2007 GSA Denver Annual Meeting (28–31 October 2007)
Session No. 36 Sunday, 28 October 2007
1:30 PM-5:30 PM, Colorado Convention Center: 505

T7. The Environmental Geology and Geochemistry of Mineral Deposits: Best Practices for Effective Prediction, Mitigation, Closure, and Remediation II

Geoffrey S. Plumlee, William X. Chávez and Mark Logsdon, Presiding
 Paper #Start Time
36-11:30 PM PREDICTION AND MANAGEMENT OF PIT LAKE WATER QUALITY: PRELIMINARY FINDINGS OF THE ADTI-MMS PIT LAKE WORKBOOK: CASTENDYK, Devin N., Earth Sciences Department, State University of New York, College at Oneonta, SUNY Oneonta, Oneonta, NY 13820, castendn@oneonta.edu and EARY, L.E., MWH Americas, Inc, 1825 Sharp Point Drive, Suite 118, Fort Collins, CO 80525
36-21:45 PM PREDICTIVE MODELING OF WATER QUALITY ISSUES OF TWO PIT LAKES AT THE FORMER STEEP ROCK IRON MINE, NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO: GODWIN, Amy L.1, CONLY, Andrew G.2, and LEE, Peter F.1, (1) Biology, Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Rd, Thunder Bay, ON P7B5E1, Canada, agodwin@lakeheadu.ca, (2) Geology, Lakehead University, 955 Oliver Rd, Thunder Bay, ON P7B5E1, Canada
36-32:00 PM BACKFILLING OF METALLIC AND NON-METALLIC OPEN-PIT MINES IN CALIFORNIA: TESTA, Stephen M., California State Mining and Geology Board, 801 K Street, Suite 2015, Sacramento, CA 95814, stephen.testa@conservation.ca.gov and POMPY, James S., California Department of Conservation, Office of Mine Reclamation, 801 K Street, Suite 900, Sacramento, CA 95814
36-42:15 PM TRENDS IN METAL SPECIATION AND DISTRIBUTION WITHIN MINE WASTES AS A FUNCTION OF PARTICLE SIZE: KIM, Christopher S., Department of Chemistry, Chapman University, One University Drive, Orange, CA 92866, cskim@chapman.edu, WILSON, Kimberly M., Program in Environmental Sciences, Chapman University, One University Drive, Orange, CA 92866, and RYTUBA, James J., US Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025
36-52:30 PM THE EFFECT OF AS, CO, AND NI IMPURITIES ON PYRITE OXIDATION KINETICS:BATCH AND FLOW-THROUGH REACTOR EXPERIMENTS WITH SYNTHETIC PYRITE: LEHNER, Stephen, Earth and Environmental Science, Vanderbilt University, 5717 Stevenson Center Dr, Nashville, TN 37235, stephen.w.lehner@vanderbilt.edu and SAVAGE, Kaye, Earth and Environmental Science, Vanderbilt University, 5717 Stevenson Center Drive, Nashville, TN 37235
36-62:45 PM ANTICIPATING POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS OF AQUEOUS METALS IN MINERALIZED AREAS USING THE BIOTIC LIGAND MODEL: SMITH, Kathleen S., U.S. Geol Survey, Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, M.S. 964D, Denver, CO 80225-0046, ksmith@usgs.gov, RANVILLE, James F., Department of Chemistry and Geochemistry, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, SANTORE, Robert C., HydroQual, Inc, 6700 Kirkville Road, East Syracuse, NY 13057, and ADAMS, Marti K., Colorado School of Mines, 2230 Gun Club Rd, Albuquerque, NM 87105
 3:00 PM Break
36-73:15 PM ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY AND REMEDIATION OF ABANDONED, MERCURY-CONTAMINATED, PLACER GOLD MINES IN THE SIERRA NEVADA, CALIFORNIA: ALPERS, Charles, U.S. Geological Survey, California Water Science Center, 6000 J St, Sacramento, CA 95819, cnalpers@usgs.gov
36-83:35 PM ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND CHALLENGES IN THE PHILIPPINE MINING INDUSTRY: DAVID, C.P., National Institute of Geological Sciences, University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City 1101 Philippines, cpdavid_94305@yahoo.com
36-93:55 PM IMPORTANCE OF IMPROVED GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY TO IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT PROCESS: MAEST, A.S., Stratus Consulting, 1881 9th Street, Boulder, CO 80302, amaest@stratusconsulting.com and KUIPERS, J.R., Kuipers & Associates, PO Box 641, Butte, MT 59703
36-104:15 PM WHAT DOES GEOLOGY HAVE TO DO WITH IT? - INFORMED DECISION MAKING REGARDING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF MINING: RUSSELL, Carol Cox, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Denver, CO 80202, russell.carol@epa.gov
 4:35 PM Concluding Remarks

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