Magister Scientiae - MSc (Earth Science) / The city of Randfontein, in the Witwatersrand, hosts several slimes and tailings storage facilities
which pose potential threat to the environment in the form of acid mine drainage (AMD). The
latter, readily scavenges toxic metals, contaminating surrounding soils and water resources,
thereby potentially compromising the overall environmental- and public health of the area. To
this end, three slimes sections (section T001, T002 and T003) from the Gold One Millsite Slimes
Complex were investigated, with the aim of understanding metal release from the slimes dam
into the Randfontein area. To achieve this, the mineralogical and geochemical factors controlling
metal release were investigated using combined core log analysis, cluster and discriminant
analysis, x-ray diffraction analysis, bulk geochemical analysis, acid base accounting methods and
selective sequential extraction procedures.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uwc/oai:etd.uwc.ac.za:11394/6376 |
| Date | January 2017 |
| Creators | Abrahams, Jamie-Leigh Robin |
| Contributors | Okujeni, Charles |
| Publisher | University of the Western Cape |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | University of the Western Cape |
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