Waste Rock and Ore Storage Management Plan, NWT Diamonds Project (BHP Billiton, December 1997)
BHP Diamonds Inc. submits a comprehensive Waste Rock and Ore Storage Management Plan for the Ekati Diamond Mine in the Northwest Territories, detailing the geochemical characterization of rock types from five kimberlite pipes (Panda, Koala, Misery, Fox, and Leslie), acid/alkaline rock drainage potential, and management strategies for waste disposal over the mine's operational life and closure.
- Date
- 1997-12-30
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- BHP Diamonds Inc., Northwest Territories Water Board, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Lac de Gras Lake, Northwest Territories, Panda Pipe, Koala Pipe, Misery Pipe, Fox Pipe, Long Lake Tailings Containment Area, Koala Watershed, Slave Structural Province
- Parameters
- acid rock drainage, alkaline drainage, waste rock management, ore storage, geochemical characterization, metal leaching, water chemistry, seepage surveys, pH, conductivity, sulphate, ammonia, dissolved metals, tailings disposal, mine closure
- Pages
- 124
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