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Application of Tailings Flow Analyses to Field Conditions.

PB84174184

Publication Date	1983
Personal Author	Bryant, S.; Duncan, J. M.; Seed, H. B.
Page Count	311
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to develop procedures to measure Bingham flow properties for mine tailings and to use these procedures to predict the possible consequences of a hypothetical tailings flow failure at the Tenmile Tailings Pond at Climax, CO. Values of Bingham yield shear strength and plastic viscosity were measured for 10 materials using results obtained from vaned coaxial viscometer tests and triaxial tests. It was concluded that the consequences of such a failure were minimal and the failure itself highly unlikely.
Keywords	Mine wastes Mines(Excavations) Tailings Solid waste disposal Fluid flow Ponds Shear strength Plastic properties Viscometry Safety Water pollution Environmental impacts Failure Mathematical models Estimates Colorado Water reclamation Mill tailings Tenmile Tailings Ponds Tailings impoundments Health hazards Climax(Colorado) Bingham flow parameters TFLOW computer program
Source Agency	Bureau of Mines
NTIS Subject Category	68C - Solid Wastes Pollution & Control 48A - Mineral Industries 68D - Water Pollution & Control
Corporate Authors	California Univ., Berkeley.; Bureau of Mines, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Open file rept. 1 Oct 78-1 Aug 83.
NTIS Issue Number	198413
Contract Number	J0285039

Application of Tailings Flow Analyses to Field Conditions.

Application of Tailings Flow Analyses to Field Conditions.
PB84174184

Publication Date	1983
Personal Author	Bryant, S.; Duncan, J. M.; Seed, H. B.
Page Count	311
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to develop procedures to measure Bingham flow properties for mine tailings and to use these procedures to predict the possible consequences of a hypothetical tailings flow failure at the Tenmile Tailings Pond at Climax, CO. Values of Bingham yield shear strength and plastic viscosity were measured for 10 materials using results obtained from vaned coaxial viscometer tests and triaxial tests. It was concluded that the consequences of such a failure were minimal and the failure itself highly unlikely.
Keywords	Mine wastes Mines(Excavations) Tailings Solid waste disposal Fluid flow Ponds Shear strength Plastic properties Viscometry Safety Water pollution Environmental impacts Failure Mathematical models Estimates Colorado Water reclamation Mill tailings Tenmile Tailings Ponds Tailings impoundments Health hazards Climax(Colorado) Bingham flow parameters TFLOW computer program
Source Agency	Bureau of Mines
NTIS Subject Category	68C - Solid Wastes Pollution & Control 48A - Mineral Industries 68D - Water Pollution & Control
Corporate Authors	California Univ., Berkeley.; Bureau of Mines, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Open file rept. 1 Oct 78-1 Aug 83.
NTIS Issue Number	198413
Contract Number	J0285039