Influence of Freeze-Thaw Dynamics and Spatial Contributions on Geochemical Loading from a Low Sulfide Waste-Rock Pile

• Main Author: Sinclair, Sean
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: University of Waterloo 2014
• Subjects: Waste-rock; Geochemistry; Acid Rock Drainage; Freeze-Thaw; Mining; Geology; Sulfide; Earth Sciences; Canada; Diavik Diamond Mine; Northwest Territories; Rock Pile
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10012/8536

An experimental waste-rock pile (50m x 60m x 15m, 0.053 wt. % S) was constructed at the Diavik Diamond Mine, in the Northwest Territories, Canada to evaluate the generation of acid-rock drainage and the seasonal and annual release of various metals in drainage leachate. A dense internal instrumentat...