| Bowes-Lyon L-M, Richards JP, and McGee TM. 2009. Socio-economic impacts of the Nanisivik and Polaris Mines, Nunavut, Canada. Mining, Society and a Sustainable World. Richards J. (eds). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. | Canada | Nunavut | Strathcona Sound | Nanisivik; Polaris | 73.0151206 | -84.6166947 | Lead; Zinc | Unclear | postclosure | NA | I/A only | This qualitative study uses company and government reports and interviews with residents of Resolute and Arctic Bay, to learn how current and future mining in Nunavut might better establish long-lasting, positive socio-economic benefits according to current sustainable development practices | No control | Social Science | in situ | Residents of Resolute and Arctic Bay | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Other | Current and future mining in Nunavut might better establish long-lasting, positive socio-economic benefits | no | NA | NA | Alcohol use | Community | Qualitative | 6.3.1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Socio-economic+impacts+of+the+Nanisivik+and+Polaris+Mines,+Nunavut,+Canada&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingOther |
| Bowes-Lyon L-M, Richards JP, and McGee TM. 2009. Socio-economic impacts of the Nanisivik and Polaris Mines, Nunavut, Canada. Mining, Society and a Sustainable World. Richards J. (eds). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. | Canada | Nunavut | Strathcona Sound | Nanisivik; Polaris | 73.0151206 | -84.6166947 | Lead; Zinc | Unclear | postclosure | NA | I/A only | This qualitative study uses company and government reports and interviews with residents of Resolute and Arctic Bay, to learn how current and future mining in Nunavut might better establish long-lasting, positive socio-economic benefits according to current sustainable development practices | No control | Social Science | in situ | Residents of Resolute and Arctic Bay | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Other | Current and future mining in Nunavut might better establish long-lasting, positive socio-economic benefits | no | NA | NA | Community Engagament | Community | Qualitative | 6.4.3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Socio-economic+impacts+of+the+Nanisivik+and+Polaris+Mines,+Nunavut,+Canada&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingOther |
| Brabets TP. 2004. Occurrence and Distribution of Trace Elements in Snow, Streams, and Streambed Sediments, Cape Krusenstern National Monument, Alaska, 2002-2003. US Geological Survey Scientific Investigation Report 2004-5229: 31p | USA | Alaska | Kotzebue | Red Dog | 68.0720076 | -163.1710781 | Zinc; Lead | Open pit | operation | NA | CI | Purpose of this study was to determine if deposition of ore concentrate in Cape Krusenstern National Monument region has affected water quality in nearby streams, and establish a water-quality data base for this area of CAKR. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Stream water and snow as a surrogate for snowmelt runoff | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Fugitive dust throughout the study area. Zinc/lead concentrate are transported from the Red Dog Mine to the port site where it is then shipped to market; concerns that zinc/lead/cadmium concentrates may be deposited on tundra or in streams and incorporated into the natural food web outside the road corrido | no | NA | NA | Trace elements | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 3-7; Figure 5 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Occurrence+and+Distribution+of+Trace+Elements+in+Snow,+Streams,+and+Streambed+Sediments,+Cape+Krusen&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Brabets TP. 2004. Occurrence and Distribution of Trace Elements in Snow, Streams, and Streambed Sediments, Cape Krusenstern National Monument, Alaska, 2002-2003. US Geological Survey Scientific Investigation Report 2004-5229: 31p | USA | Alaska | Kotzebue | Red Dog | 68.0720076 | -163.1710781 | Zinc; Lead | Open pit | operation | NA | CI | Purpose of this study was to determine if deposition of ore concentrate in Cape Krusenstern National Monument region has affected water quality in nearby streams, and establish a water-quality data base for this area of CAKR. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Streambed sediments | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Fugitive dust throughout the study area. Zinc/lead concentrate are transported from the Red Dog Mine to the port site where it is then shipped to market; concerns that zinc/lead/cadmium concentrates may be deposited on tundra or in streams and incorporated into the natural food web outside the road corrido | no | NA | NA | Trace elements | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 8-10; Figure 7 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Occurrence+and+Distribution+of+Trace+Elements+in+Snow,+Streams,+and+Streambed+Sediments,+Cape+Krusen&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Bradbury JH and Wolfe JM. 1983. Requiem for a region: the iron ore industry in the Quebec- Labrador Trough. 9-18 | Canada | Quebec | Schefferville | Schefferville | 54.8145501 | -66.9253627 | Iron | Open pit | operation; decommissioning_closure; postclosure | NA | BA | A socio-economic study of the iron mining towns in the Quebec-Labrador region. Collected data on corporate strategies, migration patterns, household studies and the winding-down process | Same site/pop- Before | Social Science | in situ | Communities of mining town and townspeople | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Other | Closing of the mine in a Northern Quebec region | no | NA | NA | Population demographics | Community | Qualitative | All | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Requiem+for+a+region:+the+iron+ore+industry+in+the+Quebec-+Labrador+Trough&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingOther |
| Bradbury JH and Wolfe JM. 1983. Requiem for a region: the iron ore industry in the Quebec- Labrador Trough. 9-18 | Canada | Quebec | Schefferville | Schefferville | 54.8145501 | -66.9253627 | Iron | Open pit | operation; decommissioning_closure; postclosure | NA | BA | A socio-economic study of the iron mining towns in the Quebec-Labrador region. Collected data on corporate strategies, migration patterns, household studies and the winding-down process | Same site/pop- Before | Social Science | in situ | Communities of mining town and townspeople | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Housing | Closing of the mine in a Northern Quebec region | no | NA | NA | Housing policies | Community | Qualitative | All | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Requiem+for+a+region:+the+iron+ore+industry+in+the+Quebec-+Labrador+Trough&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingHousing |
| Bradbury JH and Wolfe JM. 1983. Requiem for a region: the iron ore industry in the Quebec- Labrador Trough. 9-18 | Canada | Quebec | Schefferville | Schefferville | 54.8145501 | -66.9253627 | Iron | Open pit | operation; decommissioning_closure; postclosure | NA | BA | A socio-economic study of the iron mining towns in the Quebec-Labrador region. Collected data on corporate strategies, migration patterns, household studies and the winding-down process | Same site/pop- Before | Social Science | in situ | Communities of mining town and townspeople | Social | 5-Societies | 5B-Economic | 5B-Jobs (new employments) | Closing of the mine in a Northern Quebec region | no | NA | NA | Financial aid, retraining, relocation and job-sharing | Employment/Economy | Qualitative | All | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Requiem+for+a+region:+the+iron+ore+industry+in+the+Quebec-+Labrador+Trough&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesEconomicJobs |
| Brand DG, Farrell MA, and Reid BJ. 1984. Preliminary histological assessment of heavy metal accumulation in the bivalve Yoldia thraciaeformis collected from Alice Arm, Hastings Arm and Satellite Channel, B.C. Can. MS Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. No. 1770: vii + 32p | Canada | British Columbia | Alice Arm | Amax/Kitsault | 55.474535 | -129.4872477 | Molybdenum; Lead; Zinc | Open pit | abandonment | NA | CI | Metal accumulation measured in tissues of bivalves from Alice Arm molybdenum mine, adjacent inlet and reference site | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Tissues of the bivalve Yoldia thraciaeformis. | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Tailings discharge has created concern regarding potential accumulation of metals in marine organisms | no | NA | NA | Distribution of heavy metals, relative numbers of granules present | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 4-5 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Preliminary+histological+assessment+of+heavy+metal+accumulation+in+the+bivalve+Yoldia+thraciaeformis&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Bright DA and Ellis DV. 1989. Aspects of histology in Macoma carlottensis (Bivalvia: Tellinidae) and in situ histopathology related to mine-tailings discharge. J Mar. Biol Ass. UK. 69: 447-464. | Canada | British Columbia | Howe Sound | Britannia Beach | 49.6232695 | -123.2038727 | Copper | Unclear | abandonment | NA | CI | Describes aspects of histopathology in an in situ clam population. In order to assess the degree of stress experienced by an organism, as well as ramifications for populations and biotic assemblages, it is necessary to relate pathological effects to altered function and fitness. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Clam (Macoma carlottensis) population in Howe Sound | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Sediment contamination decreasing north and south of Britannia Beach, former site of Anaconda Britannia Copper Mine | no | NA | NA | Morphology; growth; abundance | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Table 1; Figure 3-4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Aspects+of+histology+in+Macoma+carlottensis+(Bivalvia:+Tellinidae)+and+in+situ+histopathology+relate&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Bright DA, Dodd M, and Reimer KJ. 1996. Arsenic in subArctic lakes influenced by gold mine effluent: the occurrence of organoarsenicals and "hidden" arsenic. Sci. Total Envir. 180: 165-182. | Canada | Northwest Territories | Meg, Peg and Keg Lakes | Con | 62.430874 | -114.3760721 | Gold | Open pit | operation | NA | Correlative | Examines the distribution of methylarsenic species and hidden arsenic in the pore water of sediment cores and the water column of the Meg, Keg, Peg Lake, Great Slave Lake drainage system. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Water samples from Kam Lake; Grace Lake; Meg, Peg, and Keg Lakes; and Yellowknife Bay | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Contamination from arsenic release from a gold mine | no | NA | NA | Distribution of arsenic species; dissolved As concentration | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1 | Spatial distribution | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Arsenic+in+subArctic+lakes+influenced+by+gold+mine+effluent:+the+occurrence+of+organoarsenicals+and+&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Bright DA, Dodd M, and Reimer KJ. 1996. Arsenic in subArctic lakes influenced by gold mine effluent: the occurrence of organoarsenicals and "hidden" arsenic. Sci. Total Envir. 180: 165-182. | Canada | Northwest Territories | Meg, Peg and Keg Lakes | Con | 62.430874 | -114.3760721 | Gold | Open pit | operation | NA | Correlative | Examines the distribution of methylarsenic species and hidden arsenic in the pore water of sediment cores and the water column of the Meg, Keg, Peg Lake, Great Slave Lake drainage system. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Sediment cores from Kam Lake; Grace Lake; Meg, Peg, and Keg Lakes; and Yellowknife Bay | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Contamination from arsenic release from a gold mine | no | NA | NA | Distribution of arsenic species; dissolved As concentration | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1; Figure 7 | Spatial distribution | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Arsenic+in+subArctic+lakes+influenced+by+gold+mine+effluent:+the+occurrence+of+organoarsenicals+and+&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Brinkhurst RO, Burd BJ and Kathman RD. 1987. Benthic studies in Alice Arm, B.C. during and following cessation of mine tailings disposal, 1982 to 1986. Canadian Technical Report of Hydrography and Ocean Sciences. 89: 45p | Canada | British Columbia | Alice Arm | Amax/Kitsault | 55.474535 | -129.4872477 | Molybdenum; Lead; Zinc | Open pit | operation; postclosure | During and after operation sampling | BACI | Long term effects of mine tailings discharges on the benthic invertebrate fauna of Alice Arm. Sampled during operation and again after mine closure | BACI (reference/control/before/after) | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Benthic invertebrate fauna | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species groups | Mine tailing discharges from molybdenum mine | no | NA | NA | Abundance; succession of species | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Table 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Benthic+studies+in+Alice+Arm,+B.C.+during+and+following+cessation+of+mine+tailings+disposal,+1982+to&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesgroups |
| Broderstad A, Smith-Sivertsen T, Dahl IM, Ingebretsen OC, and Lund E. 2006. Serum levels of iron in Sør-Varanger northern Norway - An iron mining municipality. International Journal of Circumpolar Health. 65(5): 432-442. | Norway | Norge-Suomi | Sør-Varanger | Bjørnevatn | 69.6398 | 30.0099 | Iron | Open pit | postclosure | NA | CI | Cross-sectional, population-based study performed in order to investigate possible health effects of pollution in the population living on both sides of the Norwegian-Russian border. | Reference site/population | Social Science | in situ | People living in the community of Sør-Varanger | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Health/Safety | Occupational or community exposure to iron | no | NA | NA | s-ferritin | Occupational hazards/risks/exposure | Quantitative | Table II-IV, Figure 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Serum+levels+of+iron+in+Sør-Varanger+northern+Norway+-+An+iron+mining+municipality&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingHealthSafety |
| Brooks RR, Fergusson JE, Holzbecher J, Ryan DE, Zhang HF, Dale JM, and Freedman B. 1982. Pollution by Arsenic in a Gold-Mining District in Nova Scotia. Environmental Pollution. 4(Series B): 109-117 | Canada | Nova Scotia | Mitchell Brook | Montague | 44.7276856 | -63.5258688 | Gold | Surface mine | abandonment | NA | CI | Arsenic levels were determined in arseniferous gold tailings, waters, stream sediments, plants and aquatic organisms in the vicinity of a stream draining the Montague gold mining. Background levels were determined from upstream of former mining | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Waters, stream sediments, plants and aquatic organisms in the vicinity of a stream draining | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Arsenic tailings | no | NA | NA | Arsenic Concentration | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Pollution+by+Arsenic+in+a+Gold-Mining+District+in+Nova+Scotia&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Brooks RR, Fergusson JE, Holzbecher J, Ryan DE, Zhang HF, Dale JM, and Freedman B. 1982. Pollution by Arsenic in a Gold-Mining District in Nova Scotia. Environmental Pollution. 4(Series B): 109-117 | Canada | Nova Scotia | Mitchell Brook | Montague | 44.7276856 | -63.5258688 | Gold | Surface mine | abandonment | NA | CI | Arsenic levels were determined in arseniferous gold tailings, waters, stream sediments, plants and aquatic organisms in the vicinity of a stream draining the Montague gold mining. Background levels were determined from upstream of former mining | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Waters, stream sediments, plants and aquatic organisms in the vicinity of a stream draining | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Arsenic tailings | no | NA | NA | Arsenic Concentration | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Pollution+by+Arsenic+in+a+Gold-Mining+District+in+Nova+Scotia&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Brooks RR, Fergusson JE, Holzbecher J, Ryan DE, Zhang HF, Dale JM, and Freedman B. 1982. Pollution by Arsenic in a Gold-Mining District in Nova Scotia. Environmental Pollution. 4(Series B): 109-117 | Canada | Nova Scotia | Mitchell Brook | Montague | 44.7276856 | -63.5258688 | Gold | Surface mine | abandonment | NA | CI | Arsenic levels were determined in arseniferous gold tailings, waters, stream sediments, plants and aquatic organisms in the vicinity of a stream draining the Montague gold mining. Background levels were determined from upstream of former mining | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Ashed twigs of alder Alnus rugosa | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species groups | Arsenic tailings | no | NA | NA | Arsenic Concentration | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Pollution+by+Arsenic+in+a+Gold-Mining+District+in+Nova+Scotia&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesgroups |
| Brooks RR, Fergusson JE, Holzbecher J, Ryan DE, Zhang HF, Dale JM, and Freedman B. 1982. Pollution by Arsenic in a Gold-Mining District in Nova Scotia. Environmental Pollution. 4(Series B): 109-117 | Canada | Nova Scotia | Mitchell Brook | Montague | 44.7276856 | -63.5258688 | Gold | Surface mine | abandonment | NA | CI | Arsenic levels were determined in arseniferous gold tailings, waters, stream sediments, plants and aquatic organisms in the vicinity of a stream draining the Montague gold mining. Background levels were determined from upstream of former mining | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Aquatic organisms | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species groups | Arsenic tailings | no | NA | NA | Arsenic Concentration | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Pollution+by+Arsenic+in+a+Gold-Mining+District+in+Nova+Scotia&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesgroups |
| Brooks RR, Trow JM, and Bolviken B. 1979. Biogeochemical anomalies in fennoscandia: A study of copper, lead and nickel levels in Melandrium dioicum and Viscaria alpina. Journal of Geochemical Exploration. 11: 73-87. | Norway | Fennoscandia | Regional | Regional | 61.94334958 | 8.694582146 | Unclear | Unclear | Samples from across Fennoscandia | Correlative | Herbarium specimens from throughout Fennoscandia were analysed for metal content | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Herbarium specimens of Melandrium dioicum and Viscaria alpina | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species groups | Mining districts of Norway and Sweden | no | NA | NA | Heavy metal levels | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 1; Table III | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Biogeochemical+anomalies+in+fennoscandia:+A+study+of+copper,+lead+and+nickel+levels+in+Melandrium+di&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesgroups | |
| Brooks SJ, Escudero-Onate C, and Lillicrap AD. 2019. An ecotoxicological assessment of mine tailings from three Norwegian mines. Chemosphere. 233: 818-827. | Norway | Kirkenes | Bøkfjorden | Sydvaranger | 69.7202908 | 30.0257143 | Iron | Underground mine | operation | NA | CI | Investigated mine tailings from three different Norwegian mines, with consents to discharge their tailings into three different Norwegian fjords. Evaluation of the potential direct and indirect effects of these mine tailings on marine organisms was performed using a battery of test approaches | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Oyster embryo and marine copepod Tisbe battagliai | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Acute ecotoxicity assessments of mine tailings dumped in marine environment | no | NA | NA | Growth rate; Yield % | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Figure 4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=An+ecotoxicological+assessment+of+mine+tailings+from+three+Norwegian+mines&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Brooks SJ, Harman C, Hultmen MT, and Berge JA. 2015. Integrated biomarker assessment of the effects of tailing discharges from an iron ore mine using blue mussels (Mytilus spp.). Science of the Total Environment. 524-525: 104-114. | Norway | Kirkenes | Bøkfjorden | Sydvaranger | 69.7202908 | 30.0257143 | Iron | Underground mine | operation | NA | CI | Provide an assessment of the potential biological effects of the discharge water from the Sydvaranger mine within the receiving waters of Bøk fjord. The potential impact of the discharge was assessed using an integrated suite of biomarker tools in mussels held at known distances from the discharge outlet. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Blue mussels (Mytilus spp.) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Discharge water from the Sydvaranger mine within the receiving waters of Bøk fjord. | no | NA | NA | Metal concentrations; Biological responses in mussels | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 2-3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Integrated+biomarker+assessment+of+the+effects+of+tailing+discharges+from+an+iron+ore+mine+using+blu&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Brotheridge RM, Newton KE and Evans SW. 1998. Nickel, cobalt, zinc and copper levels in brown trout (Salmo trutta) from the river Otra, southern Norway. Chemosphere. 37 (14-15): 2921-2934. | Norway | Evje | River Otra | Flat Nickel | 58.6005788 | 7.8613803 | Nickel | Unclear | abandonment | NA | CI | Brown trout were sampled from an uncontaminated lake nine kilometres upstream from the smelter, from the base of the Oddebekken, from sites immediately upstream and downstream of the smelter and from a site four kilometres downstream from the smelter | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Brown trout | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Ore extracted was smelted at a site adjacent to the river Otra | no | NA | NA | Population data; parasitic infection rate; metals in tissue | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Figure 1-4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Nickel,+cobalt,+zinc+and+copper+levels+in+brown+trout+(Salmo+trutta)+from+the+river+Otra,+southern+N&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Brotheridge RM, Newton KE and Evans SW. 1998. Presence of a parasitic nematode (Eustrongylidies sp.) in brown trout (Salmo trutta) from a heavy metal contaminated aquatic ecosystem. Chemosphere. 37(14-15):2921-2934 | Norway | Evje | River Otra | Flat Nickel | 58.6005788 | 7.8613803 | Nickel | Unclear | abandonment | NA | CI | Brown trout were sampled from an uncontaminated lake upstream from the smelter, from the base of the Oddebekken (a tributary draining the mine water into the Otra), from sites immediately upstream and downstream of the smelter and from a site downstream from the smelter | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Brown Trout | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Heavy metal pollution in the land surrounding the smelter and in water draining from the mine | no | NA | NA | Population data; parasitic infection rate; metals in tissue | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Figure 1, 3 + 4; Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Presence+of+a+parasitic+nematode+(Eustrongylidies+sp.)+in+brown+trout+(Salmo+trutta)+from+a+heavy+me&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Brumbaugh WG and May TW. 2008. Elements in Mud and Snow in the Vicinity of the DeLong Mountain Regional Transportation System Road, Red Dog Mine, and Cape Krusenstern National Monument, Alaska, 2005-06. USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2008–5040: 30p | USA | Alaska | Kotzebue | Red Dog | 68.0720076 | -163.1710781 | Zinc; Lead | Open pit | operation | NA | CI | A small number of mud, road bed soil, and snow samples were collected in 2005 and 2006 to assess metal concentra-tions and loadings to areas adjacent to the DeLong Mountain Regional Transportation System (DMTS) road compared to snow samples obtained near a gravel road located near Kotzebue | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Sampling of DMTS road bed soil and mud samples | Environmental | 1-Soil/Geology | 1A-Soil surface | 1A-Quality | The DMTS road is used by large trucks to transport lead and zinc concentrates from Red Dog Mine to the ship-ping facility at Red Dog Port | no | NA | NA | Metal concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1-2; Figure 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Elements+in+Mud+and+Snow+in+the+Vicinity+of+the+DeLong+Mountain+Regional+Transportation+System+Road,&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SoilGeologySoilsurfaceQuality |
| Brumbaugh WG and May TW. 2008. Elements in Mud and Snow in the Vicinity of the DeLong Mountain Regional Transportation System Road, Red Dog Mine, and Cape Krusenstern National Monument, Alaska, 2005-06. USGS Scientific Investigations Report 2008–5040: 30p | USA | Alaska | Kotzebue | Red Dog | 68.0720076 | -163.1710781 | Zinc; Lead | Open pit | operation | NA | CI | A small number of mud, road bed soil, and snow samples were collected in 2005 and 2006 to assess metal concentra-tions and loadings to areas adjacent to the DeLong Mountain Regional Transportation System (DMTS) road compared to snow samples obtained near a gravel road located near Kotzebue | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Snow sampling was conducted near the DMTS haul road and near a reference road | Environmental | 2-Water | 2C-Ice | 2C-Ice | The DMTS road is used by large trucks to transport lead and zinc concentrates from Red Dog Mine to the ship-ping facility at Red Dog Port | no | NA | NA | Metal concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 3-5; Figure 4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Elements+in+Mud+and+Snow+in+the+Vicinity+of+the+DeLong+Mountain+Regional+Transportation+System+Road,&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterIceIce |
| Brumbaugh WG, Mora MA, May TW, and Phalen DN. 2010. Metal exposure and effects in voles and small birds near a mining haul road in Cape Krusenstern National Monument, Alaska. Environ Monit Assess. 170: 73-86. | USA | Alaska | Kotzebue | Red Dog | 68.0720076 | -163.1710781 | Zinc; Lead | Open pit | operation | NA | CI | Voles and small passerine birds were live-captured near the Delong Mountain Regional Transportation System (DMTS) haul road in Cape Krusenstern National Monument in northwest Alaska to assess metals exposure and sublethal biological effects. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Animals (voles and small birds) were collected from two locations north of the haul road (within 200 m) along New Heart and Aufeis Creeks, and one reference location near the Situkuyok River | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species groups | Large trucks using the DMTS haul road to transport Pb and Zn concentrates from Red Dog Mine to the shipping facility at Red Dog Port | no | NA | NA | Concentration of liver Zn, Cd, and Pb | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Metal+exposure+and+effects+in+voles+and+small+birds+near+a+mining+haul+road+in+Cape+Krusenstern+Nati&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesgroups |
| Brumbaugh WG, Morman SA, and May TW. 2011. Concentrations and bioaccessibility of metals in vegetation and dust near a mining haul road, Cape Krusenstern National Monument, Alaska. Environ. Monit. Assess. 182: 325-340. | USA | Alaska | Kotzebue | Red Dog | 68.0720076 | -163.1710781 | Zinc; Lead | Open pit | operation | NA | CI | Objective of the study was to document 2006 metal concentrations in vegetation and sub-surface peat samples obtained in CAKR from near the DMTS haul road, and to compare relative concentrations and bioaccessibility of metals associated with surface dusts to those accumulated by the vegetation | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Vegetation (four vascular plant species) and sub-surface peat samples were collected from three general areas (including reference) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species groups | Delong Mountain Transportation System (DMTS) haul road is the transport corridor between Red Dog Mine; Bioaccessibility of metals associated with surface dusts to those accumulated by the vegetation | no | NA | NA | Total recoverable concentrations of metals | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 2-4 | Compare relative concentrations and bioaccessibility of metals associated with surface dusts to those accumulated by the vegetation | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Concentrations+and+bioaccessibility+of+metals+in+vegetation+and+dust+near+a+mining+haul+road,+Cape+K&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesgroups |
| Buell JW. 1991. Consequences of episodic exposure of chum salmon eggs/alevins to expected A-J mine tailings pond concentrations of Ag, Cd, Cu, Pb, and Zn (summary). Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual Aquatic Toxicity Workshop. 1: 208-237 | USA | Alaska | Juneau | Alaska-Juneau | 58.2630977 | -134.341188 | Gold | Unclear | abandonment | NA | CI | A bioassay of tailings pond water as supply to a chum salmon hatchery. | Control | Lab Experiment | ex situ | Chum Salmon | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Tailings pond water | no | NA | NA | Survival | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Table 3-6 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Consequences+of+episodic+exposure+of+chum+salmon+eggs/alevins+to+expected+A-J+mine+tailings+pond+con&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Buhl KJ and Hamilton SJ. 1990. Comparative toxicity of inorganic contaminants released by placer mining to early life stages of salmonids. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 20: 325-342. | USA | Alaska | Clear State Hatchery | NS | 64.271242 | -149.2465684 | Gold | Placer mine | operation | NA | CI | Determine the sensitivity of early-life stages of native Alaskan Arctic grayling to four trace inorganics-arsenic, copper, lead, and zinc-that are released with placer mining sediments, individually and in environmentally relevant mixtures. | Reference site/population | Lab Experiment | ex situ | Native Alaskan Arctic grayling | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Placer mining usually is done in headstream valleys used by adult Arctic grayling (Thymallus arcticus) for spawning and by juveniles as rearing areas | no | NA | NA | Acute toxicity | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Table 2-4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Comparative+toxicity+of+inorganic+contaminants+released+by+placer+mining+to+early+life+stages+of+sal&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Burd B. Macdonald R, and Noyd J. 2000. Punctuated recovery of sediments and benthic infauna: a 19-year study of tailings deposition in a British Columbia fjord. Marine Environmental Research. 49: 145-175. | Canada | British Columbia | Alice Arm | Amax/Kitsault | 55.474535 | -129.4872477 | Molybdenum; Lead; Zinc | Open pit | operation; abandonment | NA | BA | Provide the first synthesis of benthic marcrofaunal and geochemical sediment monitoring and research data collected before, during and for 14 years following a submarine tailings disposal operation at Alice Arm | Same site/pop- Before | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Surface sediments | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Contaminants surveys have been conducted over 19 years before and following tailings deposition from a metal (Mo, Pb, Zn) mine in Alice Arm | no | NA | NA | Time series metal concentration | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 5 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Punctuated+recovery+of+sediments+and+benthic+infauna:+a+19-year+study+of+tailings+deposition+in+a+Br&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Burd B. Macdonald R, and Noyd J. 2000. Punctuated recovery of sediments and benthic infauna: a 19-year study of tailings deposition in a British Columbia fjord. Marine Environmental Research. 49: 145-175. | Canada | British Columbia | Alice Arm | Amax/Kitsault | 55.474535 | -129.4872477 | Molybdenum; Lead; Zinc | Open pit | operation; abandonment | NA | BA | Provide the first synthesis of benthic marcrofaunal and geochemical sediment monitoring and research data collected before, during and for 14 years following a submarine tailings disposal operation at Alice Arm | Same site/pop- Before | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Tissue metals analysis for Yoldia spp | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species groups | Contaminants surveys have been conducted over 19 years before and following tailings deposition from a metal (Mo, Pb, Zn) mine in Alice Arm | no | NA | NA | Metal accumulation in tissues | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 7 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Punctuated+recovery+of+sediments+and+benthic+infauna:+a+19-year+study+of+tailings+deposition+in+a+Br&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesgroups |
| Burd B. Macdonald R, and Noyd J. 2000. Punctuated recovery of sediments and benthic infauna: a 19-year study of tailings deposition in a British Columbia fjord. Marine Environmental Research. 49: 145-175. | Canada | British Columbia | Alice Arm | Amax/Kitsault | 55.474535 | -129.4872477 | Molybdenum; Lead; Zinc | Open pit | operation; abandonment | NA | BA | Provide the first synthesis of benthic marcrofaunal and geochemical sediment monitoring and research data collected before, during and for 14 years following a submarine tailings disposal operation at Alice Arm | Same site/pop- Before | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Benthic infaunal samples | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species distribution | Contaminants surveys have been conducted over 19 years before and following tailings deposition from a metal (Mo, Pb, Zn) mine in Alice Arm | no | NA | NA | Abundance; Biomass | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Figure 8; Table 5 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Punctuated+recovery+of+sediments+and+benthic+infauna:+a+19-year+study+of+tailings+deposition+in+a+Br&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesdistribution |
| Burd BJ. 2002. Evaluation of mine tailings effects on a benthic marine infaunal community over 29 years. Marine Environmental Research. 53: 481-519 | Canada | British Columbia | Rupert, Holberg and Quatsino Sound system | Island Copper | 50.5949464 | -127.4834817 | Copper; Molybdenum | Open pit | operation; abandonment | NA | CI | Benthic infaunal and sediment data collected over 29 years were used to examine the extent and geographic range of effects and recovery from submarine tailings deposition. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Sedmient in surrounding waterbodies | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Submarine tailings deposition | no | NA | NA | Sediment Cu in cores | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 2-4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Evaluation+of+mine+tailings+effects+on+a+benthic+marine+infaunal+community+over+29+years&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Burd BJ. 2002. Evaluation of mine tailings effects on a benthic marine infaunal community over 29 years. Marine Environmental Research. 53: 481-519 | Canada | British Columbia | Rupert, Holberg and Quatsino Sound system | Island Copper | 50.5949464 | -127.4834817 | Copper; Molybdenum | Open pit | operation; abandonment | NA | CI | Benthic infaunal and sediment data collected over 29 years were used to examine the extent and geographic range of effects and recovery from submarine tailings deposition. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Benthic infaunal | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species distribution | Submarine tailings deposition | no | NA | NA | Abundance, total species richness, and biomass | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Figure 5-7; Table 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Evaluation+of+mine+tailings+effects+on+a+benthic+marine+infaunal+community+over+29+years&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesdistribution |
| Burstrom L, Aminoff A, Bjor B, Manttari S, Nilsson T, Pettersson H, Rintamaki H, Rodin I, Shilov V, Talykova L, Vaktskjold A, and Wahlstrom J. 2017. Musculoskeletal symptoms and exposure to whole-body vibration amoung open-pit mine workers in the arctic. International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health. 30(4): 553-564. | Finland | Finland, Norway, Russia, Sweden | Regional | NR | 68.03073792 | 26.1279951 | Not stated | Open pit | operation | Four open-pit mines in Finland, Norway, Russia and Sweden | CI | Aim has been to compare the prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms between drivers of mining vehicles and non-drivers | Reference site/population | Social Science | in situ | Mine workers specifically drivers of mining vehicles | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Health/Safety | Long-term occupational exposure to whole-body vibration (WBV) | no | NA | NA | Prevalence of musculoskeletal symptoms | Cancer rates/disease/mortality | Quantitative | Table 2-4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Musculoskeletal+symptoms+and+exposure+to+whole-body+vibration+amoung+open-pit+mine+workers+in+the+ar&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingHealthSafety |
| Bussiere B, Benzaazoua M, Aubertin M, and Mbonimpa M. 2004. A Laboratory Study of Covers Made of Low-Sulphide Tailings to Prevent Acid Mine Drainage. Environ. Geol. 45: 609-622 | Canada | Quebec | Rouyn-Noranda | NR | 48.2256826 | -79.0921567 | Not stated | Unclear | operation | Collected from a mine concentrator near Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada | CI | Series of column leaching experiments designed to evaluate the effectiveness of Covers with capillary barrier effects where the moisture-retaining material is made of such low-sulphide tailings. | Control | Lab Experiment | ex situ | Mine tailings leachate | Environmental | 2-Water | 2B-Groundwater | 2B-Quality | Acid mine drainage | yes | Covers with capillary barrier effects (CCBE) to control acid mine drainage | Control of acid mine drainage | Water quality | Water quality | Quantitative | Figure 4a-f | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=A+Laboratory+Study+of+Covers+Made+of+Low-Sulphide+Tailings+to+Prevent+Acid+Mine+Drainage&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterGroundwater Quality |
| Bussieres D, Ayotte P, Levallois P, Dewailly E, Nieboer E, Gingras S, and Cote S. 2004. Exposure of a Cree Population Living near Mine Tailings in Northern Quebec (Canada) to Metals and Metalloids. Archives of Environmental Health: An International Journal. 59(12): 732-741 | Canada | Quebec | Ouje-Bougoumou territory | NS | 49.9282044 | -74.8165527 | Copper; Gold | Unclear | operation; abandonment | "area where copper and gold ores were mined and processed from the mid-1950s until today" | CI | Investigated the effect of residues from copper and gold mining on the Cree population of Ouje-Bougoumou. Sujects and control popultaions were questioned on lifestyle and dietary habits and blood and urine samples | Reference site/population | Social Science | in situ | Study in Ouje-Bougoumou (study population) and Nemaska (control populatio | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Health/Safety | Residues from copper and gold mines | no | NA | NA | Concentrations of metals/metalloids | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 3-6 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Exposure+of+a+Cree+Population+Living+near+Mine+Tailings+in+Northern+Quebec+(Canada)+to+Metals+and+Me&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingHealthSafety |
| Bussieres D, Ayotte P, Levallois P, Dewailly E, Nieboer E, Gingras S, and Cote S. 2004. Exposure of a Cree Population Living near Mine Tailings in Northern Quebec (Canada) to Metals and Metalloids. Archives of Environmental Health: An International Journal. 59(12): 732-741 | Canada | Quebec | Ouje-Bougoumou territory | NS | 49.9282044 | -74.8165527 | Copper; Gold | Unclear | operation; abandonment | "area where copper and gold ores were mined and processed from the mid-1950s until today" | CI | Investigated the effect of residues from copper and gold mining on the Cree population of Ouje-Bougoumou. Sujects and control popultaions were questioned on lifestyle and dietary habits and blood and urine samples | Reference site/population | Social Science | in situ | Study in Ouje-Bougoumou (study population) and Nemaska (control populatio | Social | 5-Societies | 5B-Economic | 5B-Jobs (new employments) | Residues from copper and gold mines | no | NA | NA | Employment rates | Employment/Economy | Quantitative | Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Exposure+of+a+Cree+Population+Living+near+Mine+Tailings+in+Northern+Quebec+(Canada)+to+Metals+and+Me&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesEconomicJobs |
| Bussieres D, Ayotte P, Levallois P, Dewailly E, Nieboer E, Gingras S, and Cote S. 2004. Exposure of a Cree Population Living near Mine Tailings in Northern Quebec (Canada) to Metals and Metalloids. Archives of Environmental Health: An International Journal. 59(12): 732-741 | Canada | Quebec | Ouje-Bougoumou territory | NS | 49.9282044 | -74.8165527 | Copper; Gold | Unclear | operation; abandonment | "area where copper and gold ores were mined and processed from the mid-1950s until today" | CI | Investigated the effect of residues from copper and gold mining on the Cree population of Ouje-Bougoumou. Sujects and control popultaions were questioned on lifestyle and dietary habits and blood and urine samples | Reference site/population | Social Science | in situ | Study in Ouje-Bougoumou (study population) and Nemaska (control populatio | Social | 5-Societies | 5C-Service & infrastructure demand | 5C-Consumables/Subsistence | Residues from copper and gold mines | no | NA | NA | Wild food consumption | Community | Quantitative | Table 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Exposure+of+a+Cree+Population+Living+near+Mine+Tailings+in+Northern+Quebec+(Canada)+to+Metals+and+Me&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesServiceinfrastructureConsumablesSubsistence |
| Button M, Koch I, and Reimer KJ. 2012. Arsenic resistance and cycling in earthworms residing at a former gold mine in Canada. Environmental Pollution. 169: 74-80. | Canada | Nova Scotia | Lower Seal Harbour | NS | 45.168333 | -61.599166 | Gold | Surface mine | abandonment | Histroic gold mine in the area (not named) | CI | Earthworms (Lumbricus castaneous and Dendrodrilus rubidus), their host soils and leaf litter were collected from a former gold mine with widespread arsenic (As) contamination in Nova Scotia, Canada and determined for total and speciated As | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Earthworms (Lumbricus castaneous and Dendrodrilus rubidus) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species groups | Histroic gold mine Arsenic contamination | no | NA | NA | As Concentration; DNA damage | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 3-4; Figure 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Arsenic+resistance+and+cycling+in+earthworms+residing+at+a+former+gold+mine+in+Canada&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesgroups |
| Button M, Koch I, and Reimer KJ. 2012. Arsenic resistance and cycling in earthworms residing at a former gold mine in Canada. Environmental Pollution. 169: 74-80. | Canada | Nova Scotia | Lower Seal Harbour | NS | 45.168333 | -61.599166 | Gold | Surface mine | abandonment | Histroic gold mine in the area (not named) | CI | Earthworms (Lumbricus castaneous and Dendrodrilus rubidus), their host soils and leaf litter were collected from a former gold mine with widespread arsenic (As) contamination in Nova Scotia, Canada and determined for total and speciated As | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Host soils and leaf litter | Environmental | 1-Soil/Geology | 1A-Soil surface | 1A-Quality | Histroic gold mine Arsenic contamination | no | NA | NA | As Concentration | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Arsenic+resistance+and+cycling+in+earthworms+residing+at+a+former+gold+mine+in+Canada&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SoilGeologySoilsurfaceQuality |
| Cachon J-C. 2017. Implementing Sustainability in a Large Mining Community: Sudbury (Canada) - From Cluster to Innovation Center. Innovation Management, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability (IMES 2017): 81-92. | Canada | Sudbury | Regional | Regional | 46.5830387 | -81.6395448 | Nickel | Unclear | operation; postclosure | NA | CI | Describes a process that has spanned several decades in transforming what started as a Canadian remote polluted mining and smelting camp into a diversified economy aimed at sustainable management and community goals. Comparisons are made with similar regions, such as Antofagasta (Chile). | Reference site/population | Social Science | ex situ | Sudbury region and community | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Health/Safety | Actions taken by a Canadian city towards sustainable development | no | NA | NA | Environmental Remediation | Community | Qualitative | Section 4.1 and 4.3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Implementing+Sustainability+in+a+Large+Mining+Community:+Sudbury+(Canada)+-+From+Cluster+to+Innovati&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingHealthSafety |
| Cachon J-C. 2017. Implementing Sustainability in a Large Mining Community: Sudbury (Canada) - From Cluster to Innovation Center. Innovation Management, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability (IMES 2017): 81-92. | Canada | Sudbury | Regional | Regional | 46.5830387 | -81.6395448 | Nickel | Unclear | operation; postclosure | NA | CI | Describes a process that has spanned several decades in transforming what started as a Canadian remote polluted mining and smelting camp into a diversified economy aimed at sustainable management and community goals. Comparisons are made with similar regions, such as Antofagasta (Chile). | Reference site/population | Social Science | ex situ | Sudbury region and community | Social | 5-Societies | 5B-Economic | 5B-Local bussines (e.g. local shops) | Actions taken by a Canadian city towards sustainable development | no | NA | NA | Environmental Remediation | Community | Qualitative | Section 4.2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Implementing+Sustainability+in+a+Large+Mining+Community:+Sudbury+(Canada)+-+From+Cluster+to+Innovati&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesEconomicLocalbussines |
| Cachon J-C. 2017. Implementing Sustainability in a Large Mining Community: Sudbury (Canada) - From Cluster to Innovation Center. Innovation Management, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability (IMES 2017): 81-92. | Canada | Sudbury | Regional | Regional | 46.5830387 | -81.6395448 | Nickel | Unclear | operation; postclosure | NA | CI | Describes a process that has spanned several decades in transforming what started as a Canadian remote polluted mining and smelting camp into a diversified economy aimed at sustainable management and community goals. Comparisons are made with similar regions, such as Antofagasta (Chile). | Reference site/population | Social Science | ex situ | Sudbury region and community | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Education | Actions taken by a Canadian city towards sustainable development | no | NA | NA | Education, Research and Development | Community | Qualitative | Section 4.4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Implementing+Sustainability+in+a+Large+Mining+Community:+Sudbury+(Canada)+-+From+Cluster+to+Innovati&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingEducation |
| Callender KL, Roy S, Khasa DP, Whyte LG, and Greer CW. 2016. Actinorhizal Alder Phytostabilization Alters Microbial Community Dynamics in Gold Mine Waste Rock from Northern Quebec: A Greenhouse Study. PLoS ONE. 11(2): 1-25. | Canada | Quebec | Val-d'Or | NS | 48.0817446 | -77.6166317 | Gold | Open pit | operation; remediation | NA | CI | Investigated the growth of two Frankia-inoculated (actinorhizal) alder species, A. crispa and A. glutinosa, in gold mine waste rock from northern Quebec in a greenhouse study | Control | Lab Experiment | ex situ | Soil quality | Environmental | 1-Soil/Geology | 1A-Soil surface | 1A-Quality | Acid mine drainage | yes | Natural symbiotic association of alders with Frankia and ECM fungi to revegetate waste rock from an active gold mine | Revegetation can be employed to mitigate the spread of tailings in the environment and restore soil pH | pH | Water quality | Quantitative | Figure 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Actinorhizal+Alder+Phytostabilization+Alters+Microbial+Community+Dynamics+in+Gold+Mine+Waste+Rock+fr&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SoilGeologySoilsurfaceQuality |
| Callender KL, Roy S, Khasa DP, Whyte LG, and Greer CW. 2016. Actinorhizal Alder Phytostabilization Alters Microbial Community Dynamics in Gold Mine Waste Rock from Northern Quebec: A Greenhouse Study. PLoS ONE. 11(2): 1-25. | Canada | Quebec | Val-d'Or | NS | 48.0817446 | -77.6166317 | Gold | Open pit | operation; remediation | NA | CI | Investigated the growth of two Frankia-inoculated (actinorhizal) alder species, A. crispa and A. glutinosa, in gold mine waste rock from northern Quebec in a greenhouse study | Control | Lab Experiment | ex situ | Two actinorhizal alder species typically found in boreal forests | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Individual species | Acid mine drainage | yes | Natural symbiotic association of alders with Frankia and ECM fungi to revegetate waste rock from an active gold mine | Revegetation can be employed to mitigate the spread of tailings in the environment and restore soil pH | Growth; metal concentration | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Figure 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Actinorhizal+Alder+Phytostabilization+Alters+Microbial+Community+Dynamics+in+Gold+Mine+Waste+Rock+fr&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraIndividualspecies |
| Calugaru IL, Neculita CM, Genty T, Bussiere B, and Potvin R. 2017. Removal of Ni and Zn in contaminated neutral drainage by raw and modified wood ash. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A. 52(2): 117-126 | Canada | Ontario and Quebec | Kirkland Lake, ON and Senneterre, QC | NR | 48.2645041 | -78.12141311 | Nickel; Zinc | Unclear | remediation | NA | CI | Evaluate comparatively the efficiency of two types of wood ash, before and after their modification, for the treatment of Ni and Zn, firstly in synthetic CND, and then in real mine effluents, contaminated either by Ni or Zn | Control | Lab Experiment | ex situ | Treatment of Ni and Zn mine effluents | Environmental | 2-Water | 2B-Groundwater | 2B-Quality | Ni and Zn mine effluents | yes | Two different types of wood ash | capacity to remove Ni and Zn from mine effluents | Sorption capacity and metal concentrations | Mitigation measure/change in measure | Quantitative | Table 1; Figure 6 & 7 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Removal+of+Ni+and+Zn+in+contaminated+neutral+drainage+by+raw+and+modified+wood+ash&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterGroundwater Quality |
| Campbell D, Stewart K, Spiers G and Beckett P. 2017. Growth and metal uptake of canola and sunflower along a thickness gradient of organic-rich covers over metal mine tailings. Ecological Engineering. 109: 133-139. | Canada | Ontario | Sudbury | NR | 46.5839 | -81.6395 | Nickel; Copper | Unclear | remediation | Ni-Cu mine tailings facility within the northwest part of the City of Greater Sudbury | CI | Completed a field-scale experiment to determine the thickness thresholds of covers of organic residuals required to grow biofuel crops over low-sulfur metal mine tailings with high metal content. | Control | Lab Exp + Field test | in situ | Seeded and fertilized biofuel crops of canola and sunflower | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species groups | Ni-Cu mine tailings facility | yes | Organic-rich mix made of municipal yard waste composts and wood waste was spread up to 70 cm thick, seeded and fertilized biofuel crops of canola and sunflower. | Reduce and bioavailable Fe, Ni and Cu | Biomass production and concentrations of nutrients and trace metals | Mitigation measure/change in measure | Quantitative | Figure 1-2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Growth+and+metal+uptake+of+canola+and+sunflower+along+a+thickness+gradient+of+organic-rich+covers+ov&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesgroups |
| Campbell PGC, Tesiet A, Bisson M and Bougie R. 1985. Accumulation of copper and zinc in the yellow water lily, Nuphar variegatum : Relationships to metal partitioning in the adjacent lake sediments. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 42: 23-32 | Canada | Quebec | Rouyn-Noranda | Rouyn-Noranda | 48.2256826 | -79.0921567 | Copper; Zinc | Surface mine | operation | NA | CI | Study was to examine relationships between the partitioning of copper and zinc in lake sediments and the concentrations of these metals in aquatic plants in the field | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Superficial sediments at sites downstream from the central Rouyn-Noranda smeltin | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Downstream from a major Cu/Zn mining and smelting | no | NA | NA | Total concentrations of sediment-bound Cu and Zn | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Accumulation+of+copper+and+zinc+in+the+yellow+water+lily,+Nuphar+variegatum+:+Relationships+to+metal&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Campbell PGC, Tesiet A, Bisson M and Bougie R. 1985. Accumulation of copper and zinc in the yellow water lily, Nuphar variegatum : Relationships to metal partitioning in the adjacent lake sediments. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 42: 23-32 | Canada | Quebec | Rouyn-Noranda | Rouyn-Noranda | 48.2256826 | -79.0921567 | Copper; Zinc | Surface mine | operation | NA | CI | Study was to examine relationships between the partitioning of copper and zinc in lake sediments and the concentrations of these metals in aquatic plants in the field | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Yellow water lily (Nuphar variegatum) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Downstream from a major Cu/Zn mining and smelting | no | NA | NA | Cu and Zn concentration in stem rhizomes | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Accumulation+of+copper+and+zinc+in+the+yellow+water+lily,+Nuphar+variegatum+:+Relationships+to+metal&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Carlsson E. 2000. Geochemical Effects of Soil Cover Remediation on Sulphide-Rich Tailings at the Kristineberg Mine, Northern Sweden. Licentiate thesis. 2000:43 | Sweden | Västerbotten | Kristineberg | Kristineberg | 65.0644996 | 18.5627685 | Copper | Open pit | postclosure; remediation | NA | BA | Geochemical conditions prevailing in tailings impoundment at Kristineberg mine, after remediation by applying till cover. Two different remediation methods have been used. | Same site/pop- Before | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Sampling of solid tailings | Environmental | 1-Soil/Geology | 1A-Soil surface | 1A-Quality | Environmental impact mining waste | yes | Shallow groundwater table of till was used to raise ground water table, and a sealing layer of compacted clay. | Oxidation of tailings | Concentrations of elements | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Paper I-III | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Geochemical+Effects+of+Soil+Cover+Remediation+on+Sulphide-Rich+Tailings+at+the+Kristineberg+Mine,+No&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SoilGeologySoilsurfaceQuality |
| Carlsson E. 2000. Geochemical Effects of Soil Cover Remediation on Sulphide-Rich Tailings at the Kristineberg Mine, Northern Sweden. Licentiate thesis. 2000:43 | Sweden | Västerbotten | Kristineberg | Kristineberg | 65.0644996 | 18.5627685 | Copper | Open pit | postclosure; remediation | NA | BA | Geochemical conditions prevailing in tailings impoundment at Kristineberg mine, after remediation by applying till cover. Two different remediation methods have been used. | Same site/pop- Before | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Saturated tailings pore water | Environmental | 2-Water | 2B-Groundwater | 2B-Quality | Environmental impact mining waste | yes | Shallow groundwater table of till was used to raise ground water table, and a sealing layer of compacted clay. | Oxidation of tailings | Concentrations of elements | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Paper I-III | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Geochemical+Effects+of+Soil+Cover+Remediation+on+Sulphide-Rich+Tailings+at+the+Kristineberg+Mine,+No&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterGroundwater Quality |
| Cater T and Keeling A. 2013. That's where our future came from: mining, landscape, and memory in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut. Etudes/Inuit/Studies. 37(2): 59-82. | Canada | Nunavut | Rankin Inlet; Baker Lake | Meadowbank; North Rankin | 62.8325284 | -92.160825 | Nickel | Underground mine | postclosure | NA | BA | Based on ethnographic and oral history research, this article investigates community experiences of historical and contemporary mineral development in the Arctic through an analysis of the cultural landscape of Rankin Inlet, Nunavut. | Same site/pop- Before | Social Science | ex situ | Rankin Inlet, town was established in the 1950s around the North Rankin Nickel Mine | Social | 5-Societies | 5D-Culture/history | 5D-Cultural resources | Mine’s rapid closure in 1962 dealt a devastating blow to the local economy | no | NA | NA | Residual industrial features in landscape; images and iconography | Flow/landscape change | Qualitative | All | How the community engages with industrial past | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=That's+where+our+future+came+from:+mining,+landscape,+and+memory+in+Rankin+Inlet,+Nunavut&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesCulturehistoryCulturalresources |
| Cattaneo A, Couillard Y, Wunsam S, and Courcelles. 2004. Diatom taxonomic and morphological changes as indicators of metal pollution and recovery in Lac Dufault (Quebec, Canada). Journal of Paleolimnology. 32: 163-175 | Canada | Quebec | Lac Dufault | Rouyn-Noranda | 48.2256826 | -79.0921567 | Copper; Zinc | Surface mine | postclosure; remediation | NA | BA | Studied the diatom taxonomic composition and the presence of morphological alterations (size reduction and deformations) along this core to evaluate the diatom potential as indicators of metal pollution and of recovery | Same site/pop- Before | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Sediment cores | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Acid mine drainage (AMD) and mine contamination | yes | Chemical recovery | Acid mine drainage | Metal concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Diatom+taxonomic+and+morphological+changes+as+indicators+of+metal+pollution+and+recovery+in+Lac+Dufa&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Cattaneo A, Couillard Y, Wunsam S, and Courcelles. 2004. Diatom taxonomic and morphological changes as indicators of metal pollution and recovery in Lac Dufault (Quebec, Canada). Journal of Paleolimnology. 32: 163-175 | Canada | Quebec | Lac Dufault | Rouyn-Noranda | 48.2256826 | -79.0921567 | Copper; Zinc | Surface mine | postclosure; remediation | NA | BA | Studied the diatom taxonomic composition and the presence of morphological alterations (size reduction and deformations) along this core to evaluate the diatom potential as indicators of metal pollution and of recovery | Same site/pop- Before | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Diatom communities from cores | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species groups | Acid mine drainage (AMD) and mine contamination | yes | Chemical recovery | Acid mine drainage | Diatom composition; Relative abundance | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Figure 1-4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Diatom+taxonomic+and+morphological+changes+as+indicators+of+metal+pollution+and+recovery+in+Lac+Dufa&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesgroups |
| Caumette G, Koch I, Moriarty M and Reimer KJ. 2012. Arsenic distribution and speciation in Daphnia pulex. Science of the Total Environment. 432: 243-250. | Canada | Northwest Territories | Rat Lake | NS | 44.8704894 | -79.5238386 | Gold | Unclear | abandonment | Rat Lake, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, is situated on arsenic-rich tailings from a historical gold mine. | CI | The abundant zooplankton species Daphnia pulex in this lake was used to study the impact of arsenic at the base of the freshwater food web; the speciation and distribution of arsenic in D. pulex and its food sources; and the origin of formation of organoarsenicals in freshwater systems | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Sediments | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Impacted by gold mining activities from a nearby historical gold mine. Arsenic concentrations in sediments and water of this lake are highly elevated | no | NA | NA | Arsenic compounds % | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1-2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Arsenic+distribution+and+speciation+in+Daphnia+pulex&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Caumette G, Koch I, Moriarty M and Reimer KJ. 2012. Arsenic distribution and speciation in Daphnia pulex. Science of the Total Environment. 432: 243-250. | Canada | Northwest Territories | Rat Lake | NS | 44.8704894 | -79.5238386 | Gold | Unclear | abandonment | Rat Lake, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, is situated on arsenic-rich tailings from a historical gold mine. | CI | The abundant zooplankton species Daphnia pulex in this lake was used to study the impact of arsenic at the base of the freshwater food web; the speciation and distribution of arsenic in D. pulex and its food sources; and the origin of formation of organoarsenicals in freshwater systems | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Lake water of Rat Lake | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Impacted by gold mining activities from a nearby historical gold mine. Arsenic concentrations in sediments and water of this lake are highly elevated | no | NA | NA | Arsenic compounds % | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1-2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Arsenic+distribution+and+speciation+in+Daphnia+pulex&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Caumette G, Koch I, Moriarty M and Reimer KJ. 2012. Arsenic distribution and speciation in Daphnia pulex. Science of the Total Environment. 432: 243-250. | Canada | Northwest Territories | Rat Lake | NS | 44.8704894 | -79.5238386 | Gold | Unclear | abandonment | Rat Lake, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, is situated on arsenic-rich tailings from a historical gold mine. | CI | The abundant zooplankton species Daphnia pulex in this lake was used to study the impact of arsenic at the base of the freshwater food web; the speciation and distribution of arsenic in D. pulex and its food sources; and the origin of formation of organoarsenicals in freshwater systems | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Porewater (interstitial water in sediment) | Environmental | 2-Water | 2B-Groundwater | 2B-Quality | Impacted by gold mining activities from a nearby historical gold mine. Arsenic concentrations in sediments and water of this lake are highly elevated | no | NA | NA | Arsenic compounds % | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1-2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Arsenic+distribution+and+speciation+in+Daphnia+pulex&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterGroundwater Quality |
| Caumette G, Koch I, Moriarty M and Reimer KJ. 2012. Arsenic distribution and speciation in Daphnia pulex. Science of the Total Environment. 432: 243-250. | Canada | Northwest Territories | Rat Lake | NS | 44.8704894 | -79.5238386 | Gold | Unclear | abandonment | Rat Lake, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, is situated on arsenic-rich tailings from a historical gold mine. | CI | The abundant zooplankton species Daphnia pulex in this lake was used to study the impact of arsenic at the base of the freshwater food web; the speciation and distribution of arsenic in D. pulex and its food sources; and the origin of formation of organoarsenicals in freshwater systems | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | The abundant zooplankton species Daphnia pulex in Rat lake | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Impacted by gold mining activities from a nearby historical gold mine. Arsenic concentrations in sediments and water of this lake are highly elevated | no | NA | NA | Arsenic compounds % | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1-2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Arsenic+distribution+and+speciation+in+Daphnia+pulex&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Chalmers BA. 2006. Use of in situ hatch boxes containing cutthroat trout, Oncorhynchus clarki, embryos as a tool for environmental effects monitoring. MSc in Environment and Managament, Royal Roads University. | Canada | British Columbia | Buttle Lake | Myra Falls | 49.576039 | -125.6057699 | Copper; Lead; Zinc | Open pit | postclosure | NA | CI | The potential usefulness of the in-situ approach as an alternative EEM method was assessed by placing cutthroat trout embryos in hatch boxes in a creek that receives treated effluent from the Myra Falls Operations | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarki) embryos | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Testing potential usefulness of the in-situ arly life stage developmental tests for Metal Mining Effluent Regulation monitoring program | no | NA | NA | Growth; Survival | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Table A1-8 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Use+of+in+situ+hatch+boxes+containing+cutthroat+trout,+Oncorhynchus+clarki,+embryos+as+a+tool+for+en&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Chapman EEV, Robinson J, Berry J and Campbell LM. 2016. Can a Low-Dose Selenium (Se) Additive Reduce Environmental Risks of Mercury (Hg) and Arsenic (As) in Old Gold Mine Tailings? Water Air Soil Pollut. 227: 216 (17pg) | Canada | Nova Scotia | Dartmouth | Montague | 44.7276856 | -63.5258688 | Gold | Surface mine | abandonment | NA | CI | Assess a low-dose Se additive as an in situ remediation tool for As- and Hg- contaminated gold mine tailing material. | Control | Lab Experiment | in situ | Grass species | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species groups | Tailing material from the Montague Gold Mine | yes | Selenium as an antagonist for counteracting mercury and arsenic toxicity in animal and plants | Arsenic and Mercury contamination | Concentrations of As | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 4-6 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Can+a+Low-Dose+Selenium+(Se)+Additive+Reduce+Environmental+Risks+of+Mercury+(Hg)+and+Arsenic+(As)+in&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesgroups |
| Chapman EEV, Robinson J, Berry J and Campbell LM. 2016. Can a Low-Dose Selenium (Se) Additive Reduce Environmental Risks of Mercury (Hg) and Arsenic (As) in Old Gold Mine Tailings? Water Air Soil Pollut. 227: 216 (17pg) | Canada | Nova Scotia | Dartmouth | Montague | 44.7276856 | -63.5258688 | Gold | Surface mine | abandonment | NA | CI | Assess a low-dose Se additive as an in situ remediation tool for As- and Hg- contaminated gold mine tailing material. | Control | Lab Experiment | in situ | Earthworm (Eisenia andrei) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Tailing material from the Montague Gold Mine | yes | Selenium as an antagonist for counteracting mercury and arsenic toxicity in animal and plants | Arsenic and Mercury contamination | Concentrations of As | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 4-6 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Can+a+Low-Dose+Selenium+(Se)+Additive+Reduce+Environmental+Risks+of+Mercury+(Hg)+and+Arsenic+(As)+in&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Chapman PM, Bailey H, and Canaria E. 2000. Toxicity of total dissolved solids associated with two mine effluents to chironomid larvae and early life stages of rainbow trout. Envir. Tox. Chem. 19(1): 210-214. | USA | Alaska | Kotzebue; Juneau | Kensington; Red Dog | 68.0720076 | -163.1710781 | Gold; Zinc; Lead | Open pit | operation | NA | CI | Short-term chronic toxicity tests were conducted with larval chironomids and trout (eggs and swim-up fry) to assess their TDS tolerance relative to effluents from two Alaskan mines. | Control | Lab Experiment | ex situ | Trout eggs and swim-up fry | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Mine tailings toxicity | no | NA | NA | Survival | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Table 4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Toxicity+of+total+dissolved+solids+associated+with+two+mine+effluents+to+chironomid+larvae+and+early&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Chapman PM, Bailey H, and Canaria E. 2000. Toxicity of total dissolved solids associated with two mine effluents to chironomid larvae and early life stages of rainbow trout. Envir. Tox. Chem. 19(1): 210-214. | USA | Alaska | Kotzebue; Juneau | Kensington; Red Dog | 68.0720076 | -163.1710781 | Gold; Zinc; Lead | Open pit | operation | NA | CI | Short-term chronic toxicity tests were conducted with larval chironomids and trout (eggs and swim-up fry) to assess their TDS tolerance relative to effluents from two Alaskan mines. | Control | Lab Experiment | ex situ | Larval Chironomids | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species groups | Mine tailings toxicity | no | NA | NA | Survival | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Table 5 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Toxicity+of+total+dissolved+solids+associated+with+two+mine+effluents+to+chironomid+larvae+and+early&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesgroups |
| Chekryzheva TA. 2014. Anthropogenic Changes in Phytoplankton in Lakes of the Kenti River System (Republic of Karelia). Water Resources. 41(4): 431-438. | Russia | Karelia | Kenti River | Komsomolsk | 64.675889 | 30.6971453 | Iron | Open pit | operation | Not stated explicitly | Correlative | Article presents the results of phytoplankton observations in lakes of the Kenti River system, which have been long subjected to the anthropogenic impact of processing wastewaters from the Kostomuksha Mining and Processing Works | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Phytoplankton samples taken in 1987, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2003, and 2008 from lakes of the Kenti River system (Okunevo, Poppalijarvi, Koivas, and Kento) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species groups | Anthropogenic impact of processing wastewaters from the Kostomuksha Mining and Processing Works | no | NA | NA | Changes in % abundance and biomass | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Table 2; Figure 2-4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Anthropogenic+Changes+in+Phytoplankton+in+Lakes+of+the+Kenti+River+System+(Republic+of+Karelia)&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesgroups |
| Chen X-P, Chen H-Y, Sun J, Zhang X, He C-Q, Liu X-Y, Huang X, Yang M, Wang F-S and Vaananen K. 2018. Shifts in the structure and function of the microbial community in response to metal pollution of fresh water sediments in Finland. J. Soils Sediments. 18: 3324-3333 | Finland | Regional | Laakajärvi, Kirkkoselkä, Junttiselkä and Sysmäjärvi | Outokumpu; Pyhäsalmi; Talvivaara | 63.6610329 | 26.0381569 | Nickel; Zinc; Copper; Iron | Unclear | operation | NA | CI | Study aims to explore shifts in the diversity, structure, and functional gene abundance of microbial communities in the sediment of the copper mining-induced contaminated lakes in Finland. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Sediment microbial community | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4C-Ecosystems | 4C-Quality | Metal loading in the aquatic acosystems | no | NA | NA | Relative abundances; gene copies | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Figure 2-4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Shifts+in+the+structure+and+function+of+the+microbial+community+in+response+to+metal+pollution+of+fr&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityEcosystemsQuality |
| Chetelat J, Cott PA, Rosabal M, Houben A, McClelland C, Rose EB, and Amyot M. 2019. Arsenic bioaccumulation in subarctic fishes of a mine- impacted bay on Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada. PLoS ONE 14(8): e0221361 | Canada | Northwest Territories | Great Slave Lake | Giant | 62.4981407 | -114.3602867 | Gold | Open pit | postclosure | NA | Correlative | A subarctic fish community in mine-impacted Yellowknife Bay was investigated for biological and ecological processes controlling arsenic bioaccumulation | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Over 400 fishes representing 13 species, and primary producers and consumers were included to characterize food web transfer | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4C-Ecosystems | 4C-Quality | Mine-impacted Yellowknife Bay, trophoc transfer of arsenic contamination | no | NA | NA | Total concentrations of arsenic, antimony, and metals | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1; Figure 3-8 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Arsenic+bioaccumulation+in+subarctic+fishes+of+a+mine-+impacted+bay+on+Great+Slave+Lake,+Northwest+T&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityEcosystemsQuality |
| Chot S, Widerlund A, and Ohlander B. 2013. Interaction between nitrogen and phosphorus cycles in mining-affected aquatic systems-experiences from field and laboratory measurements. Environ Sci. Pollut. Res. 20: 5722-5736. | Sweden | Skellefte district | Lake Bruträsket | Boliden concentration plant | 64.8765911 | 20.2881601 | Gold | Unclear | operation | NA | CI | Main objectives of this study were to study the interaction between N and P cycles in mining-affected aquatic systems and to quantify release rates of sedimentary SRP that may be related to this interaction. Using water and sediment cores from Lake Bruträsket, a sediment incubation experiment was performed | Control | Lab Experiment | ex situ | Water and sediment cores from Lake Bruträsket, a sediment incubation experiment | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Lake Bruträsket receives N- and P-rich mine effluents | no | NA | NA | Concentrations of P and Fe; Water quality parameters | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1; Figure 3-4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Interaction+between+nitrogen+and+phosphorus+cycles+in+mining-affected+aquatic+systems-experiences+fr&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Chot S, Widerlund A, and Ohlander B. 2013. Interaction between nitrogen and phosphorus cycles in mining-affected aquatic systems-experiences from field and laboratory measurements. Environ Sci. Pollut. Res. 20: 5722-5736. | Sweden | Skellefte district | Lake Bruträsket | Boliden concentration plant | 64.8765911 | 20.2881601 | Gold | Unclear | operation | NA | CI | Main objectives of this study were to study the interaction between N and P cycles in mining-affected aquatic systems and to quantify release rates of sedimentary SRP that may be related to this interaction. Using water and sediment cores from Lake Bruträsket, a sediment incubation experiment was performed | Control | Lab Experiment | ex situ | Water and sediment cores from Lake Bruträsket, a sediment incubation experiment | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Lake Bruträsket receives N- and P-rich mine effluents | no | NA | NA | Chlorophyl; Ammonium and nitrate | Water quality | Quantitative | Figure 5-6 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Interaction+between+nitrogen+and+phosphorus+cycles+in+mining-affected+aquatic+systems-experiences+fr&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Chou CL, Paon LA, and Moffatt JD. 2002. Cadmium, Copper, Manganese, Silver, and Zinc in Rock Crab (Cancer irroratus) from Highly Copper Contaminated Sites in the Inner Bay of Fundy, Atlantic Canada. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 68: 885-892. | Canada | Eastern Canada | Bay of Fundy | NS | 45.3100478 | -64.2013277 | Not stated | Unclear | NA | Correlative | Geographic distribution of heavy metals in rock crabs in different smaller bays in the Inner Bay of Fundy | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Rock crabs (Cancer irroratus) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Sediment contamination | no | NA | NA | Ag, Cd, Cu, Mn and Zn concentrations in tissues of rock crabs | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 2 | May not be mining related, discuss contamination but don't mention mining specifically | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Cadmium,+Copper,+Manganese,+Silver,+and+Zinc+in+Rock+Crab+(Cancer+irroratus)+from+Highly+Copper+Cont&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies | |
| Chriest A. Environmental Geochemistry of Metals Associated with Abandoned Gold Mines on Unga Island, Alaska: Developing an Understanding of Water Quality on Unga Tribal Lands. Undergraduate Research in the Community Award Final Report | USA | Alaska | Unga Island | Apollo; Sitka | 55.1913871 | -160.5813986 | Gold | Underground mine | abandonment | NA | Correlative | An investigation of the environmental geochemistry of water and sediment at the abandoned Apollo and Sitka gold mine sites on Unga Island, Alaska was undertaken in order to understand the impact of the mine workings and tailings on the environment. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Streambed sediment and precipitates were collected from seven streams | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | impact of the mine workings and tailings on the environment | no | NA | NA | Metal concnetrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 2B-3B | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Environmental+Geochemistry+of+Metals+Associated+with+Abandoned+Gold+Mines+on+Unga+Island,+Alaska:+De&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Chriest A. Environmental Geochemistry of Metals Associated with Abandoned Gold Mines on Unga Island, Alaska: Developing an Understanding of Water Quality on Unga Tribal Lands. Undergraduate Research in the Community Award Final Report | USA | Alaska | Unga Island | Apollo; Sitka | 55.1913871 | -160.5813986 | Gold | Underground mine | abandonment | NA | Correlative | An investigation of the environmental geochemistry of water and sediment at the abandoned Apollo and Sitka gold mine sites on Unga Island, Alaska was undertaken in order to understand the impact of the mine workings and tailings on the environment. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Water was collected from seven streams | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | impact of the mine workings and tailings on the environment | no | NA | NA | Metal concnetrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 2A-3A | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Environmental+Geochemistry+of+Metals+Associated+with+Abandoned+Gold+Mines+on+Unga+Island,+Alaska:+De&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Clark DE, Vogels MFA, Van Der Perk M, Owens PN, and Petticrew EL. 2014. Effects of a small-scale, abandoned gold mine on the geochemistry of fine stream-bed and floodplain sediments in the Horsefly River watershed, British Columbia, Canada. Mineralogical Magazine. 78(6): 1491-1504 | Canada | British Columbia | Horsefly River | Black Creek | 52.2918883 | -121.100108 | Gold | Placer mine | abandonment | NA | CI | Aimed to examine the effects of the small-scale, abandoned, hydraulic Black Creek gold mine on the geochemical content of fine stream bed and floodplain sediment in the Horsefly watershed. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Bed sediment up and downstream of mine site | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Contamination from upstream mining activities | no | NA | NA | Metal concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 3 + 4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Effects+of+a+small-scale,+abandoned+gold+mine+on+the+geochemistry+of+fine+stream-bed+and+floodplain+&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Cloutier NR, Clulow FV, Lim TP and Dave NK. 1986. Metal (Cu, Ni, Fe, Co, Zn, Pb) and Ra-226 Levels in Meadow Voles Microtus pennsylvanicus Living on Nickel and Uranium Mine Tailings in Ontario, Canada: Environmental and Tissue Levels. Environmental Pollution (Series B) 10: 19-46. | Canada | Ontario | Sudbury | Copper Cliff | 46.4794757 | -81.0856697 | Copper; Nickel | Open pit | postclosure | NA | CI | Compare levels of various metals and Ra-226 in the substrate, water, vegetation and resdient small mammals of two types of tailings to values from agricultural control site removed from the mining area | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Surface water | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Mine tailings contamination | no | NA | NA | Metal concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 1-7 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=METAL+(CU,+NI,+FE,+CO,+ZN,+PB)+AND+RA-226+LEVELS+IN+MEADOW+VOLES+MICROTUS-PENNSYLVANICUS+LIVING+ON+N&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Cloutier NR, Clulow FV, Lim TP and Dave NK. 1986. Metal (Cu, Ni, Fe, Co, Zn, Pb) and Ra-226 Levels in Meadow Voles Microtus pennsylvanicus Living on Nickel and Uranium Mine Tailings in Ontario, Canada: Environmental and Tissue Levels. Environmental Pollution (Series B) 10: 19-46. | Canada | Ontario | Sudbury | Copper Cliff | 46.4794757 | -81.0856697 | Copper; Nickel | Open pit | postclosure | NA | CI | Compare levels of various metals and Ra-226 in the substrate, water, vegetation and resdient small mammals of two types of tailings to values from agricultural control site removed from the mining area | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Substrate | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Mine tailings contamination | no | NA | NA | Metal concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 1-7 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=METAL+(CU,+NI,+FE,+CO,+ZN,+PB)+AND+RA-226+LEVELS+IN+MEADOW+VOLES+MICROTUS-PENNSYLVANICUS+LIVING+ON+N&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Cloutier NR, Clulow FV, Lim TP and Dave NK. 1986. Metal (Cu, Ni, Fe, Co, Zn, Pb) and Ra-226 Levels in Meadow Voles Microtus pennsylvanicus Living on Nickel and Uranium Mine Tailings in Ontario, Canada: Environmental and Tissue Levels. Environmental Pollution (Series B) 10: 19-46. | Canada | Ontario | Sudbury | Copper Cliff | 46.4794757 | -81.0856697 | Copper; Nickel | Open pit | postclosure | NA | CI | Compare levels of various metals and Ra-226 in the substrate, water, vegetation and resdient small mammals of two types of tailings to values from agricultural control site removed from the mining area | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Vegetation samples | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species groups | Mine tailings contamination | no | NA | NA | Metal concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 1-7 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=METAL+(CU,+NI,+FE,+CO,+ZN,+PB)+AND+RA-226+LEVELS+IN+MEADOW+VOLES+MICROTUS-PENNSYLVANICUS+LIVING+ON+N&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesgroups |
| Cloutier NR, Clulow FV, Lim TP and Dave NK. 1986. Metal (Cu, Ni, Fe, Co, Zn, Pb) and Ra-226 Levels in Meadow Voles Microtus pennsylvanicus Living on Nickel and Uranium Mine Tailings in Ontario, Canada: Environmental and Tissue Levels. Environmental Pollution (Series B) 10: 19-46. | Canada | Ontario | Sudbury | Copper Cliff | 46.4794757 | -81.0856697 | Copper; Nickel | Open pit | postclosure | NA | CI | Compare levels of various metals and Ra-226 in the substrate, water, vegetation and resident small mammals of two types of tailings to values from agricultural control site removed from the mining area | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Small mammals, meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Mine tailings contamination | no | NA | NA | Metal concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 1-7 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=METAL+(CU,+NI,+FE,+CO,+ZN,+PB)+AND+RA-226+LEVELS+IN+MEADOW+VOLES+MICROTUS-PENNSYLVANICUS+LIVING+ON+N&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Cloutier NR, Clulow FV, Lim TP and Dave NK. 1986. Metal (Cu, Ni, Fe, Co, Zn, Pb) and Ra-226 Levels in Tissues of Meadow Voles Microtus pennsylvanicus Living on Nickel and Uranium Mine Tailings in Ontario, Canada: Site, Sex, Age and Season Effects with Calculation of average Skeletal Radiation Dose. Environmental Pollution (Series A) 41: 295-314. | Canada | Ontario | Sudbury | Copper Cliff | 46.4794757 | -81.0856697 | Copper; Nickel | Open pit | postclosure | NA | CI | Compare levels of various metals and Ra-226 in the resident small mammals of two types of tailings to values from agricultural control site removed from the mining area | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Meadow voles (Microtus pennsylvanicus) tissues | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Mine tailings contamination | no | NA | NA | Liver, kidney and muscle tissues were analysed for Cu, Ni, Fe, Co, Zn, Pb and Ra-226 | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1-4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=METAL+(CU,+NI,+FE,+CO,+ZN,+PB)+AND+RA-226+LEVELS+IN+TISSUES+OF+MEADOW+VOLES+MICROTUS-PENNSYLVANICUS+&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Conly AG, Lee PF, Godwin A, and Cockerton S. 2008. Experimental Constraints for the Source of Sulfate Toxicity and Predictive Water Quality for the Hogarth and Caland Pit Lakes, Steep Rock Iron Mine, Northwestern Ontario, Canada. | Canada | Ontario | Hogarth and Caland Pit Lakes | Steep Rock | 48.7963745 | -91.6455637 | Iron | Open pit | postclosure | NA | CI | Two adjacent pit lakes, Caland and Hogarth, were formed after the closure and subsequent flooding of the Steep Rock iron mines, water-rock reaction experiments to determine source of sulfate toxicity and predictive Water Quality | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Hogarth and Caland pit lake water quality | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Differences in the pyrite content of the buried ore zone | no | NA | NA | Water quality | Water quality | Quantitative | Figure 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Experimental+Constraints+for+the+Source+of+Sulfate+Toxicity+and+Predictive+Water+Quality+for+the+Hog&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Conly AG, Lee PF, Godwin A, and Cockerton S. 2008. Experimental Constraints for the Source of Sulfate Toxicity and Predictive Water Quality for the Hogarth and Caland Pit Lakes, Steep Rock Iron Mine, Northwestern Ontario, Canada. | Canada | Ontario | Hogarth and Caland Pit Lakes | Steep Rock | 48.7963745 | -91.6455637 | Iron | Open pit | postclosure | NA | CI | Two adjacent pit lakes, Caland and Hogarth, were formed after the closure and subsequent flooding of the Steep Rock iron mines, water-rock reaction experiments to determine source of sulfate toxicity and predictive Water Quality | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Lemna minor (duckweed) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Individual species | Differences in the pyrite content of the buried ore zone | no | NA | NA | Growth | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Experimental+Constraints+for+the+Source+of+Sulfate+Toxicity+and+Predictive+Water+Quality+for+the+Hog&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraIndividualspecies |
| Cott PA, Zajdlik BA, Palmer MJ, and McPherson MD. 2016. Arsenic and mercury in lake whitefish and burbot near the abandoned Giant Mine on Great Slave Lake. Journal of Great Lake Research. 42: 223-232 | Canada | Northwest Territories | Great Slave Lake | Giant | 62.4981407 | -114.3602867 | Gold | Open pit | abandonment | two sites near the abandoned Giant Mine site (Baker Pond and Yellowknife Bay) | CI | Investigated the concentration of total arsenic, four arsenic species (arsenite (AsIII), arsenate (AsV), dimethylarsinate (DMA), and monomethylarsonate (MMA)), and total mercury (Hg) in the muscle and liver of lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) and burbot (Lota lota) collected at two sites near the abandoned Giant Mine site (Baker Pond and Yellowknife Bay) and two reference sites more than 25 km away (Chitty Lake and southern Great Slave Lake). | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Muscle and liver of lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) and burbot (Lota lota) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Arsenic loading to Yellowknife Bay has long been a concern with several earlier studies identifying elevated levels of arsenic in sediment and surface waters of Yellowknife Bay | no | NA | NA | Total arsenic (As) and total mercury (Hg) concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1-2; Fig 2-4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Arsenic+and+mercury+in+lake+whitefish+and+burbot+near+the+abandoned+Giant+Mine+on+Great+Slave+Lake&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Couillard Y, Campbell PGC, and Tessier A. 1993. Response of metallothionein concentrations in a freshwater bivalve (Anodonta grandis) along an environmental cadmium gradient. Limnol. Oceanogr. 38(2): 299-313. | Canada | Quebec | Rouyn-Noranda | Regional | 48.1371277 | -79.4294018 | Copper; Zinc | Unclear | postclosure | NA | Correlative | Surficial sediments, overlying water, and specimens of the freshwater bivalve Anodonta grandis were collected by divers at 11 littoral lacustrine sites located along a geochemical gradient in an area influenced by mining and smelting activities. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Sediment sampling and analyses | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Spatial gradient of metal contamination | no | NA | NA | Metal Concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Response+of+metallothionein+concentrations+in+a+freshwater+bivalve+(Anodonta+grandis)+along+an+envir&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Couillard Y, Campbell PGC, and Tessier A. 1993. Response of metallothionein concentrations in a freshwater bivalve (Anodonta grandis) along an environmental cadmium gradient. Limnol. Oceanogr. 38(2): 299-313. | Canada | Quebec | Rouyn-Noranda | Regional | 48.1371277 | -79.4294018 | Copper; Zinc | Unclear | postclosure | NA | Correlative | Surficial sediments, overlying water, and specimens of the freshwater bivalve Anodonta grandis were collected by divers at 11 littoral lacustrine sites located along a geochemical gradient in an area influenced by mining and smelting activities. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Water sampling and analyses- | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Spatial gradient of metal contamination | no | NA | NA | Water quality | Water quality | Quantitative | Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Response+of+metallothionein+concentrations+in+a+freshwater+bivalve+(Anodonta+grandis)+along+an+envir&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Couillard Y, Campbell PGC, and Tessier A. 1993. Response of metallothionein concentrations in a freshwater bivalve (Anodonta grandis) along an environmental cadmium gradient. Limnol. Oceanogr. 38(2): 299-313. | Canada | Quebec | Rouyn-Noranda | Regional | 48.1371277 | -79.4294018 | Copper; Zinc | Unclear | postclosure | NA | Correlative | Surficial sediments, overlying water, and specimens of the freshwater bivalve Anodonta grandis were collected by divers at 11 littoral lacustrine sites located along a geochemical gradient in an area influenced by mining and smelting activities. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Bivalve collection and analysis-A | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species groups | Spatial gradient of metal contamination | no | NA | NA | Metal Concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 3; Figure 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Response+of+metallothionein+concentrations+in+a+freshwater+bivalve+(Anodonta+grandis)+along+an+envir&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesgroups |
| Couillard Y, Grapentine LC, Borgmann U, Doyle P, and Masson S. 2008. The amphipod Hyalella azteca as a biomonitor in field deployment studies for metal mining. Environmental Polltuion. 156: 1314-1324. | Canada | Quebec | Colombiere River | Val-d'Or | 48.0817446 | -77.6166317 | Copper; Zinc | Open pit | operation | NA | CI | Amphipods were exposed in situ to seven combinations of site water and site food treatment along metal contamination gradients in two rivers affected by metal mining in the Abitibi – James Bay regio | Control | Lab Exp + Field test | in situ | Amphipods (Hyalella azteca) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Transplanted H. azteca varied along metal contamination gradients | no | NA | NA | Metal concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Section 5.3; Table 5 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=The+amphipod+Hyalella+azteca+as+a+biomonitor+in+field+deployment+studies+for+metal+mining&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Coulombe H, Lachapelle G, Neesham-Grenon E, Hallé S, & Debia M. 2016. Diesel exhaust exposures in an underground mine. ISMS Paper No 201: 409-412 | Canada | Quebec | Not stated | NS | 51.45310088 | -73.21718844 | Gold | Underground mine | operation | NA | Correlative | Assess diesel exhaust concentrations among the similar exposure groups and the variability of the exposures | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Mine air; personal breathing air | Environmental | 3-Air | 3B-Atmosphere | 3B-Air Quality | Exposure to diesel exhaust fumes measured through proxies | no | NA | NA | Total carbon; elemental carbon; respirable computstible dust | Occupational hazards/risks/exposure | Quantitative | Table 1; Table 2; Table 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Diesel+exhaust+exposures+in+an+underground+mine&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _AirAtmosphereAirQuality |
| Coussy S, Benzaazoua M, Blanc D, Moszkowicz P, and Bussiere B. Arsenic stability in arsenopyrite-rich cemented paste backfills: A leaching test-based assessment. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 185: 1467-1476. | Canada | Quebec | Baie-James | Casa Berardi | 52.0346867 | -75.1079065 | Gold | Underground mine | abandonment | NA | CI | Three different cemented paste backfill were synthesized in laboratory using Casa Berardi tailings and three different binders as remidiation for tailings | Control | Lab Experiment | ex situ | Leachate tests | Environmental | 2-Water | 2B-Groundwater | 2B-Quality | Mine tailings | yes | Cemented paste backfill | Stabilization of polluting elements such as As | Cumulative As release; pH | Mitigation measure/change in measure | Quantitative | Figure 4-6 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Arsenic+stability+in+arsenopyrite-rich+cemented+paste+backfills:+A+leaching+test-based+assessment&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterGroundwater Quality |
| Cox D and Mills S. 2015. Gendering Environmental Assessment: Women's Participation and Employment Outcomes at Voisey's Bay. Arctic. 68(2): 246-260. | Canada | Newfoundland & Labrador | Labrador | Voisey’s Bay | 56.3359699 | -62.0977539 | Nickel | Open pit | operation | NA | CI | Examines the effect of Inuit and Innu women’s participation in environmental assessment (EA) processes on EA recommendations, impact benefit agreement (IBA) negotiations, and women’s employment experiences at Voisey’s Bay Mine, Labrador | No control | Social Science | ex situ | Inuit and Innu women’s participation | Social | 5-Societies | 5B-Economic | 5B-Jobs (new employments) | How EA processes are influenced by other institutions that may help or hinder participation and whether EAs enable marginalized groups within Indigenous communities to influence development outcomes | no | NA | NA | Participation in environmental assessment (EA) processes on EA recommendations, impact benefit agreement (IBA) negotiations | Community | Qualitative | All | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Gendering+Environmental+Assessment:+Women's+Participation+and+Employment+Outcomes+at+Voisey's+Bay&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesEconomicJobs |
| Crowder A, Dushenko WT, Greig J, and Poland JS. 1989. Metal contamination in sediments and biota of the Bay of Quinte, Lake Ontario, Canada. Hydrobiologia. 188/189: 337-343. | Canada | Ontario | Bay of Quinte | Moira River | 44.1775728 | -77.2316107 | Iron; Gold; Copper | Unclear | abandonment | NA | CI | Investigating possible metal contamination of submerged weed beds and marsh biota which may contribute to the low diversity and biomass of macrophyte beds and Typha marshes in the Bay. Sediment, macrophytes and snails were sampled in wetlands close to the Moira River and at Hay Bay (part of the Bay of Quinte presumably unaffected by mine effluents) | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Sediment and submerged macrophytes | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Elevated levels of metals originating from old mining sites in the Moira River drainage basin which were active from the 1880's to 1960's | no | NA | NA | Element concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1-3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Metal+contamination+in+sediments+and+biota+of+the+Bay+of+Quinte,+Lake+Ontario,+Canada&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Crowder A, Dushenko WT, Greig J, and Poland JS. 1989. Metal contamination in sediments and biota of the Bay of Quinte, Lake Ontario, Canada. Hydrobiologia. 188/189: 337-343. | Canada | Ontario | Bay of Quinte | Moira River | 44.1775728 | -77.2316107 | Iron; Gold; Copper | Unclear | abandonment | NA | CI | Investigating possible metal contamination of submerged weed beds and marsh biota which may contribute to the low diversity and biomass of macrophyte beds and Typha marshes in the Bay. Sediment, macrophytes and snails were sampled in wetlands close to the Moira River and at Hay Bay (part of the Bay of Quinte presumably unaffected by mine effluents) | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Sediment and submerged macrophytes | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species groups | Elevated levels of metals originating from old mining sites in the Moira River drainage basin which were active from the 1880's to 1960's | no | NA | NA | Element concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1-3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Metal+contamination+in+sediments+and+biota+of+the+Bay+of+Quinte,+Lake+Ontario,+Canada&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesgroups |
| Crowder A, Dushenko WT, Greig J, and Poland JS. 1989. Metal contamination in sediments and biota of the Bay of Quinte, Lake Ontario, Canada. Hydrobiologia. 188/189: 337-343. | Canada | Ontario | Bay of Quinte | Moira River | 44.1775728 | -77.2316107 | Iron; Gold; Copper | Unclear | abandonment | NA | CI | Investigating possible metal contamination of submerged weed beds and marsh biota which may contribute to the low diversity and biomass of macrophyte beds and Typha marshes in the Bay. Sediment, macrophytes and snails were sampled in wetlands close to the Moira River and at Hay Bay (part of the Bay of Quinte presumably unaffected by mine effluents) | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Snail samples (Planorbella trivolvis and Stagnicola elodes) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Elevated levels of metals originating from old mining sites in the Moira River drainage basin which were active from the 1880's to 1960's | no | NA | NA | Element concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1-3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Metal+contamination+in+sediments+and+biota+of+the+Bay+of+Quinte,+Lake+Ontario,+Canada&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Dalziel J and Tordon R. 2014. Gaseous mercury flux measurements from two mine tailing sites in the Seal Harbour area of Nova Scotia. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis. 14: 17-24 | Canada | Nova Scotia | Seal Harbour | Seal Harbour | 45.1012 | -61.3603 | Gold | Unclear | abandonment | NA | CI | Mercury (Hg) flux-rates from surface soil were measured at an abandoned gold mining site near Seal Harbour, Nova Scotia | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Surface soil at an abandoned gold mining site | Environmental | 1-Soil/Geology | 1A-Soil surface | 1A-Quality | Hg amalgamation process, used to isolate gold, produced areas of Hg-laden mine tailings | no | NA | NA | Mercury (Hg) flux-rates | Soil Characteristics | Quantitative | Figure 2-4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Gaseous+mercury+flux+measurements+from+two+mine+tailing+sites+in+the+Seal+Harbour+area+of+Nova+Scoti&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SoilGeologySoilsurfaceQuality |
| Damber L and Larsson LG. 1982. Combined effects of mining and smoking in the causation of lung carcinoma. A case-control study in northern Sweden. Acta Radiologica: Oncology. 21 (5): 305-313. | Sweden | Kiruna and Gallivare | NS | Regional | 67.48179752 | 20.54694013 | Iron | Underground mine | operation | NA | CI | Lung carcinoma among workers in the iron ore mines in northern Sweden; large case-control study combining effects of mining and smoking | Reference site/population | Social Science | in situ | Case-control study comprised deceased male lung carcinoma cases, deceased and living control | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Health/Safety | Comnined effects of mining as occupation and smoking | no | NA | NA | Risk ratio; lung carcinoma rates | Cancer rates/disease/mortality | Quantitative | Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Combined+effects+of+mining+and+smoking+in+the+causation+of+lung+carcinoma.+A+case-control+study+in+n&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingHealthSafety |
| Damber L and Larsson LG. 1985. Underground mining, smoking, and lung cancer: a case-control study in the iron ore municipalities in northern Sweden. JNCI. 74(6): 1207-1213 | Sweden | Kiruna and Gallivare | NS | NS | 67.48179752 | 20.54694013 | Iron | Underground mine | operation | Two municipalities with large iron ore mines. | CI | A case-control study of lung cancer in males from two municipalities with large iron ore mines. | Reference site/population | Social Science | in situ | All male lung cancer cases reported to the Swedish cancer registry during 1972-82 from the municipalities of Kiruna and Giillivare | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Health/Safety | Employment time in underground mining | no | NA | NA | Lung cancer cases | Cancer rates/disease/mortality | Quantitative | Table 2-8 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Underground+mining,+smoking,+and+lung+cancer:+a+case-control+study+in+the+iron+ore+municipalities+in&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingHealthSafety |
| Dang M, Norregaard R, Bach L, Sonne C, Sondergaard J, Gustavson K, Aastrup P, and Norwak B. 2017. Metal residues, histopathology and presence of parasites in the liver and gills of fourhorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus quadricornis) and shorthorn sculpin (Myoxocephalus scorpius) near a former lead-zinc mine in East Greenland. Environmental Research. 153: 171-180. | Greenland | Nordøstgrønland | Nyhavn | Mestersvig | 72.2050466 | -24.0986627 | Lead; Zinc | Underground mine | abandonment | NA | CI | Investigate metal residues, histopathology and presence of parasites in the liver and gills of fourhorn sculpin and shorthorn sculpins collected in marine waters in an area polluted by the lead-zinc mine at Mestersvig, East Greenland to determine if the responses to pollution are different between those two species | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Fourhorn sculpins (Myoxocephalus quadricornis) and shorthorn sculpins (Myoxocephalus scorpius) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Marine waters in an area polluted by the lead-zinc mine | no | NA | NA | Element (Cu, Zn, As, Cd, Hg and Pb) concentration; histological changes in liver and gills | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1-2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Metal+residues,+histopathology+and+presence+of+parasites+in+the+liver+and+gills+of+fourhorn+sculpin+&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Dang M, Pittman K, Bach L, Sonne C, Hansson SV, Søndergaard J, Stride M, and Nowak B. 2019. Mucous cell responses to contaminants and parasites in shorthorn sculpins (Myoxocephalus scorpius) from a former lead_zinc mine in West Greenland. Science of the Total Environment. 678: 207-216. | Greenland | Qaasuitsup | Marmorilik | Black Angel | 71.1167 | -51.25 | Zinc; Lead | Unclear | postclosure | NA | Correlative | Applied mucosal mapping (a stereological method for mucosal quantification in fish) to uncover interactions between the host, parasites and heavymetal exposure (Pb and Zn) in shorthorn sculpins fromtheMaarmorilik mining site at a gradient of 3 stations. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Skin and gill mucosal epithelia of shorthorn sculpins | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Interactions among parasites, pollutants and host mucosal responses | no | NA | NA | Metal levels in the liver and biometric parameters; Prevalence and intensity of infectionwith digeneans | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Table 3; Figure 4-5 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Mucous+cell+responses+to+contaminants+and+parasites+in+shorthorn+sculpins+(Myoxocephalus+scorpius)+f&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Darby SC, Radford EP, and Whitley E. 1995. Radon exposure and cancers other than lung cancer in Swedish iron miners. Environmental Health Perspectives. 103(Supp. 2): 45-47 | Sweden | Norrbotten | Malmberget and Kiruna | Malmberget | 67.173325 | 20.654169 | Iron | Underground mine | operation | NA | CI | A cohort study of underground miners and risks of cancer other than lung cancer, exposed to elevated levels of the radioactive gas radon. | Reference site/population | Social Science | in situ | Iron miners in Northern Sweden | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Health/Safety | Exposure to radioactive gas radon | no | NA | NA | Observed and expected deaths; radon exposure rates | Cancer rates/disease/mortality | Quantitative | Table 1 + 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Radon+exposure+and+cancers+other+than+lung+cancer+in+Swedish+iron+miners&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingHealthSafety |
| Dauval'ter VA. 2000. Assessment of Toxicity of Metals Accumulated in Bottom Deposits of Lakes. Water Resources. 27(4): 424-431. | Russia | Kola Peninsula | Lake Imandra | MCP; Severonickel | 67.912847 | 32.8558033 | Copper; Nickel | Surface mine | abandonment | NA | Correlative | Concentrations of Ni, Cu, Zn, Mn, Fe, Na, and K in the bottom deposits of Lake Imandra are presented. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Bottom deposits of Lake Imandra | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Toxicity of the metals accumulated in the lake over the period of operation of the mining and smelting complex. | no | NA | NA | Metal concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Assessment+of+Toxicity+of+Metals+Accumulated+in+Bottom+Deposits+of+Lakes&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Dauvalter V and Rognerud S. 2001. Heavy metal pollution in sediments of the Pasvik River drainage. Chemosphere. 42: 9-18. | Russia | Murmansk Oblast | Pasvik River | Pechenganikel | 69.449156 | 30.3915533 | Nickel | Surface mine | operation | NA | Correlative | Study regional impacts of heavy metals on the watershed of the Pasvik River. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Vertical distribution from sediment cores and surface distribution in surface sediments | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Distribution of heavy metals from smelters and waste waters from tailings and mines | no | NA | NA | Heavy metal concentration | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1; Figure 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Heavy+metal+pollution+in+sediments+of+the+Pasvik+River+drainage&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Dauvalter V. 2003. Impact of mining and refining on the distribution and accumulation of nickel and other heavy metals in sediments of subarctic Lake Kuetsjarvi, Murmansk Region, Russia. Journal of Environmental Monitoring. 5: 210-215. | Russia | Murmansk Oblast | Lake Kuetsjarvi | Pechenganikel | 69.449156 | 30.3915533 | Nickel | Surface mine | operation | NA | CI | Aim of the present research is an assessment of HMs accumulation (of Ni, Cu, Co, Zn, Pb, Cd, and Hg) in lake sediments in relation to mining and metallurgical activity adjacent to Lake Kuetsja¨ rvi. Four aspects are considered: (1) background concentrations; (2) vertical distributions; (3) concentration in a superficial sediment layers | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Lake Kuetsjarvi sediments | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Waste waters from the smelter, tailings and slag piles and mines of the Pechenganickel Company are the main pollution source of Lake Kuetsja¨ rvi and the runoff waters of this industrial zone | no | NA | NA | Heavy metal concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Impact+of+mining+and+refining+on+the+distribution+and+accumulation+of+nickel+and+other+heavy+metals+&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Dauvalter VA. 1998. Heavy metals in the bottom sediments of the Inari--Pasvik Lake--River system. Water Resources. 25(4): 451-457. | Russia | Murmansk Oblast | Inari–Pasvik Lake–River | Pechenganikel | 69.418053 | 30.2378393 | Nickel | Surface mine | operation | NA | Correlative | Estimate the concentrations of heavy metals in bottom sediments of the Inari–Pasvik water system and correlate them with the respective background concentrations; to determine their vertical distribution over the cores and the top layers of bottom sediments; and to assess the degree of contamination of bottom sediments. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Bottom sediments of Lake Inari | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Heavy metals enter water bodies with surface runoff from the drainage area and precipitation | no | NA | NA | Concentrations of heavy metals | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1; Figure 2-3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Heavy+metals+in+the+bottom+sediments+of+the+Inari--Pasvik+Lake--River+system&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Dave G. 1992. Sediment toxicity in lakes along the river Kolbacksan, central Sweden. Hydrobiologia. 235/236: 419-433. | Sweden | Bergslagen | River Kolbacksan | NR | 59.9854873 | 15.7511798 | Not stated | Unclear | abandonment | "historical mining and steel works district" | CI | Determine the toxicity to Daphnia magna of surficial sediments from representative locations within this system of lakes and to look for possible correlations with concentrations of metals and oil. | Control | Lab Experiment | ex situ | Daphnia magna and Tubifex tubifex | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Toxicity of surficial sediments from locations within historical mining district | no | NA | NA | EC50 | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Table 2-5 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Sediment+toxicity+in+lakes+along+the+river+Kolbacksan,+central+Sweden&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Davies H. 2007. Inuit observations of environmental change and effects of change in Anaktalak Bay, Labrador. Queen's University MSc Thesis. | Canada | Newfoundland & Labrador | Anaktalak Bay | Voisey’s Bay | 56.3359699 | -62.0977539 | Nickel | Open pit | operation | NA | Correlative | Further the understanding of environmental changes in Anaktalâk Bay (the shipping route to the Voisey’s Bay Nickel mine) and the effects of these changes on local Inuit in order to inform the development of a multi-partner monitoring (MPM) program for the area. | Background values | Social Science | in situ | Inuit communty of Anaktalâk Bay | Social | 5-Societies | 5A-Landscapes | 5A-Other qualities | Shipping route to the Voisey’s Bay Nickel mine breaks up ice in the region | no | NA | NA | Inuit Observations of Environmental Changes | Community | Qualitative | Section 5.4; Table 2 | Trends identified during the transcript analysis | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Inuit+observations+of+environmental+change+and+effects+of+change+in+Anaktalak+Bay,+Labrador&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesLandscapesOtherqualities |
| Davies H. 2007. Inuit observations of environmental change and effects of change in Anaktalak Bay, Labrador. Queen's University MSc Thesis. | Canada | Newfoundland & Labrador | Anaktalak Bay | Voisey’s Bay | 56.3359699 | -62.0977539 | Nickel | Open pit | operation | NA | Correlative | Further the understanding of environmental changes in Anaktalâk Bay (the shipping route to the Voisey’s Bay Nickel mine) and the effects of these changes on local Inuit in order to inform the development of a multi-partner monitoring (MPM) program for the area. | Background values | Social Science | in situ | Inuit communty of Anaktalâk Bay | Social | 5-Societies | 5B-Economic | 5B-Traditional livelihoods | Shipping route to the Voisey’s Bay Nickel mine breaks up ice in the region | no | NA | NA | Commercial fishing thought to be slowing down | Community | Qualitative | Section 5.5.1 | Trends identified during the transcript analysis | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Inuit+observations+of+environmental+change+and+effects+of+change+in+Anaktalak+Bay,+Labrador&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesEconomicTraditionallivelihoods |
| Davies H. 2007. Inuit observations of environmental change and effects of change in Anaktalak Bay, Labrador. Queen's University MSc Thesis. | Canada | Newfoundland & Labrador | Anaktalak Bay | Voisey’s Bay | 56.3359699 | -62.0977539 | Nickel | Open pit | operation | NA | Correlative | Further the understanding of environmental changes in Anaktalâk Bay (the shipping route to the Voisey’s Bay Nickel mine) and the effects of these changes on local Inuit in order to inform the development of a multi-partner monitoring (MPM) program for the area. | Background values | Social Science | in situ | Inuit communty of Anaktalâk Bay | Social | 5-Societies | 5D-Culture/history | 5D-Cultural resources | Shipping route to the Voisey’s Bay Nickel mine breaks up ice in the region | no | NA | NA | Knowledge and Culture no longer being passed on to many youth | Community | Qualitative | Section 5.5.2 | Trends identified during the transcript analysis | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Inuit+observations+of+environmental+change+and+effects+of+change+in+Anaktalak+Bay,+Labrador&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesCulturehistoryCulturalresources |
| Davies H. 2007. Inuit observations of environmental change and effects of change in Anaktalak Bay, Labrador. Queen's University MSc Thesis. | Canada | Newfoundland & Labrador | Anaktalak Bay | Voisey’s Bay | 56.3359699 | -62.0977539 | Nickel | Open pit | operation | NA | Correlative | Further the understanding of environmental changes in Anaktalâk Bay (the shipping route to the Voisey’s Bay Nickel mine) and the effects of these changes on local Inuit in order to inform the development of a multi-partner monitoring (MPM) program for the area. | Background values | Social Science | in situ | Inuit communty of Anaktalâk Bay | Social | 5-Societies | 5B-Economic | 5B-Property | Shipping route to the Voisey’s Bay Nickel mine breaks up ice in the region | no | NA | NA | Moving their cabins to other locations to get away from the mine | Community | Qualitative | Section 5.5.4 | Trends identified during the transcript analysis | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Inuit+observations+of+environmental+change+and+effects+of+change+in+Anaktalak+Bay,+Labrador&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesEconomicProperty |
| Davies H. 2007. Inuit observations of environmental change and effects of change in Anaktalak Bay, Labrador. Queen's University MSc Thesis. | Canada | Newfoundland & Labrador | Anaktalak Bay | Voisey’s Bay | 56.3359699 | -62.0977539 | Nickel | Open pit | operation | NA | Correlative | Further the understanding of environmental changes in Anaktalâk Bay (the shipping route to the Voisey’s Bay Nickel mine) and the effects of these changes on local Inuit in order to inform the development of a multi-partner monitoring (MPM) program for the area. | Background values | Social Science | in situ | Inuit communty of Anaktalâk Bay | Social | 5-Societies | 5C-Service & infrastructure demand | 5C-Consumables/Subsistence | Shipping route to the Voisey’s Bay Nickel mine breaks up ice in the region | no | NA | NA | Concern about contaminated country foods | Community | Qualitative | Section 5.5.5 and 5.5.6 | Trends identified during the transcript analysis | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Inuit+observations+of+environmental+change+and+effects+of+change+in+Anaktalak+Bay,+Labrador&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesServiceinfrastructureConsumablesSubsistence |
| Davies H. 2007. Inuit observations of environmental change and effects of change in Anaktalak Bay, Labrador. Queen's University MSc Thesis. | Canada | Newfoundland & Labrador | Anaktalak Bay | Voisey’s Bay | 56.3359699 | -62.0977539 | Nickel | Open pit | operation | NA | Correlative | Further the understanding of environmental changes in Anaktalâk Bay (the shipping route to the Voisey’s Bay Nickel mine) and the effects of these changes on local Inuit in order to inform the development of a multi-partner monitoring (MPM) program for the area. | Background values | Social Science | in situ | Inuit communty of Anaktalâk Bay | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Health/Safety | Shipping route to the Voisey’s Bay Nickel mine breaks up ice in the region | no | NA | NA | Unpredictability of the ice poses a serious health risk to Inuit | Community | Qualitative | Section 5.5.7 and 5.5.10 | Trends identified during the transcript analysis | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Inuit+observations+of+environmental+change+and+effects+of+change+in+Anaktalak+Bay,+Labrador&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingHealthSafety |
| Davies H. 2007. Inuit observations of environmental change and effects of change in Anaktalak Bay, Labrador. Queen's University MSc Thesis. | Canada | Newfoundland & Labrador | Anaktalak Bay | Voisey’s Bay | 56.3359699 | -62.0977539 | Nickel | Open pit | operation | NA | Correlative | Further the understanding of environmental changes in Anaktalâk Bay (the shipping route to the Voisey’s Bay Nickel mine) and the effects of these changes on local Inuit in order to inform the development of a multi-partner monitoring (MPM) program for the area. | Background values | Social Science | in situ | Inuit communty of Anaktalâk Bay | Social | 5-Societies | 5A-Landscapes | 5A-Scenic resources | Shipping route to the Voisey’s Bay Nickel mine breaks up ice in the region | no | NA | NA | Physical presence of the mine also takes away from the experience of being out on the land | Community | Qualitative | Section 5.5.8 | Trends identified during the transcript analysis | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Inuit+observations+of+environmental+change+and+effects+of+change+in+Anaktalak+Bay,+Labrador&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesLandscapesScenicresources |
| Davies H. 2007. Inuit observations of environmental change and effects of change in Anaktalak Bay, Labrador. Queen's University MSc Thesis. | Canada | Newfoundland & Labrador | Anaktalak Bay | Voisey’s Bay | 56.3359699 | -62.0977539 | Nickel | Open pit | operation | NA | Correlative | Further the understanding of environmental changes in Anaktalâk Bay (the shipping route to the Voisey’s Bay Nickel mine) and the effects of these changes on local Inuit in order to inform the development of a multi-partner monitoring (MPM) program for the area. | Background values | Social Science | in situ | Inuit communty of Anaktalâk Bay | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Other | Shipping route to the Voisey’s Bay Nickel mine breaks up ice in the region | no | NA | NA | Travel made difficult through shipping zones | Community | Qualitative | Section 5.5.9 | Trends identified during the transcript analysis | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Inuit+observations+of+environmental+change+and+effects+of+change+in+Anaktalak+Bay,+Labrador&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingOther |
| Davis BS, Fortin D, and Beveridge TJ. 1995. Acidophilic bacteria, acid mine drainage and KIDD CREEK mine tailings. '95 Conference on Mining and the Environment, Sudbury, Ontario. | Canada | Ontario | Kidd Creek | Kidd Creek | 48.691036 | -81.3932428 | Iron | Open pit | operation; remediation | NA | CI | Determine microbial ecology of oxic zone within tailings and compared to those from a nearby abandoned AMD-generating mine. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Soil sampling at tailings sites | Environmental | 1-Soil/Geology | 1A-Soil surface | 1A-Quality | Acid mine drainage | yes | Thickened Tailings Discharge System | Impoundment designed to contain and/or reduce the formation of AMD | Bacterial community | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Figure 1-3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Acidophilic+bacteria,+acid+mine+drainage+and+KIDD+CREEK+mine+tailings&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SoilGeologySoilsurfaceQuality |
| Demers I, Bouda M, Mbonimpa M, Benzaazoua M, Bois D and Gagnon M. 2015. Valorization of acid mine drainage treatment sludge as remediation component to control acid generation from mine wastes, part 1: Material characterization and laboratory kinetic testing. Minerals Engineering. 76: 109-116 | Canada | Quebec | Val-d'Or | Doyon | 48.2838025 | -78.6390077 | Gold | Underground mine | postclosure; remediation | NA | CI | Laboratory column leaching tests were performed to evaluate the performance of the mixtures to control AMD produced by tailings and waste rocks | Control | Lab Experiment | ex situ | Evaluate the hydrogeochemical behaviour and performance of the sludge-based mixtures, used to limit acid mine drainage from waste rock and tailings | Environmental | 2-Water | 2B-Groundwater | 2B-Quality | Acid Mine drainage waste rock | yes | Acid mine drainage (AMD) treatment sludge as a cover component | Control AMD generation | pH and acidity; effluent concentration | Mitigation measure/change in measure | Quantitative | Figure 2 + 4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Valorisation+of+acid+mine+drainage+treatment+sludge+as+remediation+component+to+control+acid+generat&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterGroundwater Quality |
| Demers I, Bouda M, Mbonimpa M, Benzaazoua M, Bois D and Gagnon M. 2015. Valorization of acid mine drainage treatment sludge as remediation component to control acid generation from mine wastes, part 2: Field experimentation. Minerals Engineering. 76: 117-125. | Canada | Quebec | Val-d'Or | Doyon | 48.2838025 | -78.6390077 | Gold | Underground mine | postclosure; remediation | NA | CI | Field work done to evaluate the effectiveness of waste rock-sludge and tailings-sludge mixtures as part of a reclamation strategy for the Doyon mine site. | Control | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Evaluate the hydrogeochemical behaviour and performance of the sludge-based mixtures, used to limit acid mine drainage from waste rock and tailings | Environmental | 2-Water | 2B-Groundwater | 2B-Quality | Acid Mine drainage waste rock | yes | Acid mine drainage (AMD) treatment sludge as a cover component | Control AMD generation | pH and acidity; effluent concentration | Water quality | Quantitative | Figure 6-8 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Valorization+of+acid+mine+drainage+treatment+sludge+as+remediation+component+to+control+acid+generat&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterGroundwater Quality |
| Deniseger J, and Kwong YTJ. 1996. Risk assessment of copper-contaminated sediments in the Tsolum River near Courtenay, British Columbia. Water Qual. Res J. 31(4); 725-740. | Canada | British Columbia | Tsolum River | Mount Washington | 49.7539084 | -125.2189137 | Copper | Open pit | remediation; abandonment | Abandoned copper mine on Mt Washington undergoing some rehabilition | CI | Observations made in the vcinity of an abandoned copper mine located which is undergoing rehabilitation. | Control | Lab Experiment | in situ | Water samples from drainage area | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Acid mine drainage from an abandoned copper mine region | no | NA | NA | Water chemistry | Water quality | Quantitative | Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Risk+assessment+of+copper-contaminated+sediments+in+the+Tsolum+River+near+Courtenay,+British+Columbi&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |