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Sanders, F.; Rahe, J.; Pastor, D.; Anderson, R. |
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Wetlands treat mine runoff |
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1999 |
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Reclamation and conservation Groundwater problems and environmental effects geological abstracts: environmental geology (72 14 1) geomechanics abstracts: excavations (77 10 10) abandoned mine acid mine drainage constructed wetland heavy metal remediation United States Montana Blackfoot River |
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In the late 1890s, silver, lead and zinc deposits were discovered along the headwaters of the Blackfoot River, northeast of Missoula, Mont. Settlers began mining the metals in earnest, and eventually the mines became known as the Upper Blackfoot Mining Complex (UBMC). Many of the mines were operated long enough to supply metals for World War II weaponry, but after the war the mines were abandoned, and by the 1960s, their orange-tainted runoff began to concern both passersby and state officials. In 1991, the state contacted the current owners of several of those mines-including the Mike Horse and the Anaconda-to negotiate a voluntary cleanup. The American Smelting and Refining Co. (ASARCO) and the Atlantic Richfield Co. (ARCO) agreed to remediate the sites' metal-enriched, moderately to severely acidic drainage, which was discharging into the upper Blackfoot River. As part of effort to reclaim the Mike Horse and Anaconda mines, engineers with McCulley, Frick and Gilman Inc. (MFG), Boulder, Colo., developed an integrated, passive wetland treatment system that will take several years to reach full treatment capacity in the high-elevation environment, but will last for decades. (Constructed and restored wetlands have also been part of the remediation of other UBMC mines, such as the Carbonate and Paymaster mines.) The Mike Horse and Anaconda system, designed to meet National Pollutant Discharge Elimination Systems (NPDES) restrictions, concentrates primarily on zinc and iron and, to a lesser extent, on copper, lead and other metals. |
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F. Sanders, McCulley, Frick and Gilman Inc., Boulder, CO, United States |
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Wetlands treat mine runoff; 0411276; United-States; Geobase |
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Rees, B.; Bowell, R.; Dey, M.; Williams, K. |
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Passive treatment; a walk away solution? |
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2001 |
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Mining Environmental Management |
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acid mine drainage; acidification; alkalinity; bacteria; bioremediation; buffers; chemical reactions; cost; effluents; ferric iron; ferrous iron; filtration; ground water; hydrolysis; iron; metals; monitoring; oxidation; permeability; pH; pollution; remediation; substrates; sulfate ion; suspended materials; water management; water pollution; water quality; water treatment; wetlands 22, Environmental geology |
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Passive treatment; a walk away solution?; 2001-050826; References: 3; illus. United Kingdom (GBR); GeoRef; English |
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Rammlmair, D.; Grissemann, C. |
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Natural attenuation in slag heaps versus remediation |
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2000 |
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Applied mineralogy in research, economy, technology, ecology and culture |
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acid mine drainage; alteration; concentration; concepts; crust; deposition; design; development; diagenesis; exhalative processes; fines; fluvial features; ground water; leaching; metallurgy; mining; mining geology; mobilization; natural attenuation; physicochemical properties; Plantae; pollution; precipitation; remediation; rivers; slag; time scales; toxic materials; transportation; volatiles; wind transport 22, Environmental geology |
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Rammlmair, D.; Mederer, J.; Oberthuer, T.; Heimann, R.B.; Pentinghaus, H.J. |
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Natural attenuation in slag heaps versus remediation; GeoRef; English; 2007-039910; Sixth international congress on Applied mineralogy in research, economy, technology, ecology, and culture, Gottingen, Federal Republic of Germany, July 17-19, 2000 References: 5; illus. |
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Rabenhorst, M.C.; James, B.R. |
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Acid mine drainage remediation via sulfidization in wetlands Fiscal year 1992 annual report |
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acid mine drainage; anaerobic environment; Appalachians; concentration; decontamination; ferric iron; iron; manganese; marshes; Maryland; metals; mires; North America; oxidation; pollutants; pollution; pore water; remediation; sulfidization; transport; United States; water quality; water treatment; wetlands 22, Environmental geology |
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Acid mine drainage remediation via sulfidization in wetlands Fiscal year 1992 annual report; 1998-034327; GeoRef; English; illus. incl. 1 table University of Maryland, Water Resources Research Center, College Park, MD, United States |
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Plumlee, G.S. |
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Mine-drainage waters as potential economic resources |
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1995 |
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SEG Newsletter |
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acid mine drainage; Colorado; concentration; geochemistry; hydrochemistry; metals; mine drainage; mineral resources; mines; remediation; Rio Grande County Colorado; Summitville Mine; United States; utilization 27A, Economic geology, geology of ore deposits |
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Mine-drainage waters as potential economic resources; 2004-033372; References: 7; 1 table United States (USA); GeoRef; English |
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