Evolution of abandoned underground hardrock mine closures by the Texas abandoned mine land reclamation program

Conference · Wed Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1997

OSTI ID:613827

Rhodes, M J ^[1]

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1. Railroad Commission of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)

The Texas Abandoned Mine Land (AML) Reclamation program began investigating, designing and implementing hard rock abandoned underground mine closures, after a young boy fell to his death in an abandoned mine opening in 1982. This paper discusses the evolution of abandoned hard rock mine closures in west Texas, by the Texas AML program in response to the development of abandoned underground mine resource information. Case histories are presented of the Texas AML program`s efforts in west Texas including: mine history summaries; site characterization, environmental assessment; design and construction planning considerations, and construction cost information.

• OSTI ID: 613827
• Report Number(s): CONF-9705128-; TRN: 98:001000-0016
• Resource Relation: Conference: 14. annual national meeting of the American Society for Surface Mining and Reclamation (ASSMR), Austin, TX (United States), 10-15 May 1997; Other Information: PBD: 1997; Related Information: Is Part Of Vision 2000: An environmental commitment; Brandt, J.E.; Galevotic, J.R.; Kost, L.; Trouart, J. [eds.]; PB: 799 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
COAL MINES
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
REMEDIAL ACTION
UNDERGROUND MINING
CLOSURES
HAZARDS
ABANDONED SHAFTS
SITE CHARACTERIZATION
TEXAS
ECONOMICS