Schedule

Schedule of Lecture Topics
week	mining policy, history, geology, and techniques	acid mine drainage and remediation technology	guest lectures	assignments and readings
1 Aug 25	Geography and Early History of Hard Rock Minerals Development in the American West	What is Acid Mine Drainage?: A Hydrogeobiochemist's Perspective	course introduction	+ begin Wounding the West + chapter 1, Mine Water
Sep 1	Labor Day -- No Class
2 Sep 8	Early Hard Rock Mining and Minerals Processing Technologies	Acid Mine Drainage Chemistry: pH, Acidity, and Alkalinity	Prof. Patricia Limerick, History Mining in the American West	+ chapter 2, Mine Water
3 Sep 15	Early Federal Mining and Environmental Protection Policies	Logistics	team meetings
4 Sep 22	Past and Present Environmental Problems Associated with Early Hard Rock Mining and Minerals Processing	Logistics	Prof. Howard Ramsdell, CSU Acid Mine Drainage: Risk Assessment and Toxicology
5 Sep 29	Announcements	Acid Mine Drainage Hydrology: Making Water Do What We Want It to Do	Carol Russell, EPA Mining Team EPA, Superfund, and Abandoned Mine Remediation	+ chapter 3, Mine Water + submit Site Characterization I
6 Oct 6	Post-WW II Mining History and Environmental Protection Policies, Part I	Announcements Active Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage: Neutralizing Acidic Waters	Ed Raines, Boulder County Historical Preservation Board, Preserving Mining History	- return graded Site Characterization I + chapter 4, Mine Water + begin Quaking Houses
7 Oct 13	Post-WW II Mining History and Environmental Protection Policies, Part II	Announcements Passive Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage: Overview	Prof. Deborah Haynes, Fine Arts Environmental Art	+ complete Wounding the West
8 Oct 20	Mike Horse Mine Case Study: What's To Be Learned from One Abandoned Mine	Abandoned Mine Remediation: Communities Contribute (AMD&Art, Quaking Houses)	Announcements team meetings	+ chapter 5, Mine Water + complete Quaking Houses + submit Site Characterization II
9 Oct 27	Student Presentations -- Site Characterization Big Five Griffin Burlington Penn	Prof. Ron Cohen, Colorado School of Mines Passive Treatment Technologies	James Gusek Golder Associates The Treatment Design Process	- return graded Site Characterization II
10 Nov 3	Application of Hydrologic Principles to Abandoned Hardrock Mine Remediation	Using AMDTreat, the Office of Surface Mining Treatment Design Software	James Cowart, Walsh Environmental Burlington Mine VCUP Cleanup [Cowart Materials]
11 Nov 10	CoCs, Mine Waste, and Groundwater	team meetings	James Herron, CO DMG Mine Remediation in Colorado
12 Nov 17	team meetings	Prof. Sharon Collinge, EPOB Environmental Restoration	Ann Maest, Buka Environmental AMD: A South American Perspective	+ submit Design Alternatives
13 Nov 24	Student Presentations -- Design Alternatives Big Five Griffin Burlington Penn			+ present Design Alternatives
14 Dec 1	team meetings
15 Dec 8	Student Presentations -- Design Alternatives Big Five Griffin Burlington Penn			+ present Final Design

The photograph used as the background of this page is a close-up of the water draining from the Big Five Mine near the town of Ward in northwestern Boulder County, Colorado. The pH of the water draining from the mine is about 2.0. This acidic water drains into the nearby Lefthand Creek.

Schedule of Lecture Topics