Tailings pond definition
Tailings pond means a dam or pond that stores sand, silt, clay and water that remain following the mining and bitumen extraction process.
Tailings pond means a low-lying depression used to confine tailings, the prime function of which is to allow enough time for heavy metals to settle out or for cyanide to be destroyed before water is discharged into the local watershed.
Tailings pond means an area on a the surface mine of a mining op-
More Definitions of Tailings pond
Tailings pond. (SWRCB) means an excavated or diked area which is intended to contain liquid and solid wastes from mining and milling operations.
Tailings pond means an area on a surface mine enclosed by a man- made or natural dam onto which has been discharged the waste material result- ing from the primary concentration of minerals in ore excavated from a sur- face mine.
Tailings pond means an area on the surface of a mining operation enclosed by a man-made or natural dam onto which has been discharged the waste material resulting from the primary concentration of minerals in ore excavated from a surface or underground mine.