Search Documents

Sort by

  • SME
    Selection Of Sample Sites In Stream Sediment Reconnaissance

    By H. E. Hawkes

    Reconnaissance mineral exploration based on the distribution of ore metals in stream sediments has become a generally accepted method of mineral reconnaissance. This approach seems to work almost equa

    Jan 1, 1976

  • CIM
    Technical investigations of iron-working remains from the French Jesuit mission of Sainte-Marie among the Hurons (1639-1649)

    By James R. Hunter, Sandra K. Zacharias, Ursula M. Franklin

    Archaeometallurgical remains can be a valuable source of information about past technological activities and, by inference, the societies that undertook them. Material traces of former metal-producing

    Jan 1, 1999

  • AUSIMM
    Underground Space and Urban Planning in Australia - Are They Compatible?

    This paper discusses the potential role of underground space and tunnelling in urban planning in Australia. The paper gives examples of the infrastructure and commercial applications of underground sp

    Jan 1, 1999

  • IMPC
    Remediation of sediments contaminated with heavy metals and organic matter by environment-friendly leaching process

    By Sung. Hyejin, Kyoungkeun Yoo, Oh-hyeok Kown

    The sediments near coasts and ports in Korea have been found to be contaminated with heavy metals and organic matters. So far the sediments have been dumped to landfill sites or ocean. However, the nu

    Jan 1, 2014

  • AUSIMM
    The critical pool levels for the Yallourn Mine determined using the MGRI

    By J Butler, N Patel, S Narendranathan, S Rastogi

    The Yallourn Mine (YM) commenced mining of brown coal in the 1920s under operation by the State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV), prior to it becoming privatised in 1996. The present owners o

    Aug 2, 2023

  • AIME
    Siting For Aggregate Production In New England

    By William R. Barton

    It is generally conceded as axiomatic that the aggregate producer and the average urban resident have mutually incompatible goals. The producer wants to be near his mass market and the average residen

    Jan 1, 1975

  • TMS
    The Recycling Industry And U.S. Government Policy

    By Harvey Alter

    National attention in, recycling focuses on municipal solid waste (MSW), even though only about 50'million tons or so of MSW can be recycled, including grass, leaves and other yard wastes. The s

    Jan 1, 1995

  • AUSIMM
    Application of Photogeology and Remote Sensing to the Exploration and Development of Desert Placer Deposits

    By Murdaugh W

    The application of photogeological techniques and analysis of more advanced remote sensor images can be a cost and time effective tool in the search for desert placer gold deposits. Examples are g

    Jan 1, 1988

  • CIM
    Understanding the role of ion transport and porous transport layer (PTL) on reaction rate distribution in PEM fuel cell cathode

    By K. Karan

    Oxygen reduction reaction in PEM fuel cell cathodes involves participation of three reactants - oxygen, hydrogen ions, and electrons. Electrochemical reaction in the catalyst layer is, therefore, infl

    Jan 1, 2005

  • IMMS
    Particle Geochemistry at Hydrothermal Vents and Implications for Mining Seafloor Massive Sulfides

    By Amy Gartman

    "Seafloor hydrothermal systems result in the emission of abundant particles and nanoparticles into seawater1. Many of the elements in these particles settle locally, although some are transported dist

    Jan 1, 2017

  • AUSIMM
    Olympic Dam Project

    The Olympic Dam copper-uranium-gold-silver deposit, located 520 km NNW of Adelaide, S.A. was discovered by Western Mining Corporation Ltd in 1975, and is now being developed as a joint venture betw

    Jan 1, 1988

  • AUSIMM
    Optimising Land for Beneficial Use During and After Mining

    By J Purandare, D Murdoch

    The goal of the life-of-mine plan is to ensure that while the site is left safe, stable and non-polluting, the landscape is such that optimal use can be made of the site post-mining and closure. Howev

    Jun 28, 2016

  • ISEE
    2000 Blasting in the New Millennium Won't You Be My Neighbor?

    By Ann Barron, Mark Abernethy

    Regardless of the care exercised by a blaster, seismic and acoustic effects produced by blasting can be disruptive and alarming to many people. With the general trend toward larger blasts, increased p

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SME
    Eminence -Natural Gas Storage In Salt Comes Of Age

    By Kermit Allen

    Storing natural gas in solution mined salt cavities appears to be one of the more promising methods being considered by some major gas transmission companies for meeting peak demands. Historically, th

    Jan 1, 1971

  • AUSIMM
    Unintended Consequences ù Bioleaching of Uranium, Molybdenum and Vanadium at Petroleum Hydrocarbon Release Sites

    By L C. Thompson

    This paper examines six sites in Northern Nevada where soils and groundwater have been contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons and/or organochlorine compounds. All six of the sites studied are locate

    Jan 1, 2004

  • ISEE
    Blasting and Its Control at Hydro Quebec

    By Wilfrid Comeau

    Since 1967 Hydro Quebec has undertaken the control of blasting and its effects at its power development sites. Blasts have been monitored using a commercially available three component seismograph. In

    Jan 1, 1977

  • SME
    Importance Of Multiple Stress Measurements In Design Balsam Meadow Hydroelectric Project

    By Gregg E. Korbin, Patrick Hamilton

    INTRODUCTION The Balsam Meadow Project, presently under construction for the Southern California Edison Company, is located approximately 55 miles northeast of Fresno, in the Sierra Nevada Mountain

    Jan 1, 1987

  • AIME
    Geophysics on the Pennsylvania Turnpike

    By H. LeRoy Scharon

    The electrical resistivity method was utilized at 245 road cuts and structure sites over the 166 miles of the Philadelphia and Western Extensions of the Pennsylvania Turnpike System. Varying geologic

    Jan 4, 1951

  • RMCMI
    Compliance with the Miner Act at San Juan Mine

    By Scott Jones

    New Mexico Coal Operations ?San Juan, La Plata, And Navajo Mines ?Three Sites 100% Owned By BHP Billiton ?San Juan And La Plata Mines Owned/Operated By San Juan Coal Co. Supplies Coal To San Juan

    Jan 1, 2008

  • SME
    A Methodology For Evaluating The Suitability Of Spoil Conditions For Reforestation

    By J. C. Yingling, V. Badaker, R. J. Sweigard, P. W. Conrad, J. M. Ringe, D. H. Graves

    The University of Kentucky has developed reclamation cells at a surface mine in southeastern Kentucky to evaluate the impact of spoil handling (reclamation methods) and compaction alleviation methods

    Jan 1, 2003