Pit slope manual, chapter 9
Subtitle: waste embankments
By: D. F. Coates and Y. S. Yu, editors
Contributors: Yu, Y. S.; Coates, D.F. 1923-1980.
Series: CANMET report -- 77-1
Publisher: Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology = Centre canadien de la technologie des minéraux et de l'énergie
Published: 1977
Place of publication: Ottawa, Ont
Language: eng
Number of pages: 137
Subjects: Tailings dams -- Stability.; Overburden (Mine wastes) -- Stability.; Slopes (Soil mechanics) -- Stability.
Description: ABSTRACT: Tailings dams, rock dumps and overburden or soil dumps need careful and specific designs according to the type of area surrounding the mine.  This paper outlines important factors such as slope angles, drainage and requirements for water retention needed for tailings dams.
Notes: "Prepared as part of the Pit Slope Project of the Mining Research Laboratories, Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology, Energy, Mines and Resources Canada."

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