Numerical Modeling Tools for the Prediction of Solution Migration Applicable to Mining Site
Mining has always had an important influence on cultures and traditions of communities around the globe and throughout history. Today, because mining legislation places heavy emphasis on environmental protection, there is great interest in having a comprehensive understanding of ancient mining and mining sites. Multi-disciplinary approaches (i.e., Pb isotopes as tracers) are being used to explore the distribution of metals in natural environments. Another successful approach is to model solution migration numerically. A proven method to simulate solution migration in natural rock salt has been applied to project through time for 10,000 years the system performance and solution concentrations surrounding a proposed nuclear waste repository. This capability is readily adaptable to simulate solution migration around mining.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States); Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Department of Energy (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- OSTI ID:
- 2809
- Report Number(s):
- SAND98-1949C; TRN: US0101326
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: IV International History of Mining Conference, Guanatajaco (MX), 11/09/1998--11/12/1998; Other Information: PBD: 6 Jan 1999
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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