Geochemical characterization of acid mine drainage from a waste rock pile, Mine Doyon, Québec, Canada

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Authors	ŠRÁČEK Ondřej CHOQUETTE Marc GÉLINAS Pierre LEFEBVRE René NICHOLSON Ron V.
Year of publication	2004
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Journal of Contaminant Hydrology
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Science
Citation
Field	Geology and mineralogy
Keywords	acid mine drainage; geochemistry; isotopes; modeling
Description	There is acid mine drainage with extremely high concentrations of dissolved species at waste rock pile at Mine Doyon, Québec, Canada. This is related to the oxidation of pyrite in sericite schist. Rate of pyrite oxidation is very high especially close to slope of the pile due to convective oxygen supply. Dissolved concentrations are also increased as a consequence of evaporation within the pile.
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