Waste Rock Storage Area Seepage Survey Records, Ekati Diamond Mine (BHP Billiton, April 2000)
This document comprises a faxed technical presentation by Kevin Morin reviewing BHP's 1999 waste rock seepage survey results at Ekati Diamond Mine, with conclusions that acid mine drainage is forming and may be increasing in severity, plus preliminary August 2000 seepage monitoring data showing acidic pH and elevated sulfate concentrations at multiple monitoring stations.
- Date
- Document type
- Presentation
- Parties
- BHP Diamonds Inc., Independent Environmental Monitoring Agency, Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board, Kevin Morin, Tony Pearse, Norecol Dames & Moore, EBA Engineering Consultants, Civico-Test Laboratories, Enviro-Test Laboratories
- Locations
- Ekati Diamond Mine, Northwest Territories, Panda Pipe, Fox Pipe, Koala Pipe, Leslie Pipe, Misery Pipe, Beartooth Lake, Bearclaw Lake, Long Lake, Coarse Rejects Area, Yellowknife
- Parameters
- acid mine drainage, pH, sulfate, conductivity, neutralization potential, acid potential, sulphide content, water quality, seepage monitoring, waste rock geochemistry, kimberlite, granite, total suspended solids, metal concentrations, iron, calcium, ammonia, nitrate, permafrost
- Pages
- 95
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