Waste Rock and Ore Storage Management Plan Support Document, Addendum #1, Fox Pipe, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, June 2002)
This addendum to the approved Waste Rock and Ore Storage Management Plan (February 2000) presents updated geological, geochemical, and characterization data for the Fox Pipe at Ekati Diamond Mine, along with refinements to waste rock management strategies based on site experience and adaptive management practices since 2000. The plan describes geochemical testing results, monitoring methods, and waste rock storage management strategies incorporating permafrost formation, encapsulation of reactive kimberlite, and toe berm construction to control runoff.
- Date
- 2002-06-01
- Document type
- report
- Parties
- BHP Billiton Diamonds, EBA Engineering, SRK Consulting, Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Fox Pipe, Fox Lake, Panda Pit, Koala Pipe, Misery Pipe, Lac de Gras, Northwest Territories, Koala Watershed, One Hump Lake, Martine Lakes, Long Lake Containment Facility, Slave Structural Province
- Parameters
- waste rock storage, geochemical characterization, acid-base accounting, sulphur concentration, neutralization potential, kimberlite, granite, diabase, water quality, seepage monitoring, temperature monitoring, permafrost, pH, sulphate, nickel, humidity cell testing, kinetic testing, hydrological modeling, ice formation, thermal conditions, hydrogeochemistry
- Pages
- 140
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