Download or read book Geochemical Characterization and Modelling of Acid Mine Drainage in Some Gauteng Formation written by Mongezi Gxamza and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Geochemical Modeling for Mine Site Characterization and Remediation written by D. Kirk Nordstrom and published by Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration. This book was released on 2017-10-01 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The single most important factor for the successful application of a geochemical model is the knowledge and experience of the individual(s) conducting the modeling. Geochemical Modeling for Mine Site Characterization and Remediation is the fourth of six volumes in the Management Technologies for Metal Mining Influenced Water series about technologies for management of metal mine and metallurgical process drainage. This handbook describes the important components of hydrogeochemical modeling for mine environments, primarily those mines where sulfide minerals are present—metal mines and coal mines. It provides general guidelines on the strengths and limitations of geochemical modeling and an overview of its application to the hydrogeochemistry of both unmined mineralized sites and those contaminated from mineral extraction and mineral processing. The handbook includes an overview of the models behind the codes, explains vital geochemical computations, describes several modeling processes, provides a compilation of codes, and gives examples of their application, including both successes and failures. Hydrologic modeling is also included because mining contaminants most often migrate by surface water and groundwater transport, and contaminant concentrations are a function of water residence time as well as pathways. This is an indispensable resource for mine planners and engineers, environmental managers, land managers, consultants, researchers, government regulators, nongovernmental organizations, students, stakeholders, and anyone with an interest in mining influenced water. The other handbooks in the series are Basics of Metal Mining Influenced Water; Mitigation of Metal Mining Influenced Water; Mine Pit Lakes: Characteristics, Predictive Modeling, and Sustainability; Techniques for Predicting Metal Mining Influenced Water; and Sampling and Monitoring for the Mine Life Cycle.
Download or read book Acid Mine Drainage Rock Drainage and Acid Sulfate Soils written by James A. Jacobs and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-04-28 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides the tools needed to analyze and solve acid drainage problems Featuring contributions from leading experts in science and engineering, this book explores the complex biogeochemistry of acid mine drainage, rock drainage, and acid sulfate soils. It describes how to predict, prevent, and remediate the environmental impact of acid drainage and the oxidation of sulfides, offering the latest sampling and analytical methods. Moreover, readers will discover new approaches for recovering valuable resources from acid mine drainage, including bioleaching. Acid Mine Drainage, Rock Drainage, and Acid Sulfate Soils reviews the most current findings in the field, offering new insights into the underlying causes as well as new tools to minimize the harm of acid drainage: Part I: Causes of Acid Mine Drainage, Rock Drainage and Sulfate Soils focuses on the biogeochemistry of acid drainage in different environments. Part II: Assessment of Acid Mine Drainage, Rock Drainage and Sulfate Soils covers stream characterization, aquatic and biological sampling, evaluation of aquatic resources, and some unusual aspects of sulfide oxidation. Part III: Prediction and Prevention of Acid Drainage discusses acid-base accounting, kinetic testing, block modeling, petrology, and mineralogy studies. It also explains relevant policy and regulations. Part IV: Remediation of Acid Drainage, Rock Drainage and Sulfate Soils examines both passive and active cleanup methods to remediate acid drainage. Case studies from a variety of geologic settings highlight various approaches to analyzing and solving acid drainage problems. Replete with helpful appendices and an extensive list of web resources, Acid Mine Drainage, Rock Drainage, and Acid Sulfate Soils is recommended for mining engineers and scientists, regulatory officials, environmental scientists, land developers, and students.
Download or read book Geochemical Modelling of Acid Mine Drainage AMD and Processes Controlling the Fate and Transport of AMD Pollutants in Groundwater Around Kansanshi Mine Site in Solwezi Town Zambia written by Kenny Nyirenda and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Complex geochemical reaction processes that occur within the tailings impoundments control the chemistry of resulting seepage or drainage water. In this dissertation, the second chapter focuses on simulating seepage water chemistry from the main sulphide tailings storage facility (TSF) around Kansanshi mine site in Zambia and its geochemical evolution in the underlying unconfined schist aquifer. The result of this study indicates that seepage water chemistry from the main sulphide TSF is likely to be within near neutral range (6.3 to 6.6) with elevated concentrations of sulphate and low concentration of Fe and Mn. The presence of calcite, dolomite and aluminosilicate minerals in the tailings helps to buffer the pH of the simulated seepage water within near neutral range favorable for the removal of metals from the solution through precipitation. Elevated sulphate levels in simulated seepage water results from the dissolution of both gypsum and pyrite. As the tailings water seeps into the shallow unconfined schist aquifer, geochemical simulations suggests that the presence of pyrite in the aquifer can moderately contribute to elevated concentrations of sulphate along the groundwater flow path with decreasing thickness of the capillary fringe or depth to water due to oxidation promoted by the increased rate of oxygen diffusion. The third chapter investigated the influence of fracture zones on solute (SO42-, Fe and Mn) transport from the main TSF using Equivalent Porous Media (EPM) approach, focusing on sulphate since it is the least reactive and can migrate far from the source. Two solute transport models were developed; one involving an EPM-only representation of the mapped fracture zones, and one including hypothetical fractures as high hydraulic conductivity zones to explore how unmapped fractures could impact solute transport. Results of the simulations revealed that only the model which incorporated hypothetical fractures to intersect wells that consistently show elevated sulphate concentrations show some degree of a match between the simulated and observed sulphate concentrations especially with boreholes KE03 and KE04 situated downstream of the main TSF, with the sulphate plume (>100mg/L) elongated along all fracture zones cutting across the dam. This demonstrates that fractures have a greater effect on solute transport than unfractured representation of the porous matrix, suggesting a simple EPM-based conceptual model may not be able to realistically represent transport behaviors in this system. However, in both cases, results from both solute transport models show that both Fe and Mn are restricted to the main TSF footprint and thus are not likely to be of concern from the facility.
Download or read book Acid Mine Drainage at Ore Knob Tailings Pile written by Seyedeh Mehrnoosh Behrooz and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Acid Mine Drainage Formation and Abatement written by Ohio State University. Research Foundation and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Modelling Reactive Transport of Acid Mine Drainage in Groundwater written by Tegenne Tekelu Geberetsadike and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Geochemical Investigation and Computer Modelling of Acid Mine Drainage Sullivan Mine Denniston Plateau West Coast written by Andrew De Joux and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Geochemical Modelling of Acid Mine Drainage in Mill Tailings written by Sally Ursula Salmon and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Modelling Geochemical Interactions with Groundwater Transport Processes written by Hongze Gao and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Critical Review of Geochemical Processes and Geochemical Models Adaptable for Prediction of Acidic Drainage from Waste Rock written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Generation of Acid Mine Drainage Reactive Transport Models Incorporating Geochemical and Microbial Kinetics written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Generation of acid mine drainage: Reactive transport models incorporating geochemical and microbial kinetics.
Download or read book A Geochemical Characterization of a Cold water Acid Rock Drainage Stream Emanating from the Zn Pb XY deposit Howard s Pass Yukon Territory Canada written by Kristen B. Feige and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An acid rock drainage (ARD) stream emanating from the Zn-Pb XY-deposit in the Yukon Territory was examined in order to evaluate the physico-chemical and geochemical processes governing the distribution of dissolved elements from the creek. The creek showed very high concentrations of metals. It was found that this stream experienced a strong seasonal evolution, with increased sulphate and metal concentrations and decreased pH over the course of the summer. The mineral precipitates that formed under low pH conditions were a mixture of schwertmannite, goethite, jarosite and barite, while those that formed under moderately acidic conditions were a mixture of jurbanite, hydrobasaluminite, gibbsite and an X-ray amorphous Al-sulphate phase. Most of the mineral precipitates were of inorganic origin, although microbes may have played a role in mineral formation and trace metal sequestration in some of the precipitates. All of the mineral precipitates contained anomalous concentrations of trace elements (up to 1.5 % wt Zn) and showed a seasonal evolution in their mineralogy, both of which were determined to be a function of the pH and prevailing geochemical conditions. The geochemistry of the ARD creek draining the XY-deposit was compared to another ARD creek in the area that was likely draining shales. The two creeks were compared in order to determine if ARD geochemical characteristics can be used as a tool for the mineral exploration industry.
Download or read book Characterization of Acid Mine Drainage Generating Sites written by N. F. Gray and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Acid Mine Drainage Formation and Abatement written by Ohio State University (Columbus). Research Foundation and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Attenuation of Acid Mine Drainage Enhanced by Organic Carbon and Limestone Addition written by Anna Margaret Gillmor and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surface and groundwaters in contact with mining-exposed pyritic materials have the capacity to generate acid mine drainage (AMD), an acidic, sulfate-rich, metals-laden effluent. The Davis Mine located in northwestern Massachusetts offers a model site to study the processes of natural attenuation of acid mine drainage. These include physico-chemical processes such as dilution and sorption, geochemical processes such as aluminosilicate weathering and biological processes such as transformation and cycling of sulfate, iron and acidity by bacterial metabolism. A focus of recent research undertaken at the site has been characterizing the presence and activity of these bacteria with an aim to stimulate their capacity to attenuate the severity of acidic conditions. To further this investigation, a pilot-scale treatment system was installed, composed of a modified permeable reactive barrier containing organic carbon and limestone. Down-gradient groundwater was sampled over a sixteen-month period for concentrations of dissolved metals, major cations and sulfate, along with pH and redox measurements. The results showed a decrease in dissolved metals, a possible increase in calcium and decrease in sulfate, and measurable increase in pH and corresponding decrease in oxidation-reduction potential. Major decreases in dissolved iron and aluminum were observed, a change which is not entirely consistent with metals removal by combination with biogenic sulfide alone. The additional influence of hydrolysis was proposed and the anticipated action of this alternate process found to bear resemblance to the observed changes. Groundwater composition from the experimental period was compared to previous measurements and significant changes described in pH, iron, aluminum, copper and zinc and to a lesser extent in calcium and sulfate. Comparisons were also made with concurrent surface water compositions and findings of analogous studies. Conclusions that can be drawn include: the pH and redox environment into which a treatment system is placed can greatly influence the reactions which take place, side-reactions which occur in reducing and alkalinity-generating amendments may also have an attenuating effect, and variable processes influence groundwater composition in these biogeochemically complex environments.
Download or read book Analysis of Acid Mine Drainage Generation Through Reactive Transport Modelling and Field Studies written by Andrea Elizabeth Brookfield and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
