Application of Cost Engineering to the Study of Waste Remediation of Mine Tailings

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• Personal Author:
  Camm, Thomas W. ; Prisbrey KA ; Smith ML ; Wetzel N
• Description:
  The U.S. Bureau of Mines has developed a system for methodically estimating mining and processing costs as a function of process feed rate. The objective of the subject study was to apply this system to abandoned mine tailings and to evaluate the benefits, if any, of metal recovery. Cost analysis was applied to the mine wastes of Smelterville Flats: an extensive area of mine tailings in the Bunker Hill Superfund Site with high concentrations of lead, zinc, and other sulfide minerals. Results from previous site characterization and metallurgical processing studies were used as the input for the cost analysis. This analysis indicated that processing this site at an optimum production rate of 3,500 short tons per day (st/d) could generate a positive cash flow. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Environment Environmental Exposure Environmental Pollution Hazardous Substances Lead Metals Mining Occupational Health Safety Waste Management
• Keywords:
  Environmental-contamination Environmental-hazards Environmental-pollution Environmental-protection Hazardous-waste-cleanup Lead-compounds Metallurgical-processes Mining-industry Waste-treatment Zinc-compounds
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Publisher:
  U.S. Bureau of Mines
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings ; Abstract
• Place as Subject:
  District of Columbia ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 3 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  SRC - Spokane Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20024849
• Citation:
  Abstract Book, U.S. Department of the Interior Conference on the Environment and Safety, April 24-28, 1995. Washington, DC: U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1995 Apr; :5
• CAS Registry Number:
  Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1) ; Zinc (CAS RN 7440-66-6)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1995
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  U.S. Bureau of Mines
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:19e1ceae8ea29842f855c0cc52aa66102bd7371329e9f5c1cf22f6ba4af3808da3664e1049be355aef88ecbf428de9f89cd01c05ec0021152f752c1de02019d8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/220841/cdc_220841_DS1.pdf
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