Tailings, uranium mining

White-tailed deer, Odocoileus virginianus-, Texas 1979-80 uranium mining district vs. reference site ... 

King, K.A., J. Leleuxs, and B.M. Mulhem. 1984. Molybdenum and copper levels in white-tailed deer near uranium mines in Texas. Jour. Wildl. Manage. 48 267-270. 

Long-term fate of ferrihydrite in uranium mine tailings Soumya Das1 M. Jim Hendry1... 

Although additional analyses of the existing data and additional experiments are required to reach definitive conclusions on the phase changes of ferrihydrite in uranium mine tailings, preliminary XRD data suggest that in deionized water at elevated pH (pH=10) phase transformation of ferrihydrite can occur at elevated temperatures. In both elevated temperature experiments, hematite appeared to be the dominant transformation product. At room temperature, however, ferrihydrite remains stable after the duration of the experiment (seven days). 

Moldovan, B.J., Jiang, D.-T., Hendry, M.J. 2003. Mineralogical characterization of arsenic in uranium mine tailings precipitated from iron-rich hydrometallurgical solutions. Environmental Science and Technology, 37, 873-879. 

Distribution of elements of concern in uranium mine tailings, Key Lake,... 

The Key Lake uranium mine is located at the southern rim of the Athabasca Basin in north central Saskatchewan, approximately 650 km north of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (57°13 N, 105°38 W). The Deilmann tailings facility (DTMF) is located on site and has been in operation since 1996. 

The uranium mine tails contain the equal masses of water and solids. Furthermore the treatment of each ton of uranium ore is accompanied by receiving about 3 tons of rafinate, and finally the treatment of 1 ton of uranium ore gives about 4 tons of liquid wastes of different chemical composition, which in turn depends on the treatment technology. 

Ward et al. (1984) reported on studies of tailings from the Mary Kathleen Uranium mine in Queensland, Australia. Samples of tailings and associated pore water were taken from the tailings dam. Profiles obtained through the tailings dam showed that tailings at the base of the dam (18 m below the surface) were in secular... 

Donahue, R. and Hendry, M.J. (2003) Geochemistry of arsenic in uranium mine mill tailings, Saskatchewan, Canada. Applied Geochemistry, 18(11), 1733-50. 

Pichler, T Hendry, M.J. and Hall, G.E.M. (2001) The mineralogy of arsenic in uranium mine tailings at the Rabbit Lake in-pit facility, northern Saskatchewan, Canada. Environmental Geology, 40(4-5), 495-506. 

The most significant water-related releases of radium may be from the leaching of uranium mine tailings and from the release of ore-processing effluents generated by leaching, decantation, and... 

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