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TAILINGS AND MINE WASTE ‘10 cover_hinshaw10_LG.qxd 13-09-2010 15:33 Pagina 1 Tailings and Mine Waste ’10 contains the contributions from the the fourteenth annual Tailings and Mine Waste Conference held by Colorado State University of Fort Collins, Colorado in conjunction TA ILINGS with the University of Alberta and the University of British Columbia. The purpose of these 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. Tailings and Mine Waste ’10 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. This includes matters dealing with technical capabilities and developments, regulations, and environmental concerns. A N D MINE WASTE ‘10 an informa business TAILINGS AND MINE WASTE ’10 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 14TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TAILINGS AND MINE WASTE, VAIL, COLORADO, USA, 17–20 OCTOBER 2010 Tailings and Mine Waste ’10 CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group 6000 Broken Sound Parkway NW, Suite 300 Boca Raton, FL 33487-2742 © 2011 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC CRC Press is an imprint of Taylor & Francis Group, an Informa business No claim to original U.S. Government works Version Date: 20121218 International Standard Book Number-13: 978-0-203-83088-8 (eBook - PDF) This book contains information obtained from authentic and highly regarded sources. Reasonable efforts have been made to publish reliable data and information, but the author and publisher cannot assume responsibility for the valid- ity of all materials or the consequences of their use. 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CCC is a not-for-profit organization that provides licenses and registration for a variety of users. For organizations that have been granted a photocopy license by the CCC, a separate system of payment has been arranged. Trademark Notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. Visit the Taylor & Francis Web site at http://www.taylorandfrancis.com and the CRC Press Web site at http://www.crcpress.com Tailings and Mine Waste ’10 © 2011 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-0-415-61455-9 Table of Contents Preface IX Organization XI Keynote papers Improving the safety of mine waste impoundments 3 N.R. Morgenstern History and developments in the treatment of oil sands fine tailings 11 J.C. Sobkowicz Mill tailings Tailings impoundment failures, black swans, incident avoidance, and checklists 33 J. Caldwell & L. Charlebois New directions in tailings management 41 C. Strachan & J. Caldwell st Overview: Tailings disposal and dam construction practices in the 21 century 49 A.J. Breitenbach A history of South African slimes dams engineers 59 J. Caldwell & G. McPhail Unique geosynthetic liner system for uranium mill tailings disposal 65 G.T. Corcoran & H.R. Roberts Optimizing tailings deposition concentration at Minera Yanacocha, Peru 71 M. Keevy & R. Cooke Geotechnical considerations Peak and critical-state shear strength of mine waste rock 79 Z. Fox & J.A.H. Carraro Ore geotechnical testing for heap leach pad design 91 J. Lupo & A. Dolezal Critical state liquefaction assessment of an upstream constructed tailings sand dam 101 C.D. Anderson & T.L. Eldridge Heap leach pad cover design analyses Salmon, Idaho 113 I. Hutchison, A. Whitman, J. Juliani & T. Hadj-Hamou The effect of tailings characteristics on cover system success 121 J. Keller, M. Milczarek, T.M. Yao & M. Buchanan V Water management and water treatment Dewatered tailings practice – trends and observations 133 M. Davies, J. Lupo, T. Martin, E. McRoberts, M. Musse & D. Ritchie Groundwater modeling at the Panna Maria uranium facility in support of an ACL application 143 M. Gard, J. Warner, L. Cope & K. Raabe A priori and posterior probabilities in operational water balances for tailing storage facilities 157 S.F. Truby, V. Lishnevsky & J.R. Kunkel Single process arsenic and antimony removal using coagulation and microfiltration 165 J.R. Tamburini, H.C. Liang & S.J. Billin Mitigating impacts from acid-producing rock in Tennessee road construction projects 171 J.J. Gusek, V. Bateman, J. Ozment, L. Oliver, D. Kathman, J. Waples, T. Rutkowski, H. Moore, W. Bowden & A. Reither 20-day design build to save $50 million worth of equipment 187 S.J. Tamburini & S.J. Billin The simultaneous removal of arsenic and manganese at a gold mine in Nevada 195 H.C. Liang, S.J. Billin & J.R. Tamburini Geochemistry The impact of short-term variations of weather conditions on the chemism of rain water runoff from flotation wastes of Mississippi Valley-type Zn-Pb ores (southern Poland) 203 A. Bauerek The effect of weathering on the acid-producing potential of the Goathill North Rock Pile, Questa mine, NM 213 V.T. McLemore, N. Dunbar, S. Tachie-Menson & K. Donahue Effect of reservoir pool changes on metals release from mining-contaminated sediment 229 T. Moyer, B. Striggow, J. Eldridge & C. Zeller Neutral mine drainage water-quality impacts from a former taconite mine 241 B. Hanna Benefits of timely and valid geochemical characterization of mine waste for life of mine and closure planning: A case study of Newmont Boddington Gold Mine in Western Australia 253 N. Amoah, R. Haymont & G. Campbell Containment systems Disposal of coal mine slurry waste using geotextile containers at the North River Mine, Chevron Mining Inc. 265 M.Watts & E. Trainer VI Identification, management and disposal of PCB-containing equipment used in mines 275 D.W. Bench Waste management practices at Alaska’s large mines 285 J. DiMarchi & J. Vohden East Mission Flats Repository design—challenges and case history 295 D.K. Vernon, Jr. & A. Mork Physical properties of mill tailings as foundation material for waste repositories, Bunker Hill Superfund Site 305 J.S. Woolston Dry Stack/Paste Dry stack tailings design for the Rosemont Copper project 315 L. Newman, K. Arnold & D.Wittwer Dry stack tailings – design considerations 327 J. Lupo & J. Hall Reprocessing of tailings of Chador-Malu iron ore, Iran 335 H. Nematollahi Oil Sands Suncor Pond 5 coke cap – The story of its conception, testing, and advance to full-scale construction 341 P.S. Wells, J. Caldwell & J. Fournier Treatment of fluid fine tailings with silica 347 R.H. Moffett Filtration tests on PVD filter jackets in fine oil sands tailings 355 Y. Yao, A.F. van Tol, B. Everts & A. Mulder Suncor oil sands tailings pond capping project 367 G. Pollock, X. Liu, E. McRoberts, K. Williams, P.S. Wells & J. Fournier Review of oil sands tailings technology options 381 C.B. Powter, K.W. Biggar, M.J. Silva, G.T. McKenna & E.B. Scordo Case study: Sand capping of weak tailings at Suncor’s Pond 1 393 E. Olauson, R. Dawson & P.S. Wells The use of geosynthetics in the reclamation of an oil sands tailings pond 401 C. Athanassopoulos, P.S. Wells, S. Trinca &W. Urchik A new approach to oil sand tailings management 409 L. Lawrence & Z. Ali Environmental issues A landscape design approach for the sustainable reclamation activities of a post-mining area in Cartagena, SE Spain 419 S. Kabas, Á. Faz, D.M. Carmona, S. Martínez-Martínez, R. Zornoza & J.A. Acosta Priority setting in Idaho’s Coeur d’Alene Basin 427 B. Adams & D.R. Pitzler VII Acid mine drainage as a sustainable solution to eliminate risk and reduce costs 439 J. Cormier Chemical compound forms of cadmium in uranium tailings of Schneckenstein 451 T. Naamoun & B. Merkel Uranium residue impacts on ground and surface water resources at the Schneckenstein site in East Germany 457 T. Naamoun & B. Merkel Author index 471 VIII Tailings and Mine Waste ’10 © 2011 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-0-415-61455-9 Preface This marks the fourteenth annual Tailings and Mine Waste Conference. The purpose of these conferences is to provide a forum for discussion and establishment of dialogue among people involved 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 year’s conference includes over 40 papers. These papers address the important issues faced by the mining industry today. These proceedings will provide a record of the discussions at the conference that will remain of value for many years. IX
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