Spatial and temporal evolution of Cu-Zn mine tailings during dewatering

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1832-1842

  Sherriff, Barbara L ^a   Jared Etcheverry, D ^a   Sidenko, Nikolay V ^a,b   Gulck, Jamie Van ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b STANTEC CONSULTING LTD   (Canada)

^c Arktis Solutions   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID GENERATION; BUFFERING CAPACITIES; CONSTANT COMPOSITION; DRAINAGE WATER; EVAPORITES; FINEGRAINED FRACTIONS; METAL CONTENT; MINE TAILINGS; OPEN PIT; OXIDIZATION; OXIDIZING CONDITIONS; PORE WATERS; SECONDARY PHASIS; SHALLOW GROUNDWATER; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; TRACE AMOUNTS; UNDERGROUND WORKING; WET WEATHER;

CARBONATE MINERALS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; DEWATERING; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER; IRON ORES; METALS; OPEN PIT MINING; QUARTZ; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SULFATE MINERALS; SURFACE WATERS; TAILINGS; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; ZINC SULFIDE;

ZINC;

ABSORPTION; CALCITE; COPPER; DEWATERING; DISSOLUTION; DRAINAGE WATER; HYDROXIDE; MINERAL; MOBILIZATION; OPEN PIT MINE; ORE BODY; OXIDATION; PH; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PYRITE; QUARTZ; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STABILIZATION; SULFIDE; SURFACE WATER; TAILINGS; TRENCH; ZINC;

CANADA; MANITOBA; RUTTAN LAKE;

EID: 80555126795     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.06.007     Document Type: Article

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