USGS Mine Waste and Environmental Links

Abandoned Mine Lands (AML) Initiative
http://amli.usgs.gov/

Bear-Yuba AML: Interagency project on mercury from gold mining areas
http://ca.water.usgs.gov/mercury/bear-yuba/

U.S. Geological Survey Arsenic Studies Group
http://wwwbrr.cr.usgs.gov/Arsenic/

U.S. Geological Survey Coal-Mine-Drainage Projects in Pennsylvania
http://pa.water.usgs.gov/projects/amd/

U.S. Geological Survey Environmental Projects
http://www.usgs.gov/themes/environ.html

U.S. Geological Survey Geophysical Information and Data
http://crustal.usgs.gov/geophysics/

U.S. Geological Survey Learning Web (K-12)
http://education.usgs.gov/

U.S. Geological Survey Mine Drainage Interest Group (MDIG)
http://mine-drainage.usgs.gov/

U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Resources Program
http://minerals.usgs.gov/

U.S. Geological Survey Spectroscopy Lab
http://speclab.cr.usgs.gov/

U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program
http://toxics.usgs.gov/

Pinal Creek, Arizona
http://az.water.usgs.gov/pinal/

Upper Arkansas River Basin, Colorado
http://toxics.usgs.gov/sites/upper_ark_page.shtml
http://co.water.usgs.gov/toxics/

Whitewood Creek, South Dakota
http://toxics.usgs.gov/sites/whitewood_page.shtml

U.S. Geological Survey "What's the red in the water?"
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/microbes/

Other Federal Agencies:

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/atsdrhome.html

National Research Council Grand Challenges in Environmental Sciences (2000)
http://www.nap.edu/books/0309072549/html/

National Research Council Hardrock Mining on Federal Lands (1999)
http://www.nap.edu/books/0309065968/html/

U.S. Bureau of Land Management Abandoned Mine Lands Cleanup Program
http://www.blm.gov/aml/

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Hardrock Mining Framework
http://www.epa.gov/OW-OWM.html/frame.pdf (PDF file, 52 K)
http://www.epa.gov/OW-OWM.html/resp.pdf (PDF file, 124 K)

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Solid Waste Mining Wastes
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/other/mining/index.htm

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Wastewater Management
http://www.epa.gov/owm/

U.S. General Accounting Office Report to Congress on Abandoned Mines on Federal Lands
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/summary.php?rptno=RCED-96-30

U.S. Office of Surface Mining Abandoned Mine Land Program
http://www.osmre.gov/zintro2.htm

U.S. Office of Surface Mining Acid Mine Drainage
http://www.osmre.gov/amdint.htm

U.S. Office of Surface Mining Clean Streams Program
http://www.osmre.gov/acsihome.htm

State Agencies:

California Department of Conservation Office of Mine Reclamation
http://www.consrv.ca.gov/OMR/abandoned_mine_lands/california_abandoned_mines/

California Geological Survey
http://www.consrv.ca.gov/cgs/

Colorado Division of Minerals and Geology
http://mining.state.co.us/

Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology
http://www.mbmg.mtech.edu/
http://www.mbmg.mtech.edu/env-abldbms.htm

Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology
http://www.nbmg.unr.edu/

New Mexico Bureau of Geology & Mineral Resources
http://geoinfo.nmt.edu/

Pennsylvania Office of Mineral Resources Management
http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/deputate/minres/minres.htm

Foreign Governments/Organizations/Universities:

Australian Centre for Mining Environmental Research (ACMER)
http://www.acmer.uq.edu.au/

Australian Mineral Industries Research Association (AMIRA)
http://www.amira.com.au

Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization (ANSTO) Environment Division
http://www.ansto.gov.au/nugeo/

British Columbia Ministry of Energy and Mines
http://www.em.gov.bc.ca/Mining/

Canada Mining and the Environment
http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/ms/canmet-mtb/mmsl-lmsm/enviro/enviro-e.htm

Mine Environment Neutral Drainage (MEND) of Canada
http://mend2000.nrcan.gc.ca

Sweden - Mitigation of the Environmental Impact from Mining Waste (MiMi)
http://www.mistra.org/program/mimi/guide/home.4.c791f4103209a06ec80004208.html

Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine,
T H Huxley School of Environment, Earth Sciences and Engineering
http://www.huxley.ic.ac.uk/

International Centre for the Environment (ICE)
http://www.bath.ac.uk/ice/

Mining Environment Database
http://www.laurentian.ca/library/medb/medlib_e.php

Academic Centers:

Mining Life-Cycle Center (MLC), Mackay School of Mines, University of Nevada
http://www.unr.edu/mines/mlc/index.html

National Mine Land Reclamation Center (NMLRC), West Virginia University
http://wvwri.nrcce.wvu.edu/programs/nmlrc/

Other:

Acid Drainage Technology Initiative (ADTI) Metal Mining Sector
http://www.unr.edu/mines/adti/

Acid Rock Drainage at ENVIROMINE
http://www.infomine.com/technology/enviromine/ard/home.htm

ENVIROMINE
http://www.infomine.com/technology/enviromine/

International Network for Acid Prevention (INAP)
http://www.inap.com.au/

Western Governor's Association Cleaning up Abandoned Mines
http://www.westgov.org/wga/initiatives/aml/aml.htm

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