Mine Design, Operations and Closure Conference
2013 Presentations
Tuesday's Presentations - May 7, 2013
GEOLOGICAL SESSION:
Epithermal Gold and Silver Mineralization and Occurrence at the Moss Mine Project, Oatman Mining District, Arizona
Joe Faubion, CDM Smith
Overview of the Geology and Mineralogy of the Madison Gold Skarn Deposit, Silver Star District, Montana
Chris Gammons, PhD, Montana Tech
MINE DEVELOPMENT SESSION:
Mount Nimba Project: Implications of ICMM Commitments & the Challenges of Development in Africa
Sonya Rosenthal, PE, Newmont & Myles Grotbo, NewFields Mining & Energy Services
REMEDIATION SESSION:
Development of a Compacted Cover System to Minimize Net Percolation and Selenium Transport
Grant Williams, J.R. Simplot & Mark Phillip, O’Kane Consultants USA
Silver Bow Creek Remediation and Restoration – Balancing Competing Priorities and Lessons Learned
Joel Gerhart, PE, Pioneer Technical Services
Blue Ledge Mine Superfund Site Removal Action, Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest
Pete Jones, USDA Forest Service
Managing Water in the West: Fontenelle Dam Incident, Wyoming, USA
Michael Gobla, PE, US Bureau of Reclamation
MONTANA MISCELLANY SESSION:
Update on Butte Highlands Joint Venture Project
Steve Osterberg, PhD, PG, Timberline Resources
Insect Biological Control Agents for Spotted KnapweedRachel Frost, PhD, Montana State University
Secondary Gold Recovery and Reclamation of Historic Mine Properties
Charmaine Weyer, Barrick Golden Sunlight Mines & Joe Scyphers, PG, Reclaim LLC
Wednesday's Presentations - May 8, 2013
MINE OPERATIONS SESSION:
Tunnel Boring at Stillwater Mine
Tyler Luxner, Stillwater Mining Co.
Bringing Revett Back from the Brink
John Shanahan, Revett Mineral
Mosaic Potash Operations
Daniel Curnutt, The Mosaic Company
WATER SESSION:
Modeling Effects of Underground Mine Depressurization on Water Resources for the Proposed Montanore Mine, Lincoln and Sanders Counties, Montana
Cam Stringer, PG, NewFields
Wood Gulch Mine Long-term Closure: Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
Scott Richey, USDA Forest Service
Evaluation of Mine Dewatering Using a Variably Saturated 3-D Finite Element Model
Greg Bryce, Hydrometrics, Inc.
Water Treatment Challenges in the Philippines: The King-king Copper/Gold ProjectMark Reinsel, PhD, PE, Apex Engineering, PLLC
MINE PERMITTING SESSION:
Mine Permitting Issues – From a Regulatory Perspective
Paul Comba, Nevada Division of Environmental Protection
The Case History of a Recently Permitted Mine in Cleveland County, North Carolina
David Crouse, Imerys Performance & Filtration Minerals
Wharf Resources Heap-leach Gold Mine Permitting and Modeling, Northern Black Hills, South Dakota
Crystal Hocking, RESPEC Consulting & Services
MINE CLOSURE SESSION:
Underground Mine Surface Subsidence Closure and Evaluation
Tyrel Wilson, CDM Smith
Summitville Mine, CO: Emergency Repair of the Wightman Fork Diversion Channel
Michael Gobla, PE, US Bureau of Reclamation
Thursday's Presentations - May 9, 2013
MINE OPERATIONS SESSION II:
Underground Mine Energy Audit – A Case Study
Andy Mork, PG, CHG, POWER Engineers
Black Butte Iron Ore Mine (presentation not available online)
Tom Newman & Mike Mullaney, Holcim
Gold Rush Alaska
David Wilfong, Alaska Department of Natural Resources
REMEDIATION SESSION II:
Monte Cristo Mining Area: A Watershed-based CERCLA Project
Dustin Wasley, PE, Cascade Earth Sciences
Bald Butte & Great Divide Reclamation Project, Marysville, Montana
Steve Opp, PG, Montana DEQ & Corey Meier, BLM
Remediation of Gun Ranges using Placer Mining TechniquesBob Back, Strategic Minerals
Sage-grouse and Bats: Management through Conservation PlansJericho Whiting, Gonzales-Stoller Surveillance