Go to www.arippa.org for more information AMD (Abandoned Mine Drainage or Acid Mine Drainage) is water contaminated when pyrite (an iron sulfide) is exposed and reacts with air and water to form...
Acid mine drainage refers to the surface runoff formed when rainwater comes in contact with either mine spoils (the reject from ore processing activities) or overburden (the material removed to get...
While some acid mine drainage is the result of weathering the major influence is the action of acid forming bacteria such as Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans (also known as. Thiobacillus ferrooxidans)...