- Library Home /
- Search Collections /
- Open Collections /
- Browse Collections /
- British Columbia Mine Reclamation Symposium /
- An overview of acid mine drainage mitigation and test...
Open Collections
British Columbia Mine Reclamation Symposium
An overview of acid mine drainage mitigation and test work in northwest Quebec Price, William A.; Tremblay, Gilles A.
Abstract
The authors present an overview of the environmental concerns, existing treatment and mitigation approaches and new ideas being tested to resolve acid mine drainage problems at mines visited in a recent MEND Prevention and Control committee tour of the Rouyn- Noranda/Val D'Or region (Abitibi) of Quebec. The mining areas visited were: Ste. Genevieve's Norebec-Manitou site, the Crown owned (Quebec), abandoned East Sullivan tailings impoundment, Minnova's Millenbach tailings impoundment and Mine Doyon, operated by Lac Minerals and co-owned by Cambior. To minimize or replace costly collection and treatment, the sites visited are testing various surface covers (clay, organic, non-pyritic tailings and water). Research projects carried out at Mine Doyon and Waite Amulet have been and are providing valuable new information about the processes operating in acid generating waste rock dumps and tailings. In addition to the projects observed during the tour, the paper references similar test work being carried out in other areas of Ontario and Quebec.
Item Metadata
| Title |
An overview of acid mine drainage mitigation and test work in northwest Quebec
|
| Creator | |
| Contributor | |
| Date Issued |
1993
|
| Description |
The authors present an overview of the environmental concerns, existing treatment and
mitigation approaches and new ideas being tested to resolve acid mine drainage problems at
mines visited in a recent MEND Prevention and Control committee tour of the Rouyn-
Noranda/Val D'Or region (Abitibi) of Quebec. The mining areas visited were: Ste. Genevieve's
Norebec-Manitou site, the Crown owned (Quebec), abandoned East Sullivan tailings
impoundment, Minnova's Millenbach tailings impoundment and Mine Doyon, operated by Lac
Minerals and co-owned by Cambior. To minimize or replace costly collection and treatment,
the sites visited are testing various surface covers (clay, organic, non-pyritic tailings and water).
Research projects carried out at Mine Doyon and Waite Amulet have been and are providing
valuable new information about the processes operating in acid generating waste rock dumps
and tailings. In addition to the projects observed during the tour, the paper references similar
test work being carried out in other areas of Ontario and Quebec.
|
| Extent |
1072897 bytes
|
| Genre | |
| Type | |
| File Format |
application/pdf
|
| Language |
eng
|
| Date Available |
2009-07-22
|
| Provider |
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
|
| Rights |
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
|
| DOI |
10.14288/1.0042222
|
| URI | |
| Affiliation | |
| Peer Review Status |
Unreviewed
|
| Scholarly Level |
Other
|
| Copyright Holder |
British Columbia Technical and Research Committee on Reclamation
|
| Rights URI | |
| Aggregated Source Repository |
DSpace
|
Item Media
Item Citations and Data
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International