Sources of acid and metals from the weathering of the Dinero Waste Pile, Lake Fork Watershed, Leadville, Colorado

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

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages 268-282

  Diehl, S F ^a   Hageman, P L ^a   Smith, K S ^a   Herron, J T ^b   Desborough, G A ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anglesite; Dissolution; Jarosite; Leachate; Microlamination; Mine waste

Indexed keywords

ANGLESITE; JAROSITES; LEACHATES; MICROLAMINATION; MINE WASTES;

DISSOLUTION; GYPSUM; INFILTRATION; LAKES; LEAD; MANGANESE; METALS; MINERAL RESOURCES; OXIDE MINERALS; POTASSIUM; RECLAMATION; ROCKS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WATERSHEDS; WEATHERING; WETLANDS;

PILES;

EID: 84866042607     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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