Design of a tailings pond relocated in front of a tailings contaminated in Ticapampa – Recuay – Ancash

The Ticapampa tailings deposit borders the left bank of the Santa River. The results of the geological, geomorphological, geodynamic and topographic investigations show a volume of 1,043,000.53 m3 of tailings, with a high content of acids, sulfates, dissolved mine metals, as well as copper and a lar...

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Autor: Escalante Contreras, Jorge
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:Perú
Institución:Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Repositorio:Revistas - Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe:article/26106
Acceso en línea:https://revistasinvestigacion.unmsm.edu.pe/index.php/iigeo/article/view/26106
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Palabra clave:Contamination
deposit
design
flow
impermeable
tailings
Contaminación
depósito
diseño
flujo
relave
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Sumario:The Ticapampa tailings deposit borders the left bank of the Santa River. The results of the geological, geomorphological, geodynamic and topographic investigations show a volume of 1,043,000.53 m3 of tailings, with a high content of acids, sulfates, dissolved mine metals, as well as copper and a large amount of suspended solids. Due to rainfall, the tailings are vulnerable to erosion, infiltration and contamination of the lower part. To mitigate contamination, a new impermeable tailings deposit was designed with a 1.5 mm thick HDPE geomembrane, which will be installed above geotextile with 400 gr/m2 nonwoven, where the tailings were encapsulated to monitor infiltration and movement. with a negative slope that produces acidic waters and contaminates the lower part. The geomembrane is made of high-density polyethylene (HDPE), its resins are high in molecular weight; This is how flexible geomembranes are formed, which are considered of good quality; It was formulated to resist the main chemical agents such as degradable ultraviolet rays.