A Plan for Mining Nahcolite in the Piceance Basin, Colorado

The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers
V. Rajaram I. P. Nielsen H. D. Raymond
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The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers
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Jan 12, 1979

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The Parachute Creek member of the Green River formation in the Piceance Basin, Colorado, contains vast reserves of oil shale, nahcolite, dawsonite, and other accessory minerals. The dry alkali process of sulfur dioxide removal using nahcolite (naturally occurring sodium bicarbonate) has great potential. A room and pillar mining scheme has been designed to extract a nahcolite zone occurring at a depth of 472 m, from the lease application area of the Yankee Gulch joint venture. Geotechnical parameters affecting mine design will be discussed. A preliminary development plan for mining at the rate of 1000 t/d will be described in detail.
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APA: V. Rajaram I. P. Nielsen H. D. Raymond  (1979)  A Plan for Mining Nahcolite in the Piceance Basin, Colorado

MLA: V. Rajaram I. P. Nielsen H. D. Raymond A Plan for Mining Nahcolite in the Piceance Basin, Colorado. The American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers, 1979.

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