| Title | Geoenvironmental characteristics of critical metal deposits |
| Download | Downloads |
| Author | Parsons, M |
| Source | 2017, 2 pages, https://doi.org/10.4095/306543 (Open Access) |
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| Year | 2017 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | serial |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| Related | This publication is a translation of Parsons, M; (2017).
Caractéristiques géoenvironnementales de gisements métalliques critiques |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Canada; British Columbia; Alberta; Saskatchewan; Manitoba; Ontario; Quebec; New Brunswick; Nova Scotia; Prince Edward Island; Newfoundland and Labrador; Northwest Territories; Yukon; Nunavut |
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| Subjects | environmental geology; economic geology; industrial minerals; educational geology; Health and Safety; mineral deposits; metals; environmental impacts; niobium; environmental studies; environmental
analysis; mine waste products; open pit mining; open pits; surface waters; groundwater; water wells; water quality; element distribution; gamma-ray spectrometers; spectrometric analyses; radionuclides; uranium; thorium; radium; lead; smelters;
alkalinity; St. Lawrence Columbium Mine; rare earth elements; critical metals; health impact; health hazards; human health |
| Illustrations | photographs; location maps; photomicrographs |
| Program | Environmental Geoscience, Tools for
environmental impacts and adaptation for metal mining |
| Released | 2017 04 01 |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
The extraction and processing of critical metals such as niobium (Nb) and the rare earth elements (REEs) has led to environmental degradation in some
parts of the world, but there are few published studies of these environmental impacts and related risks to human health. Recent studies in Quebec by the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC) are providing new geoscience knowledge on the geoenvironmental
characteristics of Nb and REE deposits. This knowledge should help to reduce the environmental risks of future development of these important resources. This fact sheet provides an overview of this ongoing research in the LMS Environmental Geoscience
Program. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 306543 |
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