| Title | Transport and attenuation of arsenic, cobalt and nickel in an alkaline environment (Cobalt, Ontario) |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
supersedes any previous licences. |
| Author | Percival, J B ;
Kwong, Y T J; Dumaresq, C G; Michel, F A |
| Source | Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 1680, 2004; 1 CD-ROM, https://doi.org/10.4095/214977  Open Access |
| Links | Canadian Database of Geochemical Surveys, downloadable
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| Year | 2004 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | open file |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | CD-ROM; digital; on-line |
| File format | readme
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| File format | pdf (Adobe Acrobat Reader); xls |
| Province | Ontario |
| NTS | 31M/05 |
| Area | cobalt |
| Lat/Long WENS | -80.0000 -79.5000 47.5000 47.2500 |
| Subjects | environmental geology; hydrogeology; geochemistry; heavy metals contamination; nickel; cobalt; arsenic; water quality; water analyses; surface waters; wetlands; drainage systems; tailings analyses;
tailings; environmental analysis; geochemical analyses; lake water geochemistry; sediment geochemistry; Farr Creek drainage basin |
| Illustrations | sketch maps; tables; photographs; graphs |
| Released | 2004 02 01 |
| Abstract | Understanding the behaviour of arsenic in natural waters is important because arsenic and its compounds are toxic to humans and aquatic organisms. The Cobalt area, once renowned for its bonanza silver
deposits, is now characterized by numerous deposits of arsenic-rich tailings, waste rock piles and remnant historic mine workings. Very limited mitigation has been undertaken since the cessation of mining. Thus, despite its slightly alkaline
character, the surface drainage system continues to be contaminated from leaching of the widespread mine wastes. This Open File documents the transport and attenuation of arsenic and associated elements in the surficial environment from mine wastes
(tailings and waste rock) through surface waters to wetlands of the Farr Creek drainage basin in Cobalt, Ontario. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 214977 |
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