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What are the effects of acid mine drainage?
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...
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What is acid mine drainage?
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...
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What is acid mine drainage caused by?
Sulfide ore still in the mine reacting with ground water and air from the tunnel/shaft/pit producing sulfuric acid. [e.g. 2 ZnS + 2 H2O + 3 O2 --> 2 Zn + 2 H2SO4] This acid mixes into the ground...
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What minerals causes acid mine drainage?
Coal, Gold, PBM,zinc,iron,lead
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Acid mine drainage results from the chemical weathering of?
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)...