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Physical and geochemical characteristics of mining wastes from Southeastern Arizona

Dates

Publication Date
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2018-04-01

Citation

Creamer, C.A. Leewis, M.C., Wright, E., and Foster, A., 2022, Grass Growth in Mining Wastes with Compost and Endophyte Additions: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P99OYEXQ.

Summary

Re-vegetation of land impacted by mining can be difficult due to physical and geochemical characteristics of mining wastes that restrict plant growth. We characterized the following mining wastes source from southeast Arizona: polymetallic tailings from the Endless Chain mine; polymetallic tailings from the Blue Nose mine; and porphyry copper waste rock from the Bisbee Coalition mines. We also characterized soil amendments commonly used in mine reclamation: a municipal waste compost and dolomite lime. Included in this dataset are mine waste and soil amendment physical characteristics (pH, water holding capacity, texture, surface area), organic matter content (organic and inorganic carbon, salt-extractable carbon, total nitrogen, microbial [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Courtney A Creamer
Originator :
Courtney A Creamer, Mary-Cathrine C Leewis, Emily G Wright, Andrea L Foster
Metadata Contact :
Courtney A Creamer
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

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Exp1_MineCharacterization.xml
“Metadata”
Original FGDC Metadata
View 		20.55 KB application/fgdc+xml
MiningWastes_Precursor_SEM-Imagery.zip
“SEM imagery” 		143.89 MB application/zip
DataDictionary_MiningWastes_Metals.csv
“Data Dictionary” 		15.04 KB text/csv
DataDictionary_MiningWastes_PhysicalOrganics.csv
“Data Dictionary” 		3.23 KB text/csv
MiningWastes_5step_elements.csv
“Data file” 		6.2 KB text/csv
MiningWastes_DI_elements.csv
“Data file” 		1.37 KB text/csv
MiningWastes_Physical_Organics.csv
“Data file” 		1.18 KB text/csv
MiningWastes_SEMmineralogy.csv
“Data file” 		1.24 KB text/csv
MiningWastes_total_elements.csv
“Data file” 		2.99 KB text/csv

Purpose

We collected these datasets on the physical, elemental, and geochemical characteristics of mining wastes and common soil amendments to assess potential barriers to plant growth. Some of these materials were subsequently used in experiments to quantify the growth and phytostabilization potential of a widespread grass species, Bouteloua curtipendula. These data can be used to assess baseline characteristics of these mining wastes and soil amendments, but as they are spatially discrete, they are not representative of all mining wastes, or the potential hazards, associated with the mines.

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