Tailings and Mine Waste 1996Edited By Colorado State University

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Table of contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Tailings, tailing, or tails /J.D.Nelson -- Regulatory considerations -- A collaborative approach for mine waste cleanup - The Animas River experience /G.Broetzman & G.Parsons -- Title V permitting issues for the mining and minerals processing industries /D.H.Gebhart -- Mine closure regulations and activity: Nevada style /D.A.Jones -- Use of the new ecological risk screening guidelines to drive down remedial costs at mine tailings sites /R.Braun, M.Saunders, J.Booras & J.Tucker -- Design and operation -- Geometrical control and operational analysis of tailings dams /E.I.Reid -- Design evolution of tailings dams at Inco Sudbury /T.E.Martin & I.Tissington -- Investigation of chemical clogging of drains at Inco’s Central Area tailings dams /H.D.Plewes & T.McDonald -- Volume reduction of oil sands fine tails utilizing nonsegregating tailings /Y.B.Liu, D.L.Caughill, W.Shaw,; E.Lord, R.Burns & J.D.Scott -- Tailings impoundment design - Striving for balance /R.R.Davidson, P.A Stauffer & R.E.Moran -- Management of fine tailings /H.K.Mittal &N.Holl -- Seismic cone penetration testing for evaluating the compressibility and liquefaction potential of mine tailings /D.J.Woeller, PK.Robertson, T.J.Boyd, J.Greig & I.Weemees -- Design considerations for tailings dams /R.C.Lo & E.J.Klohn -- Cost effective backfill design for a reclamation impoundment /J.M.Pool, T.W.Hardgrove &J.F.Crouch -- The evaluation of thickened tailings in a seismic area /B.McMahon, J.T.Phillips & W.A Hutton -- Geotechnical considerations -- Behavior and properties of phosphorus contaminated sludge /A.C.Jones, I.Arango & J.Brummer -- Hydraulic conductivity of oil shale solid waste /J.PTurner & S.Rangarajan -- Development and shear strength parameters of paste backfill /L.Bodi, G.Hunt & T.Lahnalampi -- A field study of the consolidation behaviour of saline gold tailings /T.Newson, Y.Fujiyasu & M.Fahey -- Field tests evaluating freeze-thaw dewatering of fine tailings /S.A Proskin, D.C.Sego & R.Burns -- Liners, covers, barriers -- Capillary barriers for covering mine wastes /J.C.Stormont, C.E.Morris & R.E.Finley -- Assessment of the performance of a capillary barrier /H.J.Morel-Seytoux -- Disposal cell cover selection - Riprap vs.grass /R.Rager, G.Thiers, M.McClanahan & S.Grozescu -- Predicting sandstone riprap erosion rates /G.V.Wilkerson, S.R.Abt & T.L.Johnson -- Overview of geomembrane liner failures /A J.Breitenbach -- Large-scale hydraulic testing of low-permeability clays /S.Grozescu, D.Dobkowski & R.Baradaran -- Field evaluation of montan wax /bentonite sealants to seal voids in a coal mine tailing site and reduce contaminated mine drainage to nearby creek: Preliminary results /F.Djahanguiri, W. Ranges &J.Koerth -- Waste containment barrier enhancement with zeolite /D.KAllerton, H.W. Olsen, G.ADesborough & N.Y.Chang -- Self-sealing hardpan barriers to minimize infiltration of water into sulfide-bearing overburden, ore, and tailings piles /J.AChermak & D.D.Runnells -- A contractor’s perspective on the construction of soil bentonite radon barriers /B. Frame Jr & T.Webber -- A prototype barrier for long term waste isolation /R.I.Watkins -- A combination system for protection of the geological environment in toxic waste dispoal area /A.G. Lunev; N. N. Tsapkova, G. N. Pavlik &V.R. Babayan -- Geochemical barriers as an effective method for geological environment protection /B.N.Isayev, G.N.Pavlik, N.N.Tsapkova, SY.Badeyev & V.R.Babayan Groundwater and geochemistry -- Decommissioning of sulphuric acid-leached heap by rinsing /M.Li, C. Jacob & G.Comeau -- Solubility and transport of arsenic coal ash /R. Iturbe, C. Cruickshank, E. Vega & A E. Silva -- Pseudo-contaminants: A geochemical rationale /J.Bush & M.Hall -- Numerical simulation of low-flow bulkheads to reduce uncontrolled discharge from an underground copper mine /R. L. Lewis, J. I. Hershman, IR. McGowan & J. Tilk -- A new approach to modeling metal contaminant transport associated with mining wastes /C.Zhu, G.-TYeh & R.K.Waddell -- Experimental simulation of waste rock weathering under unsaturated and saturated conditions at Iron Mountain, California /D.C. Keith & D.D.Runnells -- Mine waste site characterization: Use of andesite as an AMD neutralizing media /I.EWalder, C.Zimmer, W.X.Chavez, Jr -- Mathematical modelling as an integral part of monitoring /G.N. Pavlik -- Surface water quality and modelling Screening-level assessment of nonpoint source pollution from inactive hardrock mines in the Cement Creek Basin, Colorado /B. S. Caruso & J. C. Loftis -- Fluvial transport and long-term mobility of mining-related zinc /R.T. Pavlowsky -- Geomorphic and hydraulic characteristics of the Colorado River, Moab, Utah: Potential impacts on a uranium tailings disposal site /R. A Mussetter & M. D. Harvey -- Seasonal liabilities from the McLaren tailings on aquatic resources in Soda Butte Creek and Yellowstone National Park /D. R. Nimmo & M.J.Willox -- Channel morphology and copper concentrations in stream bed sediments /W. A Marcus, S. C. Ladd Sc M.Crotteau -- Long term stream sediment quality resulting from channel meandering and sediment redeposition within in-situ treated areas /M.Ramey, S.Beck, M.Yovich, P.Weber, CStilwell & D.McCarthy -- Demonstration of an innovative heavy metals removal process /R. E. McLaughlin -- Nanofiltration for removal of surplus water in dump leaching /P. K. Eriksson, LA Lien & D.H.Green -- Consolidated tailings release water chemistry /R.J.Mikula, K.L.Kasperski & R.D.Burns -- Post-mining pit lakes: Predicting lake chemistry and assessing ecological risks /D.A.Pillard, T. A Doyle, D.D. Runnells & J. Young -- Geochemistry and physical limnology of an acidic pit lake /D. B. Levy, K. H. Custis, W. H. Casey & P. A Rock -- Remediation and reclamation -- Applications of electrokinetics in tailing treatment /J.Q.Shang&KJ.Lo -- Experiences with insitu tests in mine tailings for reclamation and facility expansion /B. F. Ulrich & D. R. East -- Characterization of fine processed mine tailings deposits for purposes of dry landscape reclamation /R.P. Stahl, D.C.Sego, P. K.Robertson & D.Woeller -- Biological oxidation of cyanide: A viable treatment option for the minerals processing industry? /J. B. Mosher & L. Figueroa -- Pilot-scale biotreatment of cyanide and metal-containing wastewater at the Summitville Mine Superfund Site /R. C. Fischer, K. H. Viskocil, L C. Thompson, C. S. Caldwell, A E. Seep, LWilliams & J.Hubbard -- Reprocessing and utilization -- Recovery of gold from Whitewood Creek tailings /Y.CGuan & K.N.Han -- Reprocessing of chromite tailings of Fariab Mine, Iran /H.Nematollahi -- Use of mine tailings in construction materials /J. D. Dean, J. E. Stephens & J. Bancroft -- Surface waste of the Tri-State Mining District /D.R.Hinrichs -- Case histories -- Progress of early action activities at the Blackbird Mine Site /M.L. Brown & A J. Fleming -- Case history: Reclamation plan, Atlas Corporation, Moab, Utah /B.W.Hassinger -- Durango disposal cell - UMTRA Case History /M.Wesely, HHempill, M.Thomson & C.Weston -- Risk assessment for CMR tailings dam complex /W.Roberds, G. Stray ton & J.Wates -- Case study of Western Nuclear Split Rock Millsite reclamation /M. A Pasha -- Tailings management practices at Syncrude - From research to practice /B. R. List &E.R.F. Lord -- Tailings impoundment at Quebec Cartier Mining /N.L.Journeaux, C.Bedard, J.Lemieux, M.-H.Paquette & D.Lang -- Installation of steel sheet piling: A case history /J.G.Bush -- Author index.