Guidelines for mine waste dump and stockpile design / editors, P. Mark Hawley and John Cunning.

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Cover; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 1.1 General; 1.2 Historical context; 1.3 The Large Open Pit Project; 1.4 Waste rock dump surveys and databases; 1.4.1 1991 British Columbia waste dump survey; 1.4.2 Database of mine waste dump failures; 1.4.3 British Columbia Ministry of Energy, Mines and Natural Gas database of waste dump incidents; 1.4.4 2013 Large Open Pit waste dump, dragline spoil and stockpile survey; 1.5 Terminology; 1.6 Waste dump and stockpile types; 2 Basic design considerations ; 2.1 General; 2.2 Site selection factors. 2.2.1 Regulatory and social factors2.2.2 Mining factors; 2.2.3 Terrain and geology factors; 2.2.4 Environmental factors; 2.2.5 Geotechnical factors; 2.2.6 Fill material quality factors; 2.2.7 Closure factors; 2.3 Initial site identification; 2.3.1 Preliminary ranking of potential sites; 2.4 Conceptual design; 2.5 Pre-feasibility design; 2.6 Feasibility design; 2.7 Detailed design and construction; 2.8 Operation; 2.9 Closure; 2.10 Study requirements; 3 Waste dump and stockpile stability rating and hazard classification system; 3.1 Introduction. 3.2 Waste dump and stockpile stability rating and hazard classification system3.2.1 Regional setting; 3.2.2 Foundation conditions; 3.2.3 Material quality; 3.2.4 Geometry and mass; 3.2.5 Stability analysis; 3.2.6 Construction; 3.2.7 Performance; 3.2.8 Waste dump and stockpile stability rating; 3.2.9 Waste dump and stockpile hazard class; 4 Site characterisation; 4.1 Introduction; 4.1.1 Conceptual studies; 4.1.2 Planning of field investigations; 4.2 Site characterisation methods; 4.3 Study areas; 4.3.1 Physiography and geomorphology; 4.3.2 Geology; 4.3.3 Natural hazards; 4.3.4 Climate. 4.4 Field investigations for geotechnical conditions4.4.1 Planning of geotechnical field investigations; 4.4.2 Foundation investigations; 4.4.3 Errors and deficiencies in geotechnical site investigations; 5 Material characterisation ; 5.1 Introduction; 5.1.1 Definitions; 5.2 Foundation materials; 5.3 Foundation soils; 5.3.1 Soil description versus classification; 5.3.2 Soil description; 5.3.3 Soil index properties; 5.3.4 Soil classification; 5.3.5 Shear strength; 5.3.6 Hydraulic conductivity; 5.3.7 Consolidation and creep; 5.3.8 Permafrost and frozen ground; 5.4 Foundation bedrock. 5.4.1 Rock characterisation standards and methods5.4.2 Bedrock geology and rock types; 5.4.3 Intact rock strength; 5.4.4 Alteration and weathering; 5.4.5 Discontinuities and fabric; 5.4.6 Rock mass classification; 5.4.7 Rock mass strength; 5.4.8 Mineralogy and petrography; 5.4.9 Durability; 5.4.10 Hydraulic conductivity; 5.5 Waste dump and stockpile fill materials; 5.5.1 Rockfill; 5.5.2 Overburden and mixed fills; 6 Surface water and groundwater characterisation; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Investigation of surface water and groundwater; 6.2.1 Components of the investigation program.