The Yukon Territory's Galkeno 300 mine site study documents zinc concentration reduction from ~150 mg/L at the mine adit to ~2 mg/L at Christal Creek. Government of Yukon researchers conducted field and lab investigations in summer 2000, analyzing water and soil samples along the drainage flowpath. Laboratory tests identified organic soils, particularly from site C, as having the highest zinc adsorption capacity.
Use Cases
- Modeling zinc attenuation rates in mine drainage based on concentration measurements along the flowpath
- Analyzing soil adsorption capacity based on batch adsorption and column leaching test results
- Studying geochemical fractionation of zinc based on selective extraction data identifying oxide fractions
- Investigating coprecipitation processes based on simultaneous removal of manganese and zinc
- Assessing water balance impacts on dilution based on weir monitoring showing 16% input excess
Strengths
- Provides specific zinc concentration measurements (~150 mg/L at source, ~2 mg/L at creek)
- Includes results from both field (Phase 1) and laboratory (Phase 2) investigations
- Identifies a specific high-performing adsorption site (organic soils from site C)
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Last updated 2026-04-17 16:13:00.401471; freshness should be verified
Provenance
- Source
- Government of Yukon
- Collection Method
- Field site investigation and laboratory characterization of collected samples
- Time Range
- Summer 2000
- Geography
- Galkeno 300 mine site, central Yukon Territory, Canada