Copper, Lead, Zinc, Gold, and Silver Waste Disposal Activities and Practices in the United States

Details

• Personal Author:
  Coppa LV
• Description:
  This Bureau of Mines report is an inventory of the amount and type of mill tailings created from the lode-mine commodities (copper, lead, zinc, gold, and silver) on a state and county basis between the years 1911 and 1981. The report contains tables and base maps cataloging the amounts of tailings created in each county on a decade basis. Mine waste and mill tailings disposal practices and technological advances and changes in the milling are discussed. Also included is a discussion of the material content typical to tailings produced from these five commodities. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Open File Report
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference Publications
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  WO - Washington Office
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-195
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10004341
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB85-154706
• Citation:
  NTIS: PB/85-154706 :195 pages
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1984
• Performing Organization:
  Div. of Minerals Availability
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  NTIS: PB/85-154706
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:eeb0d7b975a3396a3f53da7bc96c3f01871110809bfc0fbf3fa2236f8423593dc072420c2e56f4940090a8f3a7140bc7ed1f82cd089270bdc8bd2842d8b85d88
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/206748/cdc_206748_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 7.01 MB ]