Here we describe microarray expression data (raw and normalized), experimental metadata, and gene-level data with expression statistics from Saccharomyces cerevisiae exposed to simulated asbestos mine drainage from the Vermont Asbestos Group (VAG) Mine on Belvidere Mountain in northern Vermont, USA. For nearly 100 years (between the late 1890s and 1993), chrysotile asbestos fibers were extracte...

The disposal of sulfide mine tailings in an environmentally sound, yet cost-effective, manner is an issue facing most metal mines. Subaqueous tailing disposal is considered an attractive option for disposal that limits oxygen (O2) availability within sulfide mine tailings and controlling sulfide oxidation and the resultant acid mine drainage (AMD). Assuming that O2 profiles represent steady-sta...

The effect of metal enrichment on chironomid communities was examined in streams receiving mine drainage from metal mining operations in New Brunswick, Canada. At five sites receiving mine drainage, metal concentrations were significantly (p < 0.05) elevated in water (Zn), periphyton (Cd, Co, Cu, and Zn), and chironomid tissue (Cu, Cd, and Zn) relative to five paired reference locations. Metal ...

Acid mine drainage (AMD) is one of most significant environmental challenges facing the mining industry worldwide. It occurs as a result of natural oxidation of sulphide minerals contained in mining wastes at operating and closed/decommissioned mine sites. AMD may adversely impact the surface water and groundwater quality and land use due to its typical low pH, high acidity and elevated concent...

The Schneeberg mine in the south-western part of Saxony (Germany) is flooded up to the overflow level. The mine water discharges via a historical adit to the Zwickauer Mulde river. Although the Schneeberg mine has been flooded for a 50 years period, and it is relatively small, the mine discharges a significant arsenic load at a nearly constant level, which seems to be typical for base metal/ ur...

Tested water samples taken from the ophiolite region of Forumad show that most of the concentrations of calcium, magnesium, sodium, sulfate, potassium, bicarbonate, and nitrate elements are in the standard range. Hydrogeochemical studies of the water samples show the existence of magnesium sulfate, chloromagnesium, and chlorosodium. Results of measuring the physical properties of the water show...

Many bituminous coal mine effluents contain, along with other ions, high concentrations of ferrous iron. This is brought into solution by sulfuric acid produced by the oxidation of sulfuritic material, possibly iron sulfides in part, occurring with bituminous coal (Leathen et al., 1952). The ferrous iron is oxidized by bacteria to the ferric state at a more rapid rate than can be accounted for ...

The study deals with the evaluation of effects mining water on surface quality in Ostrava-Karvina region. rivers were monitored from March 2019 to February 2021 and results evaluated according Government Regulation No. 401/2015 Coll. Mine waters are primarily loaded dissolved substances, namely chlorides. Among others, focuses parameters like temperature, pH, conductivity, sulphates, suspended ...

Groundwater flow into the mine by coal mining, which threatens safety of mine. Therefore, it is necessary to identify source water flowing Taking binhuang mining area in Shaanxi Province as research background, discrimination models six inrush sources had been studied. The composition 256 samples was determined and quality characteristics 6 were analyzed. Fisher linear discriminant function mod...

aims: bottled water is widely used in many countries and more than 100 different brands of bottled water are produced in iran. the aim of the present research was to assess the chemical compound of some iranian brands of bottled water and compare them with the mention information on their labels.     instrument & methods: this descriptive study was performed during march to december 2012 on the...