A Monte Carlo model for predicting water quality in mine pit lakes
Conference
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OSTI ID:126547
- PTI Environmental Services, Boulder, CO (United States)
A model has been developed to predict the chemical composition of lakes that form in pyrite-bearing open-pit mines. Pyrite oxidation in wall rock releases sulfuric acid and metals, which mix with ground waters in the lake. Aqueous metal concentrations are calculated using MINTEQA2.
- OSTI ID:
- 126547
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-950402--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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