This was the first AMD site I began working at, fortunately for me, it ended up having one of the highest dissolved iron contents in the area. I saw this one from route 79 as I was driving around killing time and looking at things. My initial work at the site involved collecting some of the iron oxide and incorporating it into paintings and use as a high fire ceramic glaze component. I later started to immerse paper and other 2D media in the water so I could capture the iron oxidizing.
Location: Near Heidelberg Pa, in Scotts Twp, the drainage is about 100 ft up the East bank of Chartiers Creek, just upstream of the confluence with Toms Run and near, (40.382222, -80.089722).
Date: August 2008
PaDEP Orphan Mine Drainage Site: PA0666
Flow = 81gpm
Water Chemistry (collected on 6/21/2006 by PaDEP)
pH = 6.00
Specific conductivity at 25C = 2410 umhos/cm
Alkalinity = 109 ppm
Hot Acidity = -9 ppm
TDS at 105C = 1830 mg/L
Ferrous Iron = 83.38 ppm
Total Iron = 82.6 ppm
Total Aluminum = 0.2 ppm
Total Manganese = 0.748 ppm
Total Sulfate = 533 ppm
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