11th Annual Meeting of the ASSMR, April 24-29, 1994, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Volume 1: Mine Drainage
Table of Contents
Modeling Mine Water Quality
Assessing the Risk of ARD
K. D. Ferguson, J. D. Robertson
p 2-11
An Empirical Technique for Predicting the Chemistry of Water Seeping from Mine-Rock Piles
K. A. Morin, N. M. Hutt
p 12-19
Assessment of Contaminant Load Changes Caused by Remining Abandoned Coal Mines
J. W. Hawkins
p 20-29
Mathematical Simulation of A Waste Rock Heap
J. M. Scharer, C. M. Pettit, D. B. Chambers, E. C. Kwong
p 30-39
Modeling Recharge and Runoff to Predict Copper and Zinc Transport from Lime Amended Tailings at the Silver Bow Creek CERCLA Site
W. M. Schafer, J. G. Goering, T. R. Grady, E. Spotts, D. R. Neuman
p 40-49
Modeling Field-Scale Transport of Weathering Products in Mining Waste Rock Dumps
N. Eriksson, G. Destouni
p 50-59
Water Treatment With Wetlands
Best Professional Judgement Analysis for Constructed Wetlands As A Best Available Technology for the Treatment of Post-Mining Groundwater Seeps
W. W. Hellier, E. F. Giovannitti, P. T. Slack
p 60-69
Evaluation of Acidic Mine Drainage Treatment in Constructed Wetland Systems
J. M. Dietz, R. G. Watts, D. M. Stidinger
p 70-79
Metal Removal in Wetland Treatment Systems
p Eger, J. R. Wagner, Z. Kassa, G. D. Melchert
p 80-88
Iron Retention and Vegetative Cover at the SIMCO Constructed Wetland: An Appraisal Through Year Eight of Operation
L. R. Stark, F. M. Williams, S. E. Stevens, Jr., D. P. Eddy
p 89-98
Manganese and Iron Removal from Coal Mine Drainage by Use of a Green Algae-Microbial Mat Consortium
p Phillips, J. Bender, R. Simms, S. Rodriguez-Eaton, C. Britt
p 99-108
Arsenic and Nickel Removal by Wetland Sediments
A. Fyson, M. Kalin, L. W. Adrian
p 109-118
Predicting Mine Water Quality
Early Weathering Behavior of Pyritic Coal Spoil Piles Interstratified With Chemical Amendments
J. J. Donovan, P. F. Ziemkiewicz
p 119-128
Evaluation of Neutralization Potential Determinations for Metal Mine Waste and a Proposed Alternative
K. A Lapakko
p 129-137
Evaluation of Acid-Base Accounting to Predict the Quality of Drainage at Surface Coal Mines in Pennsylvania, U.S.A
K. B. C. Brady, E. F. Perry, R. L. Beam, D. C. Bisko, M. D. Gardner, J. M. Tarantino
p 138-147
Observed Preferential Depletion of Neutralization Potential over Sulfide Minerals in Kinetic Tests: Site-Specific Criteria for Safe NP/AP Ratios
K. A. Morin, N. M. Hutt
p 148-156
Chemical Predictive Modeling of Acid Mine Drainage from Waste Rock: Model Development and Comparison of Modeled Output to Experimental Data
W. W. White, III, E. M. Trujillo, C. Lin
p 157-166
Weathering Behaviour of Mine Tailings and Waste Rock: A Surface Investigation
S. J. Domvile, M. G. Li, D. D. Sollner, W. Nesbitt
p 167-176
Developments in Prediction and Management of Acid Forming Mine Wastes in Australia and Southeast Asia
S. D. Miller, J. J. Jeffery, T. A. Donohue
p 177-184
Water Treatment - Chemical
The Effects of Anoxic Limestone Drains on Mine Water Chemistry
R. S. Hedin, G. R. Watzlaf
p 185-194
Successive Alkalinity-Producing Systems (SAPS) for the Treatment of Acidic Mine Drainage
D. A. Kepler, E. C. McCleary
p 195-204
The Biosulfide Process: Integrated Biological/Chemical Acid Mine Drainage Treatment - Results of Laboratory Piloting
M. V. Rowley, D. D. Warkentin, V. T. Van, B. M. Piroshco
p 205-213
Bench-Scale Test to Selectively Recover Metals from Metal Mine Drainage Using Biogenic H2S
R. W. Hammack, D. H. Dvorak, H. M. Edenborn
p 214-222
Prospect of Metal Recovery/Recycle from Acid Mine Drainage
S. R. Rao, N. Kuyucak, T. Sheremata, M. Leroux, J. A. Finch, K. G. Wheeland
p 223-232
Pipeline Treatment of A Metal Mine Drainage Containing Copper and Zinc
C. C. Hustwit, R. G. Sykes
p 233-240
Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage by the High Density Sludge Process
D. J. Murdock, J. R. W. Fox, J. G. Bensley
p 241-249
Control of AMD - Wet Covers
Subaqueous Disposal of Reactive Mine Waste: An Overview and Update of Case Studies - MEND/CANADA
W. W. Fraser, J. D. Robertson
p 250-259
The Laboratory Quality Assurance Component of Environmental Monitoring: A Case Study Involving Subaqueous Tailings Research
A. W. Maynard, K. B Thomas
p 260-269
Subaqueous Disposal of Mine Waste: Laboratory Investigation
K. A. Lapakko
p 270-278
Water Covers for the Decommissioning of Sulfidic Mine Tailings Impoundments
L. St-Arnaud
p 279-287
Geochemistry of Submerged Tailings in Anderson Lake, Manitoba: Recent Results
T. F. Pedersen, J. J. McNee, B. Mueller, D. H. Flather, C. A. Pelletier
p 288-296
Water Cover on Acid Generating Uranium Tailings - Laboratory and Field Studies
N. K. Davé, A. J. Vivyurka
p 297-306
Site Characterization Monitoring
Sediment Quality Assessment near Two Ontario Mine Sites: How Relevant Are the Provincial Guidelines?
R. Prairie, P. McKee
p 307-316
Applications of Geophysical Methods for Monitoring Acid Mine Drainage
A. R. King, T. Hynes
p 317-326
Methodology for Locating and Quantifying Acid Mine Drainage in Ground Waters Entering Surface Waters
D. R. Lee, R. Dal Bianco
p 327-335
Effects of Increased Iron Concentrations on the Mobility of Cadmium, Copper and Zinc in Leachates after Remedial Actions at an Old Sulfidic Mine Waste Site
K. Håkansson, S. Karlsson, B. Allard
p 336-345
High-Frequency Geochemical Monitoring of Toe Seepage from Mine-Rock Dumps, BHP Minerals' Island Copper Mine, British Columbia
K. A. Morin, I. A. Horne, D. Riehm
p 346-354
Internal Hydrogeologic Monitoring of an Acidic Waste Rock Dump at Westmin Resources' Myra Falls Operations, British Columbia
K. A. Morin, C. E. Jones, R. P. Van Dyk
p 355-364
Control of AMD - Alkaline Addition
Effects of Selective Handling of Pyritic, Acid-Forming Materials on the Chemistry of Pore Gas and Ground Water at A Reclaimed Surface Coal Mine, Clarion County, PA, USA
C. A. Cravotta III, D. L. Dugas, K. B. C. Brady, T. E. Kovalchuk
p 365-374
Alkaline Overburden Addition to Acid-Producing Materials to Prevent Acid Mine Drainage
J. Skousen, G. Larew
p 375-381
Concentrated Alkaline Recharge Pools for Acid Seep Abatement: Principles, Design, Construction, and Performance
J. R. Nawrot, P. S. Conley, J. E. Sandusky
p 382-391
Coal Refuse Disposal Using Engineering Design and Lime Chemistry
D. H. Rich, K. R. Hutchinson
p 392-399
Mine Water Geochemistry
Oxidation Rates and Pollution Loads in Drainage; Correlation of Measurements in a Pyritic Waste Rock Dump
J. W. Bennett, D. K. Gibson, A. I. M. Ritchie, Y. Tan, P. G. Broman, H. Jönsson
p 400-409
Monitoring Gaseous and Liquid Flux in Sulfide Waste Rock
W. M. Schafer, S. Smith, C. Luckay, T. Smith
p 410-418
Comparison of Duluth Complex Rock Dissolution in the Laboratory and Field
K. A. Lapakko
p 419-428
Acid-Neutralization Reactions in Inactive Mine Tailings Impoundments and their Effect on the Transport of Dissolved Metals
D. W. Blowes, C. J. Ptacek, E. O. Frind, R. H. Johnson, W. D. Robertson, J. W. Molson
p 429-438