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Investigation of Acid Production, Leaching, and Transport of Dissolved Metals at an Abandoned Sulfide Tailings Impoundment: Monitoring and Physical Properties.

PB96128582

Publication Date	1995
Personal Author	Stewart, B. M.; Williams, B. C.; Lambeth, R. H.
Page Count	92
Abstract	Researchers at the U.S. Bureau of Mines are conducting a long-term groundwater monitoring and site characterization program at an abondoned 10-hectare, acid-producing, copper-gold tailings impoundment in north-central Washington State. The purpose is to investigate contaminant release and transport, and attenuation mechanisms in the tailings, sediments below the tailings, and gravels downgradient of the impoundment. The report summarizes the monitoring results and physical properties of the tailings, the sediments below the tailings, and the groundwater system associated with the tailings.
Keywords	Acid mine drainage Metals Leaching Environmental transport Tailings Abandoned sites Ground water Hydrology Sediments pH value Zinc compound Copper compound Water pollution sampling Chemical analysis Monitoring wells Physical properties Site characterization North Central Region(Washington)
Source Agency	Bureau of Mines
NTIS Subject Category	48A - Mineral Industries 68D - Water Pollution & Control
Corporate Authors	Bureau of Mines, Spokane, WA. Spokane Research Center.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Rept. of investigations/1995.
NTIS Issue Number	199605

Investigation of Acid Production, Leaching, and Transport of Dissolved Metals at an Abandoned Sulfide Tailings Impoundment: Monitoring and Physical Properties.

Investigation of Acid Production, Leaching, and Transport of Dissolved Metals at an Abandoned Sulfide Tailings Impoundment: Monitoring and Physical Properties.
PB96128582

Publication Date	1995
Personal Author	Stewart, B. M.; Williams, B. C.; Lambeth, R. H.
Page Count	92
Abstract	Researchers at the U.S. Bureau of Mines are conducting a long-term groundwater monitoring and site characterization program at an abondoned 10-hectare, acid-producing, copper-gold tailings impoundment in north-central Washington State. The purpose is to investigate contaminant release and transport, and attenuation mechanisms in the tailings, sediments below the tailings, and gravels downgradient of the impoundment. The report summarizes the monitoring results and physical properties of the tailings, the sediments below the tailings, and the groundwater system associated with the tailings.
Keywords	Acid mine drainage Metals Leaching Environmental transport Tailings Abandoned sites Ground water Hydrology Sediments pH value Zinc compound Copper compound Water pollution sampling Chemical analysis Monitoring wells Physical properties Site characterization North Central Region(Washington)
Source Agency	Bureau of Mines
NTIS Subject Category	48A - Mineral Industries 68D - Water Pollution & Control
Corporate Authors	Bureau of Mines, Spokane, WA. Spokane Research Center.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Rept. of investigations/1995.
NTIS Issue Number	199605