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The hydrological environment at the gays river mine

Gays river, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Abstract

The Gays River zinc-lead deposit is hosted by a carbonate reef complex and overlain by the evaporites gypsum and anhydrite. Erosion at the carbonate-evaporite contact took place during the Lower Cretaceous period. This erosion led to the formation of a karst topography which was in turn overlain by lacustrian and fluvial sediments. Soil piping structures in these sediments have made mining very costly and dewatering uncertain. The history of the effort to control the water is discussed.

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  1. Esso Minerals Canada, Terminal “A”, P.O. Box 4029, M5W 1K3, Toronto, Ontario

    P. Eng (Project Manager)

  2. Nova Scotia Department of Mines and Energy, P. O. Box 1087, B3J 2X1, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

    P. Eng (Manager of Mining Engineering)

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  1. D. M. McKee
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Formerly Mine Manager, Gays River Mine

Formerly Mine Superintendent, Gays River Mine

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McKee, D.M., Eng, P., Hannon, P.J. et al. The hydrological environment at the gays river mine. International Journal of Mine Water 4, 13–33 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02504833

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