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Davies, G.J.; Holmes, M.; Wireman, M.; King, K.; Gertson, J.N.; Stefanic, J.M. |
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Water tracing at scales of hours to decades as an aid to estimating hydraulic characteristics of the Leadville Mine drainage tunnel |
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2001 |
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acid mine drainage Arkansas River Colorado drainage dye tracers field studies fluorescence ground water Lake County Colorado Leadville Mine Leadville mining district pH quantitative analysis recharge surveys tunnels United States water treatment 30 Engineering geology 21 Hydrogeology |
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The Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel (LMDT) is a 3.3 kilometer structure that was constructed in the complicated geology of the Leadville mine district in the 1940's. Discharge from the LMDT is impacted by heavy metals and is treated at a plant built in 1992 operated by the United States Bureau of Reclamation. On the surface waste rock and other remnants of the mining operations litter the landscape and this material is exposed to precipitation. As a result of contact with this material, surface water often has pH of less than 3 and its containment and disposal is necessary before it impacts surface drainage and the nearby Arkansas River. Using a borehole drilled into the mine workings the U.S. EPA has devised a plan in which the impacted water is contained on the surface which then can be discharged into the mine workings to discharge from the LMDT and be treated. The percentage of water discharging from the mining district along the drainage tunnel is unknown, and since there is no access, information about the condition of the tunnel with regards to blockages is also relatively obscure. Application of quantitative water tracing using fluorescent dyes was used to model the flow parameters at the scale of hours in the tunnel and evaluate the likelihood of blockages. Because the tunnel has intersected several lithologies and faults, other locations such as discharging shafts, adits and surface streams that could be hydraulically connected to the LMDT were also monitored. An initial tracer experiment was done using an instantaneous injection, which was followed by additional injections of water. Another tracer injection was done when there was a continuous flow of impacted water into the workings. Analysis of the tracer concentration responses at water-filled shafts and at the portal were used to model the flow along the tunnel and estimate several hydraulic parameters. Waters in these settings are mixtures of components with different residence times, so, qualitative tritium data were used to evaluate residence times of decades. The combined injected tracer and tritium data as well as other geochemical data were used to infer the nature of flow and recharge into the tunnel. |
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Geological Society of America, 2001 annual meeting |
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2004-013418; Geological Society of America, 2001 annual meeting, Boston, MA, United States, Nov. 1-10, 2001; GeoRef; English |
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Marquardt, K. |
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Muelldeponie-Sickerabwasseraufbereitung unter Anwendung der Membrantechnik. Waste disposal-seepage waters processing by use of the membrane technique Zeitgemaesse Deponietechnik |
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1987 |
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Stuttgarter Berichte zur Abfallwirtschaft, vol.24 |
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187-234 |
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case studies Central Europe Europe feasibility studies filters Germany methods mine drainage osmosis pollution volatilization water pollution 21, Hydrogeology |
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Seepage waters from waste disposal sites are highly polluted waste waters. Waste water treatment methods such as flocculation, sedimentation, or biological treatment being usual up to now are no longer adequate to purify these waters. That is why this article investigates modern techniques such as ultra-filtration, reverse osmosis, vaporization, stripping. The following combination has proved to be effective: membrane method (two-stage reverse osmosis with tubular and package modul) for pre- and reprocessing, vaporization for solidifying the solvents, stripping in order to extract volatile matter. Methodology, usability and results are introduced and illustrated here in detail. |
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Muelldeponie-Sickerabwasseraufbereitung unter Anwendung der Membrantechnik. Waste disposal-seepage waters processing by use of the membrane technique Zeitgemaesse Deponietechnik; GeoRef In Process; German; 2815-10; Vertieferseminar “Zeitgemaesse Deponietechnik” an der Universitaet Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Federal Republic of Germany, Mar. 25-26, 1987 References: 34; tables, charts, sketch maps |
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Kuyucak, N. |
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1999 |
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hydrogeology mining water acid mine drainage environment treatment control economy oxidation sulphide hydrochemistry |
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International Mine Water Association |
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Fernández Rubio, R. |
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Mine, Water & Environment |
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Acid Mine Drainage Prevention and Control Options; 1; AMD ISI | Wolkersdorfer; FG 'de' 6 Abb., 1 Tab. |
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Reisinger, R.W.; Gusek, J. |
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Mitigation of water contamination at the historic Ferris-Haggarty Mine, Wyoming |
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1999 |
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Min. Eng. |
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51 |
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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 copper hydrogeology mine drainage United States Wyoming Ferris Haggarty Mine |
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An historic underground copper mine in Wyoming is discharging neutral but copper-laden water into a pristine creek. The EPA-deferred site qualifies for reclamation by the Wyoming Abandoned Mine Land (AML) program. The cleanup goal is to restore the discharge so that the creek can eventually support a trout fishery. Hydrological and geochemical investigations underground have suggested two sources of mine water: one clean and the other containing copper. Results of bench- and pilot-scale tests support the viability of using low-cost passive treatment techniques to reduce copper concentrations in the near-freezing mine discharge. |
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R.W. Reisinger, Knight Piesold LLC, Denver, CO, United States |
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Mitigation of water contamination at the historic Ferris-Haggarty Mine, Wyoming; 0434643; United-States 5; Geobase |
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Fernandez Rubio, R. |
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Un recurso valioso las aguas de mina. A valuable resource, mine waters |
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2001 |
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Industria y Mineria |
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acid mine drainage; Africa; aquifers; case studies; East Africa; Europe; ground water; hydrogeochemical exploration; hydrogeological survey; Iberian Peninsula; injection; mining; mining geology; open-pit mining; pollution; Portugal; Southern Europe; surface mining; surface water; underground mining; water supply; water treatment; Zambia 21, Hydrogeology |
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Un recurso valioso las aguas de mina. A valuable resource, mine waters; 374358-2; illus. Spain (ESP); GeoRef In Process; Spanish |
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