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Workshops >> Cyanide and the Environment, Volume I

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Volume I

Preface

Organizing Committee and Advisory Panel

Conference Summary
T. MUDDER
Homestake Mining Co., Lead, South Dakota

KEYNOTE AND OVERVIEW

Keynote I: A Perspective on the Environmental Regulation of Cyanide
R. E. W ALLINE
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Denver, Colorado

Keynote 2: Cyanides in the Environment with Particular Attention to the Soil
W. H. FULLER
The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

Cyanide Compounds in Plants and their Effects on Animals

R. E. REED
The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

Role of Cyanide in Gold and Silver Recovery

H. VON MICHAELIS
Randol International Ltd., Golden, Colorado

Cyanide from Mineral Processing: Problems and Research Needs
J. L. HUIATT
U.S. Bureau of Mines, Salt Lake City, Utah

ANALYTICAL/TOXICITY ASPECTS

Physiological and Toxic Effects of Cyanides to Fishes: a Review
and Recent Advances

T. A. HEMING
Alberta Environmental Centre, Vegreville, Alberta, Canada
R. V. THURSTON
Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana

The Determination of Cyanides in the Hydrometalurgical Processing of Gold

C. POHLANDT
MINTEK, Randburg, South Africa

Development of Site Specific Discharge Criteria through Toxicological Testing
T. MUDDER, F. FOX, J. WHITLOCK and S. MARSHALL
Homestake Mining Co., Lead, South Dakota

Cyanide-Thiocyanate Speciation and Removal of Thiocyanate Interference 119
N. P. KELADA, C. LUE-HING and J. A. CHA VICH
The Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago, Illinois

Cyanide/Thiocyanate Reactions in Tailings
S. L. MCGILL, J. L. HENDRIX and J. H. NELSON
University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada

Analysis of Cyanide Data on the Red River. New Mexico
H. S. GARN
U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Santa Fe, New Mexico
B. M. THOMSON
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico

The Use of Rodents in Identifying and Monitoring Potential Environmental Impacts from Cyanide at a Heap Leaching Facility in South Dakota
H. P. FEIGLEY
Consulting Biologist, Bozeman, Montana
J. F. HEISINGER
University of South Dakota, Vermilion, South Dakota
R. J. DOUGLASS
Montana College of Mineral Science and Technology, Butte, Montana

Modified Free Cyanide Field Test
F. W. DEVRIES and O. MATHRE
The Dupont Company, Wilmington, Delaware

A Simple Leach Procedure for Determining the Total Cyanide Content of Heap Leach Tailings
W. R. RAY
State of California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Palm Desert, California

REGULATORY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS
Regulatory Aspects
D. R. BAKER
Environmental Consultants, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

The Effects of Cyanide-Bearing Gold Tailings Disposal on Water Quality in the Witwatersrand. South Africa
A. SMITH
Steffen, Robertson and Kirsten (B.C.) Inc., Vancouver, Canada
A. DEHRMANN and R. PULLEN
Steffen, Robertson and Kirsten (Mining) Inc., Johannesburg, South Africa

Handling Cyanide at Superior Mining Company's Stibnite Heap Leaching Operation
W. G. STOTTS
Superior Mining Company, Boise, Idaho

Impoudment Design for Cyanided Tailings -Case History of the Cannon Mine Project
J. CALDWELL
Steffen, Robertson and Kirsten (Colorado) Inc., Lakewood, Colorado
D. MOORE
Asamera Minerals, Wenatchee, Washington
A. SMITH
Steffen, Robertson and Kirsten (Colorado) Inc., Lakewood, Colorado

Fate of Cyanide Tailings -An Update
J. L. HENDRIX, J. H. NELSON and M. AHMADIANTEHRANI
University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada

Cyanide Control Options -Lessons from Case Histories
I. P. G. HUTCHISON
Steffen, Robertson and Kirsten (Colorado) Inc., Lakewood, Colorado
W. M. ASH
ADTEK Mining Consultants Inc., Vancouver, Canada
J. W. FISHER
Consultant, Vancouver, Canada

SAFE HANDLING OF CYANIDE

Summary of Panel Discussion

EPA Quality Criteria for Water (1976) -Cyanide

Author Index

Contact Information
Dr.Dirk Van Zyl, Director
Mining Life-Cycle Center, MS 173
University of Nevada, Reno 89557
Ph: (775) 784-7039
E-mail: dvanzyl@mines.unr.edu
 

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