Hydrologic and Water Quality Modeling of the Pebble Mine Project Pit Lake and Downstream Environment after Mine Closure
The Pebble Project in Alaska is one of the world’s largest undeveloped copper deposits. The Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) proposes a 20-year open-pit extraction, sulfide flotation, and deposition of separated pyritic tailings and potentially acid-generating waste rock in the pit at closure. T...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2020-08-01
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Series: | Minerals |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/10/8/727 |