An Investigation of Heterogeneity and the Impact of Acidic Regions on Bulk Effluent from a Deconstructed Low Sulfide Waste-Rock Pile

• Main Author: Atherton, Colleen
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Waterloo 2017
• Subjects: waste rock; geochemistry; acid mine drainage; Diavik Diamond Mine; Northwest Territories; Rock Pile; Ice; permafrost
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/11888

Waste rock is a potential source of low quality drainage resulting from oxidation of naturally occurring sulfide minerals. Sulfide oxidation may result in the generation of effluent with elevated concentrations of SO4 and dissolved metals and low pH. The sulfide content of waste rock is typically mu...