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Mine drainage

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View Resource California's Office of Mine Reclamation

California's Office of Mine Reclamation offers assistance "for reclamation planning and promotes cost-effective reclamation." The website features materials on abandoned mines, mine pollution, and mine monitoring. Mine operators can learn about financial assurances. Users can download the quarterly Surface Mining and Reclamation Act (SMARA) issues. While this website provides information for...

https://www.conservation.ca.gov/dmr
View Resource Use of Tracer Injections and Synoptic Sampling to Measure Metal Loading from Acid Mine Drainage

The US Geological Survey (USGS) has recently released this online information sheet about testing methods for acid mine drainage areas. An overview, discussion of stream discharge measurements in mountainous areas, tracer and synoptic sampling methods, conclusions and a bibliography are provided. The text, which comes from the USGS Water Resources Program, is accompanied by a few diagrams and...

https://www.usgs.gov/publications/use-tracer-injections-and-...