Regions: North Slave Region
Tags: contaminants, site remediation, mining impacts, geochemistry, mineralogy
| Principal Investigator: | Fawcett, Skya (3) |
| Licence Number: | 14010 |
| Organization: | Queen's University |
| Licensed Year(s): |
2007
2006
2005
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| Issued: | May 09, 2006 |
Project Description: Antimony originating from the operation of the Giant Mine will be studied to determine mobility, speciation, movement in the environment, and the geochemical controls on its release and attenuation. Dialysis arrays (peepers) will be used to collect pore waters from Baker Creek and Baker Pond on the Giant Mine site, and corers will be used to collect six cores from three aqueous environments on the mine site. Surface water samples will also be collected using Nalgene bottles and filters. Employees of Taiga Environmental Laboratories will be brought out to the field to assist in environmental sampling. Work will be conducted closely with the Giant Mine Remediation Team, and results will be submitted to them. In turn, the Giant Mine Remediation Team will keep the public informed through reports, presentations, and public forums. The study will be conducted from July 1 to 21, 2006 at Giant Mine (10km north of the City of Yellowknife).
