Technical Review of Acid/Alkaline Rock Drainage (ARD) and Geochemical Characterization Program and Waste Rock and Ore Storage Management Plan, Ekati Diamond Mine (Chris Mills, March 1998)
Chris Mills provides a technical review of BHP Diamonds Inc.'s Acid/Alkaline Rock Drainage (ARD) and Geochemical Characterization Program and Waste Rock and Ore Storage Management Plan for the Ekati Diamond Mine. The review identifies critical uncertainties regarding the realizable neutralizing potential of kimberlitic materials proposed for blending with potentially acid-generating waste rock, particularly Misery Schist and Fox Diabase, and recommends additional quantitative mineralogical studies to resolve these uncertainties before final waste rock dump design.
- Date
- 1998-03-08
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- Chris Mills, P.Eng., Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, BHP Diamonds Inc., Norecol Dames & Moore, EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd., Vancouver Petrographics Ltd., Chemex, Northwest Territories Water Board
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Yellowknife, Vancouver, Panda pit, Koala pit, Fox pit, Misery pit, Beartooth Lake, Long Lake, Panda Lake, Koala Lake, Misery Pipe, Fox Diabase, Leslie pipe, British Columbia
- Parameters
- acid rock drainage, alkaline rock drainage, ARD, geochemical characterization, waste rock storage, ore storage, neutralizing potential, acid potential, pH, metal leaching, copper, zinc, nickel, aluminum, acid-base accounting, humidity cell testing, column leach testing, water quality, pit lake chemistry, seepage, suspended solids, tailings management, kimberlite characterization, mineralogy, sulfide minerals, oxidation
- Pages
- 33
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