Abandoned Mine Closure Concepts

Details

• Personal Author:
  Gobla MJ ; Peterson EK
• Description:
  The U. S. Bureau of Mines, with the cooperation of several state and federal agencies, prepared mine closure concepts for adits and shafts at the request of the National Park Service. Eleven "Closure Concepts" have been completed and 10 more are in preparation. The information includes description of the closure methods as well as suggestions for where they can be used and technical illustrations for construction. Multiple closure options, by type of mine opening, were prepared as one-page field guides to assist field personnel in determining the most appropriate closure method for a given field situation. The mine concepts completed include design information provided by the Colorado Mined land Reclamation Division, Montana Abandoned Mine Reclamation Bureau, National Park Service, and United Kingdom National Coal Board. Concepts available include adit backfill, bat gate, cable net closure, concrete block bulkhead, concrete bridge channels cap, concrete shaft cap, hollow-core shaft closure, native rock bulkhead, PUF shaft closure, riprap bulkhead, and shaft or slope backfill. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Construction Industry Environment Environmental Health Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Concretes Construction Environmental-factors Environmental-protection Mine-shafts Mining-industry Rock-mechanics
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Publisher:
  U.S. Bureau of Mines
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Proceedings ; Abstract
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; District of Columbia ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRC - Denver Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  53
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20024932
• 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; :53
• 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-512:8a66d40bdc6897a745042d598dae0ee893cb841e0baafeab46411b1760f94d70bf1700989f9048561a6fb9173c953229462a13746bd5fc86adec3c0e5a5476fb
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/220874/cdc_220874_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 725.74 KB ]