Beartooth Pipe Preliminary Waste Rock Storage Management Plan (SRK Consulting, January 2002)
This preliminary waste rock storage management plan for BHP Billiton's Beartooth Pipe development describes geochemical testing, site characterization, and management strategies for waste rock disposal in the Panda/Koala waste rock storage area. The document concludes that approximately 99% of waste rock (biotite granite) has low reactivity, while small components of biotite schist are potentially acid-generating and will be segregated and encapsulated with non-reactive granite to ensure freezing conditions.
- Date
- 2002-01-01
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- BHP Billiton Diamonds, Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board (MVLWB), EBA Engineering, SRK Consulting, Steffen Robertson and Kirsten (Canada) Inc., Canadian Environmental and Metallurgical Inc. (CEMI), Bryant Environmental
- Locations
- Beartooth Pipe, Beartooth Lake, North Panda Lake, Panda Pipe, Koala Pipe, Koala North Pipe, Kodiak Lake, Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Vancouver, Bearclaw Lake, Long Lake
- Parameters
- waste rock storage, geochemical characterization, acid-base accounting, static testing, kinetic testing, humidity cells, water quality, seepage monitoring, temperature monitoring, sulphur concentrations, pH, sulphate, nickel, carbonate content, acid generation potential, permafrost, thermal conditions, hydrological model, silicate weathering, mine pit design, closure planning
- Pages
- 86
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