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Understanding the Environmental Behavior of Mineral Deposits

Ore deposit studies include ore genesis investigations and the determination of the environmental behavior of the natural deposit and (or) the impacts of mining activities.

Projects

• Mineral Dusts and Human Health
• Process Studies of Contaminants Associated with Mineral Deposits
• Predictive Experimental Studies of Sulfide Oxidation Processes

Selected Products

• Natural Environmental Effects of Silver-Lead-Zinc Deposits in the Brooks Range, Alaska
  USGS Fact Sheet 092-95
• The Summitville Mine and Its Downstream Effects
  A study of an important environmental remediation site by the USGS Geologic and Water Resources Division
  USGS Open-File Report 95-23
• Preliminary Compilation of Descriptive Geoenvironmental Mineral Deposit Models
  USGS Open-File Report 95-831
• Environmental Studies of Mineral Deposits in Alaska
  USGS Bulletin 2156
• Environmental Considerations of Active and Abandoned Mine Lands -- Lessons from Summitville, Colorado
  USGS Bulletin 2220
• Environmental Geochemical Studies of Selected Mineral Deposits in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve, Alaska
  USGS Professional Paper 1619
• Upper Santa Cruz River Watershed Project, Arizona