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Copper, Lead, Zinc, Gold, and Silver Waste Disposal Activities and Practices in the United States.

PB85154706

Publication Date	1984
Personal Author	Coppa, L. V.
Page Count	195
Abstract	This Bureau of Mines open file report is an inventory of the amount and type of mill tailings created from the lode-mine commodities (copper, lead, zinc, gold, and silver) on a State and county basis between the years 1911 and 1981. The report contains tables and base maps cataloging the amounts of tailings created in each county on a decade basis. Mine waste and mill tailings disposal practices and technological advances and changes in the milling are discussed. Also included is a discussion of the material content typical to tailings produced from these five commodities.
Keywords	Waste disposal Tailings Copper ores Lead ores Zinc ores Mining Inventories Gold Silver Comminution Maps
Source Agency	Bureau of Mines
NTIS Subject Category	68C - Solid Wastes Pollution & Control 48A - Mineral Industries
Corporate Authors	Bureau of Mines, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Open file rept.
NTIS Issue Number	198509

Copper, Lead, Zinc, Gold, and Silver Waste Disposal Activities and Practices in the United States.

Copper, Lead, Zinc, Gold, and Silver Waste Disposal Activities and Practices in the United States.
PB85154706

Publication Date	1984
Personal Author	Coppa, L. V.
Page Count	195
Abstract	This Bureau of Mines open file report is an inventory of the amount and type of mill tailings created from the lode-mine commodities (copper, lead, zinc, gold, and silver) on a State and county basis between the years 1911 and 1981. The report contains tables and base maps cataloging the amounts of tailings created in each county on a decade basis. Mine waste and mill tailings disposal practices and technological advances and changes in the milling are discussed. Also included is a discussion of the material content typical to tailings produced from these five commodities.
Keywords	Waste disposal Tailings Copper ores Lead ores Zinc ores Mining Inventories Gold Silver Comminution Maps
Source Agency	Bureau of Mines
NTIS Subject Category	68C - Solid Wastes Pollution & Control 48A - Mineral Industries
Corporate Authors	Bureau of Mines, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Open file rept.
NTIS Issue Number	198509