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Becker, G.; Wade, S.; Riggins, J.D.; Cullen, T.B.; Venn, C.; Hallen, C.P. |
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Effect of Bast Mine treatment discharge on Big Mine Run AMD and Mahanoy Creek in the Western Middle Anthracite Field of Pennsylvania |
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abandoned mines acid mine drainage anthracite Ashland Pennsylvania Bast Mine Big Mine Run coal coal fields coal mines Columbia County Pennsylvania discharge geochemistry hydrochemistry hydrology Mahanoy Creek mines Northumberland County Pennsylvania Pennsylvania pollution rivers and streams Schuylkill County Pennsylvania sedimentary rocks surface water United States water quality water treatment Western Middle Anthracite Field 22 Environmental geology 02A General geochemistry |
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The Bast Mine (reopened in 2001) and Big Mine are two anthracite coal mines near Ashland, PA, that were abandoned in the 1930's and that are now causing drastic and opposite effects on the water quality of the streams originating from them. To quantify these effects, multiple samples were taken at 5 different sites: 3 along Big Mine Run and 2 from Mahanoy Creek (1 upstream and 1 downstream of the confluence with Big Mine Run). At each site, one set of the samples was treated with nitric acid for metals survey, one set was acidified with sulfuric acid for nitrate preservation, one set was filtered for sulfate and phosphate tests, and one set was unaltered. Measurements of pH, TDS, dissolved oxygen, and temperature were made in the field. Alkalinity, acidity, hardness, nitrates, orthophosphates and sulfates were analyzed using Hach procedures. Selected metals (Fe, Ni, Mg, Ca, Cu, Zn, Hg, Pb) were analyzed utilizing flame atomic absorption spectroscopy. Drainage from the Bast Mine is actively treated with hydrated lime before the water is piped down to Big Mine Run. pH and alkalinity values were much higher at the outflow compared to those in the water with which it merged. The two waters could be visibly distinguished some distance downstream. pH values decreased, sulfate and dissolved iron increased and alkalinity was reduced to zero until the confluence with Mahanoy Creek. The high alkalinity, turbidity, TDS and calcium values in Mahanoy Creek were somewhat reduced downstream of the confluence with the much lower discharge Big Mine Run. |
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Geological Society of America, Northeastern Section, 40th annual meeting |
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2006-042616; Geological Society of America, Northeastern Section, 40th annual meeting, Saratoga Springs, NY, United States, March 14-16, 2005; GeoRef; English |
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Ballivy, G.; Bienvenu, L. |
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Stabilisation des rejets miniers a l'aide de rejets de cimenterie. Stabilization of mining wastes using cement factory wastes Activites de recherche du Ministere des Ressources Naturelles du Quebec sur le drainage minier acide; rapport 1997-1998. Research activities of the Quebec Natural Resources Ministry on acid mine drainage; report 1997-1998 |
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abandoned mines; acid mine drainage; Canada; cement materials; construction materials; cost; disposal barriers; Eastern Canada; environmental effects; industrial waste; mines; mining; pollution; Quebec; reclamation; remediation; stabilization; waste disposal 22, Environmental geology |
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Stabilisation des rejets miniers a l'aide de rejets de cimenterie. Stabilization of mining wastes using cement factory wastes Activites de recherche du Ministere des Ressources Naturelles du Quebec sur le drainage minier acide; rapport 1997-1998. Research activities of the Quebec Natural Resources Ministry on acid mine drainage; report 1997-1998; 1999-012051; GeoRef; French; 1203-1275 illus. incl. 1 table |
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Kleinmann, R.; Majumdar, S.K.; Miller, E.W.; Brenner, F.J. |
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abandoned mines; acid mine drainage; coal mines; constructed wetlands; drainage; environmental effects; mines; mitigation; pollutants; pollution; remediation; surface water; toxic materials; water quality; water treatment; wetlands 22, Environmental geology |
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Ecology of wetlands and associated systems |
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Constructing wetlands for passive treatment of coal mine drainage; 2002-024212; GeoRef; English; References: 27; illus. incl. 2 tables United States (USA) |
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Banks, S.B.; Banks, D. |
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Abandoned mines drainage; impact assessment and mitigation of discharges from coal mines in the UK |
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abandoned mines coal mines cost discharge drainage England environmental effects Europe feasibility studies Great Britain mine drainage mines mitigation pollution remediation Scotland United Kingdom Western Europe 22, Environmental geology |
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The UK has a legacy of pollution caused by discharges from abandoned coal mines, with the potential for further pollution by new discharges as groundwaters continue to rebound to their natural levels. In 1995, the Coal Authority initiated a scoping study of 30 gravity discharges from abandoned coal mines in England and Scotland. Mining information, geological information and water quality data were collated and interpreted in order to allow a preliminary assessment of the source and nature of each of the discharges. An assessment of the potential for remediation was made on the basis of the feasibility and relative costs of alternative remediation measures. Environmental impacts of the discharges and of the proposed remediation schemes were also assessed. The results, together with previous Coal Authority studies of discharges in Wales, were used by the Coal Authority, in collaboration with the former National Rivers Authority and the former Forth and Clyde River Purification Boards, to rank discharge sites in order of priority for remediation. |
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Yong, R.N.; Thomas, H.R. |
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Abandoned mines drainage; impact assessment and mitigation of discharges from coal mines in the UK; GeoRef; English; 2001-052748; British Geotechnical Society, second conference on Geoenvironmental engineering, London, United Kingdom, Sept. 1999 References: 12; illus. incl. 2 tables |
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Haferkorn, B.; Mueller, M.; Zeh, E.; Benthaus, F.K.; Pester, L.; Lietzow, A.; Mansel, H.; Weber, H.; Franke, K.; Gelessius, G. |
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abandoned mines; Central Europe; coal; ecology; Europe; geochemistry; Germany; ground water; hydrochemistry; hydrologic cycle; hydrology; lacustrine environment; lignite; limnology; mine drainage; mines; mining; monographs; pH; quality; remediation; reservoirs; Saxonian Massif; Saxony Germany; Saxony-Anhalt Germany; sedimentary rocks; surface mining; surface water 21 Hydrogeology; 22 Environmental geology; 28B Economic geology, economics of nonmetal deposits |
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Schaffung von Tagebauseen im mitteldeutschen Bergbaurevier; die Wiederherstellung eines sich selbst regulierenden Wasserhaushaltes in den Braunkohleabbaugebieten des Freistaates Sachsen (Nordwestsachsen), des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt und des Freistaates Thueringen. Creation of open-pit lakes in central Germany mining district; the reclamation of some self-regulating water balance in abandoned lignite regions of the Saxony Free States Northwest Saxony), of the Saxony-Anhalt state and Free States |
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Schaffung von Tagebauseen im mitteldeutschen Bergbaurevier; die Wiederherstellung eines sich selbst regulierenden Wasserhaushaltes in den Braunkohleabbaugebieten des Freistaates Sachsen (Nordwestsachsen), des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt und des Freistaates Thueringen. Creation of open-pit lakes in central Germany mining district; the reclamation of some self-regulating water balance in abandoned lignite regions of the Saxony Free States Northwest Saxony), of the Saxony-Anhalt state and Free States; 351547-1; GeoRef In Process; German; References: 33; illus. incl. sects., 14 plates, 13 tables, geol. sketch maps |
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