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Prediction of Acid Rock Drainage from Automated Mineralogy
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Parbhakar-Fox, A and Lottermoser, B and Hartner, R and Berry, RF and Noble, TL, Prediction of Acid Rock Drainage from Automated Mineralogy, Environmental Indicators in Metal Mining, Springer International Publishing, B Lottermoser (ed), Switzerland, pp. 139-156. ISBN 978-3-319-42729-4 (2017) [Research Book Chapter]
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Copyright 2017 Springer International Publishing Switzerland
DOI: doi:10.1007/978-3-319-42731-7_8
Abstract
Automated mineralogy tools are now commonly used during mineral processing for particle characterization to help mine operators evaluate the efficiency of the selected mineral processing techniques. However, such tools have not been efficiently used to assist in acid rock drainage (ARD) prediction. To address this, the computed acid rock drainage (CARD) risk grade protocol was developed. The CARD risk grade tool involves: (1) appropriate selection of samples (i.e., following a geometallurgical sampling campaign); (2) careful preparation of a particle mount sample; (3) analysis on a mineral liberation analyser (MLA) using the X-ray modal analysis (XMOD) function; (4) processing of the XMOD data to produce a whole particle mount backscattered electron (BSE) image and a corresponding image of classified XMOD points; (5) fusion of both images to obtain particle area data; (6) calculation of the CARD risk ratio based on carbonate and sulfide particle areas, relative reactivities (pHCaCl2 − pHmineral+CaCl2) and acid forming/neutralizing values (calculated based on mineral chemistry and stoichiometric factors, kg H2SO4/t); and (7) classification of CARD risk ratios ranging from extreme risk to very-low risk. Testing of the CARD risk grade tool was performed on materials selected from several mine sites representative of both run-of-mine ore and waste. This testing proved that CARD can be effectively used to map ARD risks on a deposit scale and forecast geoenvironmental risk domains at the earliest life-of-mine phases.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Research Book Chapter |
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| Keywords: | acid mine drainage, sulfide oxidation, MLA-SEM, prediction, mineralogy, mining |
| Research Division: | Earth Sciences |
| Research Group: | Geology |
| Research Field: | Geology not elsewhere classified |
| Objective Division: | Environment |
| Objective Group: | Land and Water Management |
| Objective Field: | Mining Land and Water Management |
| UTAS Author: | Parbhakar-Fox, A (Dr Anita Parbhakar-Fox) |
| UTAS Author: | Lottermoser, B (Professor Bernd Lottermoser) |
| UTAS Author: | Berry, RF (Associate Professor Ron Berry) |
| UTAS Author: | Noble, TL (Dr Taryn Noble) |
| ID Code: | 112021 |
| Year Published: | 2017 |
| Deposited By: | CODES ARC |
| Deposited On: | 2016-10-21 |
| Last Modified: | 2018-04-30 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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