| Deniseger J, and Kwong YTJ. 1996. Risk assessment of copper-contaminated sediments in the Tsolum River near Courtenay, British Columbia. Water Qual. Res J. 31(4); 725-740. | Canada | British Columbia | Tsolum River | Mount Washington | 49.7539084 | -125.2189137 | Copper | Open pit | remediation; abandonment | Abandoned copper mine on Mt Washington undergoing some rehabilition | CI | Observations made in the vcinity of an abandoned copper mine located which is undergoing rehabilitation. | Control | Lab Experiment | in situ | Amphipod (Hyalella azteca | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Toxicity of sediments from an abandoned copper mine region | no | NA | NA | % Mortality | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Table 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Risk+assessment+of+copper-contaminated+sediments+in+the+Tsolum+River+near+Courtenay,+British+Columbi&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Deniseger J, Austin A, and Lucey WP. 1986. Periphyton communities in a pristine mountain stream above and below heavy metal mining operations. Freshwater Biology. 16:209-218. | Canada | British Columbia | Myra Creek | Myra Falls | 49.576039 | -125.6057699 | Copper; Lead; Zinc | Open pit | postclosure | NA | CI | Examines relatively remote creek subject to minimal perturbation prior to lead-zinc-copper mine in 1967, investigation seeks to elucidate the effects of chronic exposure of periphyton to heavy metals through the use of an unperturbed control site and contaminated site | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Myra Creek water chemistry | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Lead-zinc-copper mine contamination | no | NA | NA | Water chemistry and heavy metal concentrations | Water quality | Quantitative | Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Periphyton+communities+in+a+pristine+mountain+stream+above+and+below+heavy+metal+mining+operations&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Deniseger J, Austin A, and Lucey WP. 1986. Periphyton communities in a pristine mountain stream above and below heavy metal mining operations. Freshwater Biology. 16:209-218. | Canada | British Columbia | Myra Creek | Myra Falls | 49.576039 | -125.6057699 | Copper; Lead; Zinc | Open pit | postclosure | NA | CI | Examines relatively remote creek subject to minimal perturbation prior to lead-zinc-copper mine in 1967, investigation seeks to elucidate the effects of chronic exposure of periphyton to heavy metals through the use of an unperturbed control site and contaminated site | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Myra Creek periphyton community | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species groups | Lead-zinc-copper mine contamination | no | NA | NA | Taxonomic representation | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Figure 3 and Table 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Periphyton+communities+in+a+pristine+mountain+stream+above+and+below+heavy+metal+mining+operations&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesgroups |
| Deniseger J, Erickson LJ, Austin A, Roch M, and Clark MJR. 1990. The effects of decreasing heavy metal concentrations on the biota of Buttle Lake, Vancouver, Island, British, Columbia. Wat. Res. 24(4): 403-416 | Canada | British Columbia | Buttle Lake | Westmin Resources Limited | 49.7040647 | -125.8544869 | Copper; Lead; Zinc | Unclear | operation | NA | CI | Study examines the existence, rate and extent of recovery of the lake ecosystem from 1983 through 1986 by examining the water chemistry, phytoplankton, zooplankton and fish in Buttle lake | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Lake water | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Cu-Pb-Zn mine as source of heavy metal input into Buttle Lake | no | NA | NA | Water chemsitry | Water quality | Quantitative | Figure 1-6 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=The+effects+of+decreasing+heavy+metal+concentrations+on+the+biota+of+Buttle+Lake,+Vancouver,+Island,&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Deniseger J, Erickson LJ, Austin A, Roch M, and Clark MJR. 1990. The effects of decreasing heavy metal concentrations on the biota of Buttle Lake, Vancouver, Island, British, Columbia. Wat. Res. 24(4): 403-416 | Canada | British Columbia | Buttle Lake | Westmin Resources Limited | 49.7040647 | -125.8544869 | Copper; Lead; Zinc | Unclear | operation | NA | CI | Study examines the existence, rate and extent of recovery of the lake ecosystem from 1983 through 1986 by examining the water chemistry, phytoplankton, zooplankton and fish in Buttle lake | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Phytoplankton and periphyton samples | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species groups | Cu-Pb-Zn mine as source of heavy metal input into Buttle Lake | no | NA | NA | % Composition | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Figure 7 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=The+effects+of+decreasing+heavy+metal+concentrations+on+the+biota+of+Buttle+Lake,+Vancouver,+Island,&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesgroups |
| Deniseger J, Erickson LJ, Austin A, Roch M, and Clark MJR. 1990. The effects of decreasing heavy metal concentrations on the biota of Buttle Lake, Vancouver, Island, British, Columbia. Wat. Res. 24(4): 403-416 | Canada | British Columbia | Buttle Lake | Westmin Resources Limited | 49.7040647 | -125.8544869 | Copper; Lead; Zinc | Unclear | operation | NA | CI | Study examines the existence, rate and extent of recovery of the lake ecosystem from 1983 through 1986 by examining the water chemistry, phytoplankton, zooplankton and fish in Buttle lake | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Rainbow trout muscle tissues | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Cu-Pb-Zn mine as source of heavy metal input into Buttle Lake | no | NA | NA | Muscle tissue metal content | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 9-10 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=The+effects+of+decreasing+heavy+metal+concentrations+on+the+biota+of+Buttle+Lake,+Vancouver,+Island,&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Deniseger J, Erickson LJ, Austin A, Roch M, and Clark MJR. 1990. The effects of decreasing heavy metal concentrations on the biota of Buttle Lake, Vancouver, Island, British, Columbia. Wat. Res. 24(4): 403-416 | Canada | British Columbia | Buttle Lake | Westmin Resources Limited | 49.7040647 | -125.8544869 | Copper; Lead; Zinc | Unclear | operation | NA | CI | Study examines the existence, rate and extent of recovery of the lake ecosystem from 1983 through 1986 by examining the water chemistry, phytoplankton, zooplankton and fish in Buttle lake | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Zooplankton samples | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species groups | Cu-Pb-Zn mine as source of heavy metal input into Buttle Lake | no | NA | NA | % Composition | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Figure 7 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=The+effects+of+decreasing+heavy+metal+concentrations+on+the+biota+of+Buttle+Lake,+Vancouver,+Island,&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesgroups |
| Denisov DB. 2007. Changes in the hydrochemical composition and diatomic flora of bottom sediments in the zone of influence of metal mining production (Kola Peninsula). Water Resources. 34(6): 682-692 | Russia | Kola Peninsula | Lake Bol’shoi Vudjavr | Kirovskii; Rassvumchorrskii | 67.664032 | 33.7370343 | Not stated | Surface mine | operation | Lake Bol’shoi Vudjavr receives pollutants in the composition of mine waters directly from two rivers | BA | Paleoecological studies of small water bodies were carried out in a model subarctic lake–river system. Data on the state of aquatic ecosystems before the industrial development of the region are collected. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Water bodies under different industrial presuures | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Pronounced airborne technogenic pollution heavy metals | no | NA | NA | Element concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Changes+in+the+hydrochemical+composition+and+diatomic+flora+of+bottom+sediments+in+the+zone+of+influ&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Denisov DB. 2007. Changes in the hydrochemical composition and diatomic flora of bottom sediments in the zone of influence of metal mining production (Kola Peninsula). Water Resources. 34(6): 682-692 | Russia | Kola Peninsula | Lake Bol’shoi Vudjavr | Kirovskii; Rassvumchorrskii | 67.664032 | 33.7370343 | Not stated | Surface mine | operation | Lake Bol’shoi Vudjavr receives pollutants in the composition of mine waters directly from two rivers | BA | Paleoecological studies of small water bodies were carried out in a model subarctic lake–river system. Data on the state of aquatic ecosystems before the industrial development of the region are collected. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Diatom communities in sediment cores | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species distribution | Pronounced airborne technogenic pollution heavy metals | no | NA | NA | Dynamics of the relative population, %, of some diatom tax | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Figure 4-5 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Changes+in+the+hydrochemical+composition+and+diatomic+flora+of+bottom+sediments+in+the+zone+of+influ&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesdistribution |
| DeSisto SL, Jamieson HE, and Parsons MB. 2017. Arsenic mobility in weathered gold mine tailings under a low-organic soil cover. Environmental Earth Sciences. 76: 773 | Canada | Nova Scotia | Dartmouth | Goldenville; Montague | 45.0875508 | -62.0078687 | Gold | Underground mine | abandonment | NA | CI | Focused on As-bearing mine waste from two abandoned gold mines in Nova Scotia, Canada, evaluate whether a cover remediation approach would be successful at these sites and evaluate the effects of this type of soil cover on vegetated, sulfde-bearing wetland tailings; and develop general guidelines that can be used to optimize the remediation of As-rich mine waste at abandoned gold mine sites. | Control | Lab Experiment | ex situ | Leachate from column experiments | Environmental | 2-Water | 2B-Groundwater | 2B-Quality | As-bearing mine waste from two abandoned gold mines | yes | Cover remediation; 30-cm-thick, low-organic soil cover | Reducing conditions in oxidized tailings and lead to As release | pH; As concentrations | Water quality | Quantitative | Table 1; Figure 4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Arsenic+mobility+in+weathered+gold+mine+tailings+under+a+low-organic+soil+cover&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterGroundwater Quality |
| DeSisto SL. Hydrogeochemical evaluation and impact of remediation design on arsenic mobility at historical gold mine sites. Queen's Univeristy PhD Thesis. | Canada | Nova Scotia | Montague; Goldenville | NS | 45.118964 | -62.012244 | Gold | Surface mine | abandonment | Histroic gold mine in the area (not named) | CI | Determine how the groundwater flow system characteristics of the Montague and Goldenville tailings areas influence tailings pore water geochemistry and mineralogy | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Piezometers water sampling | Environmental | 2-Water | 2B-Groundwater | 2B-Quality | Histroic gold mine tailings contamination | no | NA | NA | Water quality parameters | Water quality | Quantitative | Chapter 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Hydrogeochemical+evaluation+and+impact+of+remediation+design+on+arsenic+mobility+at+historical+gold+&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterGroundwater Quality |
| Dickman M. 1991. Failure of an environmental impact assessment to predict the impact of mine tailings on Canada's most northerly hypersaline lake. Environmental Impact Assess Rev. 11: 171-180. | Canada | Northwest Territories | Garrow Lake | NR | 75.3999633 | -96.7959697 | Lead; Zinc | Unclear | abandonment | NA | Correlative | Accumulated data on Canada's most northerly hypersaline lake (1980-87) and observations of the impact of COMINCO's lead and zinc mine on the natural biota of this lake | Same site/pop- Before | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Photosynthetic Bacteria | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species groups | Discharge of mine tailings into Garrow Lake | no | NA | NA | Absorption of phototrophic bacteria | Other | Quantitative | Figure 4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Failure+of+an+environmental+impact+assessment+to+predict+the+impact+of+mine+tailings+on+Canada's+mos&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesgroups |
| Dixit SS, Dixit AS, and Smol JP. 1989. Lake acidification recovery can be monitored using chrysophycean microfossils. Can. J Fish. Aquat. Sci. 46: 1389-1312 | Canada | Ontario | Swan Lake | Regional | 46.22 | 81.04 | Nickel; Copper | Open pit | operation; abandonment | Multiple mines and roasters in Sudbury region | Correlative | Investigate the sensitivity of sedimentay chrysophyte remains for inferring recent lakewater pH recovery by examing an area where SO2 emissions have greatly declined within the last two decades | Same site/pop- Before | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Sedimentary chrysophyte | Environmental | 1-Soil/Geology | 1A-Soil surface | 1A-Quality | SO2 emissions | no | NA | NA | Chysophyte inferred pH reconstruction | Soil Characteristics | Quantitative | Figure 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Lake+acidification+recovery+can+be+monitored+using+chrysophycean+microfossils&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SoilGeologySoilsurfaceQuality |
| Dixit SS, Dixit AS, and Smol JP. 1992. Assessment of changes in lake water chemistry in Sudbury area lakes since preindustrial times. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 49(Suppl.): 8-16 | Canada | Ontario | Sudbury | Regional | 46.49905213 | -81.02009508 | Nickel | Open pit | postclosure | Copper Cliff, Coniston and Falconbridge mentioned | BA | Sediment cores to characterize preindustrial lake water chemical characteristics and magnitude of change | Same site/pop- Before | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Diatom and Chrysophyte assemblages | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species groups | How Sudbury area lakes have responded to metal mining and smelting activity | no | NA | NA | Algal assemblages and diatom distributions | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Figure 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Assessment+of+changes+in+lake+water+chemistry+in+Sudbury+area+lakes+since+preindustrial+times&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesgroups |
| Djeukam CL and Nkonogolo K. 2018. Expression of Genes Associated with Nickel Resistance in Red Oak (Quercus rubra) Populations from a Metal Contaminated Region. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 100: 792-797 | Canada | Ontario | Kelly Lake, Laurentian and Wahnapitae Hydro Dam | Greater Sudbury Region | 46.4477738 | -81.0995537 | Nickel | Open pit | postclosure; remediation | NA | CI | Determine the expression of genes associated with nickel resistance in Q. rubra populations from metal contaminated and uncontaminated sites in the GSR. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Red oak (Q. rubra) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species groups | Nickel metal contaminated sites | no | NA | NA | Gene expression | Other | Quantitative | Figure 2-3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Expression+of+Genes+Associated+with+Nickel+Resistance+in+Red+Oak+(Quercus+rubra)+Populations+from+a+&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesgroups |
| Dobchuk B, Nichol C, Wilson GW, and Aubertin M. 2013. Evaluation of a single-layer desulphurized tailings cover. Can. Geotech. J. 50: 77-792. | Canada | Ontario | Timmins | Detour Lake | 50.0190811 | -79.7143097 | Gold | Open pit | postclosure | NA | Correlative | Potential effectiveness for long-term closure of a desulphurized tailings cover placed on reactive tailings at the Detour Lake Mine was assessed, modelled diffusion and reaction rate coefficients | Background values | Modelling | ex situ | Reactivity of the tailings | Environmental | 2-Water | 2B-Groundwater | 2B-Quality | Acid mine drainage | yes | Desulphurized tailings cover placed on reactive tailings | Aimed at reducing oxygen ingress using high water saturation to limit oxygen diffusion and consumption of oxygen in the cover by residual sulphide minerals | pH; sulphide | Water quality | Quantitative | Figure 6 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Evaluation+of+a+single-layer+desulphurized+tailings+cover&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterGroundwater Quality |
| Doe K, Mroz R, Tay K-L, Burley J, Teh S, and Chen S. Biological effects of gold mine tailings on the intertidal marine environment in Nova Scotia, Canada. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 114: 64-76 | Canada | Nova Scotia | Regional | Cow Bay; Harrigan Cove; Gegogan; Gold River; Lawrencetown; Pope's Harbour; Port Dufferin; Seal Harbour; Wine Harbour | 44.7872787 | -62.6912653 | Gold | Unclear | abandonment | Nine former gold mining areas | CI | Nine former gold mining areas met the above criteria and were sampled in 2005, along with a reference area at New Harbour, | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Marine sediments from 29 sampling stations at nine former gold mines | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Wastes (tailings) from the milling process were contaminated by mercury and arsenic | no | NA | NA | Concentrations of arsenic and mercury | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 4-5 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Biological+effects+of+gold+mine+tailings+on+the+intertidal+marine+environment+in+Nova+Scotia,+Canada&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Doe K, Mroz R, Tay K-L, Burley J, Teh S, and Chen S. Biological effects of gold mine tailings on the intertidal marine environment in Nova Scotia, Canada. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 114: 64-76 | Canada | Nova Scotia | Regional | Cow Bay; Harrigan Cove; Gegogan; Gold River; Lawrencetown; Pope's Harbour; Port Dufferin; Seal Harbour; Wine Harbour | 44.7872787 | -62.6912653 | Gold | Unclear | abandonment | Nine former gold mining areas | CI | Nine former gold mining areas met the above criteria and were sampled in 2005, along with a reference area at New Harbour, | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Water from 29 sampling stations at nine former gold mines | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Wastes (tailings) from the milling process were contaminated by mercury and arsenic | no | NA | NA | Concentrations of arsenic and mercury | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Biological+effects+of+gold+mine+tailings+on+the+intertidal+marine+environment+in+Nova+Scotia,+Canada&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Doe K, Mroz R, Tay K-L, Burley J, Teh S, and Chen S. Biological effects of gold mine tailings on the intertidal marine environment in Nova Scotia, Canada. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 114: 64-76 | Canada | Nova Scotia | Regional | Cow Bay; Harrigan Cove; Gegogan; Gold River; Lawrencetown; Pope's Harbour; Port Dufferin; Seal Harbour; Wine Harbour | 44.7872787 | -62.6912653 | Gold | Unclear | abandonment | Nine former gold mining areas | CI | Nine former gold mining areas met the above criteria and were sampled in 2005, along with a reference area at New Harbour, | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Mollusc tissues from 29 sampling stations at nine former gold mines | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species groups | Wastes (tailings) from the milling process were contaminated by mercury and arsenic | no | NA | NA | Concentrations of arsenic and mercury | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Biological+effects+of+gold+mine+tailings+on+the+intertidal+marine+environment+in+Nova+Scotia,+Canada&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesgroups |
| Doebel C, Baron CL, Evans RE, Wautier KG, Werner J, and Palace VP. 2004. Caged Pearl Dace (Semotilus margarita) as Sentinels for Gold Mining Wastes in Environmental Effects Monitoring. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 72: 409-414. | Canada | Ontario | Red Lake | Balmer Lake | 51.0657934 | -93.7481027 | Gold | Surface mine | operation | NA | CI | Caging study to assess the health of fish and their habitats potenitally impacted by mining effluents. Fish were caged and exposed for 14 days to diffreent effluents and reference | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Adult pearl dace (Semotilus margarita) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Metal mine effluents | no | NA | NA | Condition; concentration As | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Figure 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Caged+Pearl+Dace+(Semotilus+margarita)+as+Sentinels+for+Gold+Mining+Wastes+in+Environmental+Effects+&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Doig LE, Schiffer ST, and Liber K. 2015. Reconstructing the ecological impacts of eight decades of mining, metallurgical, and municipal activities on a small boreal lake in northern Canada. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. 11(3): 490-501. | Canada | Manitoba | Flin Flon | Flin Flon; Trout Lake | 54.7692767 | -101.8783835 | Copper; Zinc | Open pit | operation; abandonment | Multiple mines in the area, one operational the other abandoned | Correlative | Temporal condition assessment with comment regarding the temporal and mechanistic consistencies between the trends observed in known site activities, historical site monitoring data (peer-reviewed and gray literature), and documented field exposure–response relationships. Using sediment core assessment | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Sediment of Ross Lake system | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Long-term metal mining and metallurgical activities | no | NA | NA | Concentrations of various elements | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 2-3 | Sediment cores correlate condition through time | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Reconstructing+the+ecological+impacts+of+eight+decades+of+mining,+metallurgical,+and+municipal+activ&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Douglas M, Clark ID, Raven K, and Bottomley D. 2000. Groundwater mixing dynamics at a Canadian Shield mine. J. Hydrol. 235(1): 88–103 | Canada | Northwest Territories | Yellowknife | Con | 62.430874 | -114.3760721 | Gold | Open pit | postclosure | NA | Correlative | Objectives of this study are to determine the extent to which modern meteoric water may be migrating into mine excavations and to trace groundwater flow pathways and transit time from surface to depth. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Groundwater flow pathways and transit time | Environmental | 2-Water | 2B-Groundwater | 2B-Quality | Mine drainage | no | NA | NA | Water quality; Isotope and mixing data | Water quality | Quantitative | Table 2-3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Groundwater+mixing+dynamics+at+a+Canadian+Shield+mine&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterGroundwater Quality |
| Draves JF and Fox MG. 1998. Effects of a mine tailings spill on feeding and metal concentrationsin yellow perch (Perca flavescens). Environmental Toxicology and Chemsitry. 17(8): 1626-1632. | Canada | Ontario | Montreal River | Young-Davidson | 47.9465876 | -80.6832227 | Gold | Open pit | operation | NA | CI | Examined the effects of a gold mine tailings spill in the Montreal River, divided into two sections, a contaminated reach and a non-contaminated reference reach | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Juvenile yellow perch (Percaflavescens) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Gold mine tailings spill | no | NA | NA | Stomach fullness; metal concentrations (Pb, Cu, Zn, Cd) | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Figure 1-4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Effects+of+a+mine+tailings+spill+on+feeding+and+metal+concentrationsin+yellow+perch+(Perca+flavescen&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Driedger K, Weber LP, Rickwood CJ, Dube MG, and Janz DM. 2009. Overwinter alterations in energy stores and growth in juvenile fishes inhabiting areas receiving metal mining and municipal wastewater effluents. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 28(2): 296-304. | Canada | Ontario | Junction Creek | Copper Cliff | 46.4794757 | -81.0856697 | Nickel; Copper | Open pit | postclosure | NA | CI | Fish collected from exposure sites would exhibit reduced growth and energy storage compared to reference fish in both fall and spring, and that fish from all sites would exhibit reduced energy storage in spring compared to the previous fall. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Juvenile fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas), creek chub (Semotilus atromaculatus), and white sucker (Catostomus commersoni) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Junction Creek directly downstream of Garson Mine and Copper Cliff WWTPs and directly downstream of the City of Sudbury municipal wastewater treatment facility. Overwinter survival potential was assessed indirectly through growth measurements | no | NA | NA | Length and weight; Whole body triglycerides | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Table 2-4; Figure 1-3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Overwinter+alterations+in+energy+stores+and+growth+in+juvenile+fishes+inhabiting+areas+receiving+met&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Driedger K, Weber LP, Rickwood CJ, Dube MG, and Janz DM. 2010. Growth and energy storage in juvenile fathead minnows exposed to metal mine waste water in simulated winter and summer conditions. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 73: 727-734. | Canada | Ontario | Sudbury | Copper Cliff | 46.4794757 | -81.0856697 | Nickel; Copper | Open pit | postclosure | NA | CI | Study was to test the winter stress syndrome hypothesis in the laboratory by determining the effect of diluted (45%) CCWWTP effluent on juvenile fathead minnow growth and energy storage under simulated summer and winter conditions | Control | Lab Experiment | ex situ | Juvenile fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Copper Cliff Waste Water Treatment Plant effluent, treated metal mine waste water | no | NA | NA | Trace metal burdens; growth; condition | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Table 2; Figure 1-4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Growth+and+energy+storage+in+juvenile+fathead+minnows+exposed+to+metal+mine+waste+water+in+simulated&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Drysdale K. 1990. Geochemical behaviour of a buried marine mine tailings deposit, Howe Sound, British Columbia. University of Colorado, MSc Thesis Oceanography. | Canada | British Columbia | Howe Sound | Britannia Beach | 49.6232695 | -123.2038727 | Copper | Unclear | abandonment | NA | CI | Surface sediment samples and two cores were collected from Howe Sound a deep fjord with a restricted inner basin into which mine tailings had been dumped for 75 years. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Surface and core sediment samples from Howe Sound, BC | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Marine tailings dumped into fjord over 75 years | no | NA | NA | Element concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Section 3.2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Geochemical+behaviour+of+a+buried+marine+mine+tailings+deposit,+Howe+Sound,+British+Columbia&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Dube MG, MacLatchy DL, Hruska KA, and Glozier NE. 2006. Assessing the responses of Creek Chub (Semotilus Atromaculatus) and Pearl Dace (Semotilus Margarita) to metal mine effluents using in Situ Artificial Streams in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 25(1): 18-28 | Canada | Ontario | Sudbury | Copper Cliff; Garson; Nolin | 46.5677602 | -80.8591604 | Nickel; Copper | Open pit | postclosure | NA | CI | Conduct artificial stream studies in the years 2001 and 2002 to assess the effects of treated MMEs from three metal mining operations discharging to Junction Creek, on creek chub and pearl dace | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | mesocosm | Creek chub and pearl dace | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Three treated metal mine effluents from the Garson Mine, the Nolin Creek, and the Copper Cliff. | no | NA | NA | Total survival; Total body weight, gonadosomatic index (GSI), liver somatic index (LSI), and relative fecundity for female creek chub; total metal concentrations in whole-body tissues | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Figure 4 + 5 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Assessing+the+responses+of+Creek+Chub+(Semotilus+Atromaculatus)+and+Pearl+Dace+(Semotilus+Margarita)&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Dube MG, MacLatchy DL, Kieffer JD, Glozier NE, Culp JM, and Cash KJ. 2005. Effects of metal mining effluent on Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and slimy sculpin (Cottus cognatus): using artificial streams to assess existing effects and predict future consequences. Science of the Total Environment. 343: 135-154. | Canada | New Brunswick | Bathurst | Brunswick | 47.2896327 | -66.0748328 | Copper; Lead; Zinc | Underground mine | operation | NA | CI | Juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) were exposed to 0%, 20%, and 80% treated metal mine effluent in a mobile, fish-only artificial stream system. | Control | Lab Experiment | mesocosm | Juvenile Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and young-of-the-year slimy sculpins (Cottus cognatus) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Metal mining effluents (MME) (0, 20, or 80%) | no | NA | NA | Growth; biochemistry; | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Figure 2-3 + 6-7; Table 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Effects+of+metal+mining+effluent+on+Atlantic+salmon+(Salmo+salar)+and+slimy+sculpin+(Cottus+cognatus&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Dufresne A, Begin R, Dion C, Jagirdar J, Rom WN, Loosereewanich P, Muir DCF, Ritchie AC, and Perrault G. 1998. Angular and fibrous particles in lung in relation to silica-induced diseases. Int. Arch. Occup. Environ. Health. 71: 263-269. | Canada | Quebec | Regional | Regional | 51.45310088 | -73.21718844 | Gold; Copper; Zinc | Unclear | operation | NA | CI | Evaluate the diÄerence in the lung mineral burdens in fibrotic patients with and without lung cancer, patients worked in different trades (mining, foundries, and construction). | Background values | Social Science | in situ | Lung fibrosis and lung cancer, and in cases of lung cancer only. | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Health/Safety | Silica exposure | no | NA | NA | Concentration of angular and fibrous particles | Occupational hazards/risks/exposure | Quantitative | Table 2-4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Angular+and+fibrous+particles+in+lung+in+relation+to+silica-induced+diseases&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingHealthSafety |
| Dufresne A, Loosereewanich P, Begin R, Dion C, Ecobichon D, Muir DCF, Ritchie AC and Perrault G. 1998. Tentative explanatory variable of lung dust concentration in gold miners exposed to crystalline silica. Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology. 8(3): 375-398 | Canada | Ontario | Regional | Regional | 51.5287961 | -86.60802086 | Gold | Unclear | operation | NA | CI | Investigate the relationship between quantitative lung mineral dust burdens, dust exposure history and pathological fibrosis grading in silicotic workers. | Reference site/population | Social Science | in situ | Lung tissue samples of silicotic patients all gold miners in Ontario | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Health/Safety | Dust exposure history | no | NA | NA | Lung cancer rates; Concentrations of angular particles | Cancer rates/disease/mortality | Quantitative | Table 4-8 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Tentative+explanatory+variable+of+lung+dust+concentration+in+gold+miners+exposed+to+crystalline+sili&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingHealthSafety |
| Duncan WFA, Tevesz MJS, and Towns RLR. 1987. Use of fingernail clams (Pisidiidae ) and x-ray fluorescence spectrometry for monitoring metal pollution in Contwoyto Lake, N.W.T. Water Poll. Res. J. Can. 22(2): 270-280 | Canada | Northwest Territories | Contwoyto Lake | Lupin | 65.7571994 | -111.2556299 | Gold | Surface mine | operation | NA | CI | Examine the siutability of using fingernail clams and X-ray flurescene spectrometry to monitor metal pollution from a gold mining effluent in Contwoyto Lake. | Control | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Freshwater molluscs, particularily Fingernail clams (Pisidiidae) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species groups | Metal pollution from gold mine | no | NA | NA | Metal Concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Use+of+fingernail+clams+(Pisidiidae+)+and+x-ray+fluorescence+spectrometry+for+monitoring+metal+pollu&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesgroups |
| Eden P and Bjorklund A. 1996. Applicability of overbank sediment for environmental assessment according to wide-spaced sampling in Fennoscandia. Applied Geochemistry. 11: 271-276. | Sweden | Fennoscandia | Regional | Løkken; Knaben; Kongsberg | 58.81617104 | 8.9193084 | Copper; Zinc; Silver; Molybdenum | Unclear | operation | NA | CI | Pilot survey overbank sediment, till, humus and river water were sampled in Fennoscandia and the work has contributed with experience about working methods, validity of wide-spaced sampling, and information about different sampling media in glaciated areas | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Overbank sediment across Finland, Sweden and Norway | Environmental | 1-Soil/Geology | 1A-Soil surface | 1A-Quality | Overbank sediment were deposited recently and should reflect possible pollution in the catchment basin | no | NA | NA | Metal concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 1 and 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Applicability+of+overbank+sediment+for+environmental+assessment+according+to+wide-spaced+sampling+in&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SoilGeologySoilsurfaceQuality |
| Ejdemo T and Soderholm P. 2009. The Regional Economic Impacts of Mining: The Case of Northern Sweden. Paper presented at Securing the Future and 8th ICARD | Sweden | Norrbotten | Pajala | Stora Sahavaar; Tapuli | 67.2138861 | 23.3358958 | Iron | Open pit | construction; abandonment | new mining project is currently being developed | BA | Use a regional economic and demographic model of the Swedish economy to estimate the potential socio-economic impacts of two new iron ore mines in Pajal | Same site/pop- Before | Modelling | ex situ | Pajala community | Social | 5-Societies | 5B-Economic | 5B-Migration | Potential for mining to contribute to local employment, incomes and not the least demographic growth | no | NA | NA | Population growth | Community | Qualitative | Figure 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=The+Regional+Economic+Impacts+of+Mining:+The+Case+of+Northern+Sweden&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesEconomicMigration |
| Ejdemo T and Soderholm P. 2009. The Regional Economic Impacts of Mining: The Case of Northern Sweden. Paper presented at Securing the Future and 8th ICARD | Sweden | Norrbotten | Pajala | Stora Sahavaar; Tapuli | 67.2138861 | 23.3358958 | Iron | Open pit | construction; abandonment | new mining project is currently being developed | BA | Use a regional economic and demographic model of the Swedish economy to estimate the potential socio-economic impacts of two new iron ore mines in Pajal | Same site/pop- Before | Modelling | ex situ | Pajala community | Social | 5-Societies | 5B-Economic | 5B-Jobs (new employments) | Potential for mining to contribute to local employment, incomes and not the least demographic growth | no | NA | NA | Employment | Employment/Economy | Qualitative | Figure 3; Table 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=The+Regional+Economic+Impacts+of+Mining:+The+Case+of+Northern+Sweden&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesEconomicJobs |
| Ejdemo T and Soderholm P. 2009. The Regional Economic Impacts of Mining: The Case of Northern Sweden. Paper presented at Securing the Future and 8th ICARD | Sweden | Norrbotten | Pajala | Stora Sahavaar; Tapuli | 67.2138861 | 23.3358958 | Iron | Open pit | construction; abandonment | new mining project is currently being developed | BA | Use a regional economic and demographic model of the Swedish economy to estimate the potential socio-economic impacts of two new iron ore mines in Pajal | Same site/pop- Before | Modelling | ex situ | Pajala community | Social | 5-Societies | 5B-Economic | 5B-Other | Potential for mining to contribute to local employment, incomes and not the least demographic growth | no | NA | NA | Disposable income | Employment/Economy | Qualitative | Table 4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=The+Regional+Economic+Impacts+of+Mining:+The+Case+of+Northern+Sweden&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesEconomicOther |
| Ejdemo T and Soderholm P. 2011. Mining Investment and Regional Development: A Scenario-Based Assessment for Northern Sweden. Resources Policy. 36: 14-21. | Sweden | Norrbotten | Pajala | NS | 67.414089 | 23.3420873 | Iron | Open pit | exploration; operation | New Northern Sweden mining project in Pajala(including two new mines, two processing plants, and one pellet plant). | CI | The purpose of this paper is to provide an assessment of the regional-economic impacts of a large-scale contemporary iron ore project in Northern Sweden | Same site/pop- Before | Modelling | ex situ | Municipality of Pajala | Social | 5-Societies | 5B-Economic | 5B-Jobs (new employments) | Socio-economic impacts of the new mines in Pajala | no | NA | NA | Total employment (modelled) | Employment/Economy | Quantitative | Figure 3; Table 3-6 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Mining+Investment+and+Regional+Development:+A+Scenario-Based+Assessment+for+Northern+Sweden&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesEconomicJobs |
| Ejdemo T. 2013. Mineral development and regional employment effects in northern Sweden: a scenario-based assessment. Miner. Econ. 25: 55-63. | Sweden | Norrbotten | Pajala | Kaunisvaara | 67.414202 | 23.3398463 | Iron | Unclear | operation | NA | CI | Reports the main results of an assessment of the local and regional economic benefits of a new large-scale iron ore project that is currently being developed by Northland Resources in northern Sweden | Reference site/population | Modelling | ex situ | Pajala: a municipality of approximately 6,300 residents | Social | 5-Societies | 5B-Economic | 5B-Jobs (new employments) | New large-scale iron ore project that is currently being developed | no | NA | NA | Total employment (modelled) | Employment/Economy | Quantitative | Figure 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Mineral+development+and+regional+employment+effects+in+northern+Sweden:+a+scenario-based+assessment&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesEconomicJobs |
| Ejdemo T. 2013. Mineral development and regional employment effects in northern Sweden: a scenario-based assessment. Miner. Econ. 25: 55-63. | Sweden | Norrbotten | Pajala | Kaunisvaara | 67.414202 | 23.3398463 | Iron | Unclear | operation | NA | CI | Reports the main results of an assessment of the local and regional economic benefits of a new large-scale iron ore project that is currently being developed by Northland Resources in northern Sweden | Reference site/population | Modelling | ex situ | Pajala: a municipality of approximately 6,300 residents | Social | 5-Societies | 5B-Economic | 5B-Local bussines (e.g. local shops) | New large-scale iron ore project that is currently being developed | no | NA | NA | Taxable income; regional economic impact (modelled) | Employment/Economy | Quantitative | Figure 5-6 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Mineral+development+and+regional+employment+effects+in+northern+Sweden:+a+scenario-based+assessment&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesEconomicLocalbussines |
| Elberling B, Asmund G, Kunzendorf H, and Krogstad EJ. 2002. Geochemical trends in metal-contaminated fiord sediments near a former lead-zinc mine in West Greenland. Appl. Geochem. 17: 493-502. | Greenland | Qaasuitsup | Uummannaq fjord | Black Angel | 71.1167 | -51.25 | Zinc; Lead | Unclear | postclosure | NA | Correlative | Characterize the anthropogenic source of heavy metals with respect to natural sources and to quantify the geographical distribution of anthropogenic metals up to 10 km away from the mining area. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Sediment samples were taken at 6 locations near Maarmorilik | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Disposal of sulfidic waste in marine environment | no | NA | NA | Heavy metal analysis, high-resolution stable Pb isotope stratigraphy and radiochemical dating | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 2 | Correlative: sampling at increasing distance from the sources) | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Geochemical+trends+in+metal-contaminated+fiord+sediments+near+a+former+lead-zinc+mine+in+West+Greenl&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Elberling B, Asmund G, Kunzendorf H, and Krogstad EJ. 2002. Geochemical trends in metal-contaminated fiord sediments near a former lead-zinc mine in West Greenland. Appl. Geochem. 17: 493-502. | Greenland | Qaasuitsup | Uummannaq fjord | Black Angel | 71.1167 | -51.25 | Zinc; Lead | Unclear | postclosure | NA | Correlative | Characterize the anthropogenic source of heavy metals with respect to natural sources and to quantify the geographical distribution of anthropogenic metals up to 10 km away from the mining area. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Depth-specific sea water samples were taken at 6 locations near Maarmorilik | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Disposal of sulfidic waste in marine environment | no | NA | NA | Heavy metal analysis, high-resolution stable Pb isotope stratigraphy and radiochemical dating | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 2 | Correlative: sampling at increasing distance from the sources) | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Geochemical+trends+in+metal-contaminated+fiord+sediments+near+a+former+lead-zinc+mine+in+West+Greenl&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Elderling B. 1998. Processes controlling oxygen uptake rates in frozen mine tailings in the Arctic. Ice in Surface Waters. Shen HT (Eds). Proceedings of the 14th International Symposium. 1: 183-188. | Canada | Nunavut | Baffin Island | Nanisivik | 73.0151206 | -84.6166947 | Lead; Zinc | Unclear | operation | NA | CI | Evaluate processes controlling oxygen diffusion and oxygen uptake in tailings deposited at Nanisivik on Baffin Island in North Canada, field measurements of oxygen uptake rates. | Reference site/population | Lab Exp + Field test | in situ | Oxygen uptake rates in unfrozen mine tailings | Environmental | 1-Soil/Geology | 1A-Soil surface | 1A-Quality | Acidification and release of heavy metals from tailings consisting of suiphide minerals have | no | NA | NA | Oxygen uptake rates; Oxygen diffusion | Soil Characteristics | Quantitative | Figure 4-5 | Compares froze and unfrozen tailings | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Processes+controlling+oxygen+uptake+rates+in+frozen+mine+tailings+in+the+Arctic&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SoilGeologySoilsurfaceQuality |
| Ellis DV and Hoover PM. 1990. Benthos on tailings beds from an abandoned coastal mine. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 21(10): 477-480. | Canada | British Columbia | Howe Sound | Britannia Beach | 49.6232695 | -123.2038727 | Copper | Unclear | abandonment | NA | CI | The marine benthos which had recolonized the site of a mine tailing discharge 12 years after mining activity had ceased was compared to an adjacent area in which no tailings were found. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Marine benthos was sampled in two transects: one with visible mine tailings and the other not showing tailings | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species distribution | Mine tailing discharge 12 years after mining activity | no | NA | NA | Species present | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Benthos+on+tailings+beds+from+an+abandoned+coastal+mine&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesdistribution |
| Ellis DV, and Hoover PM. 1990. Benthos recolonizing mine tailings in British Columbia fjords. Marine Mining. 9: 441-457 | Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island | Amax/Kitsault; Anaconda; Britannia Beach; Island Copper | 50.5949464 | -127.4834817 | Copper; Molybdenum | Open pit | operation; abandonment | NA | CI | A comparison of the benthic species occuring in three BC fjords into which mine tailings have been discharged to demostrate colonizing species which mey be targeted for reclamation of fishery feedstock | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Benthic species in fjords of British Columbia | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species distribution | Mine tailings discharged into the fjord | no | NA | NA | Species presence; abundance | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Table 1-6 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Benthos+recolonizing+mine+tailings+in+British+Columbia+fjords&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesdistribution |
| Ellis DV. 2000. Effect of mine tailings on the biodiversity of the seabed: Example of the Island Copper Mine, Canada. Seas at the millennium: An Environmental Evaluation. 236-246 | Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island | Island Copper | 50.5949464 | -127.4834817 | Copper | Open pit | abandonment | NA | CI | Details a 29 year marine monitoring program on biodiversity of a seabed under impact and recovery from mine tailings | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Species Richness under impact and during recovery | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species distribution | Marine tailings | no | NA | NA | Species richness; abundance | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Table 3-4, 7 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Effect+of+mine+tailings+on+the+biodiversity+of+the+seabed:+Example+of+the+Island+Copper+Mine,+Canada&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesdistribution |
| Elsukova E, Opekunova M, Opekunov A, and Kukushkin S. 2018. Technogenic transformation of heavy metal streams in the soils of the Kola Peninsula. 18th Internationla Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2018: 511-517 | Russia | Murmansk Oblast | Monchegorsk | Severonickel | 67.912847 | 32.8558033 | Copper; Nickel | Surface mine | operation | NA | Correlative | Monitoring sites are set at distances of 6-7, 12, 23-25 and 36-40km (background) from the source of pollution in the southern direction | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Soil profiles at monitoring sites | Environmental | 1-Soil/Geology | 1A-Soil surface | 1A-Quality | Wind rise monitoring sites track the dispersion and source of pollution. | no | NA | NA | Concentrations of metals | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 1-2; Table 1-2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Technogenic+transformation+of+heavy+metal+streams+in+the+soils+of+the+Kola+Peninsula.&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SoilGeologySoilsurfaceQuality |
| Enbom L., Magnusson T and Wall G. 1986. Occlusal wear in miners. Swedish Dental Journal. 10(5): 165-170. | Sweden | Luleå | Regional | NR | 65.58877432 | 22.15457059 | Iron | Underground mine | operation | NA | CI | Degree of occlusal wear was studied in two groups of miners (long and short term employment) were compared to white collar workers. | Reference site/population | Social Science | in situ | Two groups of miners (long and short term employment) | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Health/Safety | Occlusal wear due to attrition related to degree of stress factors | no | NA | NA | Occlusal wear | Occupational hazards/risks/exposure | Quantitative | Table 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Occlusal+wear+in+miners&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingHealthSafety |
| Ermakov VV, Korobova EM, Degtyarev AP, Tyutikov SF, Karpova EA, and Petrunina NS. 2016. Impact of natural and man-made factors on migration of heavy metals in the Ardon River basin (North Ossetia). J Soils Sediments. 16: 1253–1266 | Russia | North Ossetia | Ardon River | Misur | 43.23833 | 44.31444 | Lead; Zinc | Unclear | operation | NA | BACI | Biogeochemical studies of the area were performed in 2001, 2003, and 2008 to reveal the impact of environmental and technogenic factors on chemical composition of the main components of the Pb-Zn natural biogeochemical province and its dynamics. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Some parameters of water samples collected in the basin of the Ardon River | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Contamination of the area by heavy metals during natural and technogenic events. | no | NA | NA | Concentration of heavy metals in soils | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Section 4.2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Impact+of+natural+and+man-made+factors+on+migration+of+heavy+metals+in+the+Ardon+River+basin+(North+&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Ermakov VV, Korobova EM, Degtyarev AP, Tyutikov SF, Karpova EA, and Petrunina NS. 2016. Impact of natural and man-made factors on migration of heavy metals in the Ardon River basin (North Ossetia). J Soils Sediments. 16: 1253–1266 | Russia | North Ossetia | Ardon River | Misur | 43.23833 | 44.31444 | Lead; Zinc | Unclear | operation | NA | BACI | Biogeochemical studies of the area were performed in 2001, 2003, and 2008 to reveal the impact of environmental and technogenic factors on chemical composition of the main components of the Pb-Zn natural biogeochemical province and its dynamics. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Repeated soil sampling | Environmental | 1-Soil/Geology | 1A-Soil surface | 1A-Quality | Contamination of the area by heavy metals during natural and technogenic events. | no | NA | NA | Concentration of heavy metals in soils | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Section 4.3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Impact+of+natural+and+man-made+factors+on+migration+of+heavy+metals+in+the+Ardon+River+basin+(North+&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SoilGeologySoilsurfaceQuality |
| Ermakov VV, Korobova EM, Degtyarev AP, Tyutikov SF, Karpova EA, and Petrunina NS. 2016. Impact of natural and man-made factors on migration of heavy metals in the Ardon River basin (North Ossetia). J Soils Sediments. 16: 1253–1266 | Russia | North Ossetia | Ardon River | Misur | 43.23833 | 44.31444 | Lead; Zinc | Unclear | operation | NA | BACI | Biogeochemical studies of the area were performed in 2001, 2003, and 2008 to reveal the impact of environmental and technogenic factors on chemical composition of the main components of the Pb-Zn natural biogeochemical province and its dynamics. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Variation of heavy metal concentration in the averaged samples of meadow vegetation collected within the ore deposit areas and downstream the Ardon River valley | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species groups | Contamination of the area by heavy metals during natural and technogenic events. | no | NA | NA | Variation of heavy metal concentration of meadow vegetation | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Section 4.4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Impact+of+natural+and+man-made+factors+on+migration+of+heavy+metals+in+the+Ardon+River+basin+(North+&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesgroups |
| Ermakov VV, Korobova EM, Degtyarev AP, Tyutikov SF, Karpova EA, and Petrunina NS. 2016. Impact of natural and man-made factors on migration of heavy metals in the Ardon River basin (North Ossetia). J Soils Sediments. 16: 1253–1266 | Russia | North Ossetia | Ardon River | Misur | 43.23833 | 44.31444 | Lead; Zinc | Unclear | operation | NA | BACI | Biogeochemical studies of the area were performed in 2001, 2003, and 2008 to reveal the impact of environmental and technogenic factors on chemical composition of the main components of the Pb-Zn natural biogeochemical province and its dynamics. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Cattle living in the Ardon River basin were carried out to compare animals from the village of Mizur | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Contamination of the area by heavy metals during natural and technogenic events. | no | NA | NA | Lead concentration in cow hair | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Section 4.5 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Impact+of+natural+and+man-made+factors+on+migration+of+heavy+metals+in+the+Ardon+River+basin+(North+&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Ermakov VV, Korobova EM, Degtyarev AP, Tyutikov SF, Karpova EA, and Petrunina NS. 2016. Impact of natural and man-made factors on migration of heavy metals in the Ardon River basin (North Ossetia). J Soils Sediments. 16: 1253–1266 | Russia | North Ossetia | Ardon River | Misur | 43.23833 | 44.31444 | Lead; Zinc | Unclear | operation | NA | BACI | Biogeochemical studies of the area were performed in 2001, 2003, and 2008 to reveal the impact of environmental and technogenic factors on chemical composition of the main components of the Pb-Zn natural biogeochemical province and its dynamics. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Amphibians | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species groups | Contamination of the area by heavy metals during natural and technogenic events. | no | NA | NA | Concentration of Pb, Zn, Cu, Cd | Metal concentration | Quantitative | In text page 1264 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Impact+of+natural+and+man-made+factors+on+migration+of+heavy+metals+in+the+Ardon+River+basin+(North+&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesgroups |
| Etcheverry DJ. 2008. Spatial and temporal variations in the Ruttan Mine Tailings, Leaf Rapids, Manitoba, Canada. University of Manitoba, MSc Thesis. | Canada | Manitoba | Leaf Rapids | Ruttan | 56.4730099 | -99.6502057 | Copper; Zinc | Open pit | abandonment | NA | CI | Evaluated the evolution of the tailings of Cell 3, which was underwater in 2002, and Cell 2, which was already dry and oxidized. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Water samples were collected from the tailings pore water, groundwater, and adjacent surface waters | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Tailings have been systematically dewatered through trenches | no | NA | NA | pH; concentration of metals | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Section 3.4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Spatial+and+temporal+variations+in+the+Ruttan+Mine+Tailings,+Leaf+Rapids,+Manitoba,+Canada&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Etcheverry DJ. 2008. Spatial and temporal variations in the Ruttan Mine Tailings, Leaf Rapids, Manitoba, Canada. University of Manitoba, MSc Thesis. | Canada | Manitoba | Leaf Rapids | Ruttan | 56.4730099 | -99.6502057 | Copper; Zinc | Open pit | abandonment | NA | CI | Evaluated the evolution of the tailings of Cell 3, which was underwater in 2002, and Cell 2, which was already dry and oxidized. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Water samples were collected from the tailings pore water, groundwater, and adjacent surface waters | Environmental | 2-Water | 2B-Groundwater | 2B-Quality | Tailings have been systematically dewatered through trenches | no | NA | NA | pH; concentration of metals | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Section 3.4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Spatial+and+temporal+variations+in+the+Ruttan+Mine+Tailings,+Leaf+Rapids,+Manitoba,+Canada&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterGroundwater Quality |
| Ezenwa AO. 1982. Studies of environmental and host factors influencing personal differences in response to industrial silica dust exposure. Ann. Occup. Hyg. 26 (1-4): 745-752. | Canada | Quebec | NS | NS | 51.45310088 | -73.21718844 | Copper; Zinc; Iron; Gold; Lead | Underground mine | operation | Quebec metal mines' | CI | Reports on the environmental and host factors which appeared to influence personal responses to silica dust exposure | Control | Social Science | ex situ | Metal miners and millers that were accepted by the Pneumoconiosis Committee as having silicosis from 1967 to 1977 | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Health/Safety | Dust exposure | no | NA | NA | Rates of silicotics | Cancer rates/disease/mortality | Quantitative | Table 1-4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Studies+of+environmental+and+host+factors+influencing+personal+differences+in+response+to+industrial&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingHealthSafety |
| Fahraeus-Van Ree GE, and Payne JF. 2005. Endocrine disruption in the pituitary of white sucker (Catostomus commersoni) caged in a lake contaminated with iron-ore mine tailings. Hydrobiologia. 532: 221-224 | Canada | Newfoundland & Labrador | Lake Wabush | Carol Lake | 53.0110512 | -66.9357687 | Iron | Surface mine | operation | NA | CI | Immunohistochemical analysis of white suckers caged in Lake Wabush, which receives a high volume of iron ore tailings, and fish caged in an adjoining reference lake, Lake Shabogam | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | White sucker (Catostomus commersoni) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Iron-ore mine tailings contamination | no | NA | NA | Relative growth hormone area in the pituitary | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Figure 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Endocrine+disruption+in+the+pituitary+of+white+sucker+(Catostomus+commersoni)+caged+in+a+lake+contam&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Falk MR, Miller MD, and Kostiuk SJM. 1973. Biological effects of mining wastes in the Northwest Territories. Fish. Mar. Serv. Tech. Rep. Series No. CEN/T-73-10. | Canada | Northwest Territories | Yellowknife; Great Bear Lake | Con; Echo Bay; Giant; Terra | 62.4981407 | -114.3602867 | Gold; Silver; Copper | Open pit | operation | NA | Correlative | Studies to determine the effects of mine wastes on aquatic biota were carried out at four NWT mining operations | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Mine waste receiving waters | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Mine effluent and tailings | no | NA | NA | Arsenic and metal concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | NA | Spatial correlation at multiple sites | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Biological+effects+of+mining+wastes+in+the+Northwest+Territories&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Falk MR, Miller MD, and Kostiuk SJM. 1973. Biological effects of mining wastes in the Northwest Territories. Fish. Mar. Serv. Tech. Rep. Series No. CEN/T-73-10. | Canada | Northwest Territories | Yellowknife; Great Bear Lake | Con; Echo Bay; Giant; Terra | 62.4981407 | -114.3602867 | Gold; Silver; Copper | Open pit | operation | NA | Correlative | Studies to determine the effects of mine wastes on aquatic biota were carried out at four NWT mining operations | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Contamination of sediments | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Mine effluent and tailings | no | NA | NA | Arsenic and metal concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 15-17 | Spatial correlation at multiple sites | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Biological+effects+of+mining+wastes+in+the+Northwest+Territories&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Falk MR, Miller MD, and Kostiuk SJM. 1973. Biological effects of mining wastes in the Northwest Territories. Fish. Mar. Serv. Tech. Rep. Series No. CEN/T-73-10. | Canada | Northwest Territories | Yellowknife; Great Bear Lake | Con; Echo Bay; Giant; Terra | 62.4981407 | -114.3602867 | Gold; Silver; Copper | Open pit | operation | NA | Correlative | Studies to determine the effects of mine wastes on aquatic biota were carried out at four NWT mining operations | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Benthic invertebrates | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species groups | Mine effluent and tailings | no | NA | NA | Survival (toxicity test); Arsenic and metal concentrations | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Figure 18-19 | Spatial correlation at multiple sites | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Biological+effects+of+mining+wastes+in+the+Northwest+Territories&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesgroups |
| Falk MR, Miller MD, and Kostiuk SJM. 1973. Biological effects of mining wastes in the Northwest Territories. Fish. Mar. Serv. Tech. Rep. Series No. CEN/T-73-10. | Canada | Northwest Territories | Yellowknife; Great Bear Lake | Con; Echo Bay; Giant; Terra | 62.4981407 | -114.3602867 | Gold; Silver; Copper | Open pit | operation | NA | Correlative | Studies to determine the effects of mine wastes on aquatic biota were carried out at four NWT mining operations | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Fish | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species groups | Mine effluent and tailings | no | NA | NA | Survival (toxicity test); Arsenic and metal concentrations | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Table 5-6, Figure 7-11 | Spatial correlation at multiple sites | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Biological+effects+of+mining+wastes+in+the+Northwest+Territories&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesgroups |
| Fallis BW. 1982. Trace metals in sediments and biota from Strathcona Sound, NWT; Nanisivik Marine Monitoring Programme, 1974-1979. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 1082: v + 34p | Canada | Nunavut | Strathcona Sound | Nanisivik | 73.0151206 | -84.6166947 | Lead; Zinc | Unclear | operation | NA | BA | Pre and post-operational samples of sediments, seaweed and molluscs in the vicinity of the marine terminal. | Same site/pop- Before | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Sea urchins, molluscs, invertabrates and fishes | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species groups | Commencement of production at the Nanisivik Mine | no | NA | NA | Trace metal concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1 & 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Trace+metals+in+sediments+and+biota+from+Strathcona+Sound,+NWT;+Nanisivik+Marine+Monitoring+Programm&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesgroups |
| Fallis BW. 1982. Trace metals in sediments and biota from Strathcona Sound, NWT; Nanisivik Marine Monitoring Programme, 1974-1979. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 1082: v + 34p | Canada | Nunavut | Strathcona Sound | Nanisivik | 73.0151206 | -84.6166947 | Lead; Zinc | Unclear | operation | NA | BA | Pre and post-operational samples of sediments, seaweed and molluscs in the vicinity of the marine terminal. | Same site/pop- Before | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Seaweed | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species groups | Commencement of production at the Nanisivik Mine | no | NA | NA | Trace metal concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1 & 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Trace+metals+in+sediments+and+biota+from+Strathcona+Sound,+NWT;+Nanisivik+Marine+Monitoring+Programm&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesgroups |
| Fallis BW. 1982. Trace metals in sediments and biota from Strathcona Sound, NWT; Nanisivik Marine Monitoring Programme, 1974-1979. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 1082: v + 34p | Canada | Nunavut | Strathcona Sound | Nanisivik | 73.0151206 | -84.6166947 | Lead; Zinc | Unclear | operation | NA | BA | Pre and post-operational samples of sediments, seaweed and molluscs in the vicinity of the marine terminal. | Same site/pop- Before | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Ocean Sediments | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Commencement of production at the Nanisivik Mine | no | NA | NA | Trace metal concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1 & 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Trace+metals+in+sediments+and+biota+from+Strathcona+Sound,+NWT;+Nanisivik+Marine+Monitoring+Programm&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Feir D, Gillezeau R, and Jones M. 2018. Illuminating Indigenous Economic Development. Univeristy of Victoria Department Discussion Paper | Canada | Canada | Canada | Regional | 57.6814969 | -103.3322077 | Iron | Unclear | operation | NA | Correlative | A study of the effects of mining intensity close to Indigenous communities; examine the effect of mining intensity on economic outcomes | No control | Social Science | ex situ | Indigenous communities | Social | 5-Societies | 5B-Economic | 5B-Other | Examine the effect of mining intensity on economic outcomes | no | NA | NA | GDP in communities in proximity to mines vs not | Employment/Economy | Quantitative | Section 3.3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Illuminating+Indigenous+Economic+Development&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesEconomicOther |
| Finkelstein MM. 1995. Radiographic abnormalities and the risk of lung cancer among workers exposed to silica dust in Ontario. Can. Med. Assoc. J. 152(1): 37-43 | Canada | Ontario | NS | Regional | 51.5287961 | -86.60802086 | Gold; Nickel; Iron | Underground mine | operation | NA | CI | Cohort and case-control studies of rates of death from lung cancer and cancer incidence rates | Reference site/population | Social Science | ex situ | Workers with radiographic abnormalities and control subjects who had been exposed to silica dust | Environmental | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Health/Safety | Exposure to silica dust | no | NA | NA | Standardized mortality ratios (SMRs), standardized incidence ratios (SIRs) and odds ratios for lung cancer. | Cancer rates/disease/mortality | Quantitative | Table 1 & 4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Radiographic+abnormalities+and+the+risk+of+lung+cancer+among+workers+exposed+to+silica+dust+in+Ontar&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingHealthSafety |
| Forsberg LS and Ledin S. 2006. Effects of sewage sludge on pH and plant availability of metals in oxidising sulphide mine tailings. Science of the Total Environment. 358: 21-35. | Sweden | Norrbotten | Sakajarvi | Aitik | 67.0732977 | 20.9619407 | Copper | Open pit | operation | NA | CI | A field study was conducted adjacent to the tailings deposit of the Aitik copper mine in the north of Sweden to investigate the effects of sewage sludge on pH and plant availability of Al, Mn, Cu, Zn, Ni, Pb, As, Cr and Cd in the oxidising sulphide tailings. One treatment was supplied with sewage sludge, while the control received NPK-fertiliser | Control | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Above-ground parts of barley (Hordeum vulgare) and red fescue (Festuca rubra). | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species groups | Metal contamination of plants growing on tailings | yes | Application of sewage sludge on vegetation growing on tailings | pH and plant availability of Al, Mn, Cu, Zn, Ni, Pb, As, Cr and Cd in the oxidising sulphide tailings | pH and NH4-extracted elements; dry matter yields; metal concentrations | Mitigation measure/change in measure | Quantitative | Table 2-5; Figure 1-2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Effects+of+sewage+sludge+on+pH+and+plant+availability+of+metals+in+oxidising+sulphide+mine+tailings&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesgroups |
| Fortin D, and Beveridge TJ. 1997. Microbial sulfate reduction within sulfidic mine tailings: Formation of diagenetic Fe sulfides. Geomicrobiology Journal. 14(1): 1-21 | Canada | Ontario | Kidd Creek | Kidd Creek | 48.691036 | -81.3932428 | Copper; Zinc | Open pit | operation | NA | CI | Present study will show that the presence of SRB affects the porewater chemistry (dissolved SO4, Fe, Cu, Zn, etc.) of the Kidd Creek Mine tailings and is associated with the formation of diagenetic Fe sulfides within the deposit. | Control | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Porewater at tailings site | Environmental | 2-Water | 2B-Groundwater | 2B-Quality | Sulphide generating leachate | no | NA | NA | Water quality | Water quality | Quantitative | Figure 1-2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Microbial+sulfate+reduction+within+sulfidic+mine+tailings:+Formation+of+diagenetic+Fe+sulfides&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterGroundwater Quality |
| Fortin D, and Beveridge TJ. 1997. Microbial sulfate reduction within sulfidic mine tailings: Formation of diagenetic Fe sulfides. Geomicrobiology Journal. 14(1): 1-21 | Canada | Ontario | Kidd Creek | Kidd Creek | 48.691036 | -81.3932428 | Copper; Zinc | Open pit | operation | NA | CI | Present study will show that the presence of SRB affects the porewater chemistry (dissolved SO4, Fe, Cu, Zn, etc.) of the Kidd Creek Mine tailings and is associated with the formation of diagenetic Fe sulfides within the deposit. | Control | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Sulfate reducing bacteria | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species distribution | Sulphide generating leachate | no | NA | NA | Distribution of SRB populations | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Figure 1-2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Microbial+sulfate+reduction+within+sulfidic+mine+tailings:+Formation+of+diagenetic+Fe+sulfides&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesdistribution |
| Frandsen S, Widerlund A, Herbert RB, and Ohlander B. 2009. Nitrogen effluents from mine sites innorthern Sweden – environmentaleffects and removal of nitrogen in recipients. Paper presented at Securing the Future and 8th ICARD | Sweden | Norrbotten | Skellefte River; Kalix River | Kiruna | 67.173325 | 20.654169 | Iron; Gold | Underground mine | operation | NA | CI | Program addressing environmental issues regarding nitrogen in waters receiving mining effluents. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Waters receiving mining effluents | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Elevated concentrations of nitrogen caused by undetonated ammonium nitrate-based explosives and sodium cyanide | no | NA | NA | Water quality | Water quality | Quantitative | Figure 2-5 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Nitrogen+effluents+from+mine+sites+innorthern+Sweden+–+environmentaleffects+and+removal+of+nitrogen+&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Friedrich LA and Halden NH. 2011. Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometric analyses of base metals in arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) otoliths collected from a flooded base metal mine. Environ. Sci. Technol. 45: 4256-4261. | Canada | Manitoba | Maskwa | Maskwa nickel deposit | 50.4336114 | -95.4503577 | Copper | Open pit | postclosure | NA | CI | Examine whether there is a link between otolith microchemistry and the geochemistry of the watershed through analysis of otoliths obtained from fish in a closed system. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) were collected from the Maskwa pit | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Closed mine is water-filled and rocks in the area have been extensively studied as a potential source of Ni, Cu, Cr, and platinum group elements | no | NA | NA | Chromium, Ni, and Cu signatures in otoliths | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Laser+ablation+inductively+coupled+plasma+mass+spectrometric+analyses+of+base+metals+in+arctic+char+&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Friis L, Carter N, and Edling C. 1998. Self-reported health problems among Swedish miners one year after unemployment. Occup. Med. 48 (5): 297-301. | Sweden | Uppsala | Dannemora | Dannemora | 60.2041669 | 17.8598723 | Iron | Open pit | postclosure | NA | CI | Evaluate the self-reported health status amoung miners and changes after unemployment through questionnaires | Reference site/population | Social Science | ex situ | Study of miners during their first year of unemployment | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Wellbeing | Unemployment is considered to be a public health concern since deterioration in the health of the unemployed is often anticipated | no | NA | NA | Self reported health symptoms | Cancer rates/disease/mortality | Quantitative | Table 3 & 4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Self-reported+health+problems+among+Swedish+miners+one+year+after+unemployment&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingWellbeing |
| Fyson A, Kalin M, and Liu JY. 1993. Microbially-mediated metal removal from acid mine drainage. Proceedings of the 10th Annual General Meeting of Biominet. Mississauga, Ontario. 15p | Canada | Ontario; Newfoundland; Quebec | NS | NS | 51.41969386 | -73.35880845 | Nickel; Copper; Zinc; Lead | Unclear | operation | Test cell systems at multiple mine types in Ontario, Quebec and Newfoundland | CI | Test cell system was conducted to test the potential of Acid Reduction Using Microbiology to treat AMD in wetlands. ARUM generates alkalinity through microbial processes which naturally occur in sediments of wetlands and lakes | Control | Lab Exp + Field test | in situ | Acid mine drainage seepages | Environmental | 2-Water | 2B-Groundwater | 2B-Quality | Acid mine drainage | yes | Acid Reduction Using Microbiology | Generates alkanlinity to treat Acid mine drainage | Chemistry of AMD | Water quality | Quantitative | Table 1-2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Microbially-mediated+metal+removal+from+acid+mine+drainage&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterGroundwater Quality |
| Fytas K, and Bousquer P. 2002. Silicate micro-encapsulation of pyrite to prevent acid mine drainage. Metallurgy CIM Bulletin. 95 (1063): 96-99. | Canada | Quebec | Rouyn-Noranda | Bouchard Hebert | 48.1371278 | -79.4293664 | Iron | Unclear | operation | NA | CI | Test the effectiveness and long-term resistance of the silicate coating on mine tailings. | Control | Lab Experiment | ex situ | Mine acid effluent mobilising heavy metals | Environmental | 2-Water | 2B-Groundwater | 2B-Quality | Acid mine drainage | yes | Silicate coating on acid producing tailings | Acid mine drainage | pH; Iron and sulfate concentration | Water quality | Quantitative | Figure 3-6; Table 2-3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Silicate+micro-encapsulation+of+pyrite+to+prevent+acid+mine+drainage&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterGroundwater Quality |
| Fytas K, and Evangelou B. 1998. Phosphate coating on pyrite to prevent acid mine drainage. International Journal of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Environment. 12(3): 101-104. | Canada | Quebec | Rouyn-Noranda | Bouchard Hebert | 48.1371278 | -79.4293664 | Iron | Unclear | remediation | NA | CI | In order to verify the feasibility of establishing an iron phosphate coating on pyritic tailings, laboratory experiments were carried out on an unoxidized fresh tailings sample from the Bouchard Hebert Mine. | Control | Lab Experiment | ex situ | Column experiment effluents | Environmental | 2-Water | 2B-Groundwater | 2B-Quality | Acid mine drainage | yes | Establishing an iron phosphate coating on pyritic tailings, | Acid mine drainage | pH; leachate composition | Water quality | Quantitative | Figure 1-3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Phosphate+coating+on+pyrite+to+prevent+acid+mine+drainage&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterGroundwater Quality |
| Fytas K, Bousquer P, and Evangelou B. 2000. Silicate coating technology to prevent acid mine drainage: 87-95. | Canada | Quebec | Rouyn-Noranda | Bouchard Hebert | 48.1371278 | -79.4293664 | Iron | Unclear | operation | NA | CI | Research project involving testing silicate coating technology on the pyrite tailings from the mine, test effectniveness and long term resistance and of the silicate coating on mine tailings | Control | Lab Experiment | ex situ | Mine acid effluent mobilising heavy metals | Environmental | 2-Water | 2B-Groundwater | 2B-Quality | Acid mine drainage | yes | Silicate coating on acid producing tailings | Acid mine drainage | pH; Iron and sulfate concentration | Water quality | Quantitative | Figure 3-6; Table 2-3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Silicate+coating+technology+to+prevent+acid+mine+drainage&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterGroundwater Quality |
| Fytas K. 2010. Use of permeable reactive barriers to treat acid mine effluents. International Journal of Mining, Reclamation and Environment. 24(3): 206-215 | Canada | Quebec | Val-d'Or | Doyon | 48.2838025 | -78.6390077 | Gold | Underground mine | operation | NA | CI | Experimental columns were set up to simulate the groundwater seepage flow, study the reaction kinetics and ultimately predict the decontamination efficiency and effective lifetime of PRB composed of red mu | Control | Lab Experiment | ex situ | Acid effluent from the Doyon Mine in Val d’Or | Environmental | 2-Water | 2B-Groundwater | 2B-Quality | Acid mine drainage | yes | alkaline metallurgical residues (red mud) used to construct permeable reactive barriers | Neutralising pH and removing metals from acidic mine effluents | Average quality of outgoing leachate from each column (pH and metal contamination) | Mitigation measure/change in measure | Quantitative | Table 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Use+of+permeable+reactive+barriers+to+treat+acid+mine+effluents&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterGroundwater Quality |
| Galkin A. 2014. Analysis of occupational accidents at the mining enterprises of the northern regions of Russia. International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference, SGEM: Surveying Geology and Mining Ecology Management. | Russia | Northern Russia | Regional | Regional | 73.44728947 |<PHONE_NUMBER> | Not stated | Unclear | operation | "Mining and oil-and-gas enterprises" | Correlative | Analysis of occupational accidents ay mining and oil-and-gas enterprises, examining seasonal nature of level of occupational accidents | Reference site/population | Modelling | ex situ | Seasonal variations of occupational accidents | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Health/Safety | Difficult waether coniditons and changes pf the general energy consumption of workers | no | NA | NA | Quantity of accidents; Energy consumption of workers | Occupational hazards/risks/exposure | Quantitative | Table 1; Figure 1-2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Analysis+of+occupational+accidents+at+the+mining+enterprises+of+the+northern+regions+of+Russia&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingHealthSafety |
| Galloway JM, Swindles GT, Jamieson HE, Palmer M, Parsons MB, Sanei H, Macumber AL, Patterson RT, and Falck H. 2018. Organic matter control on the distribution of arsenic in lake sediments impacted by ~ 65 years of gold ore processing in subarctic Canada. Science of theTotal Environment. 622-623: 1668-1679. | Canada | Northwest Territories | Yellowknife | Giant | 62.4981407 | -114.3602867 | Gold | Open pit | postclosure | NA | Correlative | To assess the spatial distribution of arsenic in near-surface lake sediments in the Yellowknife area 105 near-surface sediment samples were collected from 100 lakes within a 30 km radius of Yellowknife | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Lake sediment of 100 lakes surrounding mines | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Exploitation of mineral resources led to contamination and it is not known how cumulative effects of resource extraction and climate warming will impact ecosystems | no | NA | NA | Arsenic concentration | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 1-2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Organic+matter+control+on+the+distribution+of+arsenic+in+lake+sediments+impacted+by+~+65+years+of+go&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Gamage A and Shahidi F. 2007. Use of chitosan for the removal of metal ion contaminants and proteins from water. Food Chemistry. 104: 989-996. | Canada | Newfoundland & Labrador | Buchans | Buchans | 48.8254665 | -56.8385577 | Zinc | Surface mine | operation | NA | CI | Three types of chitosans were evaluated for their capacity to chelate metal ions in samples of water obtained from a zinc mining site | Control | Lab Experiment | ex situ | Mine waste water | Environmental | 2-Water | 2B-Groundwater | 2B-Quality | Water obtained from a zinc mining site | yes | Naturally abundant biosorbants such as chitin and chitosan | Mine waste water | Chelation capacity | Mitigation measure/change in measure | Quantitative | Table 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Use+of+chitosan+for+the+removal+of+metal+ion+contaminants+and+proteins+from+water&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterGroundwater Quality |
| Gangal MK, Dainty ED, Weitzel L, and Bapty M. 1986. Evaluation of diesel emissions control technology at Cominco's Sullivan Mine. Heavy-Duty Diesel Emission Control: A Review of Technology. Mitchell EW (eds). Paper No. 26: 332-347 | Canada | British Columbia | Kimberley | Cominco's Sullivan | 49.6558785 | -115.9469837 | Not stated | Underground mine | operation | NA | Correlative | Recently developed monitoring and control methodology was used to evaluate the effects of diesel emissions control technology on diesel exhaust pollutants and on the Air Quality Index | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Assesses the underground workers' exposure to diesel exhaust emission | Environmental | 3-Air | 3B-Atmosphere | 3B-Air Quality | Effects of disesel emissions control technology | no | NA | NA | CO2 concentrations | Occupational hazards/risks/exposure | Quantitative | Table 4-8 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Evaluation+of+diesel+emissions+control+technology+at+Cominco's+Sullivan+Mine&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _AirAtmosphereAirQuality |
| Gardner WC, Broersma K, Naeth A, Chanasyk D, and Jobson A. 2010. Influence of biosolids and fertilizer amendments on physical, chemical and microbiological properties of copper mine tailings. Can. J Soil Sci. 90: 571-583. | Canada | British Columbia | Bethlehem and Trojan tailing sites | Highland Valley Copper | 50.4861866 | -121.0448943 | Copper; Molybdenum | Open pit | operation | NA | BA | A 3-yr field study was conducted on two texturally different tailings sites to determine the effects of fertilizer and biosolids amendments on selected soil physical, chemical and microbiological properties | Same site/pop- Before | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Soil sampling at tailings sites | Environmental | 1-Soil/Geology | 1A-Soil surface | 1A-Quality | Chemical leaching of tailings | yes | Stockpiled biosolids applied to the experimental tailing sites | Biosolids amendments on selected soil physical, chemical and microbiological properties | Bulk density and water retention; electrical conductivity; total carbon and microbial communities of soils | Soil Characteristics | Quantitative | Table 4-8 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Influence+of+biosolids+and+fertilizer+amendments+on+physical,+chemical+and+microbiological+propertie&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SoilGeologySoilsurfaceQuality |
| Gardner WC, Broersma K, Naeth A, Chanasyk D, and Jobson A. 2010. Influence of biosolids and fertilizer amendments on physical, chemical and microbiological properties of copper mine tailings. Can. J Soil Sci. 90: 571-583. | Canada | British Columbia | Bethlehem and Trojan tailing sites | Highland Valley Copper | 50.4861866 | -121.0448943 | Copper; Molybdenum | Open pit | operation | NA | BA | A 3-yr field study was conducted on two texturally different tailings sites to determine the effects of fertilizer and biosolids amendments on selected soil physical, chemical and microbiological properties | Same site/pop- Before | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Plant biomass of tailings soils | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species groups | Chemical leaching of tailings | yes | Stockpiled biosolids applied to the experimental tailing sites | Biosolids amendments on selected soil physical, chemical and microbiological properties | Plant biomass | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Table 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Influence+of+biosolids+and+fertilizer+amendments+on+physical,+chemical+and+microbiological+propertie&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesgroups |
| Gardner WC, Broersma K, Popp JD, Mir Z, Mir PS, and Buckley WT. 2003. Copper and health status of cattle grazing high-molybdenum forage from a reclaimed mine tailing site. Can. J. Anim. Sci. 83: 479–485 | Canada | British Columbia | Logan Lake | Highland Valley Copper | 50.4861866 | -121.0448943 | Copper; Molybdenum | Open pit | postclosure; remediation | NA | CI | Determine if cattle could safely graze reclaimed land that yields high-Mo forage, The cow/calf pairs and Jersey fistulates were randomly assigned to one of two treatment groups; two treatment groups received All-Trace mineral boli, with no Ca, P, Na or Fe, and the remaining animals served as a control group. | Control | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Main forage species grazed were alfalfa, orchardgrass, red fescue and pubescent wheatgrass with yarrow the main weedy species | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species groups | High concentrations of Mo in forage identified in reclaimed mining areas | no | NA | NA | Average mineral concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Copper+and+health+status+of+cattle+grazing+high-molybdenum+forage+from+a+reclaimed+mine+tailing+site&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesgroups |
| Gardner WC, Broersma K, Popp JD, Mir Z, Mir PS, and Buckley WT. 2003. Copper and health status of cattle grazing high-molybdenum forage from a reclaimed mine tailing site. Can. J. Anim. Sci. 83: 479–485 | Canada | British Columbia | Logan Lake | Highland Valley Copper | 50.4861866 | -121.0448943 | Copper; Molybdenum | Open pit | postclosure; remediation | NA | CI | Determine if cattle could safely graze reclaimed land that yields high-Mo forage, The cow/calf pairs and Jersey fistulates were randomly assigned to one of two treatment groups; two treatment groups received All-Trace mineral boli, with no Ca, P, Na or Fe, and the remaining animals served as a control group. | Control | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Cow/calf pairs and Jersey fistulates | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species groups | High concentrations of Mo in forage identified in reclaimed mining areas | no | NA | NA | Weight gain; Mo Concentrations in tissues | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Table 3-7 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Copper+and+health+status+of+cattle+grazing+high-molybdenum+forage+from+a+reclaimed+mine+tailing+site&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesgroups |
| Garry MR, Shock SS, Salatas K and Dau J. 2018. Application of a weight of evidence approach to evaluating risks associated with subsistence caribou consumption near a lead/zinc mine. Science of the Total Environment. 613-620: 1340-1348 | USA | Alaska | Kotzebue | Red Dog | 68.0720076 | -163.1710781 | Zinc; Lead | Open pit | operation | NA | Correlative | Evaluate risks associated with subsistence caribou consumption near a mine in NW Alaska, determine whether fugitive dust emissions from Red Dog Operations are a significant source of metals in caribou | Background values | Field | in situ | Subsistence caribou | Environmental | 5-Societies | 5C-Service & infrastructure demand | 5C-Consumables/Subsistence | Highly mineralized and overland transport of lead and zinc ore concentrate from the mine to the seaport occurs throughout the year a | no | NA | NA | Metal concentrations in harvested caribou | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 3 -5 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Application+of+a+weight+of+evidence+approach+to+evaluating+risks+associated+with+subsistence+caribou&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesServiceinfrastructureConsumablesSubsistence |
| Gaskova OL, Bessonova EP and Bortnikova SB. 2003. Leaching experiments on trace element release from the arsenic-bearing tailings of Khovu-Aksy (Tuva Republic, Russia). Applied Geochemistry. 18: 1361-1371. | Russia | Tuva Republic | Khovu-Aksy | Khovu-Aksy | 51.11747 | 93.6578 | Nickel | Unclear | abandonment | NA | CI | Experimental leaching of As-containing tailings was performed in the laboratory. The three types of solutions which were used in the leach experiments to model natural waters and waters of anthropogenic origin were H2O, HNO3 and NH4HCO3, and during leaching with these solutions As concentrations | Control | Lab Experiment | ex situ | Pore waters and water extracts | Environmental | 2-Water | 2B-Groundwater | 2B-Quality | As-bearing tailings impoundments at the Khovu-Aksy mine-site | no | NA | NA | Concentrations of trace elements; As Concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 3; Figure 3-4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Leaching+experiments+on+trace+element+release+from+the+arsenic-bearing+tailings+of+Khovu-Aksy+(Tuva+&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterGroundwater Quality |
| Gerhardsson L, and Ahlmark A. 1988. A 50 year survey and follow-up of silicosis in an industrial country: Mineral exposure and pneumoconiosis. Ann. Occup. Hyg. 32: 697-704. | Sweden | Regional | Regional | Regional | 63.84547635 | 16.70831521 | Not stated | Unclear | operation | Occupational exposure study | Correlative | Distribution of registered cases of silicosis through several decades and differing occupations | Background values | Social Science | ex situ | Individual registered cases of silicosis | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Health/Safety | Occupational exposure | no | NA | NA | Silicosis rate; Mortality | Cancer rates/disease/mortality | Quantitative | Table 2-3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=A+50+year+survey+and+follow-up+of+silicosis+in+an+industrial+country:+Mineral+exposure+and+pneumocon&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingHealthSafety |
| Gewurtz SB, Li S, Helm PA, Waltho J, Reiner EJ, Painter S, Brindle ID, and Marvin CH. 2008. Spatial Distributions of Legacy Contaminants in Sediments of Lakes Huron and Superior. J Great Lakes Res. 34: 153-168. | Canada | Ontario | Lake Huron; Lake Superior | Regional | 46.40652447 | -84.89733753 | Not stated | Unclear | Landscape study with intensive mining activity | CI | The sediments of Lake Superior, Lake Huron, and Georgian Bay were sampled in 2001 and 2002 in order to evaluate the extent of surficial sediment contamination of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), organochlorine pesticides (OCs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and metals. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Sediments of Lake Superior, Lake Huron, and Georgian Bay | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Extensive mining activity in the landscape | no | NA | NA | Concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), organochlorine pesticides (OCs), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and metals. | Soil Characteristics | Quantitative | Table 1-3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Spatial+Distributions+of+Legacy+Contaminants+in+Sediments+of+Lakes+Huron+and+Superior&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality | |
| Giguère A, Campbell PGC, Hare L, and Cossu-Leguille C. 2005. Metal bioaccumulation and oxidative stress in yellow perch (Perca flavescens) collected from eight lakes along a metal contamination gradient (Cd, Cu, Zn, Ni). Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 62: 563–577 | Canada | Ontario; Quebec | Sudbury; Rouyn-Noranda | Regional | 49.77409717 | -79.4672072 | Nickel; Copper; Lead; Zinc | Unclear | operation; postclosure; abandonment | four lakes in Sudbury and four in Rouyn-Noranda | Correlative | Quantify metal exposure and accumulation in indigenous yellow perch, we measured metal concentrations in lake water and metals and other variables in the livers of fish collected from eight lakes located along a Cd, Cu, Ni, and Zn gradient in mining regions in Quebec (Rouyn-Noranda) and Ontario (Sudbury), Canada. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Yellow perch (Perca flavescens) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Metal exposure and accumulation on a concentration gradient in two mining regions | no | NA | NA | Hepatic metal concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 1-3 | metal concentration gradient in two mining regions | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Metal+bioaccumulation+and+oxidative+stress+in+yellow+perch+(Perca+flavescens)+collected+from+eight+l&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Glooschenko WA and de Benedetti A. 1983. Atmospheric deposition of iron from mining activities in northern Ontario. The Science of the Total Environment. 32: 73-79. | Canada | Ontario | Atikokan and Subdury | Regional | 48.7616848 | -91.6446234 | Iron | Unclear | abandonment | NA | Correlative | Determine the atmospheric deposition of iron from two mining areas in northern Ontario -- Atikokan and Sudbury -- by use of Sphagnum moss, Atitkokan mine ceased activity in 1979 where as Sudbury iron production is ongoing | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Sphagnum moss, mainly S. fuscum | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species groups | Atmospheric transport and subsequent deposition of potentially toxic elements | no | NA | NA | Iron content | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 2-3 | Spatial pattern | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Atmospheric+deposition+of+iron+from+mining+activities+in+northern+Ontario&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesgroups |
| Goldfarb RJ, Taylor CD, Meier AL, d'Angelo WM, and O'Leary RM. 1997. Hydrogeochemistry of mine-drainage waters associated with low-sulfide, gold-quartz veins in Alaska. Geologic studies in Alaska by the US geological survey, 1995: 3-17. | USA | Alaska | Juneau | Fairbanks; Juneau; Willow Creek | 64.8786525 | -147.8737996 | Gold | Surface mine | operation; abandonment | NA | CI | Surface waters were sampled above and below both abandoned and active mine workings associated with lowsulfide, gold-quartz veins in the Fairbanks, Willow Creek, and Juneau gold belt mining districts. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Surface waters were sampled above and below both abandoned and active mine | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Above and below both abandoned and active mine | no | NA | NA | Water quality | Water quality | Quantitative | Table 2-4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Hydrogeochemistry+of+mine-drainage+waters+associated+with+low-sulfide,+gold-quartz+veins+in+Alaska&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Gongalsky KB, Belorustseva SA, Kuznetsova DM, Matyukhin AV, Pelgunova LA, Savin FA, and Shapovalov AS. 2009. Spatial avoidance of patches of polluted chernozem soils by soil invertebrates. Insect Science. 16: 99-105. | Russia | Belgorod Oblast | Belogorye Nature Reserve | Lebedinsky | 51.2599623 | 37.7222653 | Iron | Open pit | operation | NA | CI | Aim of this study was to use the Spatial Analysis by Distance Indices technique to analyze whether patches of high abundance of soil animals and patches of low concentrations of heavy metals in soils are associated in chernozem soil polluted by mining industry wastes. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Soil cores from each chosen valley | Environmental | 1-Soil/Geology | 1A-Soil surface | 1A-Quality | Tailings contamination | no | NA | NA | Soil element concentrations | Soil Characteristics | Quantitative | Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Spatial+avoidance+of+patches+of+polluted+chernozem+soils+by+soil+invertebrates&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SoilGeologySoilsurfaceQuality |
| Gongalsky KB, Belorustseva SA, Kuznetsova DM, Matyukhin AV, Pelgunova LA, Savin FA, and Shapovalov AS. 2009. Spatial avoidance of patches of polluted chernozem soils by soil invertebrates. Insect Science. 16: 99-105. | Russia | Belgorod Oblast | Belogorye Nature Reserve | Lebedinsky | 51.2599623 | 37.7222653 | Iron | Open pit | operation | NA | CI | Aim of this study was to use the Spatial Analysis by Distance Indices technique to analyze whether patches of high abundance of soil animals and patches of low concentrations of heavy metals in soils are associated in chernozem soil polluted by mining industry wastes. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Soil invertebrate communities | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species groups | Tailings contamination | no | NA | NA | Abundance of soil invertebrates | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Table 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Spatial+avoidance+of+patches+of+polluted+chernozem+soils+by+soil+invertebrates&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesgroups |
| Gopalapillai Y, Chakrabarti CL, and Lean DRS. 2008. Assessing toxicity of mining effluents: equilibrium- and kinetics-based metal speciation and algal bioassay. Environ. Chem. 5:307-315. | Canada | Sudbury | Copper Cliff | Crean Hill; Garson; Whistle | 46.5677602 | -80.8591604 | Nickel; Copper | Open pit | postclosure | NA | CI | Assess the toxicity of nickel-contaminated aqueous mining effluents to aquatic freshwater organisms using algal bioassays, and both equilibrium- and kinetics-based estimates of nickel speciation, which has rarely been done earlier. | Control | Lab Experiment | ex situ | Algal bioassays using the green alga (Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Individual species | Toxicity of nickel-contaminated aqueous mining effluents | no | NA | NA | Algal yield, % growth | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Figure 2 +3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Assessing+toxicity+of+mining+effluents:+equilibrium-+and+kinetics-based+metal+speciation+and+algal+b&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraIndividualspecies |
| Gottlieb J. 1990. Episodes of illness and medical service in a geographically isolated mine village in Greenland. Arct. Med. Res. 49: 128-131. | Greenland | Qaasuitsup | Uummannaq fjord | Black Angel | 71.1167 | -51.25 | Zinc; Lead | Unclear | postclosure | NA | CI | A study of the pattern of medical contacts for all employees in a one year period was performed; tracked differences between various groups of employees and ethnical groups including describing illness and other. | Background values | Social Science | in situ | Employees of two mines in Greenland | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Health/Safety | Occupational illness or other that requires medical contacts | no | NA | NA | Episodes of single/multiple medical contacts | Cancer rates/disease/mortality | Quantitative | Table I-IV | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Episodes+of+illness+and+medical+service+in+a+geographically+isolated+mine+village+in+Greenland&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingHealthSafety |
| Gottlieb J. 1990. The pattern of medical contacts in a geographically isolated mine village in Greenland. Arct Med Res. 49: 195-197. | Greenland | Qaasuitsup | Uummannaq fjord | Black Angel | 71.1167 | -51.25 | Zinc; Lead | Unclear | operation | NA | CI | Investigation was to describe the occupational diseases and occupational injuries which necessitated transportation of the patients that occurred in the mining town of Marmorilik | Reference site/population | Social Science | in situ | Persons working in mining town of Marmorilik that experienced occupational disease or injuries | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Health/Safety | Work place hazards including noise level and strenous work load | no | NA | NA | Occupational diseases and injuries | Cancer rates/disease/mortality | Quantitative | Table I-III | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=The+pattern+of+medical+contacts+in+a+geographically+isolated+mine+village+in+Greenland&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingHealthSafety |
| Gough LP, Crock JG, Seal RR, Wang B, and Weber-Scannell P. 2004. Chapter 2: Biogeochemistry, stable-isotopic composition, and feeding habits of Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus) in the lower fortymile river, Eastern Alaska. US Geological Survey Professional Paper Issue 1685: 21-43 | USA | Alaska | Lower Fortymile River | Fortymile River | 64.2426303 | -141.7544097 | Gold | Placer mine | operation | NA | CI | Report on the inorganic chemistry of Arctic grayling in Fortymile River | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Arctic Grayling | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Placer mining contamination | no | NA | NA | Elemental concentrations in muscle tissues | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Biogeochemistry,+stable-isotopic+composition,+and+feeding+habits+of+Arctic+grayling+(Thymallus+arcti&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Goulet RR and Couillard Y. 2008. Weight-of-evidence assessment of impacts from an abandoned mine site to the dasserat Lake watershed, Quebec, Canada. Miranda FR and Bernard LM (eds). Lake Pollution Research Progress: Chater 12. 355-369 | Canada | Quebec | Dasserat Lake | Aldermac | 48.2526417 | -79.4792361 | Zinc; Copper | Unclear | abandonment | NA | CI | Built a weight of evidence assessment of impacts at Dasserat Lake. As lines of evidence of impacts, we used regional surface water pH, water quality criteria, acute biotic ligand models, predicted no effect concentrations for three groups of species (i.e. algae, invertebrates and fish), transplanted bivalve experiments, indigenous bivalve population survey, invertebrate community surveys, fish condition indicators and finally, fish demographic information. pH levels were acidic in Lake and Bay Arnoux while close to neutrality in Dasserat Lake. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Water samples were obtained twice in 1998 | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Impacted by acid mine drainage loading that has been occurring for over 5 decades now | no | NA | NA | Water chemistry; trace metals | Water quality | Quantitative | Figure 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Weight-of-evidence+assessment+of+impacts+from+an+abandoned+mine+site+to+the+dasserat+Lake+watershed,&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Goulet RR and Couillard Y. 2008. Weight-of-evidence assessment of impacts from an abandoned mine site to the dasserat Lake watershed, Quebec, Canada. Miranda FR and Bernard LM (eds). Lake Pollution Research Progress: Chater 12. 355-369 | Canada | Quebec | Dasserat Lake | Aldermac | 48.2526417 | -79.4792361 | Zinc; Copper | Unclear | abandonment | NA | CI | Built a weight of evidence assessment of impacts at Dasserat Lake. As lines of evidence of impacts, we used regional surface water pH, water quality criteria, acute biotic ligand models, predicted no effect concentrations for three groups of species (i.e. algae, invertebrates and fish), transplanted bivalve experiments, indigenous bivalve population survey, invertebrate community surveys, fish condition indicators and finally, fish demographic information. pH levels were acidic in Lake and Bay Arnoux while close to neutrality in Dasserat Lake. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Collected sediment cores at each of the seven sampling stations of Dasserat Lake | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Impacted by acid mine drainage loading that has been occurring for over 5 decades now | no | NA | NA | Trace elements | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Weight-of-evidence+assessment+of+impacts+from+an+abandoned+mine+site+to+the+dasserat+Lake+watershed,&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Goulet RR and Couillard Y. 2008. Weight-of-evidence assessment of impacts from an abandoned mine site to the dasserat Lake watershed, Quebec, Canada. Miranda FR and Bernard LM (eds). Lake Pollution Research Progress: Chater 12. 355-369 | Canada | Quebec | Dasserat Lake | Aldermac | 48.2526417 | -79.4792361 | Zinc; Copper | Unclear | abandonment | NA | CI | Built a weight of evidence assessment of impacts at Dasserat Lake. As lines of evidence of impacts, we used regional surface water pH, water quality criteria, acute biotic ligand models, predicted no effect concentrations for three groups of species (i.e. algae, invertebrates and fish), transplanted bivalve experiments, indigenous bivalve population survey, invertebrate community surveys, fish condition indicators and finally, fish demographic information. pH levels were acidic in Lake and Bay Arnoux while close to neutrality in Dasserat Lake. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Collected benthic invertebrates in ten lakes of the Rouyn-Noranda region in August 2000 and Fish populations of 23 lakes of the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species groups | Impacted by acid mine drainage loading that has been occurring for over 5 decades now | no | NA | NA | Abundance; CPUE | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Table 2; Table 4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Weight-of-evidence+assessment+of+impacts+from+an+abandoned+mine+site+to+the+dasserat+Lake+watershed,&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesgroups |
| Goulet RR and Couillard Y. 2008. Weight-of-evidence assessment of impacts from an abandoned mine site to the dasserat Lake watershed, Quebec, Canada. Miranda FR and Bernard LM (eds). Lake Pollution Research Progress: Chater 12. 355-369 | Canada | Quebec | Dasserat Lake | Aldermac | 48.2526417 | -79.4792361 | Zinc; Copper | Unclear | abandonment | NA | CI | Built a weight of evidence assessment of impacts at Dasserat Lake. As lines of evidence of impacts, we used regional surface water pH, water quality criteria, acute biotic ligand models, predicted no effect concentrations for three groups of species (i.e. algae, invertebrates and fish), transplanted bivalve experiments, indigenous bivalve population survey, invertebrate community surveys, fish condition indicators and finally, fish demographic information. pH levels were acidic in Lake and Bay Arnoux while close to neutrality in Dasserat Lake. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Bivalve Pyganodon grandis were transplanted in lakes of the Rouyn-Noranda | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Impacted by acid mine drainage loading that has been occurring for over 5 decades now | no | NA | NA | Survival; Cd concentration | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Table 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Weight-of-evidence+assessment+of+impacts+from+an+abandoned+mine+site+to+the+dasserat+Lake+watershed,&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Goupil K and Nkongolo K. 2014. Assessing soil respiration as an indicator of soil microbial activity in reclaimed metal contaminated lands. American Journal of Environmental Sciences. 10(4): 403-411. | Canada | Ontario | Sudbury | Regional | 46.4 | -81 | Nickel | Surface mine | remediation | NA | CI | Measure soil respiration and health in limed and unlimed areas in the Northern Ontario (Canada) region. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Soil samples from amendment and revegetation areas (limed vs unlimed) | Environmental | 1-Soil/Geology | 1A-Soil surface | 1A-Quality | Sulphur dioxide fumigations and metal particulate depositions | yes | Limed and unlimed areas in the Northern Ontario | Maintain an increase in soil pH from extremely acid to slightly acid | Soil acidity and metal content; soil respiration rate | Soil Characteristics | Quantitative | Figure 3; Table 1-3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Assessing+soil+respiration+as+an+indicator+of+soil+microbial+activity+in+reclaimed+metal+contaminate&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SoilGeologySoilsurfaceQuality |
| Goupil K and Nkongolo K. 2014. Assessing soil respiration as an indicator of soil microbial activity in reclaimed metal contaminated lands. American Journal of Environmental Sciences. 10(4): 403-411. | Canada | Ontario | Sudbury | Regional | 46.4 | -81 | Nickel | Surface mine | remediation | NA | CI | Measure soil respiration and health in limed and unlimed areas in the Northern Ontario (Canada) region. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Vegetation samples from amendment and revegetation areas (limed vs unlimed) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species groups | Sulphur dioxide fumigations and metal particulate depositions | yes | Limed and unlimed areas in the Northern Ontario | Maintain an increase in soil pH from extremely acid to slightly acid | Fungi abundance | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Figure 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Assessing+soil+respiration+as+an+indicator+of+soil+microbial+activity+in+reclaimed+metal+contaminate&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesgroups |
| Goupil K, Nkongolo KK, and Nasserulla S. 2015. Characterization of fungal communities in limed and unlimed lands contaminated with metals: Phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) analysis and soil respiration. American Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology. 11(2): 45-56 | Canada | Ontario | Sudbury | Regional | 46.49905213 | -81.02009508 | Nickel; Copper | Unclear | remediation | NA | CI | Determine fungi diversity and abundance in selected limed and unlimed areas contaminated with metals in the Region | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Fungi diversity and abundance | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species distribution | Contamination of soils with metals | yes | Remediation consisted of neutralizing soil pH with the addition of lime as well as adding fertilizer, seed distribution and tree planting | Contaminated soil | Number of species; Abundance | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Table 2; Figure 3-5 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Characterization+of+fungal+communities+in+limed+and+unlimed+lands+contaminated+with+metals:+Phosphol&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesdistribution |
| Grantham DA and Jones JF. 1976. Arsenic contamination of water wells in Nova Scotia. Journal of the American Water Works Association. 69 (12): 653-67. | Canada | Nova Scotia | Regional | Regional | 44.71819718 | -63.69638594 | Gold | Unclear | operation; postclosure; abandonment | List all areas in Nova Scotia considered Hold mining districts | Correlative | A reported case of arsenic intoxication set in motion a large-scale investigation aimed at tracking occurrence and sources of arsenic in well water. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Sampling of wells in densely populated and heavily mined gold districts | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Arsenic contamination | no | NA | NA | Arsenic Concentration | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1 | Public health assessment of drinking water wells to determine patterns of arsenic contamination | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Arsenic+contamination+of+water+wells+in+Nova+Scotia&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Gravel A, Campbell PGC, and Hontela A. 2005. Disruption of the Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Interrenal Axis in 1+Yellow Perch (Perca flavescens) Chronically Exposed to Metals in the Environment. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 62: 982-990 | Canada | Quebec | Abitibi | Regional | 48.6202039 | -78.4138022 | Zinc; Copper | Surface mine | operation; abandonment | "mining operations and abandoned mine sites in the area" | CI | Young-of-the-year (YOY) and 1+ yellow perch were captured, subjected to a standardized stress test or adrenocorticotropic-hormone stimulation in lakes situated along a contamination gradient of Cd, Cu, and Zn in the mining region of Abitibi, Quebec. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | ex situ | Young-of-the-year (YOY) and 1+ yellow perch from metal-contaminated lakes situated along a contamination gradient in a mining region. | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Chronic exposure to metal contamination; Affected primarily by their proximity to the Horne smelter and atmospheric deposition brought by dominant winds, and also by mining operations and abandoned mine sites in the area. | no | NA | NA | Whole-body concentrations of Cu, Zn, Pb, and Ni; Cortisol; Liver glycogen concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1-3; Figure 5 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Disruption+of+the+Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Interrenal+Axis+in+1+Yellow+Perch+(Perca+flavescens)+Chronic&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Gray JE, Meier AL, O'Leary RM, Outwater C and Theodorakos PM. 1996. Environmental geochemistry of mercury deposits in southwestern Alaska: mercury contents in fish, stream-sediment, and stream-water samples. Moore TE and Dumoulin JA (Eds).Geologic Studies in Alaska by the US Geological Survey, 1994. US Geological Survey Bulletin 2152. | USA | Alaska | Kuskokwim River | Cinnabar Creek; Kolmakof; Mountain Top; Red Devil; Red Top Mine | 61.6181715 | -158.2970967 | Gold | Unclear | abandonment | NA | CI | Concentrations of mercury were measured in fish, stream-sediment, and stream-water samples collected downstream from the mines and lodes to evaluate environmental mercury accumulation. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Samples collected for study were primarily fish (Arctic Grayling and Dolly Varden) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species groups | Mercury contamination from abondaned gold mines in the region | no | NA | NA | Tissue Hg contamination | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Article on page 17 of book; Table 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Environmental+geochemistry+of+mercury+deposits+in+southwestern+Alaska:+mercury+contents+in+fish,+str&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesgroups |
| Gray JE, Meier AL, O'Leary RM, Outwater C and Theodorakos PM. 1996. Environmental geochemistry of mercury deposits in southwestern Alaska: mercury contents in fish, stream-sediment, and stream-water samples. Moore TE and Dumoulin JA (Eds).Geologic Studies in Alaska by the US Geological Survey, 1994. US Geological Survey Bulletin 2152. | USA | Alaska | Kuskokwim River | Cinnabar Creek; Kolmakof; Mountain Top; Red Devil; Red Top Mine | 61.6181715 | -158.2970967 | Gold | Unclear | abandonment | NA | CI | Concentrations of mercury were measured in fish, stream-sediment, and stream-water samples collected downstream from the mines and lodes to evaluate environmental mercury accumulation. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Stream-sediments | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Mercury contamination from abondaned gold mines in the region | no | NA | NA | Geochemical data | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Article on page 17 of book; Table 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Environmental+geochemistry+of+mercury+deposits+in+southwestern+Alaska:+mercury+contents+in+fish,+str&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Gray JE, Meier AL, O'Leary RM, Outwater C and Theodorakos PM. 1996. Environmental geochemistry of mercury deposits in southwestern Alaska: mercury contents in fish, stream-sediment, and stream-water samples. Moore TE and Dumoulin JA (Eds).Geologic Studies in Alaska by the US Geological Survey, 1994. US Geological Survey Bulletin 2152. | USA | Alaska | Kuskokwim River | Cinnabar Creek; Kolmakof; Mountain Top; Red Devil; Red Top Mine | 61.6181715 | -158.2970967 | Gold | Unclear | abandonment | NA | CI | Concentrations of mercury were measured in fish, stream-sediment, and stream-water samples collected downstream from the mines and lodes to evaluate environmental mercury accumulation. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Stream water samples | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Mercury contamination from abondaned gold mines in the region | no | NA | NA | Geochemical data | Water quality | Quantitative | Article on page 17 of book; Table 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Environmental+geochemistry+of+mercury+deposits+in+southwestern+Alaska:+mercury+contents+in+fish,+str&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Green S and Renault S. 2008. Influence of papermill sludge on growth of Medicago sativa, Festuca rubra and Agropyron trachycaulum in gold mine tailings: a greenhouse study. Environmental Pollution. 151: 524-531. | Canada | Manitoba | Nopiming Provincial Park | Central Manitoba | 50.5416 | -95.206 | Gold | Underground mine | abandonment | NA | CI | Determine the effects of papermill sludge and/or fertilizer on the survival, growth and pigment content of Festuca rubra, Agropyron trachycaulum and Medicago sativa in the Central Manitoba gold mine tailings. | Control | Lab Experiment | ex situ | Establishment of Festuca rubra, Agropyron trachycaulum and Medicago sativa | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species groups | Gold mine tailings | yes | Adding papermill sludge to neutral/alkaline gold mine tailings | Improve the establishment of Festuca rubra, Agropyron trachycaulum and Medicago sativa on gold tailings | Emergence; Survival; Hieght, root and shoot ratio | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Figure 2; Table 4-5 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Influence+of+papermill+sludge+on+growth+of+Medicago+sativa,+Festuca+rubra+and+Agropyron+trachycaulum&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesgroups |
| Gregurek D, Reimann C, and Stumpfl EF. 1998. Mineralogical fingerprints of industrial emissions - an example from Ni mining and smelting on the Kola Peninsula, NW Russia. Science of the Total Environment. 221: 189-200 | Russia | Kola Peninsula | Murmensk | Nikel; Zapoljarnij | 68.96412 | 32.8059412 | Nickel; Copper | Unclear | operation | NA | Correlative | Fifteen large snowpack samples were collected in the vicinity 1.5-8 km of the copper-nickel mining and processing plants on the Kola Peninsula | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | snowpack samples | Environmental | 2-Water | 2C-Ice | 2C-Ice | Atmospheric deposition from copper-nickel processing plants | no | NA | NA | Heavy metal concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1-2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Mineralogical+fingerprints+of+industrial+emissions+-+an+example+from+Ni+mining+and+smelting+on+the+K&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterIceIce |
| Gromova VA, Shestakova TV and Lipatnikova OA. 2016. Ecological-geochemical evaluation of the state of surface water streams in the impact area of the tailing dump of the Urupsky Ore Mining. Moscow University Geology Bulletin. 71(6): 407-415 | Russia | Karachay-Cherkessia | Bogachukha and Urup Rivers | Urupsky | 43.8149258 | 41.1709023 | Copper | Unclear | abandonment | NA | CI | Ecological-geochemical evaluation of the state of surface water streams in the impact area of the tailing dump of an ore mining and dressing plant | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Samples of water | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Impact area of the abandoned tailing dump of the Urupsky Ore Mining | no | NA | NA | Concentrations of Cu, Zn, and Cd in the water of the Bogachukha River | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Ecological-geochemical+evaluation+of+the+state+of+surface+water+streams+in+the+impact+area+of+the+ta&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Gromova VA, Shestakova TV and Lipatnikova OA. 2016. Ecological-geochemical evaluation of the state of surface water streams in the impact area of the tailing dump of the Urupsky Ore Mining. Moscow University Geology Bulletin. 71(6): 407-415 | Russia | Karachay-Cherkessia | Bogachukha and Urup Rivers | Urupsky | 43.8149258 | 41.1709023 | Copper | Unclear | abandonment | NA | CI | Ecological-geochemical evaluation of the state of surface water streams in the impact area of the tailing dump of an ore mining and dressing plant | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | The bottom sediments were sampled from the river channels | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Impact area of the abandoned tailing dump of the Urupsky Ore Mining | no | NA | NA | Trace elements in the bottom sediments of the Bogachukha and Urup rivers | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Ecological-geochemical+evaluation+of+the+state+of+surface+water+streams+in+the+impact+area+of+the+ta&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Grondin J and Bruneau S. 1994. Mining and health in the Arctic. Arctic Medical Research. 53 (Sup 2): 364-366 | Canada | Nunavut; Greenland; Alaska | Arctic | Black Angel; Lupin; Nanisivik; Polaris; Raglan; Red Dog | 65.7615887 | -111.2441185 | Gold; Nickel; Copper; Zinc; Lead | Unclear | operation; postclosure | Some mine closed some operational | CI | Direct and indirect effects of mining on Inuit health are discussed from the general perspective of environmental health | Reference site/population | Social Science | in situ | Unuit communities in the Arctic | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Health/Safety | Direct and indirect effects of mining on Inuit health | no | NA | NA | At work site and neighboring community health impacts | Occupational hazards/risks/exposure | Qualitative | All | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Mining+and+health+in+the+Arctic&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingHealthSafety |
| Grout JA and Levings CD. 2001. Effects of acid mine drainage from an abandoned copper mine, Britannia Mines, Howe Sound, British Columbia, Canada, on transplanted blue mussels (Mytilus edulis). Marine Environmental Research. 51: 265-288. | Canada | British Columbia | Howe Sound | Britannia Beach | 49.6232695 | -123.2038727 | Copper | Unclear | abandonment | NA | Correlative | Juvenile mussels (Mytilus edulis) were transplanted along an apparent pollution gradient of acid mine drainage from an abandoned copper (Cu) mine. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Surface waters to identify AMD entering water | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Acid mine drainage | no | NA | NA | Surface water Cu; pH; water quality | Water quality | Quantitative | Figure 3; Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Effects+of+acid+mine+drainage+from+an+abandoned+copper+mine,+Britannia+Mines,+Howe+Sound,+British+Co&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Grout JA and Levings CD. 2001. Effects of acid mine drainage from an abandoned copper mine, Britannia Mines, Howe Sound, British Columbia, Canada, on transplanted blue mussels (Mytilus edulis). Marine Environmental Research. 51: 265-288. | Canada | British Columbia | Howe Sound | Britannia Beach | 49.6232695 | -123.2038727 | Copper | Unclear | abandonment | NA | Correlative | Juvenile mussels (Mytilus edulis) were transplanted along an apparent pollution gradient of acid mine drainage from an abandoned copper (Cu) mine. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Juvenile mussels (Mytilus edulis) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Acid mine drainage | no | NA | NA | Growth rate; Cu and Zn in mussel | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Table 2; Figure 5 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Effects+of+acid+mine+drainage+from+an+abandoned+copper+mine,+Britannia+Mines,+Howe+Sound,+British+Co&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Guittonny-Larchevêque M, and Lortie S. 2017. Above- and Belowground Development of a Fast-Growing Willow Planted in Acid-Generating Mine Technosol. Journal of Environmental Quality. 46: 1462-1471. | Canada | Quebec | NS | Westwood | 48.15 | 78.32 | Gold | Underground mine | operation; remediation | Reopened in 2013, until 2009, the site was used by the Doyon open pit mine | CI | Experiment over 3 yr to evaluate the ability of a fast-growing willow clone (Salix miyabeana Sx64) to establish in soil layers above acid-generating waste rocks from a gold mine in Quebec. The main objective was to study root development in the soil profile among substrates varying in thickness and composition | Control | Lab Experiment | in situ | Twenty experimental plots with each plot consisting of nine ramets (clonal plants) of S. miyabeana | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Individual species | Acid mine drainage | no | NA | NA | Maximal height; diameter; Root occurrence | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Figure 2+4; Table 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Above-+and+Belowground+Development+of+a+Fast-Growing+Willow+Planted+in+Acid-Generating+Mine+Technoso&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraIndividualspecies |