Quality and quantity of leachate from raw mined Colorado oil shale

Technical Report · Wed Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1984

OSTI ID:5969110

McWhorter, D B

This paper discusses an EPA-sponsored study to assess the potential environmental impacts of leachates from raw mined western oil shales. This paper presents the results of three years evaluation of the quantity and chemical characterization of leachates generated from onsite field collectors along with laboratory shake tests on raw mined oil shales from the C-a and C-b Federal lease tracts in western Colorado. The findings are indicators of the levels of common and trace species that can be expected to occur in field-generated raw shale leachates.

• Research Organization: Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins (USA). Dept. of Agricultural and Chemical Engineering
• OSTI ID: 5969110
• Report Number(s): PB-85-118057/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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DISPERSIONS
DISSOLUTION
ENERGY SOURCES
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SOLUTIONS
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