U.S. Geological Survey ground-water studies in Missouri

Abstract

Groundwater sources supply the water needs of about 40 percent of Missouri's population; except in the St. Louis and Kansas City areas, ground water is a significant source for many public supplies. Ground water is the source of all rural domestic self-supplied water, 93 percent of all irrigation water, and 42 percent of all industrial self-supplied water (excluding water for thermoelectric power generation). The major issues related to ground water in Missouri are: Effects of land use on groundwater quality, Contamination of ground water by hazardous wastes, and Decreasing groundwater supplies. Information on technical reports and data related to ground water in Missouri can be obtained from:

Fundamental Coordination Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, and Biochemistry of Lead(II)

“…Used batteries alone accounted for $1 million metric tons of recycled lead (362). Recycling efficiency for lead is currently estimated at 95% (364). Currently in the United States, most of the lead produced comes from mines in Missouri, Alaska, Idaho, and Montana, primarily from lead-zinc and lead ores (361,362).…”

“…Worldwide, major lead deposits exist in association with zinc, silver, and/or copper (362). There are five major geological types of lead deposits: volcanic-hosted massive sulfide deposits [Canada, Cyprus, Japan, Australia (Tasmania), Turkey]; sediment-hosted deposits of sulfides interbedded with shales, and so on, formed in an anaerobic marine environment [Australia, Canada, Germany, United States (Alaska)]; strata-bound carbonate deposits containing sulfide minerals [United States (Mississippi Valley), southern European Alps, Canada, Poland]; sandstone-hosted deposits of finely crystalline sulfides (Canada, France, Morocco, Sweden); and vein deposits of coarsely crystalline sulfide aggregates (western United States, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Peru) (364). The wide variety of compositions seen for lead minerals is illustrated by the representative lead minerals listed in Table XV (3,47).…”