BC MEND ML/ARD Annual Workshop

  1. Harrington J. and S. Davidson. Alexco Keno Hill Silver District: Development of Treatment Alternatives for Moderate Flow, Moderate Loading Adit Drainages for the Keno Hills Silver District. Presented at the 2010 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  carbon  Keno Hill  natural attenuation  sulfate reduction  treatment  underground 

  2. Nahir M., D. Hockley and P. Mikes. Arsenic trioxide management: Giant Mine Remediation Project. Presented at the 2014 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  arsenic  freezing  Giant  special waste  underground 

  3. Nesset J.E. and F. Rosenblum. Basics of Self-heating of Sulphide Mineral Mixtures. Presented at the 2020 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  AP  Brunswick  concentrate  gas  human health  kinetic test  Louvicourt  mineralogy  NP  particle size  prediction  Red Dog  Sullivan  tailings  temperature  underground  waste rock 

  4. MacDonald B.. Cape Breton Development Corporation (CBDC) Site Closure Program. Presented at the 2006 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  background  Cape Breton  closure  financial security  flooded  subsidence  underground 

  5. Watson I., S. Hill, C. Banton and T. Davies. Case studies on aquifer protection in rising mine water areas. Presented at the 2015 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  hydrology  underground  underwater 

  6. Meech J., R. Pakalnis and B. Lang. CERM3's Millennium Plug Project at the Britannia Mine. Presented at the 2001 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  Britannia  bulkhead  CERM3  underground 

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. S. Sibbick and N. Morin. Closure of the Snip Mine Tailings Facility. Presented at the 2024 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  beaver  elevated water table  impoundment  maintenance  tailings  underground  underwater 

  10. Ramsey D.. Considerations for the Environmental Permitting of Tailings Disposal in a Fish Bearing Lake – The Bucko Lake Experience. Presented at the 2019 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  backfill  Bucko Lake  natural lake  options analysis  predevelopment  receiving environment  regulation  tailings  underground  underwater 

  11. Jarvis A., C. Gandy, R. Harris, J. Malley, A. Moorhouse, and H. Potter. Design, construction and performance of the UK's first full-scale passive mine water treatment system for base metal mine drainage. Presented at the 2014 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  Force Crag  passive  treatment  underground  vertical flow 

  12. Taylor L.. Development of a New Mine on a Brownfield Site and Drainage Chemistry: Doyon Mine and Westwood Mine. Presented at the 2018 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  backfill  closure  construction material  costs  desulphurize  Doyon  encapsulation  flooded  HDS  impoundment  operating  pit  solid residue  tailings  treatment  underground  waste rock  Westwood 

  13. Hennessey D.. Duck Pond ARD Management. Presented at the 2022 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  amend  backfill  impoundment  lime  monitoring  pit lake  polish  tailings  treatment  underground  underwater  waste rock 

  14. Nesset J.E., J. Gibson and D. Dobney. Field Examples and Mitigation Strategies for Sulphide Mixtures with a High Risk of Self-heating. Presented at the 2020 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  AP  concentrate  desulphurize  encapsulation  gas  kinetic test  lignosulphonate  lime  mitigation  monitoring  paste  prediction  Raglan  Red Dog  tailings  temperature  underground  waste rock 

  15. Younger P. and A. Blachere. First-Flush, Reverse First-Flush and Partial First-Flush: Dynamics of Short-and Long-Term Changes in the Quality of Water Flowing from Abandoned Deep Mine Systems. Presented at the 2003 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  discharge  flooded  prediction  underground 

  16. Mattson B. and M. Holtby. Geochemical Assessment of The Silver Standard Mine. Presented at the 1999 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  drainage chemistry  historic  Silver Standard  tailings  underground 

  17. Dockrey J. and A. Shaw. Geochemical behaviour of adit drainage under saturated and unsaturated conditions at two underground mines in Northern British Columbia. Presented at the 2015 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  drainage chemistry  flooded  prediction  underground 

  18. Sexsmith K. and S. Day. Geochemistry and Water Quality of the Britannia Mine Workings. Presented at the 2002 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  Britannia  drainage chemistry  flooded underground  prediction  underground 

  19. Royle M.. Giant Mine: Identification of Underground Inflow Water Types and Preliminary Geochemical Monitoring during Reflooding. Presented at the 2006 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  arsenic  backfill  flooding  Giant  hydrology  isotope  prediction  tailings  underground 

  20. A. Shaw, P. Mueller, J. Dockrey, N. Glas and B. DeHay-Turner. Incorporating Wall Washing Data Sets into Closure Planning: Insights from Brucejack Mine. Presented at the 2024 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  drainage chemistry  kinetic test  loading  minewall  prediction  underground  underwater 

  21. Sexsmith K., D. Schwab, S. Day and R. McCandless. Long-Term Monitoring Data from the Britannia Mine, British Columbia. Presented at the 2003 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  Britannia  discharge  drainage chemistry  flooded  prediction  underground 

  22. Atherton C. and A. Shaw. Metal Leaching and Acid Rock Drainage Prediction, Prevention and Mitigation at the Brucejack Gold Mine. Presented at the 2018 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  backfill  Brucejack Sulphurets  flooded underground  kinetic tests  natural lake  operating  paste  prediction  tailings  thicken  treatment  underground  underwater  waste rock 

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

    KEYWORDS:  abandoned  Keno Hills  lime  tailings  treatment  underground 

  24. Younger P.. Mine Water Rebound - Processes and Products: A UK Perspective. Presented at the 2006 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  closure  drainage chemistry  hydrology  prediction  subsidence  underground 

  25. Younger P.. Outfalls of Mine Water to the Sea: Examples from the UK and France. Presented at the 2006 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  discharge  Gardanne Coal  Heritage Coast  receiving environment  underground  water management  Wheal Jane 

  26. Brown A.. Predicting Mine Inflow for Water Treatment. Presented at the 2007 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  Diavik  hydrology  Pine Point  pit  Pogo  Snap Lake  underground 

  27. Mackin J., D. Flather and H. Bent. Prediction of Drainage Chemistry for Contact Water Passing Through Multiple Rock Units Within a Proposed Block Cave Mining Operation. Presented at the 2018 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  bulkhead  drainage chemistry  flood  geology  hydrology  Kemess  kinetic test  model  prediction  subsidence  underground  underwater 

  28. M. Frenzel, U. Jenk and T. Metschies. Remediation of Königstein ISL-site, Mitigation Measures and Results. Presented at the 2023 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  hydrology  in-situ  in-situ-leach  Königstein  leach treatment  mitigation options  NaOH  prediction  sulphate reduction  underground  uranium  water management  Wismut 

  29. Wolkersdorfer C. and A. Hasche. Storage of LDS Sludge in a Flooded Underground Mine: Tracer Tests and Water Quality Development. Presented at the 2006 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  backfill  flood  hydroloogy  StraBbergHerz  tracer  treatment solid residue  underground 

    Supporting Documents:

    1. Mine Water Tracer Tests as a Basis for Remediation Strategies
    2. Mine Water Tracing - A Tool for Assessing Flow Paths in Flooded Underground Mines

  30. Forgeron S.. The 1B Hydraulic System - Sydney Coalfield, Glace Bay, NS. Presented at the 2006 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  Cape Breton  closure  collection  diversion  drainage chemistry  hydrology  treatment  underground 

  31. 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

  32. Morin K. and N. Hutt. The MEND Minewall Technique: Overview and Details. Presented at the 2006 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  humidity cell  kinetic test  minewall  pit  prediction  underground 

  33. Schwenger R.. Unexpected Events at Closed ARD Sites. Presented at the 2013 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  Blue Hill  closure  Geco  Normetal  reclamation  regulation  tailings  underground 

  34. Lewis-Russ A., T. Moore, T.R. Brown and A.C. Riese. Use of Constructed Wetlands to Reduce Metals in Drainage from a High Altitude Mine System, SW Colorado: Mine Hydrology/Chemistry. Presented at the 2018 workshop.

    KEYWORDS:  drainage chemistry  drainage treatment  geology  hydrology  prediction  underground 

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