Geochemical assessment of subaqueous tailings disposal in Anderson Lake, Snow Lake area, Manitoba
By: prepared for and funded by British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources ... [et al.] ; prepared by Rescan Environmental Services Ltd.
Contributors: British Columbia. Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources.
Series: MEND Project -- 2.11.1b
Publisher: Canada Centre for Mineral and Energy Technology = Centre canadien de la technologie des minéraux et de l'énergie
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Ottawa, Ont
Language: eng
Subjects: Tailings (Metallurgy); Mineral industries -- Manitoba -- Anderson Lake -- Waste disposal.
Description:   The use of under water storage of mine tailings to inhibit post-depositional chemical reactivity of those tailings was assessed. For this purpose, three cores were collected from Anderson Lake, Manitoba, which was once used as a receiving basin for tailings. The deposits proved to be anoxic at very shallow depth, and concentrations of heavy metals decreased as depth in the cores increased. The distribution of heavy metals throughout the lake was also examined.
Notes: Summary in Engish and French.

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