Tailings and Mine Waste 2003 : Proceedings of the 10th International Conference, Vail, Colorado, USA, 12-15 October 2003 Book

	Preface
	Organization
	Evaluating the impact of natural acid drainage on Colorado watersheds using hyperspectral remote sensing	3
	Hydrogeochemical investigations on the site of "Schneckenstein", Germany	7
	Use of the New Mexico Mines Database in reclamation studies involving mine waste rock piles and tailings	15
	Aquatic toxicity assessment of two abandoned mine sites in the Lake City Mineral District, Colorado	29
	Turkish gold mining and monitoring on Ovacik gold-silver mine	37
	The design and construction of a dual function tailings facility	43
	Design of the Ruby Gulch Repository, Gilt Edge Mine, South Dakota	51
	Solution collection design issues on large heap facilities	57
	Quantified comparisons of disposal of thickened and unthickened tailings	63
	Advances in predicting performance properties and cost of paste backfill	73
	Conceptual model for estimating water recovery in tailings impoundments	87
	Influence of tailings dam settlement on decant towers and pipelines	95
	Tailing injection deposition method theoretical model	101
	Strength properties in varying cement dosages for paste backfill samples	109
	The influence of material structure on the performance of Red Mud	115
	Slope stability of leached copper stockpiles	121
	Seismic slope stability & deformation analyses for a heap leach facility	131
	Assessment of the potential for static liquefaction of a tailings dam using laboratory and field testing	137
	Assessment of unsaturated soil properties for seepage modeling through tailings and mine wastes	149
	Risks associated with construction on submerged tailings beaches	159
	Effects of acid mine drainage (AMD) on the engineering properties of geosynthetics	173
	Revegetation of mining waste using organic amendments	181
	An examination of the erosive effect of wind on the slopes and interior surfaces of tailings impoundments	193
	Limnological and geochemical comparisons of two sulphide mine pit lakes	201
	Modeling pit lake water column stability using Ce-Qual-W2	213
	Stratification of mining Lake Goitsche during flooding with river water
	Seasonal variation of water chemistry and metals mobility in a watershed affected by acid rock drainage: case study in the Lake Creek Watershed Colorado	233
	Mineralogical investigations on the tailings of "Schneckenstein" Germany	245
	Estimation of moisture movement by means of tritium isotope in the tailings of "Schneckenstein" Germany	251
	Risk of aquifers contamination in Zacatecas, Mexico due to mine tailings	255
	Determination of alternate concentration limits for groundwater at the Midvale Slag superfund site	263
	The influence of kinetic test type on the geochemical response of low acid generating potential tailings	269
	Statistical treatment of data: a helpful tool for tracing geochemical processes	281
	Prediction of the behaviour of pollutants by means of hydrochemical model	287
	Passive treatment of acid rock drainage (ARD): state of the practice	293
	A pre-treatability study to provide data for construction of a demonstration bioreactor	305
	Biological sulphate and metal removal from a copper and nickel mine effluent	317
	Recommended guidelines for the stabilization of historic underground mine workings	323
	Chemical stabilization of metal hydroxide sludge	329
	Getchell heap leach final permanent closure	333
	Abandonment of Tailings Deposit Casapalca	339
	Anchor Hill pit lake two-stage in situ treatment, Gilt Edge Mine superfund site, South Dakota, USA	345
	Land evaluation methods for use in mining- and smelting-contaminated environments	359
	Flushing of water from mill tailings at the Homestake Grants reclamation project	365
	Reclaimed mine area runoff control using culverts	375
	Beneficiation of graphite fines from moulding factory mine wastes	385
	Electrochemical remediation technologies for metals treatment	393
	Thiocyanate inhibition of microbial sulfide oxidation for the control and prevention of acid rock drainage	403
	Effective biological water treatment through biological process control	413
	Reduction of zinc-containing metallurgical residues in a fluidized bed furnace	419
	Applications of explosive compaction for tailings volume reduction	425
	Probabilistic assessment of long term surface subsidence due to room and pillar mining	433
	Procrastination may not pay in tailings management	441
	Tailing dam failures - the human factor	451
	Water quality: the real driver of reclamation	457
	Progress toward remediation of uranium tailings in Mailuu-Suu, Kyrgyzstan	465
	Demonstration of subaqueous disposal of mil wastes, Jasper County, MO	475
	Remediation of the Eagle Mine superfund site: a biological success story	481
	Stabilization and decommissioning of the Sillamae Radioactive Tailings Pond, Estonia	487
	Uranium tailings of "Schneckenstein" Germany, present conditions and perspectives	495
	Residue disposal at Sadiola Hill Gold Mine: an owner/operator's perspective	503
	Blue Lagoon pond closure, Pirdop, Bulgaria	513
	Unusual mine waste dam shakes off magnitude 8.3 earthquake	519
	Author index	525