Session No. 127 Tuesday, October 29, 2002

8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Colorado Convention Center: Ballroom 4
T9. Mining in the Twenty-First Century: Meeting the Environmental Challenges
Craig A. Johnson, Murray W. Hitzman and Geoffrey S. Plumlee, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
127-18:00 AM IS SCIENCE HELPING KILL THE MINING INDUSTRY?: ANDERSON, J. Chris, Community Relations & Communications, Newmont Mining Corporation, 1700 Lincoln Street, Denver, CO 80203, ChrisAnderson@corp.Newmont.com.
127-28:20 AM AN ECONOMIST'S PERSPECTIVE ON MINING AND THE ENVIRONMENT: EGGERT, Roderick G., Division of Economics and Business, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, reggert@mines.edu.
127-38:40 AM SOCIOCULTURAL DRIVERS AND CONSTRAINTS AFFECTING MINERAL SUPPLY IN THE 21ST CENTURY: BROWN, William M., U.S. Geol Survey, Box 25046, MS 750, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046, wbrown@usgs.gov.
127-48:55 AM SUSTAINABLE MINERAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT - TIME FOR ACTION: RICHARDS, Jeremy P., Dept. Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Earth Sciences Building, Rm. 3-02, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E3 Canada, jeremy.richards@ualberta.ca.
127-59:10 AM PROBLEMATIC PRACTICES IN ASSESSING ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY FOR MINING PROJECTS - A CONTRACTOR'S VIEWPOINT: SCHMIERMUND, Ron L. and FILAS, Barbara A., Knight Piésold & Co, 1050 17th St., Suite 400, Denver, CO 80265, rons@kpco.com
127-69:25 AM DEVELOPMENT OF GEOENVIRONMENTAL MODELS FOR MINERAL DEPOSITS BY THE USGS: WANTY, Richard, U.S. Geol Survey, Federal Center MS973, Denver, CO 80225-0046, rwanty@usgs.gov, CHURCH, Stanley E., U.S. Geol Survey, Box 25046, MS 973, Denver, CO 80225, SEAL, Robert R., U.S. Geol. Survey, M.S. 954 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, SHANKS, Wayne C. III, U.S. Geol Survey, Mail Stop 973, Denver, CO 80225, SMITH, Kathleen S., U.S. Geol Survey, M.S. 973, Denver Federal Center, P.O. Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225-0046, and STILLINGS, Lisa L., U.S. Geololgical Survey, Reno Field Office, Mackay School of Mines, University of Nevada - Reno, Reno, NV 89557-0047
127-79:40 AM THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY – A MATURITY-INDEX FOR SUPERGENE NON-SULFIDE ZINC DEPOSITS: BORG, Gregor, Institute of Geological Sciences, Martin-Luther-Univ Halle-Wittenberg, Domstr. 5, Halle D-06108 Germany, borg@geologie.uni-halle.de.
127-89:55 AM NEW ORE FROM CALIFORNIA’S MOTHER LODE DISTRICT: SLATE FLOUR FOR INDUSTRIAL FILLER: LEAVELL, Daniel Nelson, Department of Geological Sciences, The Ohio State University, 1179 University Drive, Newark, OH 43055, leavell.6@osu.edu and STRUCK, Eric, Industrial Minerals Company, 7268 Frasinetti Rd, Sacramento, CA 95828
127-910:10 AM ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND AGGREGATE MINING IN THE 21ST CENTURY: LANGER, William H., Mineral Resources Team, U.S. Geol Survey, MS 964 PO Box 25046, Denver, CO 80225-0046, blanger@usgs.gov.
127-1010:25 AM GROUNDWATER SOLUTE TRANSPORT MODELING: A TOOL FOR MINE TAILINGS LANDFILL DESIGN: GOTKOWITZ, M.B., Wisconsin Geol and Nat History Survey, 3817 Mineral Point Road, Madison, WI 53705, mbgotkow@facstaff.wisc.edu, CARLSON, C.P., Wisconsin Department of Nat Rscs, 101 S. Webster St, Madison, WI 53707, and FEINSTEIN, D.T., WRD, U.S. Geol Survey, 8505 Research Way, Middleton, WI 53562
127-1110:40 AM MERCURY SPECIATION AND TRANSFORMATION IN MINE WASTES COLLECTED FROM ABANDONED MERCURY MINES IN THE USA: GRAY, John E., U.S. Geological Survey, P.O. Box 25046, MS 973, Denver, CO 80225, jgray@usgs.gov, HINES, Mark E., Department of Biological Sciences, Univ of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA 01854, BIESTER, Harald, Institute of Environmental Geochemistry, Univ of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, 69120, Germany, and LASORSA, Brenda K., Battelle Marine Sciences Lab, 1529 West Sequim Bay Road, Sequim, WA 98382
127-1210:55 AM PYRITE OXIDATION IN HUMID AIR: JERZ, Jeanette K. and RIMSTIDT, J. Donald, Geological Sciences, Virginia Tech, 4044 Derring Hall, Blacksburg, VA 24061, jjerz@depauw.edu
127-1311:10 AM CHARACTERIZATION OF ACIDIC DRAINAGE THROUGH GROUND AND HYPERSPECTRAL REMOTE SENSING: SARES, Matthew A.1, HAUFF, Phoebe L.2, BIRD, David1, PETERS, Douglas C.3, HENDERSON, Frederick B. III4, PROSH, Eric C.2, PEPPIN, William A.2, and KING, Karmen5, (1) Colorado Geological Survey, 1313 Sherman Street, Room 715, Denver, CO 80203, matt.sares@state.co.us, (2) Spectral Int'l, Inc, P.O. Box 1027, Arvada, CO 80001, (3) Peters Geosciences, 169 Quaker Street, Golden, CO 80401, (4) HENDCO Svcs, P.O. Box 84, Nathrop, CO 81236, (5) Nat Rscs Mgnt Institute, 901 South Hwy 24, Leadville, CO 80461
127-1411:25 AM DIGITAL MAPPING SYSTEM FOR EXPLORATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: BRIMHALL, George H., Earth and Planetary Science, Univ of California, Berkeley, 307 McCone Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-4767, brimhall@socrates.berkeley.edu and VANEGAS, Abel, Earth and Planetary Science, Univ of California, Berkeley, Earth Resources Center, Berkeley, 94720-4767
127-1511:40 AM BIOREMEDIATION OF THE SWEETWATER PIT LAKE: PAULSON, Oscar1, HARRINGTON, Joe2, and HARRINGTON, Jim2, (1) Kennecott Uranium Co, P.O. Box 1500, 42 Miles Northwest of Rawlins, Rawlins, WY 82301-1500, paulson@trib.com, (2) Green World Sci, Inc, 5114 Emerald, Suite E, Boise, ID 83706

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