T8 The Environmental Geology and Geochemistry of Mineral Deposits: Best Practices for Effective Prediction, Mitigation, Closure, and Remediation I

Sunday, 28 October 2007
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Presentations

• 8:10 AM
  COAL FIRES: OPPORTUNITY FOR INNOVATIVE RESEARCH IN MINERALOGY, PETROLOGY, STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
  Glenn B. Stracher, East Georgia College, Swainsboro, GA and John Hiett, Center for Applied Energy Research, Frankfort, KY and Ellina V. Sokol, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, N/A and Anupma Prakash, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK and James C. Hower, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY and Claudia Kuenzer, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, N/A and J. Denis N. Pone, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA and Paul Schroeder, University of Georgia, Athens, GA and M. Naze-Nancy Masalehdani, Université des Sciences et Technologie de Lille 1, Lille, N/A and Sarah Mardon, Winchester, KY
  125293 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:25 AM
  THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND MEDICAL GEOLOGY OF MINERAL DEPOSITS-AN UPDATE
  Geoffrey S. Plumlee, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO
  131856 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:40 AM
  RISK-BASED INVENTORY AND ASSESSMENT OF MINE SITES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION. METHODS AND APPROACHES
  Gyozo Jordan, Geological Institute of Hungary, Budapest, N/A
  132291 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:00 AM
  ARSENIC CONTAMINATION FROM THE KELLY SILVER AND YELLOW ASTER GOLD MINE TAILINGS, CALIFORNIA; A POTENTIAL HEALTH CONCERN IN THE NORTH-CENTRAL MOJAVE DESERT
  James J. Rytuba, U. S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA and Andrea Foster, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA and Christopher S. Kim, Chapman University, Orange, CA and Aaron Slowey, U. S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA and David Lawler, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Sacramento, CA and Richard Forester, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Sacramento, CA
  132396 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:15 AM
  MITIGATION AND COMPENSATION MEASURES FOR THE NECESSARY BUT HARMFUL ALTERATION, DISRUPTION OR DESTRUCTION OF FISH HABITAT – BAKER CREEK, GIANT MINE, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, CANADA
  William S. Mitchell, Yellowknife, NT
  129344 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:30 AM
  A TALE OF TWO CITIES: ASYMMETRICAL IMPACTS OF MINING IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD
  Gary R. Krieger, University of Colorado, Denver, CO
  130172 (Technical Sessions)
• 9:50 AM
  USING EXPLORATION-STAGE MINERALOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY TO ANTICIPATE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF MINING
  William X. Chàvez, New Mexico School of Mines, Socorro, NM
  127948 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:20 AM
  GEOENVIRONMENTAL MINERAL DEPOSIT MODELS AS AIDS TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH THE MINING OF UNMINED AND UNDISCOVERED ORE DEPOSITS
  R. Seal, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Nadine M. Piatak, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Denise M. Levitan, US Geological Survey, Reston, VA and Jane M. Hammarstrom, Reston, VA
  128876 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:35 AM
  THE PERSISTENCE OF CYANIDE IN HEAP LEACH WASTES AT GOLD MINES
  Craig A. Johnson, US Geological Survey, Denver, CO
  130212 (Technical Sessions)
• 10:55 AM
  SEEKING THE PHILOSPHER'S STONE: USING A MINE-TAILING LINE AS A GEOCHEMICAL REACTOR FOR TREATING ACID-ROCK DRAINAGE - BINGHAM CANYON UTAH, USA
  Mark J. Logsdon, Geochimica, Inc, Aptos, CA
  130254 (Technical Sessions)
• 11:10 AM
  GEOCHEMICAL MODELING, PREDICTIONS, AND THE CHARACTERIZATION AND REMEDIATION OF MINE SITES
  D. Kirk Nordstrom, U.S. Geol Survey, Boulder, CO
  127571 (Technical Sessions)