Chemist and Quality Assurance Officer
Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering
University of Nevada, Reno
Business telephone: (775) 682-8774
FAX: (775) 784-1709
E-mail: desilets@unr.edu
EDUCATION
B.S. Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, 1984
M.S. Geochemistry, University of Nevada, Reno, 1992
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Castor, S.B., Garside, L.J., Tingley, J.V., LaPointe, D.D., Desilets, M.O., Hsu, L.C., Goldstrand, P.M., Lugaski, T.P., and Ross, H.P., 1999, Assessment of metallic and mined energy resources in the Yucca Mountain conceptual controlled area, Nye County, Nevada: NBMG Open-File Report 99-13, 204 p., plus appendices (264 p.) and 10 plates.
Lechler, P.J., Miller, J.R., Hsu, L.C., and Desilets, M.O., 1997, Mercury mobility at the Carson River Superfund Site, west-central Nevada, USA: Interpretation of mercury speciation data in mill tailings, soils, and sediments, in Allan, R.J. and Salomons, W., eds., Mining and metals in the environment: Elsevier, New York, 332 p.
Miller, J.R., Rowland, J., Lechler, P.J., Desilets, M.O., and Hsu, L.C., 1996, Dispersal of mercury-contaminated sediments by geomorphic processes, Sixmile Canyon, Nevada, USA: Implications to site characterization and remediation of fluvial environments: Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, v. 86, p. 373-388.
Tingley, J.V., Castor, S.B, Garside, L.J., Weiss, S.I., Bonham, H.E, Jr., LaPointe, D.D, Lugaski, T.P., Price, J.G., and Desilets, M., 1996, Mineral and energy resource assessment of the Nellis Air Force Range: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology report to the Nellis Air Force Base Environmental Management, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Fort Worth District Planning Division, Fort Worth, Texas, 738 p. + appendices
Price, J.G., Shevenell, L., Henry, C.D., Rigby, J.G., Christensen, L., Lechler, P.J., Desilets, M.O., Fields, R., Driesner, D., Durbin, W., and Lombardo, W., 1995, Water quality at inactive and abandoned mines in Nevada, Report of a cooperative project among state agencies: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 95-4.
Rigby, J.G., Price, J.G., Christensen, L.G., La Pointe, D.D., Ramelli, A.R., Desilets, M.O., Hess, R.H., and Marshall, S.R., 1994, Radon in Nevada: Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Bulletin 108, 76 p.
Lechler, P.J., Miller, J.R., Hsu, L.C., and Desilets, M.O., 1995, Understanding mercury mobility at the Carson River Superfund Site, western Nevada, USA: Interpretation of mercury speciation results from mill tailings, soils, and river and reservoir sediments: Proceedings 10th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment, Hamburg, Germany.
Miller, J.R., Lechler, P.J., Desilets, M.O., Rowland, J., Hsu, L.C., and Price, J.G., 1993, Quantity and distribution of mining related trace metals in Lahontan Reservoir, west-central Nevada: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment, Toronto, Canada, v. 2, p. 251-254.
Miller, J.R., Lechler, P.J., Desilets, M.O., Rowland, J., Hsu, L.C., Price, J.G., and Ritter, D.F., 1993, An integrated approach to the determination of trace metal distribution within Lahontan Reservoir, Nevada: Geological Society of America Abstract with Programs.
Lechler, P.J., Desilets, M.O., and Price, J.G., 1992, Mercury gold and silver in the Carson Truckee River drainage systems, Washoe, Storey, Lyon, and Churchill Counties, Nevada: Abstract International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, Monterey, May 31- June 4 (Sponsored by EPRI, EPA, Vattenfall, Environment Canada).
Lechler, P.J., Desilets, M.O., and Price, J.G., 1992, Mercury contamination in the Carson River, Nevada: 7,500 tons lost from historic mining operations in Virginia City: Abstract American Institute of Professional Geologists Annual Meeting, Lake Tahoe, September 27-30.
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