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ABANDONED MINE RESTORATION RESOURCES

 

Inventory

 

Distribution of  Inactive and Abandoned Mines on National Forest System Lands

Earthworks Abandoned Mines by State, Land Ownership

EPA Watershed Information Network

Capacity Building for a National Inventory of Orphaned/Abandoned Mines in Canada... Includes weblinks to international inventories including state abandoned mine inventories in the United States

Bureau of Mines Abandoned Mine Inventory and Hazard Evaluation

 Handbook

 

site characterization

 

Mining (Wilkipedia)

"Anatomy of a Mine"

Placer Gold Mining

EPA Mining related Waste issues

Mine Waste

 

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Toxicological profiles and priority hazardous substances

Chemical Reference Index

Oxford University

BLM Risk Management Criteria

NOAA Quick Screening Reference Tables

 

Bear-Yuba AML: Interagency project on mercury from gold mining areas

Hydrologic Research on Effects of Hard Rock Mining

Integrated investigation of environmental effects of historical mining in the Basin and Boulder Mining districts, Boulder River watershed, Montana


Coal ARD & Passive Treatment

West Virginia U. Website on Acid Drainage and Treatment at Coal Mines

OSM, Acid Drainage Formation & Assessment

INAP, International Network for Acid Prevention

 

EPA Ecological Risk Assessment

EPA Damage Assessment

NOAA Office of Response & Restoration

USFWS Restoration Program

 

EPA Analytical Methods

EPA Target Compounds & Analytes

EPA TechDirect

Federal Remediation Technology Roundtable (FRTR)

EPA AML Handbook & Appendix

EPA Mining & Mineral Compliance Assistance Resources for the Gold & Copper Industries

 

 

funding & partnerships

 

Trout Unlimited

Watershed Organization/Funding

Montana Watershed Coordination Council

Friends of the Cheat

Huff Run Watershed Restoration Partnership

Monday Creek Restoration Project

Stony Creek, Conemaugh Rivers Improvement Project

 

 

Cleanup & mitigation

 

EPA AML Handbook & Appendix

Best Practices in AML Reclamation

Handbook of Western Reclamation Techniques

Draft BLM Reclamation Handbook

Mine Reclamation Examples

Practical Guide to Reclamation in Utah

Ecosystem Restoration (Montana State University)

National Mine Land Reclamation Center (West Virginia University)

NOAA Office of Response & Restoration

USFWS Restoration Program

EPA TechDirect

Federal Remediation Technology Roundtable (FRTR)

BLM Passive Treatment for AMD

BLM Abandoned Mine Waste Repositories

Coal ARD & Passive Treatment

West Virginia U. Website on Acid Drainage and Treatment at Coal Mines

OSM Acid Drainage Treatment & Cost

AMD Treat Software

UNEP Mining & the Environment

Interstate Technology & Regulatory Council

 

monitoring & maintenance

 

EPA TechDirect

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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