Mineralogical characterization of mine waste

HE Jamieson, SR Walker, MB Parsons - Applied Geochemistry, 2015 - Elsevier
The application of mineralogical characterization to mine waste has the potential to improve
risk assessment, guide appropriate mine planning for planned and active mines and …

Salinity and total dissolved solids measurements for natural waters: An overview and a new salinity method based on specific conductance and water type

RB McCleskey, CA Cravotta III, MP Miller, F Tillman… - Applied …, 2023 - Elsevier
The total concentration of dissolved constituents in water is routinely quantified by
measurements of salinity or total dissolved solids (TDS). However, salinity and TDS are …

Hydrogeochemistry and microbiology of mine drainage: An update

DK Nordstrom, DW Blowes, CJ Ptacek - Applied Geochemistry, 2015 - Elsevier
The extraction of mineral resources requires access through underground workings, or open
pit operations, or through drillholes for solution mining. Additionally, mineral processing can …

Arsenic and antimony geochemistry of mine wastes, associated waters and sediments at the Giant Mine, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada

SE Fawcett, HE Jamieson, DK Nordstrom… - Applied …, 2015 - Elsevier
Elevated levels of arsenic (As) and antimony (Sb) in water and sediments are legacy
residues found downstream from gold-mining activities at the Giant Mine in Yellowknife …

Trace metal distribution and mobility in drill cuttings and produced waters from Marcellus Shale gas extraction: Uranium, arsenic, barium

TT Phan, RC Capo, BW Stewart, JR Graney… - Applied …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Development of unconventional shale gas wells can generate significant quantities
of drilling waste, including trace metal-rich black shale from the lateral portion of the …

Guidance for the integrated use of hydrological, geochemical, and isotopic tools in mining operations

C Wolkersdorfer, DK Nordstrom, RD Beckie… - Mine Water and the …, 2020 - Springer
This paper summarizes international state-of-the-art applications and opportunities for
employing and deploying hydrological, geochemical, and isotopic tools in an integrated …

Thermodynamic modeling of aqueous electrolyte systems: current status

PM May, D Rowland - Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, 2017 - ACS Publications
The current status of thermodynamic modeling in aqueous chemistry is reviewed. A number
of recent developments hold considerable promise, but these need to be weighed against …

Influence of organic ligands on the stoichiometry of magnetite nanoparticles

P Jungcharoen, R Marsac, F Choueikani… - Nanoscale …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Magnetite, a ubiquitous mineral in natural systems, is of high interest for a variety of
applications including environmental remediation, medicine, and catalysis. If the …

A geochemical examination of humidity cell tests

AS Maest, DK Nordstrom - Applied Geochemistry, 2017 - Elsevier
Humidity cell tests (HCTs) are long-term (20 to> 300 weeks) leach tests that are considered
by some to be the among the most reliable geochemical characterization methods for …

[HTML][HTML] Interactive PHREEQ-N-AMDTreat water-quality modeling tools to evaluate performance and design of treatment systems for acid mine drainage

CA Cravotta III - Applied Geochemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The PHREEQ-N-AMDTreat aqueous geochemical modeling tools described herein
simulate changes in pH and solute concentrations resulting from passive and active …