quality at a mine pit lake

Dexter mine pit lake, Tuscarora, NV

Graduate student, Jayne Park, samples an outcrop near Eureka, NV
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Email: gina@mines.unr.edu
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Mailing
Address:
Department of Geological Sciences
University of Nevada - Reno
Reno, NV 89557-0138
Phone: (775) 784-4706
Fax: (775) 784-1953
Office: Laxalt Mineral Research, Room 268
Office Hours: Tue-Thurs 3-4:30pm, Fri 2-3pm
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Research Interests
Predictive Geochemical Modeling of Mine Pit Lake Water Quality
Kinetics of As-Sulfide Mineral Oxidation
REE Signatures of Diagenetic and Hydrothermal Fluids
Classes Taught
Geol 211/212 Earth Materials and Geochemistry
Geol 416/616 Environmental Geochemistry
Geol 716 Low Temperature Aqueous Geochemistry
Geol 719 Geochemical Modeling Methods
Recent Publications
Tempel, R.N., L.A. Shevenell, P. Lechler, J. Price, 2000, Geochemical modeling approach to predicting arsenic concentrations in a mine pit lake. Applied Geochemistry, 15/4, p 475-492.
Tempel, R.N., and W.J. Harrison, 2000, Simulation of burial diagenesis in the Eocene Wilcox Group of the Gulf of Mexico basin, Applied Geochemistry, 15/8, p 1-13
Tempel, R.N., M.F. Lengke, R.C. Ford, T.E. Eastep, B.R. Romig, and G. Clothier, 2000, A quantitative approach to optimize chemical treatment of acid drainage using geochemical reaction path modeling methods: Climax Mine, Colorado. 5th International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage, Denver, Colorado, May 2000, 5p. In press.
Tempel, R.N., L.S. Balistrieri, M.F. Lengke, L.A. Shevenell, and L.L. Stillings, 2000, Geochemical modeling methods of predicting trace element concentrations in Dexter pit lake, Elko County, Nevada. 5th International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage, Denver, Colorado, May 2000, 10p. In press.
Lengke, M.F., R.N. Tempel, L.L. Stillings, and L.S. Balistrieri, 2000 Wall rock mineralogy and geochemistry of Dexter pit, Elko County, Nevada. 5th International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage, Denver, Colorado, May 2000, 7p. In press.
Engle, M.A., R.N. Tempel, and M.S. Gustin, 2000, Hydrogeochemistry of groundwaters associated with epithermal hot-spring type Hg deposits. 5th International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage, Denver, Colorado, May 2000, 9p. In press.
Upcoming Meetings
International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage, May 21-24th, Denver, CO
Geological Society of America Annual Convention, November 13-16th, Reno, NV
Recent Graduate Student Field Work
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