Water quality trends in a flooded 35 year old mine-pool

22nd American Society of Mining and Reclamation Annual National Conference 2005

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 904-920

  Perry, Eric F ^a   Hawkins, Jay W ^a   Dunn, Mike ^a   Evans, Robert S ^a   Felbinger, John K ^a  

^a Office of Surface Mining   (United States)

Author keywords

Acid mine drainage; Eh; Mineral solubility; Pyrite

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; DISSOLUTION; DRAINAGE; FLOODS; ION EXCHANGE; IRON MINES; LEACHING; POSITIVE IONS; PUMPS; PYRITES; SODIUM SULFATE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WATER QUALITY;

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; CONCENTRATION TRENDS; GEOCHEMICAL CALCULATIONS; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; MINERAL DISSOLUTION; MINERAL SOLUBILITY; MIXING CALCULATIONS; WATER QUALITY TRENDS;

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EID: 84866024140     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.21000/jasmr05010904     Document Type: Conference Paper

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