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CHARACTERIZATION AND DISPOSAL OF KAOLINITIC SLIMES FROM MINING OPERATIONS
Citation:
Malcom, H. CHARACTERIZATION AND DISPOSAL OF KAOLINITIC SLIMES FROM MINING OPERATIONS. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/2-83/103.
Description:
The waste of sand-and-gravel mines in piedmont North Carolina was characterized as to quantity, constituents, variability, and dewatering nature. Current disposal is by deep storage in ponds. The clay slimes, principally kaolinite, remain fluid indefinitely when stored deeper than two meters (7 feet). Alternative disposal schemes considered were thickening followed by filtration, vibration or disturbance of floccules, chemical additives, thickening followed by intermittent loading of two or more ponds, and thickening followed by drying in cells.
Record Details:
Record Type:DOCUMENT( REPORT )
Product Published Date:05/24/2002
Record Last Revised:04/16/2004
Record ID:
39694