The characterization, mobility, and persistence of roaster-derived arsenic in soils at Giant Mine, NWT
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2017.04.004
Abstract: Abstract Approximately 20,000 tonnes of arsenic (As)-bearing emissions from roasting gold (Au)-bearing arsenopyrite ore were aerially released from 1949 to 1999 at Giant Mine, near Yellowknife, Canada. Soil samples collected within 4 km of the former roaster… read more here.
Keywords: persistence; roaster derived; derived arsenic; roaster ... See more keywords
Comparative study of arsenic toxicosis and ocular pathology in wild muskrats (Ondatra zibethicus) and red squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) breeding in arsenic contaminated areas of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories (Canada).
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DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.126011
Abstract: The Giant Mine is an abandoned gold mine in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. Throughout its operation from 1948 to 2004, the Giant Mine released heavy amounts of arsenic trioxide into the environment, thus contaminating the… read more here.
Keywords: northwest territories; pathology; giant mine; yellowknife northwest ... See more keywords