| Moncur MC, Ptacek CJ, Hayashi M, Blowes DW, and Birks SJ. 2014. Seasonal cycling and mass-loading of dissolved metals and sulfate discharging from an abandoned mine site in northern Canada. Applied Geochemistry. 41: 176-188. | Canada | Manitoba | Sherridon | Sherritt-Gordon | 55.13639 | -101.109757 | Zinc; Copper | Unclear | postclosure | NA | Correlative | A 5-year hydrological and geochemical sampling program was conducted at this small Precambrian shield lake prior to the initiation of remedial actions, to identify the seasonal distribution and mass-loading of dissolved metals and sulfate discharging from Camp Lake to the downstream Kississing Lake. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Water samples were collected from SC, WW and CW | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Sulfide oxidation has been occurring for over 70 years at an abandoned mine site in this watershed, resulting in high concentrations of oxidation | no | NA | NA | Water Chemistry | Water quality | Quantitative | Figure 4-8 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Seasonal+cycling+and+mass-loading+of+dissolved+metals+and+sulfate+discharging+from+an+abandoned+mine&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Moncur MC, Ptacek CJ, Hayashi M, Blowes DW, and Birks SJ. 2014. Seasonal cycling and mass-loading of dissolved metals and sulfate discharging from an abandoned mine site in northern Canada. Applied Geochemistry. 41: 176-188. | Canada | Manitoba | Sherridon | Sherritt-Gordon | 55.13639 | -101.109757 | Zinc; Copper | Unclear | postclosure | NA | Correlative | A 5-year hydrological and geochemical sampling program was conducted at this small Precambrian shield lake prior to the initiation of remedial actions, to identify the seasonal distribution and mass-loading of dissolved metals and sulfate discharging from Camp Lake to the downstream Kississing Lake. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Sediment samples were collected in 2003 and 2004 from the lakebeds of Kississing Lake, Cold Lake, Camp Lake, Woods Lake and Trap Lake | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Sulfide oxidation has been occurring for over 70 years at an abandoned mine site in this watershed, resulting in high concentrations of oxidation | no | NA | NA | Metal loadings | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Seasonal+cycling+and+mass-loading+of+dissolved+metals+and+sulfate+discharging+from+an+abandoned+mine&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Moncur MC, Ptacek CJ, Lindsay MBJ, Blowes DW, and Jambor JL. 2015. Long-term mineralogical and geochemical evolution of sulfide mine tailings under a shallow water cover. Applied Geochemistry. 57: 178-193 | Canada | Manitoba | Sherridon | Sherritt-Gordon | 55.13639 | -101.109757 | Zinc; Copper | Unclear | postclosure | NA | CI | Long-term influence of a shallow water cover limiting sulfide-mineral oxidation was examined in tailings deposited. Mineralogical and geochemical characterization focused on two contrasting areas of this deposit | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Pore-water samples | Environmental | 2-Water | 2B-Groundwater | 2B-Quality | Sulphide-bearing tailings | yes | Sulfide mine tailings subjected to over 60 years of storage under a 100 cm water cover | Acid mine drainage | Pore-water chemistry | Mitigation measure/change in measure | Quantitative | Figure 5-7 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Long-term+mineralogical+and+geochemical+evolution+of+sulfide+mine+tailings+under+a+shallow+water+cov&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterGroundwater Quality |
| Moore JW, Sutherland DJ, and Beaubien VA. 1979. Algal and invertebrate communities in three subarctic lakes receiving mine wastes. Water Research 13: 1193-1202 | Canada | Northwest Territories | Meg, Peg and Keg Lakes | Con | 62.430874 | -114.3760721 | Gold | Open pit | operation | NA | Correlative | Asses the effects of changing concentrations of heavy metals and salts on the density, species composition and number of species of algal and zooplankton communities | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Zooplankton density | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species distribution | Liquid mine wastes | no | NA | NA | Densities of phytoplankton and zooplankton | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Table 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Algal+and+invertebrate+communities+in+three+subarctic+lakes+receiving+mine+wastes&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesdistribution |
| Moore JW, Sutherland DJ, and Beaubien VA. 1979. Algal and invertebrate communities in three subarctic lakes receiving mine wastes. Water Research 13: 1193-1202 | Canada | Northwest Territories | Meg, Peg and Keg Lakes | Con | 62.430874 | -114.3760721 | Gold | Open pit | operation | NA | Correlative | Asses the effects of changing concentrations of heavy metals and salts on the density, species composition and number of species of algal and zooplankton communities | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Phytoplankton and Algal communities | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species distribution | Liquid mine wastes | no | NA | NA | Densities of phytoplankton and zooplankton | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Table 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Algal+and+invertebrate+communities+in+three+subarctic+lakes+receiving+mine+wastes&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesdistribution |
| Moore JW. 1980. Epipelic algal communities in a eutrophic northern lake contaminated with mine wastes. Water Research. 15: 97-105. | Canada | Ontario | Thompson Lake | NR | 62.37 | 113.3 | Gold | Unclear | abandonment | NA | CI | Assess the impact of contaminated sediments on the density, species composition and diversity of benthic algal communities in a small lake located in the Canadian subarctic. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Lake sediments samples | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Gold mining wastes deposited in th elake between 1941-1949 | no | NA | NA | Chemical characteristics | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Epipelic+algal+communities+in+a+eutrophic+northern+lake+contaminated+with+mine+wastes&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Moore JW. 1980. Epipelic algal communities in a eutrophic northern lake contaminated with mine wastes. Water Research. 15: 97-105. | Canada | Ontario | Thompson Lake | NR | 62.37 | 113.3 | Gold | Unclear | abandonment | NA | CI | Assess the impact of contaminated sediments on the density, species composition and diversity of benthic algal communities in a small lake located in the Canadian subarctic. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Benthic algae associated with lake sediments | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species distribution | Gold mining wastes deposited in th elake between 1941-1950 | no | NA | NA | Densities | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Figure 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Epipelic+algal+communities+in+a+eutrophic+northern+lake+contaminated+with+mine+wastes&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesdistribution |
| Morgan JD, Mitchell DG and Chapman PM. 1986. Individual and combined toxicity of manganese and molybdenum to mussel, Mytilus edulis, larvae. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 37: 303-307. | USA | Alaska | Ketchikan | Quartz Hill | 55.350994 | -131.6413637 | Molybdenum | Unclear | construction | Testing toxcicty of mine tailings of proposed mine | CI | Toxicity testing of mine tailings from proposed Quartz Hill molybdenum mine using a mussel larvae bioassays | Control | Lab Experiment | ex situ | Mytilus edulis mussel larvae | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Toxicity of molybdenum and manganese from tailings | no | BN/A | NA | Relative survival | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Individual+and+combined+toxicity+of+manganese+and+molybdenum+to+mussel,+Mytilus+edulis,+larvae&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Moriarty MM, Koch I, and Reimar KJ. 2012. Arsenic Speciation, Distribution, and Bioaccessibility in Shrews and Their Food. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 62: 529-538. | Canada | Nova Scotia | Lower Seal Harbour | NS | 45.168333 | -61.599166 | Gold | Surface mine | abandonment | Histroic gold mine in the area (not named) | CI | Investigate whether the concentrations and species of arsenic in insectivorous shrews (Sorex cinereus) from a site known to be arsenic-rich are different from those from a nearby background site. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Shrews (Sorex cinereus) collected at a historic mine | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Histroic gold mine Arsenic contamination | no | NA | NA | Total AS Concentration; | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Arsenic+Speciation,+Distribution,+and+Bioaccessibility+in+Shrews+and+Their+Food&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Moriarty MM, Koch I, Gordon RA, and Reimar KJ. 2009. Arsenic Speciation of Terrestrial Invertebrates. Environ. Sci. Technol. 43: 4818-4823. | Canada | Nova Scotia | Dartmouth | Montague | 44.7276856 | -63.5258688 | Gold | Surface mine | abandonment | Three mines sites (Montague, lower and upper Seal Harbour) | CI | This paper provides arsenic concentrations and arsenic speciation profiles for eight orders of terrestrial invertebrates collected at three historical gold mine sites and one background site in Nova Scotia, Canada. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Eight orders of terrestrial invertebrates collected at three historical gold mine sites and one background site | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species groups | Distribution and chemical form (speciation) of arsenic in terrestrial food chains | no | NA | NA | Total Arsenic Concentration | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1 + 3; Figure 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Arsenic+Speciation+of+Terrestrial+Invertebrates&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesgroups |
| Moritz T, Ejdemo T, Soderholm P, and Warell L. 2017. The local employment impacts of mining: an econometric analysis of job multipliers in northern Sweden. Miner Econ. | Sweden | Norrbotten | Kiruna | Kiruna | 67.173325 | 20.654169 | Iron | Underground mine | operation | Six active mines in the county of Västerbotten. | Correlative | Apply a novel econometric approach to assess mining-induced job multipliers in the empirical context of northern Sweden. | Background values | Modelling | ex situ | Employees in the non-mining sectors and in the mining sector | Social | 5-Societies | 5B-Economic | 5B-Jobs (new employments) | Assess mining-induced job multipliers and their economic impact | no | NA | NA | Employment sectors; Job multiplier | Employment/Economy | Quantitative | Table 1-6 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=The+local+employment+impacts+of+mining:+an+econometric+analysis+of+job+multipliers+in+northern+Swede&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesEconomicJobs |
| Mudroch A and Capobianco JA. 1979. Effects of mine effluent on uptake of Co, Ni, Cu, As, Zn, Cd, Cr and Pb by aquatic macrophytes. Hydrobiologia. 64(3): 223-231 | Canada | Ontario | Bay of Quinte | Moira River | 44.1775728 | -77.2316107 | Iron; Gold; Copper | Unclear | abandonment | NA | CI | Concentrations of Ni, Co, Cu, Pb, Zn, Cd, Cr and As were deter- mined in aquatic sediments, water and macrophytes co | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Surface water in Wolfe Lake, Moira River, Moira Lake and Stoco Lake | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Contaminated by mine effluents | no | NA | NA | Concentrations of Ni, Co, Cu, Pb, Zn, Cd, Cr and As | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Effects+of+mine+effluent+on+uptake+of+Co,+Ni,+Cu,+As,+Zn,+Cd,+Cr+and+Pb+by+aquatic+macrophytes&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Mudroch A and Capobianco JA. 1979. Effects of mine effluent on uptake of Co, Ni, Cu, As, Zn, Cd, Cr and Pb by aquatic macrophytes. Hydrobiologia. 64(3): 223-231 | Canada | Ontario | Bay of Quinte | Moira River | 44.1775728 | -77.2316107 | Iron; Gold; Copper | Unclear | abandonment | NA | CI | Concentrations of Ni, Co, Cu, Pb, Zn, Cd, Cr and As were deter- mined in aquatic sediments, water and macrophytes co | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Sediment samples in Wolfe Lake, Moira River, Moira Lake and Stoco Lake | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Contaminated by mine effluents | no | NA | NA | Concentrations of Ni, Co, Cu, Pb, Zn, Cd, Cr and As | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1-2, 4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Effects+of+mine+effluent+on+uptake+of+Co,+Ni,+Cu,+As,+Zn,+Cd,+Cr+and+Pb+by+aquatic+macrophytes&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Mudroch A and Capobianco JA. 1979. Effects of mine effluent on uptake of Co, Ni, Cu, As, Zn, Cd, Cr and Pb by aquatic macrophytes. Hydrobiologia. 64(3): 223-231 | Canada | Ontario | Bay of Quinte | Moira River | 44.1775728 | -77.2316107 | Iron; Gold; Copper | Unclear | abandonment | NA | CI | Concentrations of Ni, Co, Cu, Pb, Zn, Cd, Cr and As were deter- mined in aquatic sediments, water and macrophytes co | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Aquatic macrophytes | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species groups | Contaminated by mine effluents | no | NA | NA | Concentrations of Ni, Co, Cu, Pb, Zn, Cd, Cr and As | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 5-7 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Effects+of+mine+effluent+on+uptake+of+Co,+Ni,+Cu,+As,+Zn,+Cd,+Cr+and+Pb+by+aquatic+macrophytes&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesgroups |
| Mudroch A and Capobianco JA. 1980. Impact of Past Mining Activities on Aquatic Sediments in Moira River Basin, Ontario. J. Great Lakes Res. 6(2): 121-128. | Canada | Ontario | Moira River | Madoc | 44.4957083 | -77.5373997 | Gold; Silver; Lead; Iron | Surface mine | abandonment | NA | Correlative | Geochemistry of aquatic sediments collected from the Moira River system was studied to determine the distribution and trnsport of metals through the system. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Geochemistry of aquatic sediments | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Downstream from previous mining and smelting activities at Deloro | no | NA | NA | Metal concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 2-4; Table 1-2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Impact+of+Past+Mining+Activities+on+Aquatic+Sediments+in+Moira+River+Basin,+Ontario&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Mudroch A and Clair TA. 1986. Transport of arsenic and mercury from gold mining activities through an aquatic system. The Science of the Total Environment. 57: 205-216 | Canada | Nova Scotia | Waverley | Waverley | 44.77364 | -63.6235036 | Gold | Surface mine | abandonment | NA | Correlative | Concentrations of arsenic and mercury were determined in water from the lakes and connecting streams and in suspended solids collected from the connecting streams in the spring, summer and fall of 1983 to investigate means of transport within the headwater lakes | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Shubenacadie River Basin | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Histroic gold mine tailings | no | NA | NA | As cencentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 2 + 4 | Transport to connecting waterbodies | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Transport+of+arsenic+and+mercury+from+gold+mining+activities+through+an+aquatic+system&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Mudroch A and Clair TA. 1986. Transport of arsenic and mercury from gold mining activities through an aquatic system. The Science of the Total Environment. 57: 205-216 | Canada | Nova Scotia | Waverley | Waverley | 44.77364 | -63.6235036 | Gold | Surface mine | abandonment | NA | Correlative | Concentrations of arsenic and mercury were determined in water from the lakes and connecting streams and in suspended solids collected from the connecting streams in the spring, summer and fall of 1983 to investigate means of transport within the headwater lakes | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Shubenacadie River Basin | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Histroic gold mine tailings | no | NA | NA | Concentrations of suspended sediment and metals | Water quality | Quantitative | Table 3 | Transport to connecting waterbodies | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Transport+of+arsenic+and+mercury+from+gold+mining+activities+through+an+aquatic+system&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Muir DCF, Julian JA, Shannon HS, Verma DK, Sebestyen A, and Bernholz CD. 1989. Silica exposure and silicosis among Ontario hardrock miners: III. Analysis and risk estimates. American Journal of Industrial Medicine. 16: 29-43. | Canada | Ontario | Regional | Regional | 51.5287961 | -86.60802086 | Gold; Unclear | Unclear | operation | Hardrock miners in Ontario | Correlative | An epidemiological investigation was undertaken to determine the relationship between silicosis in hardrock miners in Ontario and culmulative exposure to silica dust. | No control | Social Science | ex situ | Hardrock miners in Ontario | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Health/Safety | Exposure to silica dust | no | NA | NA | Cumulative risk of silicosis | Occupational hazards/risks/exposure | Quantitative | Figure 2-9 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Silica+exposure+and+silicosis+among+Ontario+hardrock+miners:+III.+Analysis+and+risk+estimates&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingHealthSafety |
| Munkittrick KR, Miller PA, Barton DR, and Dixon DG. 1991. Altered performance of white sucker populations in the Manitouwadge chain of lakes is associated with changes in benthic macroinvertebrate communities as a result of copper and zinc contamination. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 21: 318-326. | Canada | Ontario | Manitouwadge | NS | 49.162334 | -85.7776397 | Copper; Zinc | Unclear | operation | NA | CI | White sucker collected from the Manitouwadge chain of lakes contaminated with copper and zinc from a mixed metal mine relative to reference sites | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Water collected from the Manitouwadge chain | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | An active Cu-Zn mine | no | NA | NA | Cu and Zn concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Altered+performance+of+white+sucker+populations+in+the+Manitouwadge+chain+of+lakes+is+associated+wit&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Munkittrick KR, Miller PA, Barton DR, and Dixon DG. 1991. Altered performance of white sucker populations in the Manitouwadge chain of lakes is associated with changes in benthic macroinvertebrate communities as a result of copper and zinc contamination. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 21: 318-326. | Canada | Ontario | Manitouwadge | NS | 49.162334 | -85.7776397 | Copper; Zinc | Unclear | operation | NA | CI | White sucker collected from the Manitouwadge chain of lakes contaminated with copper and zinc from a mixed metal mine relative to reference sites | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Sediments collected from the Manitouwadge chain | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | An active Cu-Zn mine | no | NA | NA | Cu and Zn concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Altered+performance+of+white+sucker+populations+in+the+Manitouwadge+chain+of+lakes+is+associated+wit&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Munkittrick KR, Miller PA, Barton DR, and Dixon DG. 1991. Altered performance of white sucker populations in the Manitouwadge chain of lakes is associated with changes in benthic macroinvertebrate communities as a result of copper and zinc contamination. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 21: 318-326. | Canada | Ontario | Manitouwadge | NS | 49.162334 | -85.7776397 | Copper; Zinc | Unclear | operation | NA | CI | White sucker collected from the Manitouwadge chain of lakes contaminated with copper and zinc from a mixed metal mine relative to reference sites | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | White sucker (Catostomus commersoni) collected from the Manitouwadge chain | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | An active Cu-Zn mine | no | NA | NA | Tissue levels of Cu and Zn | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Altered+performance+of+white+sucker+populations+in+the+Manitouwadge+chain+of+lakes+is+associated+wit&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Munkittrick KR, Miller PA, Barton DR, and Dixon DG. 1991. Altered performance of white sucker populations in the Manitouwadge chain of lakes is associated with changes in benthic macroinvertebrate communities as a result of copper and zinc contamination. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 21: 318-326. | Canada | Ontario | Manitouwadge | NS | 49.162334 | -85.7776397 | Copper; Zinc | Unclear | operation | NA | CI | White sucker collected from the Manitouwadge chain of lakes contaminated with copper and zinc from a mixed metal mine relative to reference sites | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Major groups of invertebrates and chironomids | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species groups | An active Cu-Zn mine | no | NA | NA | Mean abundance | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Table 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Altered+performance+of+white+sucker+populations+in+the+Manitouwadge+chain+of+lakes+is+associated+wit&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesgroups |
| Murzina SA, Nefedova ZA, Pekkoeva SN, and Nemova NN. 2014. Histomorphological structure of the liver in roach (Rutilus rutilus) and pike (Esox lucius) from lakes with different levels of anthropogenic impact. Russian Journal of Ecology. 45 (2): 143-149. | Russia | Karelia | Kostomuksha | Komsomolsk | 64.675889 | 30.6971453 | Iron | Open pit | operation | NA | CI | Histomorphological analysis of the liver in roach and pike from lakes located at different distances from the pollution source, in which these species are most abundant. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Liver parenchyma of roach and pike | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Lake used as a tailing dump of the Kostomuksha Mining | no | NA | NA | Hepatocyte size | Species biomass/distribution | Qualitative | All | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Histomorphological+structure+of+the+liver+in+roach+(Rutilus+rutilus)+and+pike+(Esox+lucius)+from+lak&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Nadeau MB, Laur J and Khasa DP. 2018. Mycorrhizae and Rhizobacteria on Precambrian Rocky Gold Mine Tailings: I. Mine-Adapted Symbionts Promote White Spruce Health and Growth. Front. Plant Sci. 9:1267. | Canada | Quebec | Val-d'Or | Sigma-Lamaque | 48.099365 | -77.7578725 | Gold | Underground mine | operation | NA | CI | Conducted a glasshouse experiment to screen mycorrhizal fungi and rhizobacteria capable of improving the health and growth of white spruce seedlings growing directly on waste rocks (WRs) or fine tailings (FTs) from the Sigma-Lamaque gold mine located in the Canadian Abitibi region. | Control | Lab Experiment | ex situ | White spruce [Picea glauca (Moench) Voss] | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Individual species | Ability of a valuable boreal tree to colonize deglaciated rock tailings | yes | Mycorrhizal fungi and rhizobacteria capable of improving the health and growth of white spruce seedlings | Improving revegetation efforts for reduced acid mine drainage | White spruce health related parameters (roots, foliage, etc) | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Figure 2-3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Mycorrhizae+and+Rhizobacteria+on+Precambrian+Rocky+Gold+Mine+Tailings:+I.+Mine-Adapted+Symbionts+Pro&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraIndividualspecies |
| Nadeau MB, Laur J and Khasa DP. 2018. Mycorrhizae and Rhizobacteria on Precambrian Rocky Gold Mine Tailings: II. Mine-Adapted Symbionts Alleviate Soil Element Imbalance for a Better Nutritional Status of White Spruce Seedlings. Front. Plant Sci. 9(1268): 1-11 | Canada | Quebec | Val-d'Or | Sigma-Lamaque | 48.099365 | -77.7578725 | Gold | Underground mine | operation | NA | CI | Assess the respective contribution to the nutritional status of Picea glauca seedlings of ectomycorrhizae and rhizobacteria native or not to the Sigma-Lamaque gold mine wastes. The study was designed as a randomized complete block with three crossed fixed factors | Control | Lab Experiment | ex situ | Picea glauca seedlings | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Individual species | gold mine wastes | no | NA | NA | Seedling mortality; biomass; ion concentrations | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Table 1-3; Figure 1-4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Mycorrhizae+and+Rhizobacteria+on+Precambrian+Rocky+Gold+Mine+Tailings:+II.+Mine-Adapted+Symbionts+Al&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraIndividualspecies |
| Nadmitov B, Hong S, Kang, SI, Chu JM, Gomboev B, Janchivdorj L, Lee C-H, and Khim JS. 2015. Large-scale monitoring and assessment of metal contamination in surface water of the Selenga River Basin (2007-2009). Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. 22: 2856-2867. | Russia | Irkutsk Oblast | Selenga River | Zakamensk | 50.3805864 |<PHONE_NUMBER> | Molybdenum; Gold | Unclear | Landscape/watershed study that includes mining impacts | Correlative | Performed a large-scale monitoring survey targeting heavy metals in river water and wastewater along the Selenga River Basin | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Water samples were collected to measure heavy metals during the summer of 2007–2009 | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Point (e.g., industrial and municipal effluents) and non-point (e.g., water runoff from mining areas) sources. | no | NA | NA | Heavy metal concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Large-scale+monitoring+and+assessment+of+metal+contamination+in+surface+water+of+the+Selenga+River+B&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality | |
| Narendrula-Kotha R and Nkongolo KK. 2017. Bacterial and fungal community structure and diversity in a mining region under long-term metal exposure revealed by metagenomics sequencing. Ecological Genetics and Genomics. 2:13-24 | Canada | Ontario | Laurentian, Kelly Lake, and Kingsway | Regional | 46.46139941 | -81.01119431 | Nickel; Copper | Unclear | NA | CI | Determine the effects of soil metal contamination on bacterial and fungal biomass, abundance, and diversity based on phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) and metagenomics (pyrosequencing) analyses | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Soil samples classified as metal contaminated and reference based on data from previous soil physico-chemical analyses | Environmental | 1-Soil/Geology | 1A-Soil surface | 1A-Quality | Region has been exposed to abun-dant deposition of metals, notably Ni and Cu, emitted through active smelting and mining for over a century. | no | NA | NA | Bioavailable metal concentration | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 1 & 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Bacterial+and+fungal+community+structure+and+diversity+in+a+mining+region+under+long-term+metal+expo&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SoilGeologySoilsurfaceQuality | |
| Narendrula-Kotha R and Nkongolo KK. 2017. Bacterial and fungal community structure and diversity in a mining region under long-term metal exposure revealed by metagenomics sequencing. Ecological Genetics and Genomics. 2:13-24 | Canada | Ontario | Laurentian, Kelly Lake, and Kingsway | Regional | 46.46139941 | -81.01119431 | Nickel; Copper | Unclear | NA | CI | Determine the effects of soil metal contamination on bacterial and fungal biomass, abundance, and diversity based on phospholipid fatty acid (PLFA) and metagenomics (pyrosequencing) analyses | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Main bacterial and fungal phyla | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species distribution | Region has been exposed to abun-dant deposition of metals, notably Ni and Cu, emitted through active smelting and mining for over a century. | no | NA | NA | Relative abundance identified in soil samples | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Table 3; Figure 4-6 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Bacterial+and+fungal+community+structure+and+diversity+in+a+mining+region+under+long-term+metal+expo&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesdistribution | |
| Narendrula-Kotha R and Nkongolo KK. 2017. Changes in enzymatic activities in metal contaminated and reclaimed lands in Northern Ontario (Canada). Ecotox. Envi. Safety. 140: 241-248 | Canada | Ontario | Sudbury | Regional | 46.49905213 | -81.02009508 | Nickel | Open pit | postclosure | Laurentian University research areas and Crown (public) land in GSR | CI | Assess variation in enzymatic activities and soil respiration in metal contaminated and reclaimed ecosystems | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Soil sampling was performed at four distant locations in reclaimed sites (metal contaminated limed) and their respective adjacent un-reclaimed area | Environmental | 1-Soil/Geology | 1A-Soil surface | 1A-Quality | Determine the effects of metals on enzymatic activities, three sites close to smelters with high levels of metal contaminations | yes | Liming; manual and aerial applications of crushed dolomitic limestone | High levels of metal contaminations | Soil respiration and enzyme activities | Soil Characteristics | Quantitative | Figure 1 & 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Changes+in+enzymatic+activities+in+metal+contaminated+and+reclaimed+lands+in+Northern+Ontario+(Canad&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SoilGeologySoilsurfaceQuality |
| Narhi P, Raisanen ML, Sutinen M-L and Sutinen R. 2012. Effect of tailings on wetland vegetation in Rautuvaara, a former ironacopper mining area in northern Finland. Journal of Geochemical Exploration. 116-117: 60-65. | Finland | Lapland | Rautuvaara | Rautuvaara | 67.4973604 | 23.9301395 | Iron; Copper | Unclear | postclosure | NA | CI | Studied soil chemical variables and plant species compositions in former (non-contaminated reference) and present (contaminated) wetlands and then identify plant species that have high tolerance for toxic elements such as As, Co, Cu, and Zn, common in Rautuvaara mine tailings. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Sphagnum-dominated wetlands, influenced by metalliferous effluents and reference | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Habitat | Mine tailings effluent | no | NA | NA | Species coverages (%); pH; element concentrations | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Effect+of+tailings+on+wetland+vegetation+in+Rautuvaara,+a+former+ironacopper+mining+area+in+northern&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraHabitat |
| Narkovich D, Anufrieva M, and Baranovskaya N. 2017. Geochemical Features of Elemental Composition of Children's Hair in the Impact Zone of Tailing Dumps (Komsomolsk and Ursk Tailings, Kemerovo Oblast, Russia). 17th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2017: 411-418. | Russia | Kemerovo Oblast | Komsomolsk; Ursk | Komsomolsk; Ursk | 50.6328114 |<PHONE_NUMBER> | Gold; Copper; Zinc | Unclear | postclosure | NA | CI | Study geochemical features of children's hair in areas of influence of tailings from mining and identify how pollution in mining areas affects composition of hair | Reference site/population | Social Science | in situ | Hair samples of children living in two villages of Kemerovo Oblast | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Health/Safety | Areas of influence of tailings from mining | no | NA | NA | Heavy metal concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Geochemical+Features+of+Elemental+Composition+of+Children's+Hair+in+the+Impact+Zone+of+Tailing+Dumps&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingHealthSafety |
| Nason P, Alakangas L, and Ohlander B. 2010. The Effectiveness of Using Sewage Sludge as a Sealing Layer on Sulphide-rich Mine Tailings: A Pilot-scale Experiment, Northern Sweden. Eds. Wolkersdorfer & Freund. Mine Water and Innovative Thinking IMWA 2010: 155-158. | Sweden | Västerbotten | River Vormbäcken | Kristineberg | 65.0644996 | 18.5627685 | Copper | Open pit | remediation | NA | CI | An evaluation of the effectiveness of using sewage sludge as a sealing layer to prevent oxygen diffusion to underlying tailings using pilot-scale cells in Northern Sweden. | Control | Lab Experiment | in situ | Effluent leachate solution | Environmental | 2-Water | 2B-Groundwater | 2B-Quality | Acid rock drainage | yes | Sewage sludge as a sealing layer | Prevent oxygen diffusion to underlying tailings | Dissolved metals and pH | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=The+Effectiveness+of+Using+Sewage+Sludge+as+a+Sealing+Layer+on+Sulphide-rich+Mine+Tailings:+A+Pilot-&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterGroundwater Quality |
| Nason P, Alakangas L, and Ohlander B. 2013. Using sewage sludge as a sealing layer to remediate sulphidic mine tailings: a pilot-scale experiment, northern Sweden. Environ Earth Sci. 70: 3093-3105. | Sweden | Västerbotten | River Vormbäcken | Kristineberg | 65.0644996 | 18.5627685 | Copper | Open pit | remediation | NA | CI | Two pilot-scale experimental test cells were used in this study: an uncovered tailings control cell (UCC), and a sewage sludge remediated tailings cell (SSC). Using sewage sludge to evaluate its applicability as a sealing layer in a composite dry cover. | Control | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Tailings sediment | Environmental | 1-Soil/Geology | 1A-Soil surface | 1A-Quality | Acid rock drainage | yes | Using sewage sludge to evaluate its applicability as a sealing layer in a composite dry cover. | Mitigate acid rock drainage formation | Fe2O3, Cd, Cu, Pb, S, Zn, and LOI concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Using+sewage+sludge+as+a+sealing+layer+to+remediate+sulphidic+mine+tailings:+a+pilot-scale+experimen&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SoilGeologySoilsurfaceQuality |
| Nason P, Alakangas L, and Ohlander B. 2013. Using sewage sludge as a sealing layer to remediate sulphidic mine tailings: a pilot-scale experiment, northern Sweden. Environ Earth Sci. 70: 3093-3105. | Sweden | Västerbotten | River Vormbäcken | Kristineberg | 65.0644996 | 18.5627685 | Copper | Open pit | remediation | NA | CI | Two pilot-scale experimental test cells were used in this study: an uncovered tailings control cell (UCC), and a sewage sludge remediated tailings cell (SSC). Using sewage sludge to evaluate its applicability as a sealing layer in a composite dry cover. | Control | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Leachate water | Environmental | 2-Water | 2B-Groundwater | 2B-Quality | Acid rock drainage | yes | Using sewage sludge to evaluate its applicability as a sealing layer in a composite dry cover. | Mitigate acid rock drainage formation | Water quality parameters | Water quality | Quantitative | Figure 7 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Using+sewage+sludge+as+a+sealing+layer+to+remediate+sulphidic+mine+tailings:+a+pilot-scale+experimen&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterGroundwater Quality |
| Nason P. 2013. Advances in using sewage sludge to remediate sulfidic mine tailings - An overview from pilot- and field-scale experiments, northern Sweden. IMWA 2013 Golden CO, USA | Sweden | Västerbotten | Kristineberg | Kristineberg | 65.0644996 | 18.5627685 | Copper | Open pit | postclosure; remediation | NA | CI | Identify the optimum use for Sewage Sludge so that it may be utilised by the mining companies on successful sulfide-tailings remediation projects in the future | Control | Lab Experiment | in situ | Supporting and sustaining long-term vegetation establishment | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Habitat | Sulfidic mine waste | yes | Sewage sludge used as a vegetation substrate on bare tailings, a water-saturated cover, a composite cover, and as a sealing-layer barrier material | Contain readily-leachable concentrations of metals; prevent oxygen di5usion and ARD formation to underlying tailings | Optimum approaches to sewage sludge use | Mitigation measure/change in measure | Qualitative | Pg 685 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Advances+in+using+sewage+sludge+to+remediate+sulfidic+mine+tailings+-+An+overview+from+pilot-+and+fi&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraHabitat |
| Nelson AD and Church M. 2012. Placer mining along the Fraser River, British Columbia: The geomorphic impact. GSA Bulletin. 124(7/8): 1212-1228. | Canada | British Columbia | Fraser River | NR | 50 | 122 | Gold | Placer mine | abandonment | Nineteenth century placer mining | Correlative | Document the total volume and nature of material excavated by mining along the Fraser River and to consider probable geomorphological effects of mine tailings discharged into the river | Background values | Modelling | ex situ | Mapped physical evidence of individual placer mine sites | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Surface drainage (runoff patterns) | Sluicing, ground sluicing, and hydraulic mining; human impacts on geomorphic systems | no | NA | NA | Volumeby-area regression relations | Flow/landscape change | Quantitative | Figure 6-8 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Placer+mining+along+the+Fraser+River,+British+Columbia:+The+geomorphic+impact&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterSurfacedrainage |
| Nieminen P, Panychev D, Lyalyushkin S, Komarov G, Nikanov A, Borisenko M, Kinnula VL, and Toljamo T. 2013. Environmental exposure as an independent risk factor of chronic bronchitis in northwest Russia. International Journal of Circumpolar Health. 72(1): 1-7 | Russia | Kola Peninsula | Murmensk | NS | 68.96412 | 32.8059412 | Iron; Nickel | Unclear | operation | NA | CI | Evaluate whether living in the mining area would be an independent risk factor of the respiratory symptoms. A cross-sectional survey of 200 Murmansk region adult citizens was performed | Reference site/population | Social Science | in situ | Cross-sectional survey of 200 Murmansk region adult citizens | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Health/Safety | High exposures to heavy mining and refining industrial air pollution, especially sulphur dioxide | no | NA | NA | Reported chronic cough with sputum; | Cancer rates/disease/mortality | Quantitative | Table I-II | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Environmental+exposure+as+an+independent+risk+factor+of+chronic+bronchitis+in+northwest+Russia&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingHealthSafety |
| Niinioja R, Holopainen A-L, Hamalainen H, Heitto L, Luotonen H, Mononen P, and Ramo A. 2003. State of Lake Sysmajarvi, Eastern Finland, after loading with mine water and municipal waste water for several decades. Hydrobiologia. 506-509: 773-780. | Finland | Karelia | Lake Sysmajarvi | NR | 62.6875722 | 29.0244472 | Copper; Nickel | Underground mine | abandonment | Loading lasted from 1910 to the late 1980s | Correlative | An overview of the changes that have taken place in Lake Sysmäjärvi on account of the effects of waste water from the mine and municipal sewage, as recorded in long-term data on water quality, phytoplankton, macrozoobenthos and the fish population, including some toxicological data. | Same site/pop- Before | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Long-term data on water quality, phytoplankton, macrozoobenthos and the fish population, including some toxicological data | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4C-Ecosystems | 4C-Quality | Effects of waste water from the mine and municipal sewage | no | NA | NA | Water quality; phytoplankton and benthos communities | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Figure 2-4; Table 2 | Temporal trends in impacted ecosystem | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=State+of+Lake+Sysmajarvi,+Eastern+Finland,+after+loading+with+mine+water+and+municipal+waste+water+f&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityEcosystemsQuality |
| Nkongolo KK, Michael P, Theriault G, Narendrula R, Castilloux P, Kalubi KN, Beckett P, and Spiers G. 2016. Assessing Biological Impacts of Land Reclamation in a Mining Region in Canada: Effects of Dolomitic Lime Applications on Forest Ecosystems and Microbial Phospholipid Fatty Acid Signatures. Water Air Soil Pollut. 227: 104-17 | Canada | Ontario | Sudbury | Regional | 46.49905213 | -81.02009508 | Copper; Nickel | Surface mine | remediation | NA | CI | Determine the association between soil microbial diversity, abundance, and activities with diversity and sustainability of mining-damaged ecosystems in Northern Ontario. Nine forest populations in six areas were selected for this study. Three areas were contaminated with metals and each had limed and unlimed sites; three other areas were metal-uncontaminated and used as comparison sites. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Soil samples at red maple sites | Environmental | 1-Soil/Geology | 1A-Soil surface | 1A-Quality | Mine tailings and smelter regional contamination | yes | Limed and unlimed areas in the Northern Ontario | Acid mine drainage and tailings | Phospholipid fatty acid and soil respiration | Soil Characteristics | Quantitative | Table 7; Figure 6 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Assessing+Biological+Impacts+of+Land+Reclamation+in+a+Mining+Region+in+Canada:+Effects+of+Dolomitic+&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SoilGeologySoilsurfaceQuality |
| Nkongolo KK, Michael P, Theriault G, Narendrula R, Castilloux P, Kalubi KN, Beckett P, and Spiers G. 2016. Assessing Biological Impacts of Land Reclamation in a Mining Region in Canada: Effects of Dolomitic Lime Applications on Forest Ecosystems and Microbial Phospholipid Fatty Acid Signatures. Water Air Soil Pollut. 227: 104-17 | Canada | Ontario | Sudbury | Regional | 46.49905213 | -81.02009508 | Copper; Nickel | Surface mine | remediation | NA | CI | Determine the association between soil microbial diversity, abundance, and activities with diversity and sustainability of mining-damaged ecosystems in Northern Ontario. Nine forest populations in six areas were selected for this study. Three areas were contaminated with metals and each had limed and unlimed sites; three other areas were metal-uncontaminated and used as comparison sites. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Tree species in plots | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species groups | Mine tailings and smelter regional contamination | yes | Limed and unlimed areas in the Northern Ontario | Acid mine drainage and tailings | number of species; % ground cover; richness | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Table 1-2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Assessing+Biological+Impacts+of+Land+Reclamation+in+a+Mining+Region+in+Canada:+Effects+of+Dolomitic+&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesgroups |
| Nkongolo KK, Michael P, Theriault G, Narendrula R, Castilloux P, Kalubi KN, Beckett P, and Spiers G. 2016. Assessing Biological Impacts of Land Reclamation in a Mining Region in Canada: Effects of Dolomitic Lime Applications on Forest Ecosystems and Microbial Phospholipid Fatty Acid Signatures. Water Air Soil Pollut. 227: 104-17 | Canada | Ontario | Sudbury | Regional | 46.49905213 | -81.02009508 | Copper; Nickel | Surface mine | remediation | NA | CI | Determine the association between soil microbial diversity, abundance, and activities with diversity and sustainability of mining-damaged ecosystems in Northern Ontario. Nine forest populations in six areas were selected for this study. Three areas were contaminated with metals and each had limed and unlimed sites; three other areas were metal-uncontaminated and used as comparison sites. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Soil microbial community | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species groups | Mine tailings and smelter regional contamination | yes | Limed and unlimed areas in the Northern Ontario | Acid mine drainage and tailings | Total biomass | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Table 6 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Assessing+Biological+Impacts+of+Land+Reclamation+in+a+Mining+Region+in+Canada:+Effects+of+Dolomitic+&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesgroups |
| Nordin K. 2015. Use of Biochar in Yukon Mine Revegetation/Reclamation Field Studies 2013-2014. Yukon Technology Innovation Centre | Canada | Yukon | Whitehorse | Arctic Gold and Silver; Mount Skukum; Whitehorse | 60.7700383 | -135.1867623 | Copper; Gold; Silver | Unclear | remediation; abandonment | NA | CI | Field plots were established on three different mine tailings sites to study the use of biochar as a soil amendment for mine affected soil revegetation | Control | Lab Exp + Field test | in situ | Revegetation of mine tailings | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species groups | Soil remediation for revegtation of tailings | yes | Use of biochar as a soil amendment for mine affected soil revegetation | Soil remediation for revegtation of tailings | Grasses emerged; growth; health | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Section 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Use+of+Biochar+in+Yukon+Mine+Revegetation/Reclamation+Field+Studies+2013-2014&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesgroups |
| Nordstrom A and Herbert RB. 2018. Determination of major biogeochemical processes in a denitrifying woodchip bioreactor for treating mine drainage. Ecological Engineering. 110: 54-66. | Sweden | Norrbotten | Kiruna | Kiruna | 67.173325 | 20.654169 | Iron | Underground mine | operation | NA | BA | A pilot-scale woodchip bioreactor was installed in the subarctic climate at the Kiruna iron ore mine (northern Sweden) with the purpose of removing NO3 in mine drainage and process water originating from the use of ammonium-nitrate fuel oil explosives (ANFO) | Same site/pop- Before | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Pore water composition in the system destined for Mettä Rakkurijärvi lake | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quantity | Ammonium containing mine drainage | yes | Pilot-scale woodchip bioreactor | Removing NO3_ in mine drainage and process water | Influent and effluent nitrate, nitrite, ammonium, pH, alkalinity, TOC, and sulfate concentration | Water quality | Quantitative | Figure 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Determination+of+major+biogeochemical+processes+in+a+denitrifying+woodchip+bioreactor+for+treating+m&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuantity |
| Norregaard RD, Dang M, Bach L, Geertz-Hansen O, Gustavson K, Aastrup P, Leifsson PS, Sondergaard J, Nowak B, and Sonne C. 2018. Comparison of heavy metals, parasites and histopathology in sculpins (Myoxocephalus spp.) from two sites at a lead-zinc mine in North East Greenland. Environmental Research. 165: 306-316. | Greenland | Nordøstgrønland | Nyhavn | Mestersvig | 72.2050466 | -24.0986627 | Lead; Zinc | Underground mine | abandonment | "Former" lead-zinc mine | CI | Histopathological data as effect markers for the heavy metal residues in liver and muscle to evaluate the effects of the Mestersvig lead-zinc mine and to compare inter-site concentrations of heavy metals in sculpin from two sites around Mestersvi | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Shorthorn sculpins (Myoxocephalus scorpius) and fourhorn sculpins (Myoxocephalus quadricornis) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Elevated concentrations of heavy metals are found in water, sediment and biota in the terrestrial, freshwater and marine environments. | no | NA | NA | Concentrations of Fe, Hg, Mn, Pb, Se and Zn | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Comparison+of+heavy+metals,+parasites+and+histopathology+in+sculpins+(Myoxocephalus+spp.)+from+two+s&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Nyholm N, Nielsen TK and Pedersen K. 1984 . Modelling Heavy Metals Transport in an Arctic Fjord System Polluted from Mine Tailings. Ecological Modelling. 22: 285-324. | Greenland | Qaasuitsup | Agfardlikavsa Fjord | Greenex A/S | 70.9619001 | -52.8661734 | Zinc; Lead | Unclear | postclosure | NA | Correlative | A computerized mathematical model has been used to describe the dissolution and transport of lead, zinc, and cadmium in the Agfardlikavsa Fjord, Marmorilik, West Greenland, where tailings from the Greenex A/S lead/zinc mine and concentrator are being deposited | Background values | Modelling | ex situ | Dissolution and transport of lead, zinc, and cadmium in the Agfardlikavsa Fjord | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Surface drainage (runoff patterns) | Tailings from the Greenex A/S lead/zinc mine and concentrator are being deposited | yes | The abatement measures undertaken include: (1) alteration of the lead flotation process and lime addition to tailings by June/July 1978; (2) alum coagulation of the effluent by January 1979; and (3) establishment of a new tailings discharge system in December 1979. | Pollution with heavy metals | Variations of dissolved metals | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 2-4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Modelling+Heavy+Metals+Transport+in+an+Arctic+Fjord+System+Polluted+from+Mine+Tailings&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterSurfacedrainage |
| Nyquist J, and Greger M. 2009. A field study of constructed wetlands for preventing and treating acid mine drainage. Ecological Engineering. 35: 630-642. | Sweden | Västerbotten | Kristineberg | Kristineberg | 65.0644996 | 18.5627685 | Copper | Open pit | postclosure; remediation | NA | CI | Four smallscale wetlands were constructed at a mine site, local flora was planted in the top layer of either mine tailings or unpolluted sand in three of the welands and three recived AMD and one unpolluted water | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Water sampled at outlet of constructed wetlands | Environmental | 2-Water | 2B-Groundwater | 2B-Quality | Acid mine drainage | yes | Wetlands built on tailings | prevent acid mine drainage formation and treat already formed. | Metal concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 2; Figure 2-3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=A+field+study+of+constructed+wetlands+for+preventing+and+treating+acid+mine+drainage&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterGroundwater Quality |
| Nyquist J, and Greger M. 2009. A field study of constructed wetlands for preventing and treating acid mine drainage. Ecological Engineering. 35: 630-642. | Sweden | Västerbotten | Kristineberg | Kristineberg | 65.0644996 | 18.5627685 | Copper | Open pit | postclosure; remediation | NA | CI | Four smallscale wetlands were constructed at a mine site, local flora was planted in the top layer of either mine tailings or unpolluted sand in three of the welands and three recived AMD and one unpolluted water | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Sedmients of constructed wetlands | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Acid mine drainage | yes | Wetlands built on tailings | prevent acid mine drainage formation and treat already formed. | pH and redox potential | Water quality | Quantitative | Table 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=A+field+study+of+constructed+wetlands+for+preventing+and+treating+acid+mine+drainage&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Nyquist J, and Greger M. 2009. A field study of constructed wetlands for preventing and treating acid mine drainage. Ecological Engineering. 35: 630-642. | Sweden | Västerbotten | Kristineberg | Kristineberg | 65.0644996 | 18.5627685 | Copper | Open pit | postclosure; remediation | NA | CI | Four smallscale wetlands were constructed at a mine site, local flora was planted in the top layer of either mine tailings or unpolluted sand in three of the welands and three recived AMD and one unpolluted water | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Local plants species used in construction of wetlands | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species groups | Acid mine drainage | yes | Wetlands built on tailings | prevent acid mine drainage formation and treat already formed. | Metal concentrations; condition | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 4-7 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=A+field+study+of+constructed+wetlands+for+preventing+and+treating+acid+mine+drainage&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesgroups |
| O'Brien EL and Dawson RD. 2016. Life-history and phenotypic traits of insectivorous songbirds breeding on reclaimed mine land reveal ecological constraints. Science of the Total Environment. 553: 450-457 | Canada | British Columbia | Bethlehem and Trojan tailing sites | Highland Valley Copper | 50.4861866 | -121.0448943 | Copper; Molybdenum | Open pit | operation | NA | CI | Investigated individual life-history and phenotypic traits of mountain bluebirds (Sialia currucoides) and tree swallows breeding in nest boxes on reclaimed mine tailings and waste rock within the Highland Valley Copper (HVC) operating area in British Columbia, Canada over two years. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Mountain bluebirds (Sialia currucoides) and tree swallows breeding in nest boxes | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Tailings and waste rock | yes | Enriched by application of biosolids and seeded with a grass-legume mix | Reclaimed tailings and waste rock | Clutch initiation date (CID); clutch size; Hatching and fledging probability | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Table 1, 3 and Figure 1-2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Life-history+and+phenotypic+traits+of+insectivorous+songbirds+breeding+on+reclaimed+mine+land+reveal&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| O'Hara TM, George JC, Blake J, Burek K, Carroll G, Dau J, Bennett L, McCoy CP, Gerard P, and Woshner V. 2003. Investigation of Heavy Metals in a Large Mortality Event in Caribou of Northern Alaska. Arctic. 56(2): 125-135. | USA | Alaska | Kotzebue | Red Dog | 68.0720076 | -163.1710781 | Zinc; Lead | Open pit | operation | NA | CI | Measured element concentrations and body condition of animals from a caribou (Rangifer tarandus) mortality event that occurred in Alaska, in the area of Point Hope and Cape Thompson compared to results from hunter-killed caribou from reference sites (Barrow and Teshekpuk Lake, Alaska) and from the area of a mine (Red Dog Mine) to determine whether heavy metals had played a role in the mortality event or whether any elements were at concentrations of concern for human consumers | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Caribou (Rangifer tarandus) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Role of heavy metal toxicoses in the mortality of found-dead caribou | no | NA | NA | Element concentrations (ppm) in liver | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 2-6 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Investigation+of+Heavy+Metals+in+a+Large+Mortality+Event+in+Caribou+of+Northern+Alaska&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Ohlander B, Ljungberg J, and Holmstrom H. 2001. Desorption of metals retained secondarily after release by sulphide oxidation; the main mechanism for groundwater contamination in the tailings at the laver mine, Northern Sweden. GFF. 123(3): 153-162 | Sweden | Norrbotten | Laver | Laver | 65.7740232 | 20.2269712 | Copper | Open pit | abandonment | NA | CI | Understanding of the vertical variation of the groundwater composition including groundwater reference sampling | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Chemical analyses of the groundwater and pore water | Environmental | 2-Water | 2B-Groundwater | 2B-Quality | Sulphide-bearing tailings | no | NA | NA | Concentrations of major and trace elements | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Desorption+of+metals+retained+secondarily+after+release+by+sulphide+oxidation;+the+main+mechanism+fo&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterGroundwater Quality |
| Olsvik PA, Gundersen P, Andersen RA, and Zachariassen KE. 2000. Metal accumulation and metallothionein in two populations of brown trout, Salmo trutta, exposed to different natural water environments during a runoff episode. Aquatic Toxicology. 50: 301-316. | Norway | Trondelag | Rugla and Naustebekken Rivers | Bjørgåsen | 62.647552 | 11.3069335 | Copper | Unclear | abandonment | NA | BA | runoff episodes with increased metal levels in the water in the two rivers caused accumulation of Cd, Cu and Zn in the gills, liver and kidney of native trout. | Same site/pop- Before | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Brown trout, Salmo trutta | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Run -off events in mine contaminated areas | no | NA | NA | Tissue concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Metal+accumulation+and+metallothionein+in+two+populations+of+brown+trout,+Salmo+trutta,+exposed+to+d&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Opekunov AJ, Opekunova MG, and Somov V. 2017. Geochemistry of Lake Kultuban (South Urals): the Impact of Natural and Anthropogenic Factors on the Chemical Composition of the Soils, Plants, Water, Bottom Sediments and Hydrobionts. 17th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2017. | Russia | South Urals | Lake Kultuban | Bashkirian | 52.694888 | 58.638279 | Copper; Zinc | Open pit | operation | NA | CI | Trace elements content in the components of the lake Kultuban and lake’s catchment ecosystem was studied | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Samples of lake water | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Mining and ore concentrating leads to pollution with Cd, Hg, As, etc. | no | NA | NA | Trace element content | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1 & 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=GEOCHEMISTRY+OF+LAKE+KULTUBAN+(SOUTH+URALS):+THE+IMPACT+OF+NATURAL+AND+ANTHROPOGENIC+FACTORS+ON+THE+&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Opekunov AJ, Opekunova MG, and Somov V. 2017. Geochemistry of Lake Kultuban (South Urals): the Impact of Natural and Anthropogenic Factors on the Chemical Composition of the Soils, Plants, Water, Bottom Sediments and Hydrobionts. 17th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2017. | Russia | South Urals | Lake Kultuban | Bashkirian | 52.694888 | 58.638279 | Copper; Zinc | Open pit | operation | NA | CI | Trace elements content in the components of the lake Kultuban and lake’s catchment ecosystem was studied | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Samples of bottom sediments | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Mining and ore concentrating leads to pollution with Cd, Hg, As, etc. | no | NA | NA | Trace element content | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1 & 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=GEOCHEMISTRY+OF+LAKE+KULTUBAN+(SOUTH+URALS):+THE+IMPACT+OF+NATURAL+AND+ANTHROPOGENIC+FACTORS+ON+THE+&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Opekunov AJ, Opekunova MG, and Somov V. 2017. Geochemistry of Lake Kultuban (South Urals): the Impact of Natural and Anthropogenic Factors on the Chemical Composition of the Soils, Plants, Water, Bottom Sediments and Hydrobionts. 17th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2017. | Russia | South Urals | Lake Kultuban | Bashkirian | 52.694888 | 58.638279 | Copper; Zinc | Open pit | operation | NA | CI | Trace elements content in the components of the lake Kultuban and lake’s catchment ecosystem was studied | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Shoots of reed (Phragmites australis) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Individual species | Mining and ore concentrating leads to pollution with Cd, Hg, As, etc. | no | NA | NA | Trace element content | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1 & 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=GEOCHEMISTRY+OF+LAKE+KULTUBAN+(SOUTH+URALS):+THE+IMPACT+OF+NATURAL+AND+ANTHROPOGENIC+FACTORS+ON+THE+&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraIndividualspecies |
| Opekunov AJ, Opekunova MG, and Somov V. 2017. Geochemistry of Lake Kultuban (South Urals): the Impact of Natural and Anthropogenic Factors on the Chemical Composition of the Soils, Plants, Water, Bottom Sediments and Hydrobionts. 17th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2017. | Russia | South Urals | Lake Kultuban | Bashkirian | 52.694888 | 58.638279 | Copper; Zinc | Open pit | operation | NA | CI | Trace elements content in the components of the lake Kultuban and lake’s catchment ecosystem was studied | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Muscles of several fish species (Esox lucius, Carassius gibelio, Perca fluviatilis) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Mining and ore concentrating leads to pollution with Cd, Hg, As, etc. | no | NA | NA | Trace element content | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1 & 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=GEOCHEMISTRY+OF+LAKE+KULTUBAN+(SOUTH+URALS):+THE+IMPACT+OF+NATURAL+AND+ANTHROPOGENIC+FACTORS+ON+THE+&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Opekunov AJ, Opekunova MG, and Somov V. 2017. Geochemistry of Lake Kultuban (South Urals): the Impact of Natural and Anthropogenic Factors on the Chemical Composition of the Soils, Plants, Water, Bottom Sediments and Hydrobionts. 17th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2017. | Russia | South Urals | Lake Kultuban | Bashkirian | 52.694888 | 58.638279 | Copper; Zinc | Open pit | operation | NA | CI | Trace elements content in the components of the lake Kultuban and lake’s catchment ecosystem was studied | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Samples of topsoil on catchmen | Environmental | 1-Soil/Geology | 1A-Soil surface | 1A-Quality | Mining and ore concentrating leads to pollution with Cd, Hg, As, etc. | no | NA | NA | Trace element content | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1 & 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=GEOCHEMISTRY+OF+LAKE+KULTUBAN+(SOUTH+URALS):+THE+IMPACT+OF+NATURAL+AND+ANTHROPOGENIC+FACTORS+ON+THE+&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SoilGeologySoilsurfaceQuality |
| Opekunov AJ, Opekunova MG, and Somov V. 2017. Geochemistry of Lake Kultuban (South Urals): the Impact of Natural and Anthropogenic Factors on the Chemical Composition of the Soils, Plants, Water, Bottom Sediments and Hydrobionts. 17th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2017. | Russia | South Urals | Lake Kultuban | Bashkirian | 52.694888 | 58.638279 | Copper; Zinc | Open pit | operation | NA | CI | Trace elements content in the components of the lake Kultuban and lake’s catchment ecosystem was studied | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Above-ground phytomass, and shoots of terrestrial plants (Artemisia austriaca, Thymus marschallianus, Veronica incana) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species groups | Mining and ore concentrating leads to pollution with Cd, Hg, As, etc. | no | NA | NA | Trace element content | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1 & 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=GEOCHEMISTRY+OF+LAKE+KULTUBAN+(SOUTH+URALS):+THE+IMPACT+OF+NATURAL+AND+ANTHROPOGENIC+FACTORS+ON+THE+&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesgroups |
| Opekunova MG, Opekunov AJ, Papyan EE, and Somov VV. 2017. Phytoindication in Landscape Transformation Studies on Sibay Chalcopyrite Deposits (Southern Urals). Contemporary Problems of Ecology. 10(3): 301-314. | Russia | South Urals | Sibai | Bashkirian | 52.694888 | 58.638279 | Copper; Iron | Open pit | operation | NA | CI | The aim of the study was a comparative study and identification of the most informative bioindicate indices for the evaluation of anthropogenic transformation of natural territorial complexes (NTCs) in the area of mining enterprises impact. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Natural territorial complexes | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4C-Ecosystems | 4C-Quality | Impact zone of mining enterprises | no | NA | NA | Heavy metals content; Biomass | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1-2 | Natural territorial complexes located at different distances from a pollution sources with an increase in anthropogenic stress are studied | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Phytoindication+in+Landscape+Transformation+Studies+on+Sibay+Chalcopyrite+Deposits+(Southern+Urals)&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityEcosystemsQuality |
| Opekunova MG, Somov VV, Opekunov AJ and Mitrofanova ES. 2016. Enivoronmental Geochemistry of Mining Landsacpes on Sibajskij Chalcopyrite Deposits (Southern Urals). 16th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2016 | Russia | South Urals | Sibai City | Bashkirian | 52.694888 | 58.638279 | Copper; Zinc | Unclear | operation | Mining and ore processing facilities located in the Sibai cit | Correlative | Changes of the elemental composition of landscape components in the presence of natural and technogenic geochemical anomalies at different distances from mining and ore processing facilities located in the Sibai cit | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Samples of soil (from upper10 cm layer | Environmental | 1-Soil/Geology | 1A-Soil surface | 1A-Quality | Concentrated tailings were placed in the tailing pond, heavy metals and AS come to water and soils | no | NA | NA | Physical-chemical characteristics of samples and heavy metal content (Cu, Zn, Pb, Cd, Fe, Mn, Ni, Co) | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1-3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=ENVIRONMENTAL+GEOCHEMISTRY+OF+MINING+LANDSCAPES+ON+SIBAJSKIJ+CHALCOPYRITE+DEPOSITS+(SOUTHERN+URALS)&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SoilGeologySoilsurfaceQuality |
| Opekunova MG, Somov VV, Opekunov AJ and Mitrofanova ES. 2016. Enivoronmental Geochemistry of Mining Landsacpes on Sibajskij Chalcopyrite Deposits (Southern Urals). 16th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2016 | Russia | South Urals | Sibai City | Bashkirian | 52.694888 | 58.638279 | Copper; Zinc | Unclear | operation | Mining and ore processing facilities located in the Sibai cit | Correlative | Changes of the elemental composition of landscape components in the presence of natural and technogenic geochemical anomalies at different distances from mining and ore processing facilities located in the Sibai cit | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Water from Kultuban lake and the Karagaily river | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Concentrated tailings were placed in the tailing pond, heavy metals and AS come to water and soils | no | NA | NA | Physical-chemical characteristics of samples and heavy metal content (Cu, Zn, Pb, Cd, Fe, Mn, Ni, Co) | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1-4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=ENVIRONMENTAL+GEOCHEMISTRY+OF+MINING+LANDSCAPES+ON+SIBAJSKIJ+CHALCOPYRITE+DEPOSITS+(SOUTHERN+URALS)&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Opekunova MG, Somov VV, Opekunov AJ and Mitrofanova ES. 2016. Enivoronmental Geochemistry of Mining Landsacpes on Sibajskij Chalcopyrite Deposits (Southern Urals). 16th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2016 | Russia | South Urals | Sibai City | Bashkirian | 52.694888 | 58.638279 | Copper; Zinc | Unclear | operation | Mining and ore processing facilities located in the Sibai cit | Correlative | Changes of the elemental composition of landscape components in the presence of natural and technogenic geochemical anomalies at different distances from mining and ore processing facilities located in the Sibai cit | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Bottom sediment from Kultuban lake and the Karagaily river | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Concentrated tailings were placed in the tailing pond, heavy metals and AS come to water and soils | no | NA | NA | Physical-chemical characteristics of samples and heavy metal content (Cu, Zn, Pb, Cd, Fe, Mn, Ni, Co) | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1-5 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=ENVIRONMENTAL+GEOCHEMISTRY+OF+MINING+LANDSCAPES+ON+SIBAJSKIJ+CHALCOPYRITE+DEPOSITS+(SOUTHERN+URALS)&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Opekunova MG, Somov VV, Opekunov AJ and Mitrofanova ES. 2016. Enivoronmental Geochemistry of Mining Landsacpes on Sibajskij Chalcopyrite Deposits (Southern Urals). 16th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2016 | Russia | South Urals | Sibai City | Bashkirian | 52.694888 | 58.638279 | Copper; Zinc | Unclear | operation | Mining and ore processing facilities located in the Sibai cit | Correlative | Changes of the elemental composition of landscape components in the presence of natural and technogenic geochemical anomalies at different distances from mining and ore processing facilities located in the Sibai cit | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Above-ground vegetation and indicator plant species | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species groups | Concentrated tailings were placed in the tailing pond, heavy metals and AS come to water and soils | no | NA | NA | Physical-chemical characteristics of samples and heavy metal content (Cu, Zn, Pb, Cd, Fe, Mn, Ni, Co) | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1-6 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=ENVIRONMENTAL+GEOCHEMISTRY+OF+MINING+LANDSCAPES+ON+SIBAJSKIJ+CHALCOPYRITE+DEPOSITS+(SOUTHERN+URALS)&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesgroups |
| Osipov SV, and Biserov MF. 2017. Population of birds in the boreal mountain-valley landscape disturbed by gold mining. Russian Journal of Ecology. 48(1): 45-50. | Russia | Far East | Bureya Mountains | Regional | 63.89299878 |<PHONE_NUMBER> | Gold | Open pit | abandonment | Lixiviation and open-pit dump sites of 1–5 years of age and 35–40 years of age | Correlative | Characterize the changes in the population of birds of the boreal mountain- valley landscape in connection with disturbances caused by open-pit gold mining | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Vegetation cover | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species distribution | Disturbances caused by open-pit gold mining | no | NA | NA | Vegetation cover types | Flow/landscape change | Qualitative | Page 46 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Population+of+birds+in+the+boreal+mountain-valley+landscape+disturbed+by+gold+mining&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesdistribution |
| Osipov SV, and Biserov MF. 2017. Population of birds in the boreal mountain-valley landscape disturbed by gold mining. Russian Journal of Ecology. 48(1): 45-50. | Russia | Far East | Bureya Mountains | Regional | 63.89299878 |<PHONE_NUMBER> | Gold | Open pit | abandonment | Lixiviation and open-pit dump sites of 1–5 years of age and 35–40 years of age | Correlative | Characterize the changes in the population of birds of the boreal mountain- valley landscape in connection with disturbances caused by open-pit gold mining | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Species diversity and abundance of birds i | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species distribution | Disturbances caused by open-pit gold mining | no | NA | NA | Species composition and population density | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Population+of+birds+in+the+boreal+mountain-valley+landscape+disturbed+by+gold+mining&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesdistribution |
| Ouellet JD, Dube MG, and Niyogi S. 2013. Influence of elevated alkalinity and natural organic matter (NOM) on tissue-specific metal accumulation and reproductive performance in fathead minnows during chronic, multi-trophic exposures to a metal mine effluent. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 95: 104-112 | Canada | Ontario | Sudbury | Vale Inco Ltd. | 46.4712147 | -81.0452107 | Copper; Nickel | Surface mine | postclosure; remediation | NA | CI | Examined the influence of alkalinity and natural organic matter (NOM) on tissue-specific metal accumulation and reproductive performance of fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas) during environmentally relevant chronic exposures to a metal mine effluent (MME). | Control | Lab Experiment | mesocosm | Reproductive performance of fathead minnows (Pimephales promelas) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Effluent used in this study was the process water effluent (PWE) from an Ontario metal mine | no | NA | NA | Mean concentrations of metals; Cumulative daily mean egg production; Larval densities | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Figure 1-4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Influence+of+elevated+alkalinity+and+natural+organic+matter+(NOM)+on+tissue-specific+metal+accumulat&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Owojori OJ and Siciliano SD. 2015. The potentiation of zinc toxicity by soil moisture in a boreal forest ecosystem. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 34(3): 600-607. | Canada | Manitoba | Flin Flon | Flin Flon | 54.7793991 | -101.9016437 | Copper; Zinc | Open pit | operation | NA | CI | Toxicity of metal-impacted Flin Flon soils on the oribatid mite Oppia nitens and the collembolan Folsomia candida was assessed, with a view toward identifying the metal of concern in the area. Toxicity tests with the invertebrates were conducted using either Flin Flon soils or artificial soils with moisture content adjusted | Control | Lab Experiment | in situ | Oribatid mite (Oppia nitens) and the collembolan (Folsomia candida) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species groups | Toxicity of metal-impacted Flin Flon soils | no | NA | NA | % Juvenile production; Survival | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Table 2; Figure 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=The+potentiation+of+zinc+toxicity+by+soil+moisture+in+a+boreal+forest+ecosystem&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesgroups |
| Pabst T, Bussiere B, Aubertin M and Molson J. 2018. Comparative performance of cover systems to prevent acid mine drainage from pre-oxidized tailings: A numerical hydro-geochemical assessment. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. 214: 39-53. | Canada | Quebec | Abitibi | NS | 48.64209841 | -77.94813482 | Iron | Unclear | remediation | "acid-generating tailings sites, located in Quebec (Canada)" | CI | Effectiveness of different cover systems to reclaim two pre-oxidized acid-generating tailings sites. Following laboratory column tests, field measurements and observations, coupled hydrogeological and geochemical numerical simulations were conducted | Control | Lab Exp + Field test | ex situ | AMD in the water table | Environmental | 2-Water | 2B-Groundwater | 2B-Quality | Acid mine drainage | yes | Compare the effectiveness of different cover options: Addition of a single layer of slightly alkaline and covered by 1 to 2 m of a widely graded and heterogeneous till | Pre-oxidized tailings impoundment | Degree of (water) saturation, pore water pressures, oxygen fluxes and leachate quality | Mitigation measure/change in measure | Quantitative | Sections 4.1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Comparative+performance+of+cover+systems+to+prevent+acid+mine+drainage+from+pre-oxidized+tailings:+A&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterGroundwater Quality |
| Palace VP, Baron CL, Evans RE, Wautier K, Werner J, Kollar S, and Klaverkamp JF. 2003. Metals, metalloids and metallothionein in tissues of fish from a Canadian freshwater system receiving gold mining effluents. J. Phys. IV France. 107: 1009-1012. | Canada | Ontario | Balmer Lake | Placer Dome Campbell | 51.0655754 | -93.7523897 | Gold | Underground mine | operation | NA | CI | White suckers (Catostomus commersoni) and walleye (Stizastedian vitreum) were captured from Balmer Lake, a shallow freshwater system in Central Canada that has served as the final repository for tailings from two gold mines for more than 40 years and from nearby reference locations. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | White suckers (Catostomus commersoni) and walleye (Stizastedian vitreum) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Final repository for tailings from two gold mines for more than 40 years | no | NA | NA | Concentrations of metals, metalloids and MT in liver, kidney and gill tissue | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Metals,+metalloids+and+metallothionein+in+tissues+of+fish+from+a+Canadian+freshwater+system+receivin&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Paliouris G and Hutchinson TC. 1991. Arsenic, cobalt and nickel tolerances in two populations of Silene vulgaris (Moench) Garcke from Ontario, Canada. New Phytol. 117: 449-459 | Canada | Ontario | Cobalt | Cobalt and Silver Center region | 47.3902916 | -79.6839877 | Silver | Unclear | abandonment | Historical mining operations, no evidence of closure mitigations | CI | Metal tolerance of a population S. vulgaris growing on mine spoils collected from Cobalt and an uncontaminated site | Control | Field + Lab analysis | ex situ | Silene vulgaris | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Individual species | High concentrations of arsenic from arsenopyrites associated with the ore bodies | no | NA | NA | Arsenic tolerance (inhibition of root growth) | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Figure 1 & 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Arsenic,+cobalt+and+nickel+tolerances+in+two+populations+of+Silene+vulgaris+(Moench)+Garcke+from+Ont&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraIndividualspecies |
| Parsons MB, LeBlanc KWG, Hall GEM, Sangster AL, Vaive JE, and Pelchat P. 2012. Environmental Geochemistry of Tailings, Sediments and Surface Waters Collected from 14 Historical Gold Mining Districts in Nova Scotia. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7150 | Canada | Nova Scotia | Regional | Regional | 44.71819718 | -63.69638594 | Gold | Unclear | abandonment | 14 abandoned gold mines in Nova Scotia | Correlative | Results of a multi-disciplinary investigation of the dispersion, speciation and fate of metal(loid)s in terrestrial and shallow marine environments surrounding 14 abandoned gold mines in Nova Scotia. From 2003 to 2006, samples of tailings, sediment, and water were collected at 14 former gold mines. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Sediments at 14 mine sites and surrounding area | Environmental | 1-Soil/Geology | 1A-Soil surface | 1A-Quality | Contamination from 14 abandoned mine sites | no | NA | NA | Distribution of As and Hg | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Results page 19 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Environmental+Geochemistry+of+Tailings,+Sediments+and+Surface+Waters+Collected+from+14+Historical+Go&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SoilGeologySoilsurfaceQuality |
| Parsons MB, LeBlanc KWG, Hall GEM, Sangster AL, Vaive JE, and Pelchat P. 2012. Environmental Geochemistry of Tailings, Sediments and Surface Waters Collected from 14 Historical Gold Mining Districts in Nova Scotia. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 7150 | Canada | Nova Scotia | Regional | Regional | 44.71819718 | -63.69638594 | Gold | Unclear | abandonment | 14 abandoned gold mines in Nova Scotia | Correlative | Results of a multi-disciplinary investigation of the dispersion, speciation and fate of metal(loid)s in terrestrial and shallow marine environments surrounding 14 abandoned gold mines in Nova Scotia. From 2003 to 2006, samples of tailings, sediment, and water were collected at 14 former gold mines. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Seasonal water samples at mine sites | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Contamination from 14 abandoned mine sites | no | NA | NA | Distribution of As and Hg | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Results page 19 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Environmental+Geochemistry+of+Tailings,+Sediments+and+Surface+Waters+Collected+from+14+Historical+Go&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Payne JF, French B, Hamoutene D, Yeats P, Rahimtula A, Scruton D, and Andrews C. 2000. Are metal mining effluent regulations adequate: Identification of a novel bleached fish syndrome in association with iron-ore mining effluents in Labrador, Newfoundland. Aquatic Toxicology. 52: 311-317 | Canada | Newfoundland & Labrador | Wabush Lake | Carol Lake | 53.0110512 | -66.9357687 | Iron | Surface mine | operation | NA | CI | The presence of a novel skin bleaching syndrome in Wabush Lake is investigated and studies on the histopathology of liver tissues, leucocyte inflitration and leucocyte counts from lake trout in contaminated and uncontamiated lakes | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Lake trout from Lake Wabush, specifically liver tissues and function | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species distribution | Toxicity potential od chronic exposure to iron tailings | no | NA | NA | Liver inflammation; blood lymphocytes; % cell alterations | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Figure 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Are+metal+mining+effluent+regulations+adequate:+Identification+of+a+novel+bleached+fish+syndrome+in+&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesdistribution |
| Payne JF, Malins DC, Gunselman S, Rahimtula A, and Yeats PA. 1998. DNA oxidative damage and vitamin A reduction in Fish from a large lake system in Labrador, Newfoundland, contaminated with Iron-ore mine tailings. Marine Environmental Research. 46 (1): 289-294. | Canada | Newfoundland & Labrador | Wabush Lake | Carol Lake | 53.0110512 | -66.9357687 | Iron | Surface mine | operation | NA | CI | Lake trout were collected at contaminated and reference sites and examined for evidence of DNA oxidative damage | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Female Lake trout (Salvelinus namuycush) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Iron contamination | no | NA | NA | DNA oxidative damage; Vitamin A status | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Figure 1 and 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=DNA+oxidative+damage+and+vitamin+A+reduction+in+Fish+from+a+large+lake+system+in+Labrador,+Newfoundl&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Pedersen KB, Reinardy HC, Jensen PE, Ottosen LM, Junttila J, and Frantzen M. 2018. The influence of Magnafloc10 on the acidic, alkaline, and electrodialytic desorption of metals from mine tailings. Journal of Environmental Management. 224: 130-139. | Norway | Nordland | Repparfjorden | Nussir ASA | 70.4004114 | 24.2824875 | Copper | Unclear | postclosure | adjacent Cu mine re-opens in 2019 | CI | Study is to evaluate Magnafloc10 as a flocculant and surfactant to increase the extraction of metals during electrodialytic remediation of mine tailings and acidic and alkaline desorption and metal partitioning in the mine tailings was investigated | Control | Lab Experiment | ex situ | Mine tailings leachate | Environmental | 2-Water | 2B-Groundwater | 2B-Quality | Mine tailings | yes | Magnafloc10 as a flocculant and surfactant | Increase the extraction of metals during electrodialytic remediation of mine tailings and acidic and alkaline desorption and metal partitioning in the mine tailings | Percentage of metals desorbed; water quality | Water quality | Quantitative | Figure 2-3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=The+influence+of+Magnafloc10+on+the+acidic,+alkaline,+and+electrodialytic+desorption+of+metals+from+&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterGroundwater Quality |
| Pekka L, Halmeenpaa H, Ecke F, Vuori K-M, Mokrotovarova O, Ohlander B, and Ingri J. 2008. Assessing pollution in the Kola River, northwestern Russia, using metal concentrations in water and bryophytes. Boreal Environment Research. 13: 15-30. | Russia | Murmansk Oblast | Kola River | Olenegorsk | 68.149044 | 33.1930693 | Iron | Open pit | operation | NA | CI | Assessed the degree of pollution along the Kola River by means of overall water quality evaluation and analyses of metals in water samples (dissolved and particulate fractions) and aquatic mosses. The observed pollutant levels were compared with those in unpolluted reference rivers. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Kola River water quality evaluation | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Main polluters within the Kola River basin are the Olenegorsk open-cast iron ore mine | no | NA | NA | Average dissolved and particulate metal concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1; Figure 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Assessing+pollution+in+the+Kola+River,+northwestern+Russia,+using+metal+concentrations+in+water+and+&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Pekka L, Halmeenpaa H, Ecke F, Vuori K-M, Mokrotovarova O, Ohlander B, and Ingri J. 2008. Assessing pollution in the Kola River, northwestern Russia, using metal concentrations in water and bryophytes. Boreal Environment Research. 13: 15-30. | Russia | Murmansk Oblast | Kola River | Olenegorsk | 68.149044 | 33.1930693 | Iron | Open pit | operation | NA | CI | Assessed the degree of pollution along the Kola River by means of overall water quality evaluation and analyses of metals in water samples (dissolved and particulate fractions) and aquatic mosses. The observed pollutant levels were compared with those in unpolluted reference rivers. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Aquatic mosses | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species groups | Main polluters within the Kola River basin are the Olenegorsk open-cast iron ore mine | no | NA | NA | Metal concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 5 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Assessing+pollution+in+the+Kola+River,+northwestern+Russia,+using+metal+concentrations+in+water+and+&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesgroups |
| Pentz SB and Kostaschuk RA. 1999. Effect of Placer Mining on Suspended Sediment in Reaches of sensitive fish habitat. Environmental Geology. 37(1–2): 78-89 | Canada | Yukon | McQuesten River | McQuesten River | 63.6909095 | -137.4479384 | Gold | Placer mine | operation; abandonment | Examine active and previously disturbed placer mine sites | BA | Suspended sediment measures from previously mined disturbed areas, bank erosion, resuspension of placer sediment deposited on bars and direct discharge from active placer mines | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Suspended sediment concentration at placer-mine sites | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Effect of active placer-mine discharges and re-suspended from previously mined sites | no | NA | NA | Sediment concentration | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 3; Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Effect+of+Placer+Mining+on+Suspended+Sediment+in+Reaches+of+sensitive+fish+habitat&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Perner K, Leipe T, Dellwig O, Kuijpers A, Mikkelsen N, Andersen TJ and Harff J. 2010. Contamination of arctic Fjord sediments by Pb-Zn mining at Maarmorilik in central West Greenland. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 60: 1065-1073. | Greenland | Qaasuitsup | Uummannaq fjord | Black Angel | 71.1167 | -51.25 | Zinc; Lead | Unclear | postclosure | Examining for the mine re-opening in 2009 | Correlative | Study focuses on heavy metal contamination of arctic sediments from a small Fjord system adjacent to the Pb–Zn ‘‘Black Angel” mine (West Greenland) to investigate the temporal and spatial development of contamination, collected multi-cores along a transect from Affarlikassaa Fjord, | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Sediment cores in the fjord at increasing distance from the mine | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Mine tailings in marine sediments | no | NA | NA | Lead and Zinc concentartions | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 3; Table 2-4 | spatial and temporal patterns | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Contamination+of+arctic+Fjord+sediments+by+Pb-Zn+mining+at+Maarmorilik+in+central+West+Greenland&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Persson L, Holmstrom H, Lax K, Maxe L, Ripa M, and Strang T. 2006. A multidisciplinary study of an old mine waste site in Sweden using geophysical, geological and geochemical methods. Near Surface 2006. 1-5 | Sweden | Sater | Dalarna | Loberget | 60.1918 | 15.3146 | Copper | Open pit | postclosure | NA | Correlative | Characterize the acid mine drainage in order to predict future problems and find efficient remediation methods. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Groundwater table and geochemistry | Environmental | 2-Water | 2B-Groundwater | 2B-Quality | Acid mine drainage | no | NA | NA | pH | Water quality | Quantitative | Figure 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=A+multidisciplinary+study+of+an+old+mine+waste+site+in+Sweden+using+geophysical,+geological+and+geoc&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterGroundwater Quality |
| Persson S, Harnesk D, and Islar M. 2017. What local people? Examining the GÃ¡llok mining conflict and the rights of the SÃ¡mi population in terms of justice and power. Geoforum. 86: 20-29. | Sweden | Lapland | Kvikkjokk | Gállok/Kallak | 66.47 | 19.7 | Iron | Unclear | exploration | Resistence to its construction | Correlative | Resistance to a mine in Gállok is based on the belief that the right to decide about this land historically falls on the Sámi population. Study has been conducted as a qualitative explanatory case study drawing data from different sources using multiple methods, namely: interviews, unstructured non-participant observations and a literature and document review | No control | Social Science | in situ | Stakeholders in Gallok Mine (including business groups, Sami population, state actors ect.) | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Env. justice | Conflict over a mine in Gállok | no | NA | NA | Understanding power relationships between stakeholders | Community | Qualitative | Section 5 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=What+local+people?+Examining+the+Gallok+mining+conflict+and+the+rights+of+the+Sami+population+in+ter&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingEnvjustice |
| Petit S, Lucotte M, and Teisserenc R. 2011. Mercury sources and bioavailability in lakes located in the mining district of Chibougamau, eastern Canada. Applied Geochemistry. 26: 230-241. | Canada | Quebec | Chibougamau region | Joe Mann | 49.92 | 74.73 | Copper; Zinc; Gold | Unclear | abandonment | NA | CI | Focuses on identifying the origin of Hg present in the sediments of lakes with mine wastes stored in tailing facilities located on their shores. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Lake sediment cores | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Mine wastes, containing significant amounts of trace metals, are often stored in tailing facilities located on the shores of lakes used for sport or subsistence fishing | no | NA | NA | THg, MeHg and lignin biomarke | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 2a-d | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Mercury+sources+and+bioavailability+in+lakes+located+in+the+mining+district+of+Chibougamau,+eastern+&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Pierron F, Bourret V, St-Cyr J, Campbell PGC, Bernatchez L and Couture P. 2009. Transcriptional responses to environmental metal exposure in wild yellow perch (Perca flavescens) collected in lakes with differing environmental metal concentrations (Cd, Cu, Ni). Ecotoxicology. 18: 620-631 | Canada | Ontario | Sudbury | Regional | 46.29027 | -78.99083 | Nickel | Unclear | postclosure | NA | CI | Investigated whether lifelong exposure to metal mixtures can cause changes in gene expression in these perch populations | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Yellow Perch | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Mining and smelting activities chronically expose fish to metal mixtures. | no | NA | NA | Hepatic Cd, Cu, Zn and Ni concentrations; Morphometric, gene expression and protein measurement | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Transcriptional+responses+to+environmental+metal+exposure+in+wild+yellow+perch+(Perca+flavescens)+co&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Pierron F, Bourret V, St-Cyr J, Campbell PGC, Bernatchez L and Couture P. 2009. Transcriptional responses to environmental metal exposure in wild yellow perch (Perca flavescens) collected in lakes with differing environmental metal concentrations (Cd, Cu, Ni). Ecotoxicology. 18: 620-631 | Canada | Ontario | Rouyn-Noranda | Regional | 48.073611 | -78.302777 | Copper; Zinc | Unclear | postclosure | NA | CI | Investigated whether lifelong exposure to metal mixtures can cause changes in gene expression in these perch populations | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Yellow Perch | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Mining and smelting activities chronically expose fish to metal mixtures. | no | NA | NA | Hepatic Cd, Cu, Zn and Ni concentrations; Morphometric, gene expression and protein measurement | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 1 & 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Transcriptional+responses+to+environmental+metal+exposure+in+wild+yellow+perch+(Perca+flavescens)+co&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Pilegaard K. 1983. Biological monitoring of airbourne metal pollution around a Lead-Zinc mine in Greenland. Heavy Metals in the Environment: International Conference Heidelberg: 113-1136. | Greenland | Qaasuitsup | Marmorilik | Black Angel | 71.1167 | -51.25 | Zinc; Lead | Unclear | postclosure | NA | Correlative | The spread of airbourne metals monitored by analysis of metal concentractions in vegetation | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | In situ lichens, higher plants and transplanted mosses | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species groups | Concentrate conveyor and a shiploader in the mining town | no | NA | NA | Concentration of metals in plants | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 2 | Correlative: sampling at increasing distance from the sources) | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Biological+monitoring+of+airbourne+metal+pollution+around+a+Lead-Zinc+mine+in+Greenland.&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesgroups |
| Place J and Hanlon N. 2011. Kill the lake? kill the proposal: accommodating First Nations' environmental values as a first step on the road to wellness. GeoJournal. 76: 163-175. | Canada | British Columbia | Omineca Mountains | Kemess | 57.001204 | -126.7541167 | Gold; Copper | Open pit | expansion | NA | BA | Using the proposed expansion of the Kemess mine in northern British Columbia as a case study, this paper examines two First Nations’ perspectives regarding the regulatory process. Sixteen key informant interviews were carried out and thematically analyzed through political ecology and environmental justice frameworks. | Same site/pop- Before | Social Science | in situ | All sixteen informants expressed concern for the environment | Social | 5-Societies | 5A-Landscapes | 5A-Change of land use | Perspectives on the potential positive and negative impacts of Kemess North | no | NA | NA | Concerns of contamination of Amazay Lake resulting from its use as a tailings disposal facility | Flow/landscape change | Qualitative | Environment Section | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Kill+the+lake?+kill+the+proposal:+accommodating+First+Nations'+environmental+values+as+a+first+step+&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesLandscapesChangeoflanduse |
| Place J and Hanlon N. 2011. Kill the lake? kill the proposal: accommodating First Nations' environmental values as a first step on the road to wellness. GeoJournal. 76: 163-175. | Canada | British Columbia | Omineca Mountains | Kemess | 57.001204 | -126.7541167 | Gold; Copper | Open pit | expansion | NA | BA | Using the proposed expansion of the Kemess mine in northern British Columbia as a case study, this paper examines two First Nations’ perspectives regarding the regulatory process. Sixteen key informant interviews were carried out and thematically analyzed through political ecology and environmental justice frameworks. | Same site/pop- Before | Social Science | in situ | Overarching health-related themes that emerged from the interviews | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Health/Safety | Perspectives on the potential positive and negative impacts of Kemess North | no | NA | NA | Concerns about environmental degradation were always expressed in relation to human health | Cancer rates/disease/mortality | Qualitative | Human Health Section | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Kill+the+lake?+kill+the+proposal:+accommodating+First+Nations'+environmental+values+as+a+first+step+&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingHealthSafety |
| Place J and Hanlon N. 2011. Kill the lake? kill the proposal: accommodating First Nations' environmental values as a first step on the road to wellness. GeoJournal. 76: 163-175. | Canada | British Columbia | Omineca Mountains | Kemess | 57.001204 | -126.7541167 | Gold; Copper | Open pit | expansion | NA | BA | Using the proposed expansion of the Kemess mine in northern British Columbia as a case study, this paper examines two First Nations’ perspectives regarding the regulatory process. Sixteen key informant interviews were carried out and thematically analyzed through political ecology and environmental justice frameworks. | Same site/pop- Before | Social Science | in situ | Mistrust in the EIA process, the consultation process, the government and Northgate were widely expressed. | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Other | Perspectives on the potential positive and negative impacts of Kemess North | no | NA | NA | Doubts and mistrust related to the EIA process | Community | Qualitative | Doubts and mistrust Section | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Kill+the+lake?+kill+the+proposal:+accommodating+First+Nations'+environmental+values+as+a+first+step+&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingOther |
| Poling GW, Ellis DV, Murray JW, Parsons TR, and Pelletier CA. 2002. Underwater Tailing Placement at Island Copper Mine: A Success Story. Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc. | Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island | Island Copper | 50.5949464 | -127.4834817 | Copper | Open pit | remediation | NA | BA | Monitored before, during, and after the ICM was operated in Rupert Inlet, all data were collected to determine if there were any long-term changes in oceanographic properties that could be attributed to mining activity | Same site/pop- Before | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Sea water samples | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Before, during, and after the mine was operated in Rupert Inlet | no | NA | NA | Chlorophyll A, pH, Alkalinity, and Oxygen | Water quality | Quantitative | Chapter 7 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Underwater+Tailing+Placement+at+Island+Copper+Mine:+A+Success+Story&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Poling GW, Ellis DV, Murray JW, Parsons TR, and Pelletier CA. 2002. Underwater Tailing Placement at Island Copper Mine: A Success Story. Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc. | Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island | Island Copper | 50.5949464 | -127.4834817 | Copper | Open pit | remediation | NA | BA | Monitored before, during, and after the ICM was operated in Rupert Inlet, all data were collected to determine if there were any long-term changes in oceanographic properties that could be attributed to mining activity | Same site/pop- Before | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Zooplankton community | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species groups | Before, during, and after the mine was operated in Rupert Inlet | no | NA | NA | Total counts of zooplankton | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Chapter 7 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Underwater+Tailing+Placement+at+Island+Copper+Mine:+A+Success+Story&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesgroups |
| Poling GW, Ellis DV, Murray JW, Parsons TR, and Pelletier CA. 2002. Underwater Tailing Placement at Island Copper Mine: A Success Story. Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc. | Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island | Island Copper | 50.5949464 | -127.4834817 | Copper | Open pit | remediation | NA | BA | Diver and submersible observations (some with samples and counts) and photographs from 1972 (1 year after mine operations started) to 1999 (31⁄2 years after mine closure), | Same site/pop- Before | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Biodiversity in algal forests and sediment patches | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4C-Ecosystems | 4C-Quality | Before, during, and after the mine was operated in Rupert Inlet | no | NA | NA | Diver and submersible observations (some with samples and counts) and photographs | Other | Qualitative | Chapter 9 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Underwater+Tailing+Placement+at+Island+Copper+Mine:+A+Success+Story&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityEcosystemsQuality |
| Poling GW, Ellis DV, Murray JW, Parsons TR, and Pelletier CA. 2002. Underwater Tailing Placement at Island Copper Mine: A Success Story. Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc. | Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island | Island Copper | 50.5949464 | -127.4834817 | Copper | Open pit | remediation | NA | BACI | Physical and chemical oceanographic properties of Rupert Inlet, Holberg Inlet, and Quatsino Sound were monitored before, during, and after the operation of the ICM in Rupert Inlet | BACI (reference/control/before/after) | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Suspended sediments (Secchi depth and turbidity) | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Before, during, and after the mine was operated in Rupert Inlet | no | NA | NA | Secchi depth and turbidity; mean metal concentrations | Water quality | Quantitative | Chapter 6 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Underwater+Tailing+Placement+at+Island+Copper+Mine:+A+Success+Story&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Poling GW, Ellis DV, Murray JW, Parsons TR, and Pelletier CA. 2002. Underwater Tailing Placement at Island Copper Mine: A Success Story. Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc. | Canada | British Columbia | Vancouver Island | Island Copper | 50.5949464 | -127.4834817 | Copper | Open pit | remediation | NA | CI | Data accumulated on fishery species (crab and salmon), on the tailings bioassays, on the bioaccumulation of trace elements, and on the biological colonization of in situ settlement plates | Control | Lab Exp + Field test | in situ | Fishery species (crab and salmon); Benthos | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species groups | Before, during, and after the mine was operated in Rupert Inlet | no | NA | NA | Survival; Metal Bioaccumulation | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Chapter 10 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Underwater+Tailing+Placement+at+Island+Copper+Mine:+A+Success+Story&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesgroups |
| Quakenbush L and Citta JJ. 2009. Trace Element Concentrations in Bearded Seals (Erignathus barbatus) Near Red Dog Mine Compared to Other Locations in Alaska. Journal of Marine Biology. 9p | USA | Alaska | Kotzebue | Red Dog | 68.0720076 | -163.1710781 | Zinc; Lead | Open pit | operation | NA | CI | Compared 19 trace element concentrations in liver tissue from bearded seals harvested near the Red Dog Mine (RDM) port site were compared with seals from two reference sites | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Bearded seals (Erignathus barbatus) harvested near a zinc and lead mine | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Mining-related contamination has been found in marine mammal tissues | no | NA | NA | Trace element concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1-3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Trace+Element+Concentrations+in+Bearded+Seals+(Erignathus+barbatus)+Near+Red+Dog+Mine+Compared+to+Ot&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Rabinovitch S, Greyson ND, Weiser W, and Hoffstein V. 1989. Clinical and Laboratory Features of Acute Sulfur Dioxide lnhalation Poisoning: Two-year Follow-up. Am Rev Respir Dis. 139: 556-558. | Canada | NS | NS | NS | 57.6814969 | -103.3322077 | Copper | Underground mine | operation | "working in an underground copper mine" only description of the mine | BA | Present clinical and laboratory results obtalned over a period of two years in two nonsmoking miners who were exposed to high concentratlons of sulfur dioxide, after a mine exploslon. | Same site/pop- Before | Social Science | in situ | Two non-smoking miners | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Health/Safety | Exposure to high concentrations of sulfur dioxide after a mine explosion | no | NA | NA | Plumonary function | Cancer rates/disease/mortality | Quantitative | Table 1-2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Clinical+and+Laboratory+Features+of+Acute+Sulfur+Dioxide+lnhalation+Poisoning:+Two-year+Follow-up&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingHealthSafety |
| Radford EP and St Clair-Renard KG. 1984. Lung Cancer in Swedish Iron Miners Exposed to Low Doses of Radon Daughters. The New England Journal of Medicine: 310(23): 1485-1494 | Sweden | NS | NS | Regional | 63.84547635 | 16.70831521 | Iron | Underground mine | operation | NA | CI | Investigated lung-cancer mortality in iron miners exposed to short-lived radioactive daughters of radon gas at concentrations leading to annual doses. | Reference site/population | Social Science | in situ | Swedish iron miners | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Health/Safety | Exposure to short-lived radioactive daughters of radon gas | no | NA | NA | Mortality rates; Lung cancer rates | Cancer rates/disease/mortality | Quantitative | Table 2-4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Lung+Cancer+in+Swedish+Iron+Miners+Exposed+to+Low+Doses+of+Radon+Daughters&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingHealthSafety |
| Rajotte JW and Couture P. 2002. Effects of environmental metal contamination on the condition, swimming performance, and tissue metabolic capacities of wild yellow perch (Perca flavescens). Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 59: 1296–1304. | Canada | Ontario | Sudbury | NR | 46.4777747 | -80.7978187 | Nickel | Open pit | postclosure | NA | Correlative | Fish were sampled in four similar-sized lakes within 70 km of Sudbury, namely Ramsey, Nelson, Vermilion, and Whitson Lakes. These lakes provided a gradient of metal contamination that ranged from low (Nelson) to high (Whitson), | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Yellow perch (Perca flavescens) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Range of metal-contaminated lakes near Sudbury | no | NA | NA | Condition; tissue metal concentrations; swimming performance | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Table 3-5; Figure 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Effects+of+environmental+metal+contamination+on+the+condition,+swimming+performance,+and+tissue+meta&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Reid BJ and Baumann J. 1984. Preliminary laboratory study of the effects of burial by AMAX/Kitsault mine tailings on marine invertebrates. Canadian Manuscript Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 1781: vi + 45p | Canada | British Columbia | Alice Arm | Amax/Kitsault | 55.474535 | -129.4872477 | Molybdenum; Lead; Zinc | Open pit | abandonment | NA | CI | Continuous and static sediment deposition studies were conducted with selected marine invertebrates using tailings from the Amax of Canada Ltd. Molybdenum mine at Kitsault, B.C. | Control | Lab Experiment | ex situ | Bivalves | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species groups | Sediment toxicity | no | NA | NA | Survival; condition | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Table 3-4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Preliminary+laboratory+study+of+the+effects+of+burial+by+AMAX/Kitsault+mine+tailings+on+marine+inver&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesgroups |
| Reinhardt EG, Dalby AP, Kumar A, and Timothy R. 1998. Arcellaceans as Pollution Indicators in Mine Tailing Contaminated Lakes near Cobalt, Ontario, Canada. Micropaleontology. 44(2): 131-148. | Canada | Ontario | Cobalt | Cobalt and Silver Center region | 47.3902916 | -79.6839877 | Silver | Unclear | abandonment | NA | BA | Six assemblages resulting from Q-mode cluster analysis of 27 arcellacean taxa in thirty-nine sediment-water interface samples collected from two small lakes heavily polluted by mine tailings near the town of Cobalt, northeastern Ontario, Canada, correlated well with various distinct polluted and remediated environments | Same site/pop- Before | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Arcellaceans as environmental and pollution indicator | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species distribution | Area heavily contami- nated by tailings and waste by-products of silver mining | no | NA | NA | Species diveristy; Geochemical analysis; | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Table 1-3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Arcellaceans+as+Pollution+Indicators+in+Mine+Tailing+Contaminated+Lakes+near+Cobalt,+Ontario,+Canada&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesdistribution |
| Renard KGSC. 1974. Respiratory Cancer Mortality in an Iron Ore Mine in Northern Sweden. Ambio. 3(2): 67-69 | Sweden | Norrbotten | Malmberget and Kiruna | Malmberget | 67.173325 | 20.654169 | Iron | Underground mine | operation | NA | CI | Review of all cases of respiratory cancer in all men in twin communities of Gallivare-Malmberget | Reference site/population | Social Science | in situ | Active miners in Malmberget iron ore mine | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Health/Safety | Exposure to Radon, quartz dust and diesel motors in underground mines | no | NA | NA | Death rates | Cancer rates/disease/mortality | Quantitative | Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Respiratory+Cancer+Mortality+in+an+Iron+Ore+Mine+in+Northern+Sweden&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingHealthSafety |
| Rescan Environmental Services Ltd. 1991. Preliminary biological and geological assessment of subaqueous tailings disposal in Benson Lake, British Columbia. MEND Rep. 2.11.1c-a. | Canada | British Columbia | Benson Lake | Benson Lake Coast | 50.3874824 | -127.2495217 | Copper | Surface mine | abandonment | NA | CI | Assess water quality, geochemical conditions of the sediments and biotic communities in Benson Lake which has been used as a tailings repository for eleven years. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Benson Lake water | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Tailings repository | no | NA | NA | Water quality | Water quality | Quantitative | Section 3.2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Preliminary+biological+and+geological+assessment+of+subaqueous+tailings+disposal+in+Benson+Lake,+Bri&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Rescan Environmental Services Ltd. 1991. Preliminary biological and geological assessment of subaqueous tailings disposal in Benson Lake, British Columbia. MEND Rep. 2.11.1c-a. | Canada | British Columbia | Benson Lake | Benson Lake Coast | 50.3874824 | -127.2495217 | Copper | Surface mine | abandonment | NA | CI | Assess water quality, geochemical conditions of the sediments and biotic communities in Benson Lake which has been used as a tailings repository for eleven years. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Geochemical conditions of lake sediments | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Tailings repository | no | NA | NA | Metal concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Section 3.3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Preliminary+biological+and+geological+assessment+of+subaqueous+tailings+disposal+in+Benson+Lake,+Bri&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Rescan Environmental Services Ltd. 1991. Preliminary biological and geological assessment of subaqueous tailings disposal in Benson Lake, British Columbia. MEND Rep. 2.11.1c-a. | Canada | British Columbia | Benson Lake | Benson Lake Coast | 50.3874824 | -127.2495217 | Copper | Surface mine | abandonment | NA | CI | Assess water quality, geochemical conditions of the sediments and biotic communities in Benson Lake which has been used as a tailings repository for eleven years. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Benthic invertebrate community | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species groups | Tailings repository | no | NA | NA | Community structure; Density | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Section 3.4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Preliminary+biological+and+geological+assessment+of+subaqueous+tailings+disposal+in+Benson+Lake,+Bri&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesgroups |
| Rescan Environmental Services Ltd. 1991. Preliminary biological and geological assessment of subaqueous tailings disposal in Benson Lake, British Columbia. MEND Rep. 2.11.1c-a. | Canada | British Columbia | Benson Lake | Benson Lake Coast | 50.3874824 | -127.2495217 | Copper | Surface mine | abandonment | NA | CI | Assess water quality, geochemical conditions of the sediments and biotic communities in Benson Lake which has been used as a tailings repository for eleven years. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Aquatic vegetation | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species groups | Tailings repository | no | NA | NA | Metal concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Section 3.4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Preliminary+biological+and+geological+assessment+of+subaqueous+tailings+disposal+in+Benson+Lake,+Bri&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesgroups |
| Rescan Environmental Services Ltd. 1991. Preliminary biological and geological assessment of subaqueous tailings disposal in Benson Lake, British Columbia. MEND Rep. 2.11.1c-a. | Canada | British Columbia | Benson Lake | Benson Lake Coast | 50.3874824 | -127.2495217 | Copper | Surface mine | abandonment | NA | CI | Assess water quality, geochemical conditions of the sediments and biotic communities in Benson Lake which has been used as a tailings repository for eleven years. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Rainbow trout | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Tailings repository | no | NA | NA | Presence/absence; condition; metal concentrations | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Section 3.4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Preliminary+biological+and+geological+assessment+of+subaqueous+tailings+disposal+in+Benson+Lake,+Bri&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Rickwood CJ, Dube MG, Weber LP, Lux S, and Janz DM. 2008. Assessing effects of a mining and municipal sewage effluent mixture on fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) reproduction using a novel, field-based trophic-transfer artificial stream. Aquatic Toxicology. 86: 272-286. | Canada | Ontario | Junction Creek | Copper Cliff | 46.4794757 | -81.0856697 | Copper; Nickel | Open pit | remediation | NA | CI | Objectives of the invetsigation were to assess the effects of a mine effluent and municipal wastewater mixture on fathead minnow reproduction in an on-site arificial stream and importance of food as a source of exposure using trophic transfer system. | Control | Field + Lab analysis | mesocosm | Fathead Minnows | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Food as a source of exposure to mine effluent through trophic transfer | no | NA | NA | Condition; spawning events; Larval deformity | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Table 3, 5 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Assessing+effects+of+a+mining+and+municipal+sewage+effluent+mixture+on+fathead+minnow+(Pimephales+pr&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Rigina O. 2002. Environmental Impact Assessment of the Mining and Concentration Activities in the Kola Peninsula, Russia by Multidate Remote Sensing. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 75: 11-31. | Russia | Kola Peninsula | Imandra | Olenegorsk | 68.149044 | 33.1930693 | Iron | Open pit | operation | NA | Correlative | To analyse multidate satellite images for 1964–1996 to assess the environmental pollution from the mining and concentration activity in the Kola in temporal perspective; (2) to evaluate remote sensing methods for integrated environmental impact assessment. | Background values | Modelling | ex situ | Landscape changes | Environmental | 5-Societies | 5A-Landscapes | 5A-Change of land use | Tailing dumps cause airborne pollution through dusting, and waterborne pollution due to direct dumping and accidental releases. | no | NA | NA | Land area | Flow/landscape change | Qualitative | Section 3.3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Environmental+Impact+Assessment+of+the+Mining+and+Concentration+Activities+in+the+Kola+Peninsula,+Ru&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesLandscapesChangeoflanduse |
| Rigina O. 2002. Environmental Impact Assessment of the Mining and Concentration Activities in the Kola Peninsula, Russia by Multidate Remote Sensing. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 75: 11-31. | Russia | Kola Peninsula | Imandra | Olenegorsk | 68.149044 | 33.1930693 | Iron | Open pit | operation | NA | Correlative | To analyse multidate satellite images for 1964–1996 to assess the environmental pollution from the mining and concentration activity in the Kola in temporal perspective; (2) to evaluate remote sensing methods for integrated environmental impact assessment. | Background values | Modelling | ex situ | Waterborne pollution | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Tailing dumps cause airborne pollution through dusting, and waterborne pollution due to direct dumping and accidental releases. | no | NA | NA | Turbidity | Water quality | Qualitative | Section 3.3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Environmental+Impact+Assessment+of+the+Mining+and+Concentration+Activities+in+the+Kola+Peninsula,+Ru&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Rigina O. 2002. Environmental Impact Assessment of the Mining and Concentration Activities in the Kola Peninsula, Russia by Multidate Remote Sensing. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 75: 11-31. | Russia | Kola Peninsula | Imandra | Olenegorsk | 68.149044 | 33.1930693 | Iron | Open pit | operation | NA | Correlative | To analyse multidate satellite images for 1964–1996 to assess the environmental pollution from the mining and concentration activity in the Kola in temporal perspective; (2) to evaluate remote sensing methods for integrated environmental impact assessment. | Background values | Modelling | ex situ | Airborne Pollution | Environmental | 3-Air | 3B-Atmosphere | 3B-Air Quality | Tailing dumps cause airborne pollution through dusting, and waterborne pollution due to direct dumping and accidental releases. | no | NA | NA | Plume of dust or aerosol haze | Other | Qualitative | Section 3.3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Environmental+Impact+Assessment+of+the+Mining+and+Concentration+Activities+in+the+Kola+Peninsula,+Ru&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _AirAtmosphereAirQuality |
| Roberts RS, Julian JA, Muir DCF, and Shannon HS. 1989. A study of mortality in workers engaged in the mining, smelting, and refining of Nickel I: Methodology and Mortality by major cause groups. Toxicology and Industrial Health. 5(6): 975-993 | Canada | Ontario | Sudbury | Copper Cliff | 46.4794757 | -81.0856697 | Nickel; Copper | Open pit | postclosure | NA | CI | Conducted a historical prospective mortality study of a cohort of nickel workers in Ontario | Reference site/population | Social Science | ex situ | Mine workers at a sinter plant and a non-sinter plant | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Health/Safety | Nickel sub-sulphide exposure | no | NA | NA | Cancer rates; Mortality | Cancer rates/disease/mortality | Quantitative | Table 1-2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=A+study+of+mortality+in+workers+engaged+in+the+mining,+smelting,+and+refining+of+Nickel+I:+Methodolo&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingHealthSafety |
| Roberts RS, Julian JA, Muir DCF, and Shannon HS. 1989. A study of mortality in workers engaged in the mining, smelting, and refining of nickel. II: Mortality from cancer of the respiratory tract and kidney. Toxicology and Industrial Health. 5(6): 975-993 | Canada | Ontario | Sudbury | Copper Cliff | 46.4794757 | -81.0856697 | Nickel; Copper | Open pit | postclosure | NA | CI | Describes observed and expected mortality from cancers of the lung, larynx, nose and kidney in a cohort of nickel workers followed for 35 years. | Reference site/population | Social Science | ex situ | Mine workers at a sinter plant and a non-sinter plant | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Health/Safety | Nickel sub-sulphide exposure | no | NA | NA | Cancer rates; Mortality | Cancer rates/disease/mortality | Quantitative | Table 1-4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=A+study+of+mortality+in+workers+engaged+in+the+mining,+smelting,+and+refining+of+nickel.+II:+Mortali&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingHealthSafety |
| Roberts RS, Julian JA, Shannon HS, and Muir DCF. 1983. Mortality Studies in Ontario Nickel Workers: The INCO/JOHC Study. Eds Brown SS, and Sunderman FW. Nickel Toxicology. 241-260. | Canada | Ontario | Regional | Regional | 51.5287961 | -86.60802086 | Nickel | Unclear | operation | NA | CI | Moratlity study follows orthodox histroical prospective design. Detailed occupational histories and environmental data | Reference site/population | Social Science | in situ | All male employees with six months or more of service in canadian nickel industry | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Health/Safety | Sintering operations at nickel plants | no | NA | NA | Proportional mortality | Cancer rates/disease/mortality | Quantitative | Table I-II | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=MORTALITY+STUDY+OF+CANADIAN+NICKEL+MINERS&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingHealthSafety |
| Roberts SA. 2005. An analysis of stakeholder perceptions regarding the closure of the Highland Valley Copper mine. University of British Columbia, PhD thesis | Canada | British Columbia | Highland Valley district | Highland Valley Copper | 50.4861866 | -121.0448943 | Copper; Molybdenum | Open pit | postclosure; remediation | NA | BA | Case study of Highland Valley Copper mine to identify indicators that a company effectively communicates to the local community how the company's reclamation and closure program will assist the cimmunity in making the transisiton | Same site/pop- Before | Modelling | ex situ | Local communities | Social | 5-Societies | 5B-Economic | 5B-Jobs (new employments) | Mine closure | no | NA | NA | Employment; disposable income; net change in personal ncome | Employment/Economy | Quantitative | Table 4.2; Section <IP_ADDRESS> | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=An+analysis+of+stakeholder+perceptions+regarding+the+closure+of+the+Highland+Valley+Copper+mine&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesEconomicJobs |
| Roberts SA. 2005. An analysis of stakeholder perceptions regarding the closure of the Highland Valley Copper mine. University of British Columbia, PhD thesis | Canada | British Columbia | Highland Valley district | Highland Valley Copper | 50.4861866 | -121.0448943 | Copper; Molybdenum | Open pit | postclosure; remediation | NA | BA | Case study of Highland Valley Copper mine to identify indicators that a company effectively communicates to the local community how the company's reclamation and closure program will assist the cimmunity in making the transisiton | Same site/pop- Before | Social Science | ex situ | Twenty stakeholders of the HVC mine | Social | 5-Societies | 5A-Landscapes | 5A-Change of land use | Quality and focus of HVC's closure planning and reclamation program | no | NA | NA | End land use options | Flow/landscape change | Qualitative | Section <IP_ADDRESS> | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=An+analysis+of+stakeholder+perceptions+regarding+the+closure+of+the+Highland+Valley+Copper+mine&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesLandscapesChangeoflanduse |