2005 Salt Lake City Annual Meeting (October 16–19, 2005)

Session No. 232
Wednesday, 19 October 2005: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

T42. Mine Rock Piles and Pyritically Altered Areas: Their Slope Stability and Effect on Water Quality (Posters)

GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division; Geochemical Society

Authors will be present from .

 

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STRATIGRAPHY AND WEATHERING HISTORY OF THE GOATHILL NORTH MINE ROCK PILE, QUESTA MOLYBDENUM MINE, NEW MEXICO - SOME INITIAL RESULTS
PHILLIPS, Erin H.1, LUETH, Virgil1, CAMPBELL, Andrew2, MCLEMORE, Virginia T.1 and TACHIE-MENSON, Samuel1, (1)New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, (2)Earth and Environmental Science, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, ehp@nmt.edu, ehp@nmt.edu
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TRACE ELEMENTS IN PYRITE FROM SIX AREAS AFFECTED BY LARGE SCALE-PERVASIVE HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION: ACID ROCK DRAINAGE (ARD) AND SIGNATURES OF MINERALIZATION STYLE
KOENIG, Alan E., U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, Denver, 80225 and BOVE, Dana J., U.S. Geol Survey, M.S. 964 Box 25046 Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225-0046, akoenig@usgs.gov, akoenig@usgs.gov
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WHAT'S WEATHERING IN MINE WASTE? MINERAL DISSOLUTION AND FIELD LEACH STUDIES, LEADVILLE AND MONTEZUMA MINING DISTRICTS, COLORADO
DESBOROUGH, G.A.1, DIEHL, S.F.2, HAGEMAN, P.L.3 and SMITH, K.S.3, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, (2)U.S. Geol Survey, Box 25046 DFC, M.S. 964, Denver, CO 80225-0046, (3)U.S. Geol Survey, Box 25046, MS 973, Denver, CO 80225, gdesboro@usgs.gov, gdesboro@usgs.gov
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INFILTRATION THROUGH A MINE-WASTE DUMP AND TRANSPORT OF METALS TO A NEARBY STREAM, CLEAR CREEK COUNTY, COLORADO
FEY, David L.1, MCDOUGAL, Robert R.2 and WIRT, Laurie1, (1)U.S. Geol Survey, PO Box 25046, MS 973, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, (2)U.S. Geol Survey, PO Box 25046, MS964, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225, dfey@usgs.gov, dfey@usgs.gov
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