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Arsenic associated with historical gold mining in the Sierra Nevada foothills; case study and field trip guide for Empire Mine State Historic Park, California
Charles N. Alpers, Perry A. Myers, Daniel Millsap and Tamsen Burlak Regnier
Arsenic associated with historical gold mining in the Sierra Nevada foothills; case study and field trip guide for Empire Mine State Historic Park, California (in Arsenic; environmental geochemistry, mineralogy, and microbiology, Robert J. Bowell (editor), Charles N. Alpers (editor), Heather E. Jamieson (editor), D. Kirk Nordstrom (editor) and Juraj Majzlan (editor))
Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry (2014) 79: 553-587
Arsenic associated with historical gold mining in the Sierra Nevada foothills; case study and field trip guide for Empire Mine State Historic Park, California (in Arsenic; environmental geochemistry, mineralogy, and microbiology, Robert J. Bowell (editor), Charles N. Alpers (editor), Heather E. Jamieson (editor), D. Kirk Nordstrom (editor) and Juraj Majzlan (editor))
Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry (2014) 79: 553-587
Index Terms/Descriptors
- abandoned mines
- Amador County California
- arsenic
- beneficiation
- bioavailability
- California
- case studies
- cyanides
- environmental analysis
- environmental effects
- field trips
- gold ores
- history
- industrial waste
- metal ores
- metals
- mine waste
- mines
- mining
- Nevada County California
- pollutants
- pollution
- public lands
- remediation
- Sierra Nevada
- soils
- toxic materials
- United States
- waste disposal
- waste rock
- water treatment
- Empire Mine
- Jamestown mining district
- Clio Mine
- Empire Mine State Historic Park
- Argonaut Mine
- Lava Cap Mine
- Grass Valley mining district
- Jacksonville mining district
- Central Eureka Mine
- Mesa de Oro Mine
- Eagle-Shawmut Mine
- Osborne Hill
Latitude & Longitude
ISSN: 1529-6466
EISSN: 1943-2666
Coden: RMINDF
Serial Title: Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry
Serial Volume: 79
Title: Arsenic associated with historical gold mining in the Sierra Nevada foothills; case study and field trip guide for Empire Mine State Historic Park, California
Title: Arsenic; environmental geochemistry, mineralogy, and microbiology
Author(s): Alpers, Charles N.Myers, Perry A.Millsap, DanielRegnier, Tamsen Burlak
Author(s): Bowell, Robert J.editor
Author(s): Alpers, Charles N.editor
Author(s): Jamieson, Heather E.editor
Author(s): Nordstrom, D. Kirkeditor
Author(s): Majzlan, Jurajeditor
Affiliation: U. S. Geological Survey, California Water Science Center,
Sacramento, CA,
United States
Affiliation: SRK Consulting,
Cardiff,
United Kingdom
Pages: 553-587
Published: 2014
Text Language: English
Publisher: Mineralogical Society of America and Geochemical Society,
Washington, DC,
United States
References: 109
Accession Number: 2014-099760
Categories: Environmental geology
Document Type: Serial
Bibliographic Level: Analytic
Illustration Description: illus. incl. 4 tables, sketch map
N38°15'00" - N39°30'00", W121°16'00" - W120°04'60"
Secondary Affiliation: U. S Geological Survey,
USA,
United StatesQueen's University,
CAN,
CanadaFriedrich-Schiller-Universitaet,
DEU,
GermanyCalifornia Department of Toxic Substances Control,
USA,
United StatesCalifornia Department of Parks and Recreation,
USA,
United States
Country of Publication: United States
Secondary Affiliation: GeoRef, Copyright 2017, American Geosciences Institute. Abstract, copyright, Mineralogical Society of America. Reference includes data from GeoScienceWorld, Alexandria, VA, United States
Update Code: 201450
Program Name: USGSOPNon-USGS publications with USGS authors
