Selective placement of coal stripmine overburden in Montana. III. Spoil mixing phenomena. Open file report (interim) Jul 77-Jun 78

Technical Report · Thu Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1978

OSTI ID:6433601

Dollhopf, D J; Goering, J D; Levine, C J; Bauman, B J; Hedberg, D W

An overburden handling dragline operation was conducted at a strip mine near Colstrip, Mont. The objective of the demonstration was to determine the degree a dragline could mix overburden inhibitory zones during the spoiling process. To quantify the mixing process the overburden was (1) scatter spoiled, (2) dump spoiled, and (3) spoiled in a normal manner. This demonstration was part of an effort to investigate means of reestablishing nonpolluted hydrological systems in areas where surface mining directly impacts shallow ground-water resources.

• Research Organization: Montana State Univ., Bozeman (USA). Agricultural Experiment Station
• OSTI ID: 6433601
• Report Number(s): PB-81-103160
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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