Significant parameters of mining properties in arctic and subarctic areas of North America
Editors: Bruce W. Campbell and John J. DiMarchi This paper is a review of those factors unique to mining in the Arctic and subarctic. The information was developed from an exhaustive Literature search and personal visits to several northern mines in North America. The intent is to present a broad ov...
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ftunivalaska:oai:scholarworks.alaska.edu:11122/1115 2024-09-15T17:50:33+00:00 Significant parameters of mining properties in arctic and subarctic areas of North America Hackney, D.A. Lambert, C. 1983 http://hdl.handle.net/11122/1115 unknown University of Alaska Mineral Industry Research Laboratory MIRL Report;no.57 Hackney, D.A. and Lambert, C., 1983, Significant parameters of mining properties in arctic and subarctic areas of North America: University of Alaska Mineral Industry Research Laboratory Report No. 57, 102 p. http://hdl.handle.net/11122/1115 mining arctic subarctic Technical Report 1983 ftunivalaska 2024-08-12T03:04:02Z Editors: Bruce W. Campbell and John J. DiMarchi This paper is a review of those factors unique to mining in the Arctic and subarctic. The information was developed from an exhaustive Literature search and personal visits to several northern mines in North America. The intent is to present a broad overview of many of these factors, to identify and stimulate consideration of parameters that are likely to be overlooked by companies end persons wlthout p rior arctic experience. Topics of discussion include exploration, cold weather plant design, blasting in permafrost, living conditions and employees relations. The appendices are a brief discussion of a number of the arctic and subarctic operations in North America. In brief, minlng in northern regions is practical provided the deposit has sufficient value to support the higher construction, transportation and operating costs associated with the remoteness and cold weather. Hiring and retaining good employees and integrating the native labor force into the operation have proven to be the most difficult problems. Equipment and plant operation are problems more easily solved. This report is a revised and edited form of the report by the same authors and originally titled "Identification of and Significant Parameters of Mining Properties located in Arctic and Subarctic areas of Norther America", under U.S. Bureau of Mines Contract No. S0144117. Report Arctic permafrost Subarctic University of Alaska: ScholarWorks@UA |
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Editors: Bruce W. Campbell and John J. DiMarchi This paper is a review of those factors unique to mining in the Arctic and subarctic. The information was developed from an exhaustive Literature search and personal visits to several northern mines in North America. The intent is to present a broad overview of many of these factors, to identify and stimulate consideration of parameters that are likely to be overlooked by companies end persons wlthout p rior arctic experience. Topics of discussion include exploration, cold weather plant design, blasting in permafrost, living conditions and employees relations. The appendices are a brief discussion of a number of the arctic and subarctic operations in North America. In brief, minlng in northern regions is practical provided the deposit has sufficient value to support the higher construction, transportation and operating costs associated with the remoteness and cold weather. Hiring and retaining good employees and integrating the native labor force into the operation have proven to be the most difficult problems. Equipment and plant operation are problems more easily solved. This report is a revised and edited form of the report by the same authors and originally titled "Identification of and Significant Parameters of Mining Properties located in Arctic and Subarctic areas of Norther America", under U.S. Bureau of Mines Contract No. S0144117. |
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Significant parameters of mining properties in arctic and subarctic areas of North America |
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MIRL Report;no.57 Hackney, D.A. and Lambert, C., 1983, Significant parameters of mining properties in arctic and subarctic areas of North America: University of Alaska Mineral Industry Research Laboratory Report No. 57, 102 p. http://hdl.handle.net/11122/1115 |
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