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Permitted Mine Discharge into Marrowbone Creek (at MP 8.40 on Right Descending Bank) (WVDEP_WQX-17215) site data in the Water Quality Portal

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This mine/mine discharge site, maintained by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection-Division of Water & Waste Management-Watershed Assessment Branch (identifier WVDEP_WQX), has the name "Permitted Mine Discharge into Marrowbone Creek (at MP 8.40 on Right Descending Bank)" and has the identifier WVDEP_WQX-17215. This site is in the watershed defined by the 8 digit Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC)05070201. This site has a drainage area of 0 ac.

This site is located in Mingo County County, West Virginia at 37.8554166700 degrees latitude and -82.3103055600 degrees longitude using the datum NAD83. The horizontal location collection method was "GPS-Unspecified" and the accuracy is 18 ft. This site is at an elevation of 807.0698 ft No vertical location accuracy metadata is available.

To download the metadata about this site along with water quality data, go to the Portal Page and enter "WVDEP_WQX-17215" into the "Site ID" box under Site Parameters

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Periods of record for data characteristic groups

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Characteristic Group Date Range*
Inorganics, Major, Metals 2020 - 2020
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals 2020 - 2020
Inorganics, Minor, Metals 2020 - 2020
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals 2020 - 2020
Physical 2020 - 2020
*Date ranges may contain gap years

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Detailed Metadata

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Location Metadata Value
OrganizationIdentifier WVDEP_WQX
OrganizationFormalName West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection-Division of Water & Waste Management-Watershed Assessment Branch
MonitoringLocationIdentifier WVDEP_WQX-17215
MonitoringLocationName Permitted Mine Discharge into Marrowbone Creek (at MP 8.40 on Right Descending Bank)
MonitoringLocationTypeName Mine/Mine Discharge
MonitoringLocationDescriptionText East of Kermit; On the Naugatuck USGS 24k topo quadrangle
HUCEightDigitCode 05070201
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureValue 0
DrainageAreaMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ac
LatitudeMeasure 37.8554166700
LongitudeMeasure -82.3103055600
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureValue 18
HorizontalAccuracyMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
HorizontalCollectionMethodName GPS-Unspecified
HorizontalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName NAD83
VerticalMeasure/MeasureValue 807.0698
VerticalMeasure/MeasureUnitCode ft
VerticalCollectionMethodName Digital Elevation Model
VerticalCoordinateReferenceSystemDatumName OTHER
CountryCode US
StateCode 54
CountyCode 059
ProviderName STORET