BC MEND ML/ARD Annual Workshop

  1. Isabel D., J. Cyr, A. Hebert and R. Maurice. Aldermac Mine Site Restoration. Presented at the 2009 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  abandoned  Aldermac  amend lime  consolidate  dam  dry cover  elevated watetable  revegetation  settling pond  spill  tailings 

  2. Sherriff B.. Arsenic Mobility from Arsenopyrite-rich Gold Mine Waste, Snow Lake, Manitoba. Presented at the 2019 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  abandoned  arsenic  dry cover  hydrology  mineralogy  receiving environment  Snow Lake 

    Supporting Documents:

    1. Arsenic Mobility in Alteration Products of Sulphide-rich, Arsenopyrite-bearing Mine Wastes, Snow Lake, Manitoba, Canada.
    2. Arsenic Mobility from Arsenopyrite-rich Gold Mine Waste, Snow Lake,Manitoba, Canada

  3. Heath G.. Autonomous Monitoring System Results at the Gilt Edge Mine. Presented at the 2004 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  abandoned  dry cover  geomembrane  Gilt Edge  tracer 

  4. Runnells J.. BC’s Crown Contaminated Sites Program (CCSP) - Experiences Remediating Small, Old Mines. Presented at the 2019 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  abandoned  BC  dry cover  mitigation  monitoring  revegetation  risk assessment 

  5. Rector D. and B. Clarke. Britannia Mine Water Treatment Plant: Environmental Compliance and Risk Transfer in a Collaborative Partnership. Presented at the 2019 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  abandoned  Britannia  bulkhead  discharge  diversion  HDS  regulation  risk assessment  treatment 

  6. Thomas C. and T. O’Grady. Closure Activities – Progress over the last 10 years, Britannia Mine . Presented at the 2018 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  abandoned  Britannia  closure  collection  maintenance  pit  receiving environment  risk assessment  scaling  solid residue  underground 

    Supporting Documents:

    1. Fairview Glory Hole Video

  7. Wiatzka G.. Closure Liability Estimating for Cape Breton Development Closure Properties. Presented at the 2006 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  abandoned  Cape Breton  closure  financial security  guidance  underground 

    Supporting Documents:

    1. Development of a Screening Level Risk Assessment Methodology for Abandoned Mines and Former Military Sites in Northern Canada
    2. Risk Assessment of Site Conditions at the Port Radium Mine Site, NWT

  8. Kingston S.. Evaluating Performance of Cover Design for Remedial Options Analysis of Mine Closure. Presented at the 2019 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  abandoned  Cantung  dry cover  lag time  model  tailings 

  9. Nahir M.. Faro Mine Rehabilitation Project. Presented at the 2019 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  abandoned  closure  diversion  drainage treatment  dry cover  Faro  financial security  option analysis  pit  tailings  waste rock  water management 

  10. Jia K., R. Mills and R. Dickin. Geochemical Characterization of Groundwater and Porewater Contamination in Historical Mine Tailings Deposited in a Nearshore Marine Environment. Presented at the 2019 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  abandoned  drainage chemistry  marine  prediction  tailings 

  11. Shaw S. and A.M. Robertson. Geochemical Predictions of the Landusky Spent Ore Heap Leach Pads and Implications for Water Management. Presented at the 2001 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  abandoned  drainage chemistry  gas  heap leach  Landusky  mineralogy  PAG  prediction  treatment 

  12. Hofton T. and R. Schwenger. Geomembrane Cover on Normetal Reactive Tailings: A Case Study. Presented at the 2009 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  abandoned  consolidate  dry cover  geomembrane  Normetal  spill  tailings 

  13. Purdon R.. Implementing Mine Closure Plans - Ontario's Experience. Presented at the 2018 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  abandoned  financial security  guidelines  Lockerby  Ontario  regulation  Timminco 

  14. Tremblay R. and L. Bienvenu. Metal Leaching/Acid Rock Drainage Mitigation in Quebec: An Overview. Presented at the 1999 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  abandoned  GCL  layering  organic cover  soil cover  tailings cover  underwater 

  15. Patch F.. Mine Drainage Issues at Keno Hills Mine, Yukon. Presented at the 2006 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  abandoned  Keno Hills  lime  tailings  treatment  underground 

  16. Cowan W.R.. Mine Rehabilitation in Ontario: Legislation Development and Progress. Presented at the 1999 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  abandoned  closure  financial security  Ontario  regulation 

  17. Ferguson P., C. Wels, D. Jones and G. Farrer. ML/ARD Impacts and Rehabilitation Planning for Rum Jungle. Presented at the 2018 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  abandoned  backfill  closure  drainage chemistry  heap leach  hydrology  impoundment  monitoring  PAG  pit  receiving environment  Rum Jungle  soil barrier  tailings  uranium  waste rock 

  18. Deniseger J. and P. Healey. Mt. Washington Copper Mine Remediation Project. Presented at the 2011 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  abandoned  asphalt cover  dry cover  Mount Washington  passive  receiving environment  wetland 

  19. Armitt E. and D. Priscu. Overview of the Manitoba Orphaned & Abandoned Mines Sites Program. Presented at the 2019 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  abandoned  liability  Lynn Lake  regulation  risk assessment  Sherridon 

  20. Bienvenu L.. Recent Closure Technologies in Quebec for Acid Generating Sites. Presented at the 2019 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  abandoned  Albert  closure  cost  dry cover  East Sullivan  exploration  GCL  geomembrane  Goldex  lime  Lorraine  Manitou  organic cover  Poirier  Quebec  regulation  Solbec  Somex  tailings cover  underwater 

    Supporting Documents:

    1. Manitou-Goldex Project: An MRNF Agnico-Eagle Mines Partnership
    2. News Release: Fonds Restor-Action Nunavik

  21. Demers I., B. Bussière, A. Maqsoud and J. Cyr. Reclamation of the Manitou Tailings Site Using Neutral Tailings from Agnico-Eagle's Goldex Mine. Presented at the 2009 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  abandoned  dry cover  elevated watertable  Goldex  hydrology  Manitou  predevelopment  prediction  tailings  tailings cover 

  22. Blais E.. Remediation of the East Tailings Management Area, Lynn Lake, Manitoba . Presented at the 2019 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  abandoned  dry cover  limestone  Lynn Lake  options analysis  permeable reactive barrier  tailings impoundment  treatment  vertical flow pond  wind-erosion 

  23. Theben S.. Remediation Option for Abandoned Legacy Mine. Presented at the 2019 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  abandoned  backfill  drainage treatment  options analysis  receiving environment  Tulsequah 

  24. Ferguson P., C. Wels, S. Downs, J. Woollard and D. Jones. Remediation Planning for the Sandy Flat Mine Site, Northern Territory, Australia. Presented at the 2022 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  abandoned  amend limestone  backfill  drainage chemistry  heap leach  hydrology  options analysis  pit lake  receiving environment  Sandy Flat  tailings  waste rock 

  25. Ramsey D.. Sherridon Orphan Mine Reclamation Project: Reclamation Plan Enhancements (or The Importance of Having a Plan "B"). Presented at the 2008 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  abandoned  amend  batch treatment  dredge  reclamation  Sherridon  tailings  wind erosion 

  26. Ramsey D.. Sherridon Orphan Mine Site Reclamation Plan. Presented at the 2019 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  abandoned  amend  batch  drainage treatment  lime  options analysis  Sherridon  tailings 

  27. Ferguson D.. The Abandoned Mt. Washington Mine: A Challenge to Restore the Tsolum River Watershed to Historical Levels of Health and Productivity from the Perspective of the Afflicted Community. Presented at the 2003 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  abandoned  community  Mount Washington  receiving environment 

  28. Germain D., N. Tassé and J. Cyr. The East-Sullivan Mine Site: Merging Prevention and Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage. Presented at the 2009 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  abandoned  dry cover  East Sullivan  elevated watertable  organic cover  tailings  water management 

    Supporting Documents:

    1. The East-Sullivan Mine Site: Merging Prevention and Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage

  29. Jarvis A., E. Gozzard, W. Mayes and H. Potter. The Importance of Point and Diffuse Pollution in Developing Management Strategies for Long-Abandoned Deep Coal and Metal Mines in the UK. Presented at the 2006 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  abandoned  hydrology  receiving environment  sediment  UK  underground 

    Supporting Documents:

    1. Identifying Diffuse Sources of Inorganic Pollutants in Post-Industrial Catchments

  30. Hamblin C.. The Ongoing Rehabilitation of Ontario’s Kam Kotia Mine: An Abandoned Acid Generating Tailings Site. Presented at the 2019 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  abandoned  batch Na0H  cost  GCL  geotube  Kam Kotia  lime treatment  receiving environment  saturated cover  soil barrier  solid residue  spill  tailings  underwater  wind-erosion 

    Supporting Documents:

    1. The Continuing Rehabilitation of the Kam Kotia Mine Site: An Acid Generating Abandoned Tailings Site

  31. Bradley R.. The Rehabilitation of Ontario's Kam Kotia Mine. Presented at the 2006 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  abandoned  consolidation  dry cover  financial security  GCL  Kam Kotia  lime  NaOH  rehabilitation  solid residue  tailings  treatment 

  32. Hamblin C.. The Rehabilitation of the Kam Kotia Mine Site: An Exercise in Cover Construction and Water Management. Presented at the 2009 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  abandoned  consolidate  dry cover  GCL  Kam Kotia  soil barrier  tailings 

  33. Julien M., M. Roy, M. Drouin and R. Lacroix. Update as of 2017 on the Reclamation Works at the Manitou Site with the Goldex Mine Tailings. Presented at the 2018 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  abandoned  diversion  dry cover  Goldex  Manitou  tailings  tailings cover 

  34. McKernan J.M. and D.B. Huebert. Using Critters, Clams and Fish to Define “Real” Ecological Risks at Orphaned and Abandoned Sites – The Lynn Lake Case Study. Presented at the 2019 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  abandoned  loading  Lynn Lake  modelling  receiving environment  regulation  risk assessment  toxicity 

  35. Nordstrom K.. What Decades of Irregular Monitoring Can Show for Two Mine Sites: Iron Mountain, CA and Questa, NM. Presented at the 2003 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  abandoned  background  discharge  drainage chemistry  Iron Mountain  lime  prediction  Questa  treatment 

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