Hydrogeological Study of Underground and Subsurface Mining

A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Hydrogeology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2023) | Viewed by 159

Special Issue Editors

Reserach Institute on Mining and Environment (RIME), University of Quebec (UQAT), Rouyn-Noranda, QC, Canada
Interests: mine site reclamation; hydrogeology; hydrochemistry; water quality; soil and water conservation; environmental geochemistry; water resources management; water analysis; environment
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Higher School of Technology of Fkih Ben Saleh, University of Sultan Moulay Slimane, Beni Mellal, Morocco
Interests: environment; environmental impact assessment; material aharacterization; applied mineralogy; geochemistry of rare earth elements; mining nvironment; synchrotron tools for application in the earth sciences; biogeochemistry; X-ray diffraction; oil sands mining

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The mining industry, through its activities, can face a number of environmental issues. Some of the issues faced by the mining industry include the management of mine waste, the reclamation of tailings storage facilities, the limitation of air emissions and the preservation of water resources. With respect to water resources, open pit and underground mining operations require extensive dewatering to keep facilities dry and to facilitate mining operations. This dewatering of open pits or underground galleries can in some cases result in a significant lowering of the groundwater table. The magnitude and extent of this drawdown is usually predicted in advance using numerical modeling during the project feasibility assessment stage. However, in cases where mining facilities are located in urbanized areas in which the population has access to drinking water through domestic wells or surface water intakes, some local residents may be concerned that mine activities can lead to deterioration in the quality of their drinking water and drastic drops in the piezometric level in their wells. Additionally, the filling of mine galleries with mine backfill (commonly used in the mining industry) may eventually lead to changes in the permeability of rock mass and affect the hydrogeology of a site.

This occurs in the same way that the cessation of mining operations leads to a rise in the aquifers water table and that this rise can eventually lead to a number of problems related to possible underground contamination (oxidation and generation of acid mine drainage) and can even modify the stresses to which the walls of the massifs are exposed.

This Special Issue aims to address all aspects of hydrogeology and hydrochemistry related to underground and surface mining sites and to establish the hydrogeological behaviour of these mining sites after the cessation of mining operations.

Dr. Abdelkabir Maqsoud
Dr. Mohamed Edahbi
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • hydrogeological characterization
  • hydrogeological modelling
  • dewatering
  • open-pit
  • deep mining
  • hydrochemistry
  • backfill
  • environmental impact

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