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Recent problems with waste rock spoil dumps Brawner, Carroll Oliver; Broughton, Scott E.

Abstract

Several failures of rock waste spoil dumps have occurred in the past few years in British Columbia. A review of three dump failures is provided. General details are described including the mechanics of the failure. Recommendations are presented to develop procedures to reduce failures of these types in the future.

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Title
Recent problems with waste rock spoil dumps
Creator
Brawner, Carroll Oliver; Broughton, Scott E.
Contributor
British Columbia Mine Reclamation Symposium; University of British Columbia. Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering
Date Issued
1991
Description
Several failures of rock waste spoil dumps have occurred in the past few years in British Columbia. A review of three dump failures is provided. General details are described including the mechanics of the failure. Recommendations are presented to develop procedures to reduce failures of these types in the future.
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2689545 bytes
Genre
Conference Paper
Type
Text
File Format
application/pdf
Language
eng
Date Available
2009-08-25
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0042188
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/12532
Affiliation
Applied Science, Faculty of; Mining Engineering, Keevil Institute of
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Other
Copyright Holder
British Columbia Technical and Research Committee on Reclamation
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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