Well
No. NC-EWDP-28P SITE SUMMARY
Status: Completed.
Latitude/Longitude
(Datum NAD-83):
36o 42' 28.386" North
116o 29' 19.390" West
Legal Description:
Township 14S, Range 49E,
Section 29 NW 1/4 NE 1/4
Elevation
(Datum NGVD-29):
843.54
meters AMSL (2,767.51 feet) GPS
Access: This well is located in a small unnamed valley
approximately 9 miles south of the proposed Yucca Mountain repository and
approximately 2 miles north of the Lathrop Wells cinder cone. Turn
north off Hwy 95 at a point just south of the cinder cone where the
power-line crosses Hwy 95. Proceed approximately 2 miles on the
access road that runs N-S just east of the cinder cone. The well is
on the east side of the road.
Purpose:
NC-EWDP-28P was designed to serve as a hydrogeologic exploration borehole
to approximately 2,000 feet below ground surface and to serve as a piezometer
well with a single screen extending across the water table. Primary
technical objectives include: 1) collect and geologically log continuous
drill cutting samples and run borehole geophysical logs to approximately
2,000 feet; 2) Use these data to define the stratigraphic sequence and to
better characterize geologic structural boundaries immediately south of
the proposed repository; and 3) provide water level and water chemistry
data from the uppermost aquifer.