Tailings and mine waste '08 : proceedings of the 12th Tailings and Mine Waste Conference, Vail, Colorado, USA, 19-22 October 2008

Tailings and Mine Waste ’08 contains papers from the twelfth annual Tailings and Mine Waste Conference, held by Colorado State University of Fort Collins, Colorado. The purpose of this series of conferences is to provide a forum for discussion and establishment of dialogue among all people in the mining industry and environmental community regarding tailings and mine waste. Previous conferences have been successful in providing opportunities for formal and informal discussion, exhibits by equipment and instrumentation companies, technical exhibits, and general social interaction. This volume includes over 40 papers which present state-of-the-art papers on mine and mill tailings and mine waste, as well as current and future issues facing the mining and environmental communities, including technical capabilities and developments, regulations, and environmental concerns. Table of Contents......Page 6 Preface......Page 10 Organization......Page 12 Keynote paper......Page 14 Future tailings management strategies - High time we took the high road......Page 16 Design, operation, and disposal......Page 28 Simple mine waste management planning for successful operations in the Canadian low arctic......Page 30 James Creek Tailings Facility relocation for the gold quarry open pit expansion......Page 38 Heat and mass balance modeling of a subaqueous tailings disposal facility......Page 48 Water chemistry and metal cycling in a subaqueous tailings disposal facility......Page 62 Heap leach lixiviant flow—myth versus reality......Page 76 Challenges in heap leach pad design: Consideration of thermal conditions......Page 86 Innovative mine waste disposal in two distinctly different settings......Page 96 Pipeline design for paste and thickened tailings systems......Page 108 Efficient dewatering solutions on vibrating screens......Page 114 High pressure washing technology Hydro-Clean......Page 126 Remote monitoring of a high hazard coal waste impoundment in mountainous terrain case study......Page 138 Geotechnical considerations......Page 150 Experimental characterization of the influence of curing under stress on the hydromechanical and geochemical properties of cemented paste backfill......Page 152 Guidelines for stabilizing historic mine workings......Page 166 Landscape design for soft tailings deposits......Page 178 Liners, covers, and barriers......Page 188 Liner system design for tailings impoundments and heap leach pads......Page 190 Evaluation of geomembrane puncture potential and hydraulic performance in mining applications......Page 202 Field performance of cover systems......Page 212 Capping the tailings impoundment at the Jamestown Mine......Page 220 Water management and geochemistry......Page 232 Applying numerical hydrogeochemical models as decision support tools for mine closure planning......Page 234 Arsenic species & its binding forms in tailing sediments......Page 246 Geochemical characterization of proposed waste dumps over time and space......Page 256 Stochastic prediction of mine site water balance, Gilt Edge Mine Superfund Site, Lawrence County, South Dakota......Page 266 Using water balance tools for site design, operation and expansion management......Page 278 Desiccation and Rheology in cyclic surface deposition of gold paste tailings......Page 282 Remediation and reclamation......Page 292 Past, present and future for treating selenium-impacted water......Page 294 Reclamation and closure cost planning and estimation and the mining life cycle......Page 304 Policies, procedures, and public safety......Page 316 Uranium tailings facility design and permitting in the modern regulatory environment......Page 318 Tailings structure closure for economic development in Ghana......Page 328 Lessons learned from tabletop reviews of emergency action plans for high hazard dams in West Virginia, USA......Page 338 Working for responsible management of tailings facilities......Page 350 Developments in the safety and security of mining industry dams......Page 358 Life cycle assessment and tailings management trade-off studies—concepts......Page 368 Case histories......Page 372 Tailings closure at BHPBilliton's San Manuel operation design and closure construction San Manuel, Arizona......Page 374 Case study: Site-wide water balance of the Pierina Gold Mine, Peru......Page 382 Reclamation of the Panna Maria uranium mill site and tailings impoundment: A 2008 update......Page 394 Mining impacts: A case study......Page 406 Design & construction of an evaporation pond at a historic uranium mining facility......Page 414 Gold quarry North Waste Rock Facility slide investigation and stabilization......Page 422 An overview of the Grouse Creek Mine tailings impoundment closure......Page 436 Stabilized upstream tailings dam and converted into a filtered tailings facility......Page 450 Author index......Page 462 "Tailings and Mine Waste '08 contains papers from the twelfth annual Tailings and Mine Waste Conference, held by Colorado State University of Fort Collins, Colorado. The purpose of this series of conferences is to provide a forum for discussion and establishment of dialogue among all people in the mining industry and environmental community regarding tailings and mine waste. Previous conferences have been successful in providing opportunities for formal and informal discussion, exhibits, and general and social interaction." "This volume includes over 40 papers which present state-of-the-art papers on mine and mill tailings and mine waste, as well as current and future issues facing the mining and environmental communities, including technical capabilities and developments, regulations, and environmental concerns."--Jacket