Utilization and stabilization of mineral wastes. Bulletin

Technical Report · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:6405821

Dean, K C; Froisland, L J; Shirts, M B

This report summarizes laboratory research conducted by the Bureau of Mines and cooperative field studies made with the mineral industry to reduce the environmental impacts of air and water pollution deriving from mineral wastes. Research showed that both dry-press and steam-cured building bricks and ceramic tile could be made from copper-mill tailings and other discarded mineral wastes. Sponge iron was produced from steel mill and lamination-industry wastes, and valuable mineral products were extracted from such diverse sources as flue dusts and uranium tailings. Mineral wastes were combined with agricultural and/or sewage wastes to make artificial soils that have the potential of resolving several disposal problems by production of a useful commodity. Physical, chemical, and vegetative stabilization methods were evaluated, singly and in combination, for reclamation potential on copper, uranium, lead-zinc, and asbestos tailings.

• Research Organization: Bureau of Mines, Salt Lake City, UT (USA). Salt Lake City Research Center
• OSTI ID: 6405821
• Report Number(s): PB-87-183067/XAB; BM-B-688
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AGRICULTURAL WASTES
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
FIELD TESTS
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
LAND RECLAMATION
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS RECOVERY
MINERAL WASTES
ORGANIC WASTES
PROCESSING
RECOVERY
SOILS
SOLID WASTES
STABILIZATION
TAILINGS
TESTING
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTES