Jane M. Hammarstrom
Jane Hammarstrom is a Geologist (Scientist Emeritus) with the USGS Geology, Energy & Minerals (GEM) Science Center in Reston, VA.
Professional Experience
Geologist, USGS
Education and Certifications
M.S. in Geology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, 1981
B.S. in Geology, George Washington University, 1972
Affiliations and Memberships*
Geological Society of America
Society of Economic Geologists
International Association on the Genesis of Ore Deposits
Geological Society of Washington
Science and Products
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A reconnaissance geochemical and mineralogical study of the Stanley uranium district, Custer County, central Idaho A reconnaissance geochemical and mineralogical study of the Stanley uranium district, Custer County, central Idaho
No abstract available.
Authors
Bradley S. Van Gosen, Jane M. Hammarstrom, Robert G. Eppinger, Paul H. Briggs, James G. Crock, Allen L. Meier, Stephen J. Sutley, Peter M. Theodorakos, Philip L. Hageman
Geochemical Characterization of Mine Waste, Mine Drainage, and Stream Sediments at the Pike Hill Copper Mine Superfund Site, Orange County, Vermont Geochemical Characterization of Mine Waste, Mine Drainage, and Stream Sediments at the Pike Hill Copper Mine Superfund Site, Orange County, Vermont
The Pike Hill Copper Mine Superfund Site in the Vermont copper belt consists of the abandoned Smith, Eureka, and Union mines, all of which exploited Besshi-type massive sulfide deposits. The site was listed on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) National Priorities List in 2004 due to aquatic ecosystem impacts. This study was intended to be a precursor to a formal remedial
Authors
Nadine M. Piatak, Robert R. Seal, Jane M. Hammarstrom, Richard G. Kiah, Jeffrey R. Deacon, Monique Adams, Michael W. Anthony, Paul H. Briggs, John C. Jackson
The use of synthetic jarosite as an analog for natural jarosite The use of synthetic jarosite as an analog for natural jarosite
The presence of jarosite in soil or mining waste is an indicator of acidic sulfate-rich conditions. Physical and chemical properties of synthetic jarosites are commonly used as analogs in laboratory studies to determine solubility and acid-generation of naturally occurring jarosites. In our work we have mineralogically and chemically characterized both natural and synthetic jarosites...
Authors
George A. Desborough, Kathleen S. Smith, Heather A. Lowers, Gregg A. Swayze, Jane M. Hammarstrom, Sharon F. Diehl, Rhonda L. Driscoll, Reinhard W. Leinz
Alpersite (Mg,Cu)SO4·7H2O, a new mineral of the melanterite group, and cuprian pentahydrite: Their occurrence within mine waste Alpersite (Mg,Cu)SO4·7H2O, a new mineral of the melanterite group, and cuprian pentahydrite: Their occurrence within mine waste
Alpersite, Mg0.58Cu0.37Zn0.02Mn0.02Fe0.01SO4·7H2O, a new mineral species with direct relevance to reactions in mine waste, occurs in a mineralogically zoned assemblage in sheltered areas at the abandoned Big Mike mine in central Nevada at a relative humidity of 65% and T = 4 °C. Blue alpersite, which is isostructural with melanterite (FeSO4·7H2O), is overlain by a light blue to white...
Authors
Ronald C. Peterson, Jane M. Hammarstrom, Robert R. Seal
Not-so-routine electron probe microanalyses of jarosite Not-so-routine electron probe microanalyses of jarosite
No abstract available.
Authors
Heather Lowers, George A. Desborough, Jane M. Hammarstrom, Gregg A. Swayze, Kathleen S. Smith, Sharon F. Diehl
Acid-rock drainage at Skytop, Centre County, Pennsylvania, 2004 Acid-rock drainage at Skytop, Centre County, Pennsylvania, 2004
Recent construction for Interstate Highway 99 (I?99) exposed pyrite and associated Zn-Pb sulfide minerals beneath a >10-m thick gossan to oxidative weathering along a 40-60-m deep roadcut through a 270-m long section of the Ordovician Bald Eagle Formation at Skytop, near State College, Centre County, Pennsylvania. Nearby Zn-Pb deposits hosted in associated sandstone and limestone in...
Authors
Jane M. Hammarstrom, Keith Brady, Charles A. Cravotta
Secondary sulfate minerals associated with acid drainage in the eastern US: Recycling of metals and acidity in surficial environments Secondary sulfate minerals associated with acid drainage in the eastern US: Recycling of metals and acidity in surficial environments
Weathering of metal-sulfide minerals produces suites of variably soluble efflorescent sulfate salts at a number of localities in the eastern United States. The salts, which are present on mine wastes, tailings piles, and outcrops, include minerals that incorporate heavy metals in solid solution, primarily the highly soluble members of the melanterite, rozenite, epsomite, halotrichite...
Authors
J. M. Hammarstrom, R.R. Seal, A. L. Meier, J.M. Kornfeld
Geochemical Characterization of Mine Waste at the Ely Copper Mine Superfund Site, Orange County, Vermont Geochemical Characterization of Mine Waste at the Ely Copper Mine Superfund Site, Orange County, Vermont
No abstract available.
Authors
Nadine M. Piatak, Jane M. Hammarstrom, Robert R. Seal, Paul H. Briggs, Allen L. Meier, Timothy L. Muzik, John C. Jackson
Mineralogical and geochemical controls on the release of trace elements from slag produced by base- and precious-metal smelting at abandoned mine sites Mineralogical and geochemical controls on the release of trace elements from slag produced by base- and precious-metal smelting at abandoned mine sites
Slag collected from smelter sites associated with historic base-metal mines contains elevated concentrations of trace elements such as Cu, Zn and Pb. Weathering of slag piles, many of which were deposited along stream banks, potentially may release these trace elements into the environment. Slags were sampled from the Ely and Elizabeth mines in the Vermont copper belt, from the copper...
Authors
N.M. Piatak, R.R. Seal, J. M. Hammarstrom
Geochemical Characteristics of TP3 Mine Wastes at the Elizabeth Copper Mine Superfund Site, Orange County, Vermont Geochemical Characteristics of TP3 Mine Wastes at the Elizabeth Copper Mine Superfund Site, Orange County, Vermont
Remediation of the Elizabeth mine Superfund site in the Vermont copper belt poses challenges for balancing environmental restoration goals with issues of historic preservation while adopting cost-effective strategies for site cleanup and long-term maintenance. The waste-rock pile known as TP3, at the headwaters of Copperas Brook, is especially noteworthy in this regard because it is the...
Authors
Jane M. Hammarstrom, Nadine M. Piatak, Robert R. Seal, Paul H. Briggs, Allen L. Meier, Timothy L. Muzik
Geochemical characterization of slags, other mine waste, and their leachate from the Elizabeth and Ely Mines (Vermont), the Ducktown Mining District (Tennessee), and the Clayton Smelter Site (Idaho) Geochemical characterization of slags, other mine waste, and their leachate from the Elizabeth and Ely Mines (Vermont), the Ducktown Mining District (Tennessee), and the Clayton Smelter Site (Idaho)
Waste-rock material produced at historic metal mines contains elevated concentrations of potentially toxic trace elements. Two types of mine waste were examined in this study: sintered waste rock and slag. The samples were collected from the Elizabeth and Ely mines in the Vermont copper belt (Besshi-type massive sulfide deposits), from the Copper Basin mining district near Ducktown...
Authors
Nadine M. Piatak, Robert R. Seal, Jane M. Hammarstrom, Allen L. Meier, Paul H. Briggs
Characterization of limestone reacted with acid-mine drainage in a pulsed limestone bed treatment system at the Friendship Hill National Historical Site, Pennsylvania, USA Characterization of limestone reacted with acid-mine drainage in a pulsed limestone bed treatment system at the Friendship Hill National Historical Site, Pennsylvania, USA
Armoring of limestone is a common cause of failure in limestone-based acid-mine drainage (AMD) treatment systems. Limestone is the least expensive material available for acid neutralization, but is not typically recommended for highly acidic, Fe-rich waters due to armoring with Fe(III) oxyhydroxide coatings. A new AMD treatment technology that uses CO2 in a pulsed limestone bed reactor...
Authors
Jane M. Hammarstrom, Philip Sibrell, Harvey E. Belkin
Science and Products
Filter Total Items: 99
A reconnaissance geochemical and mineralogical study of the Stanley uranium district, Custer County, central Idaho A reconnaissance geochemical and mineralogical study of the Stanley uranium district, Custer County, central Idaho
No abstract available.
Authors
Bradley S. Van Gosen, Jane M. Hammarstrom, Robert G. Eppinger, Paul H. Briggs, James G. Crock, Allen L. Meier, Stephen J. Sutley, Peter M. Theodorakos, Philip L. Hageman
Geochemical Characterization of Mine Waste, Mine Drainage, and Stream Sediments at the Pike Hill Copper Mine Superfund Site, Orange County, Vermont Geochemical Characterization of Mine Waste, Mine Drainage, and Stream Sediments at the Pike Hill Copper Mine Superfund Site, Orange County, Vermont
The Pike Hill Copper Mine Superfund Site in the Vermont copper belt consists of the abandoned Smith, Eureka, and Union mines, all of which exploited Besshi-type massive sulfide deposits. The site was listed on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) National Priorities List in 2004 due to aquatic ecosystem impacts. This study was intended to be a precursor to a formal remedial
Authors
Nadine M. Piatak, Robert R. Seal, Jane M. Hammarstrom, Richard G. Kiah, Jeffrey R. Deacon, Monique Adams, Michael W. Anthony, Paul H. Briggs, John C. Jackson
The use of synthetic jarosite as an analog for natural jarosite The use of synthetic jarosite as an analog for natural jarosite
The presence of jarosite in soil or mining waste is an indicator of acidic sulfate-rich conditions. Physical and chemical properties of synthetic jarosites are commonly used as analogs in laboratory studies to determine solubility and acid-generation of naturally occurring jarosites. In our work we have mineralogically and chemically characterized both natural and synthetic jarosites...
Authors
George A. Desborough, Kathleen S. Smith, Heather A. Lowers, Gregg A. Swayze, Jane M. Hammarstrom, Sharon F. Diehl, Rhonda L. Driscoll, Reinhard W. Leinz
Alpersite (Mg,Cu)SO4·7H2O, a new mineral of the melanterite group, and cuprian pentahydrite: Their occurrence within mine waste Alpersite (Mg,Cu)SO4·7H2O, a new mineral of the melanterite group, and cuprian pentahydrite: Their occurrence within mine waste
Alpersite, Mg0.58Cu0.37Zn0.02Mn0.02Fe0.01SO4·7H2O, a new mineral species with direct relevance to reactions in mine waste, occurs in a mineralogically zoned assemblage in sheltered areas at the abandoned Big Mike mine in central Nevada at a relative humidity of 65% and T = 4 °C. Blue alpersite, which is isostructural with melanterite (FeSO4·7H2O), is overlain by a light blue to white...
Authors
Ronald C. Peterson, Jane M. Hammarstrom, Robert R. Seal
Not-so-routine electron probe microanalyses of jarosite Not-so-routine electron probe microanalyses of jarosite
No abstract available.
Authors
Heather Lowers, George A. Desborough, Jane M. Hammarstrom, Gregg A. Swayze, Kathleen S. Smith, Sharon F. Diehl
Acid-rock drainage at Skytop, Centre County, Pennsylvania, 2004 Acid-rock drainage at Skytop, Centre County, Pennsylvania, 2004
Recent construction for Interstate Highway 99 (I?99) exposed pyrite and associated Zn-Pb sulfide minerals beneath a >10-m thick gossan to oxidative weathering along a 40-60-m deep roadcut through a 270-m long section of the Ordovician Bald Eagle Formation at Skytop, near State College, Centre County, Pennsylvania. Nearby Zn-Pb deposits hosted in associated sandstone and limestone in...
Authors
Jane M. Hammarstrom, Keith Brady, Charles A. Cravotta
Secondary sulfate minerals associated with acid drainage in the eastern US: Recycling of metals and acidity in surficial environments Secondary sulfate minerals associated with acid drainage in the eastern US: Recycling of metals and acidity in surficial environments
Weathering of metal-sulfide minerals produces suites of variably soluble efflorescent sulfate salts at a number of localities in the eastern United States. The salts, which are present on mine wastes, tailings piles, and outcrops, include minerals that incorporate heavy metals in solid solution, primarily the highly soluble members of the melanterite, rozenite, epsomite, halotrichite...
Authors
J. M. Hammarstrom, R.R. Seal, A. L. Meier, J.M. Kornfeld
Geochemical Characterization of Mine Waste at the Ely Copper Mine Superfund Site, Orange County, Vermont Geochemical Characterization of Mine Waste at the Ely Copper Mine Superfund Site, Orange County, Vermont
No abstract available.
Authors
Nadine M. Piatak, Jane M. Hammarstrom, Robert R. Seal, Paul H. Briggs, Allen L. Meier, Timothy L. Muzik, John C. Jackson
Mineralogical and geochemical controls on the release of trace elements from slag produced by base- and precious-metal smelting at abandoned mine sites Mineralogical and geochemical controls on the release of trace elements from slag produced by base- and precious-metal smelting at abandoned mine sites
Slag collected from smelter sites associated with historic base-metal mines contains elevated concentrations of trace elements such as Cu, Zn and Pb. Weathering of slag piles, many of which were deposited along stream banks, potentially may release these trace elements into the environment. Slags were sampled from the Ely and Elizabeth mines in the Vermont copper belt, from the copper...
Authors
N.M. Piatak, R.R. Seal, J. M. Hammarstrom
Geochemical Characteristics of TP3 Mine Wastes at the Elizabeth Copper Mine Superfund Site, Orange County, Vermont Geochemical Characteristics of TP3 Mine Wastes at the Elizabeth Copper Mine Superfund Site, Orange County, Vermont
Remediation of the Elizabeth mine Superfund site in the Vermont copper belt poses challenges for balancing environmental restoration goals with issues of historic preservation while adopting cost-effective strategies for site cleanup and long-term maintenance. The waste-rock pile known as TP3, at the headwaters of Copperas Brook, is especially noteworthy in this regard because it is the...
Authors
Jane M. Hammarstrom, Nadine M. Piatak, Robert R. Seal, Paul H. Briggs, Allen L. Meier, Timothy L. Muzik
Geochemical characterization of slags, other mine waste, and their leachate from the Elizabeth and Ely Mines (Vermont), the Ducktown Mining District (Tennessee), and the Clayton Smelter Site (Idaho) Geochemical characterization of slags, other mine waste, and their leachate from the Elizabeth and Ely Mines (Vermont), the Ducktown Mining District (Tennessee), and the Clayton Smelter Site (Idaho)
Waste-rock material produced at historic metal mines contains elevated concentrations of potentially toxic trace elements. Two types of mine waste were examined in this study: sintered waste rock and slag. The samples were collected from the Elizabeth and Ely mines in the Vermont copper belt (Besshi-type massive sulfide deposits), from the Copper Basin mining district near Ducktown...
Authors
Nadine M. Piatak, Robert R. Seal, Jane M. Hammarstrom, Allen L. Meier, Paul H. Briggs
Characterization of limestone reacted with acid-mine drainage in a pulsed limestone bed treatment system at the Friendship Hill National Historical Site, Pennsylvania, USA Characterization of limestone reacted with acid-mine drainage in a pulsed limestone bed treatment system at the Friendship Hill National Historical Site, Pennsylvania, USA
Armoring of limestone is a common cause of failure in limestone-based acid-mine drainage (AMD) treatment systems. Limestone is the least expensive material available for acid neutralization, but is not typically recommended for highly acidic, Fe-rich waters due to armoring with Fe(III) oxyhydroxide coatings. A new AMD treatment technology that uses CO2 in a pulsed limestone bed reactor...
Authors
Jane M. Hammarstrom, Philip Sibrell, Harvey E. Belkin
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