Environmental Indicators in Metal Mining

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Predictive Environmental Indicators in Metal Mining....Pages 3-12
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
Principles of Sulfide Oxidation and Acid Rock Drainage....Pages 15-34
Prediction of Sulfidic Waste Characteristics....Pages 35-53
Micro-analytical Technologies for Mineral Mapping and Trace Element Deportment....Pages 55-72
Predicting Waste Properties Using the Geochemistry-Mineralogy-Texture-Geometallurgy Approach....Pages 73-96
Chemical Staining Techniques for Drill Core Characterization....Pages 97-114
Prediction of Acid Rock Drainage Using Field-Based Testing Tools....Pages 115-138
Prediction of Acid Rock Drainage from Automated Mineralogy....Pages 139-156
Predictive Waste Classification Using Field-Based and Environmental Geometallurgy Indicators, Mount Lyell, Tasmania....Pages 157-177
Predictive Waste Classification Using the Geochemistry-Mineralogy-Texture-Geometallurgy (GMTG) Approach at a Polymetallic Mine....Pages 179-196
Front Matter....Pages 197-197
pH Testing Methods for Sulfidic Mine Wastes....Pages 199-210
Modified Abrasion pH and NAGpH Testing of Minerals....Pages 211-220
Prediction of Leachate Quality for a Gossan Dump, Angostura, Spain....Pages 221-241
Prediction of Metal Mobility from Sulfidic Waste Rocks Using Micro-analytical Tools, Baal Gammon, Northern Australia....Pages 243-262
Prediction of Metal Mobility from Sulfidic Waste Rocks Using Micro-Analytical Tools, Spray, Tasmania....Pages 263-277
Front Matter....Pages 279-279
Mineral Dust Emissions at Metalliferous Mine Sites....Pages 281-306
Mineral Dust Properties at the Mt Lyell Cu-Au Mine Site, Australia....Pages 307-325
Assessing Mineral Dust Properties Using Passive Dust Samplers and Scanning Electron Microscopy....Pages 327-342
Prediction of Mineral Dust Properties at Mine Sites....Pages 343-354
Front Matter....Pages 355-355
Bioaccessibility Testing for Metals at Mine Sites....Pages 357-380
Front Matter....Pages 355-355
Prediction of Plant Metal Bioaccessibility in Mineralized and Sulfidic Rocks....Pages 381-396
Predicting Plant Metal Bioaccessibility at the Historic Wheal Maid Tailings Lagoons, Cornwall, UK....Pages 397-408
Back Matter....Pages 409-413