Post-closure flooding of the Homestake Mine at Lead, south Dakota

Mining Engineering

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 43-47

  Davis, A ^a   Roggenthen, W ^a   Stetler, L ^a   Hladysz, Z ^b   Johnson, C ^c  

^a South Dakota School of Mines Technology   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c RESPEC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC LIFE; BENEFICIAL USE; DEEP MINES; EXPONENTIAL DECAYS; HOMESTAKE MINES; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; MINE WATERS; NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION; UNDERGROUND SCIENCE; WATER INFLOWS;

ARSENIC; GOLD MINES; GROUNDWATER; LABORATORIES; MINES; MINING; PUMPS; WATER LEVELS;

MINE FLOODING;

ARSENIC; ARSENOPYRITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEWATERING; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FLOODING; GOLD MINE; INFLOW; WATER LEVEL;

LEAD; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649512410     PISSN: 00265187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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