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- Title
Hard-Rock Mining and Water Resources.
- Authors
Wireman, Mike; Stover, Bruce
- Abstract
The article focuses on the environmental impact of improving mining practices and post-closure mitigation at hard-rock mines in the U.S. It mentions the two primary methods used to mine metals, the surface or open-pit and underground mining. It discusses the remediation of legacy mines that affected water resources, aquatic ecosystems, and human health, and the use of source-control methods, particularly the bulkhead installation, to reduce the main causes of acid mine drainage (AMD) formation.
- Subjects
UNITED States; MINES &; mineral resources &; the environment; HARD rock minerals industry; STRIP mining; ENVIRONMENTAL remediation; WATER supply; BULKHEADS; ACID mine drainage
- Publication
Ground Water, 2011, Vol 49, Issue 3, p310
- ISSN
0017-467X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1745-6584.2011.00818.x