Acid mine drainage, acid and metalliferous drainage (AMD), or acid rock drainage (ARD) is the outflow of acidic water from metal mines and coal mines...

of acidic liquids and other pollutants from mines is often catalysed by acid-loving microorganisms; these are the acidophiles in acid mine drainage. Acidophiles...

sulphuric acid, and mercury can spread over a significant area of surface or subsurface water. Large amounts of water used for mine drainage, mine cooling...

silicate aggregate, it is used in the remediation of acid mine drainage (AMD) on active and passive mine sites. Calcium silicate neutralizes active acidity...

and sulfuric acid which dissociates into sulfate ions and protons, leading to acid mine drainage (AMD). An example of acid rock drainage caused by pyrite...

EPA, OW (15 September 2015). "Abandoned Mine Drainage". www.epa.gov. Retrieved 13 April 2024. "Acid Mine Drainage". Earthworks. Retrieved 13 April 2024...

issue of acid mine drainage. Lithotrophs may be present in a variety of environments, including deep terrestrial subsurfaces, soils, mines, and in endolith...

resulting in acidic mine drainage. Though mining operations were discontinued in 1963, underground mine workings, waste rock dumps, piles of mine tailings...

Uranium acid mine drainage refers to acidic water released from a uranium mining site using processes like underground mining and in-situ leaching. Underground...

this is not universally so, and some can be found to be the cause of acid mine drainage. Lithoautotrophs are extremely specific in their source of reduced...

process removed heavy metals from mine waste which is one of the major environmental issues associated with acid mine drainage (along with a low pH). Bioremediation...

and cleaning up acid mine drainage include reclaiming contaminated land, soil removal, direct treatment, filling in abandoned mines, relocating and isolating...

called "acid mine drainage", not all abandoned mine drainage is acidic. The most common form of abandoned mine drainage is acid mine drainage, which is...

needed] which brought about a severe decline in water quality due to acid mine drainage (AMD). In recent years, the limestone treatment of AMD in the Blackwater...

King Mine breach. Many abandoned mines throughout Colorado are known to have problems with acid mine drainage. The chemical processes involved in acid mine...

A particular concern in the formation of these lakes is acid mine drainage. Open-pit mines create a significant amount of waste. Almost one million tons...

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and especially in naturally acidic regions prone to runoff, and even more so in the case of acid mine drainage. Major mines and deposits also exist overseas...

notable for being very acidic (pH 2) and its deep reddish hue is due to iron dissolved in the water. Acid mine drainage from the mines leads to severe environmental...

well as in underground mines. Large problems are also developing with abandoned mines that have accumulated acid mine drainage that are growing to become...

Oxford: Elsevier. Dold, Bernhard (2014). Evolution of Acid Mine Drainage Formation in Sulphidic Mine Tailings, Minerals, v. 4, p. 621-641. Murray, Geoffrey;...

Richmond Mine acidophilic nanoorganisms (ARMAN) were first discovered in an extremely acidic mine located in northern California (Richmond Mine at Iron...

California's Superfund List. Mercury, along with heavy metals and acid mine drainage, were found in nearby San Carlos Creek, Silver Creek and a portion...

mountaintop removal, and acid mine drainage have widespread impacts on all parts of the environment. As of January 2020, the EPA lists 142 mines in the Superfund...

mining became economically unfeasible and a contaminated site with acid rock drainage was left behind. In 2001, the Dominican government opened tenders...

non-spore forming. They also play a significant role in the generation of acid mine drainage; a major global environmental challenge within the mining industry...

approximately 500,000 long tons of sulfur. During this time period acid mine drainage (AMD) began contaminating Leviathan Creek. In 1963, Anaconda sold...

Fe2+ + 4 SO2−4 + 4 H+ The resulting highly acidic water is called acid mine drainage (AMD) or acid rock drainage (ARD). The Fe2+ can be further oxidized...

produce sulfuric acid as a waste product, and the growth of these organisms in abandoned mines can contribute to acid mine drainage and other environmental...

mitigating acid mine drainage. The largest waste by volume - especially in open pit mining - is usually overburden which is either used to fill the mine back...