skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Environmental impacts of cemented mine waste backfill. Report of investigations/1996

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:218096

The purpose of this research by the U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) was to study the possible impacts of cemented mine waste backfill on the quality of ground water in the rock surrounding a stope. The objectives of the field work were to (1) document the impacts of cemented backfill on water being discharged from a selected stope, (2) investigate how the mobility of metals retained in cemented backfill differed from their mobility in uncemented mine waste sandfill, and (3) discuss the long-term impacts of cemented backfill after mine closure and subsequent mine flooding.

Research Organization:
Bureau of Mines, Spokane, WA (United States). Spokane Research Center
OSTI ID:
218096
Report Number(s):
PB-96-140173/XAB; BUMINES-RI-9599; TRN: 60781828
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English