ES081 Lecture 10

Earth Sciences 081 - "Resources, Environment and Sustainability in a Material Society"

Lecture 10

Mining in Canada

Today's objectives -

To learn the major mining techniques.
To learn the major processing techniques.
To learn the environmental impacts of mining.

Vocabulary -

Quarries -
Open pits -
Strip mines -
Underground mines -
Placer mines -
Flotation -
Gravity separation -
Leaching -
Cyanide heap-leaching -
Smelting -
Reclamation -
AMD -

Lecture Outline -

Non-metallic minerals
Deposit formation - Sedimentary
Mining & Environmental Impact
      Mining & Spoils
      Processing
      Reclamation & acid mine drainage (AMD)