| Guittonny-Larcheveque M, Meddeb Y, and Barrette D. 2016. Can graminoids used for mine tailings revegetation improve substrate structure? Botany. 94: 1053-1061. | Canada | Quebec | Malartic | Canadian Malartic | 48.1657607 | -78.1832442 | Gold | Open pit | operation | NA | CI | The effect of above- and below-ground development of graminoid species for hay-field seeding on the macroporosity and density of gold mine tailings was studied under controlled conditions as well as in situ. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Macroporosity and density of density of gold mine tailings | Environmental | 1-Soil/Geology | 1A-Soil surface | 1A-Structure | Compacted and low aeration conditions associated with mine tailings | yes | Seeding of agronnomic graminoid species that are tolerant to the compacted and low aeration conditions associated with mine tailings | Density of the tailings for vegetation establishment | Plant germination, survival and success rate; biomass | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Table 2-4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Can+graminoids+used+for+mine+tailings+revegetation+improve+substrate+structure?&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SoilGeologySoilsurfaceStructure |
| Gunn J, Sarrazin-Delay C, Wesolek B, Stasko A, and Szkokan-Emilson E. 2010. Delayed Recovery of Benthic Macroinvertebrate Communities in Junction Creek, Sudbury, Ontario, after the Diversion of Acid Mine Drainage. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment. 16(4): 901-912. | Canada | Ontario | Junction Creek | Vale Inco Ltd. | 46.4712147 | -81.0452107 | Copper; Nickel | Surface mine | postclosure; remediation | NA | BA | Used a rapid bioassessment technique to assess the recovery of benthic macroinvertebrate communities in response to this diversion as a method of mitigating acid mine drainage | Same site/pop- Before | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Junction Creek surface water analysis | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Acid mine drainage | yes | Acid mine drainage | Involved damming and diversion of Acid mine drainage deep under- ground, with subsequent limestone treatment of the waters outside the watershed. | Water quality | Water quality | Quantitative | Table 1 | Investigates a reference site and a year before mitigation but not a true BACI | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Delayed+Recovery+of+Benthic+Macroinvertebrate+Communities+in+Junction+Creek,+Sudbury,+Ontario,+after&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Gunn J, Sarrazin-Delay C, Wesolek B, Stasko A, and Szkokan-Emilson E. 2010. Delayed Recovery of Benthic Macroinvertebrate Communities in Junction Creek, Sudbury, Ontario, after the Diversion of Acid Mine Drainage. Human and Ecological Risk Assessment. 16(4): 901-912. | Canada | Ontario | Junction Creek | Vale Inco Ltd. | 46.4712147 | -81.0452107 | Copper; Nickel | Surface mine | postclosure; remediation | NA | BA | Used a rapid bioassessment technique to assess the recovery of benthic macroinvertebrate communities in response to this diversion as a method of mitigating acid mine drainage | Same site/pop- Before | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Benthic macroinvertebrate communities | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species distribution | Acid mine drainage | yes | Acid mine drainage | Involved damming and diversion of Acid mine drainage deep under- ground, with subsequent limestone treatment of the waters outside the watershed. | Species richness; number of families; | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Table 2 | Investigates a reference site and a year before mitigation but not a true BACI | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Delayed+Recovery+of+Benthic+Macroinvertebrate+Communities+in+Junction+Creek,+Sudbury,+Ontario,+after&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesdistribution |
| Gunsinger MJ, Ptacek CJ, Blowes DW, and Jambor JL. 2006. Evaluation of long-term sulfide oxidation processes within pyrrhotite-rich tailings, Lynn Lake, Manitoba J. Contam. Hydrol. 83: 149-170 | Canada | Manitoba | Lynn Lake | Lynn Lake | 56.8258756 | -101.3589673 | Nickel; Copper; Gold; Zinc | Surface mine | postclosure | NA | Correlative | Sulfide oxidation processes that have occurred over the past 28 years. Sulfide oxidation modelling was performed to approximate sulfide oxidation processes in the near and distant future. | Background values | Modelling | in situ | Samples of tailings solids, pore water, and pore gas were collected and analyzed to determine the physical properties of the tailings | Environmental | 2-Water | 2B-Groundwater | 2B-Quality | Sulfide minerals in the shallow tailings and have generated sulfateand metal-rich pore water | no | NA | NA | Geochemistry of tailings pore waters | Water quality | Quantitative | Figure 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Evaluation+of+long-term+sulfide+oxidation+processes+within+pyrrhotite-rich+tailings,+Lynn+Lake,+Mani&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterGroundwater Quality |
| Halden NM, Janin A, McKenzie-Grieve J, Yang P, Song Z, and Petkovich D. 2015. OtolithMicrochemistry Applied to Environmental Effects Monitoring in the Keno Hill Mining District, June 2015 | Canada | Yukon | Christal, Moose, and Haldane Creek | Keno Hill District | 63.9265206 | -135.3288656 | Silver | Unclear | abandonment | NA | Correlative | Assess the use of fish otolith microchemistry as a potentially new monitoring tool to be applied around Yukon mine sites. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Grayling and Sculpins | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Impact of mining activities and contamination reflected in fish otoliths | no | NA | NA | ppm detected | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Section 3.4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Otolith+Microchemistry+Applied+to+Environmental+Effects+Monitoring+in+the+Keno+Hill+Mining+District&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Hamoutene D, Payne JF, French B, Veinott G, and Fancey L. 2002. Effect of copper mine tailings on lipid peroxidation, DNA damage and histopathology in soft-shell clams (Mya arenaria) at Little Bay, Newfoundland. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 2436: iv + 12p. | Canada | Newfoundland & Labrador | Little Bay Arm | Little Bay | 49.5689125 | -56.0042147 | Copper | Unclear | abandonment | "Former copper mine near Little Bay" | CI | Assessed the extent of lipid peroxidation, DNA damage and catalase activity in clams collected for two consectutive years from Little Bay site and two reference sites | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Soft-shell clames (Mya arenaria) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Tailings pond dam at the site of a former copper mine near Little Bay, Newfoundland ruptured and tailings spilled into Little Bay arm. | no | NA | NA | Cu concentration; DNA damage | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 2-3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Effect+of+copper+mine+tailings+on+lipid+peroxidation,+DNA+damage+and+histopathology+in+soft-shell+cl&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Hanssona SV, Høyeb TT, Bacha L, Mielecb C, Mosbecha A, and Søndergaarda J. 2019. Spiders as biomonitors of metal pollution at Arctic mine sites: The case of the Black Angel Pb-Zn-mine, Maarmorilik, West Greenland. Ecological Indicators 106: 105489 | Greenland | Qaasuitsup | Marmorilik | Black Angel | 71.1167 | -51.25 | Zinc; Lead | Unclear | postclosure | NA | Correlative | Investigated the use of Arctic wolf spiders as a potential monitoring organism for metal contamination; metal concentrations in spiders generally reflect the contamination trend of the area | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Two species of wolf spiders (Pardosa glacialis and P. groenlandica) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Metal pollution from mining activities | no | NA | NA | Concentrations of contaminant metals | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1; Figure 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Spiders+as+biomonitors+of+metal+pollution+at+Arctic+mine+sites:+The+case+of+the+Black+Angel+Pb-Zn-mi&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Harvey HH, Fraser GA and McArdle JM. 1986. Bone concentration of manganese in white sucker (Catostomus commersoni) from acid, circumneutral and metal-stressed lakes. Water, Air and Soil Pollution. 30: 515-521. | Canada | Ontario | Lakes Summit; Moran | Regional | 47.57495283 | -81.88794211 | Unclear | Unclear | abandonment | Lakes Summit and Moran have been contaminated by the dumping of mine railings. Seven regions (Wawa, La Cloche, Parry Sound, Algonquin, Muskoka, Haliburton, North Bay) of Ontario, | CI | Four hundred and thirty-five white suckers were collected from 24 lakes in 7 regions; Lakes Summit and Moran have been contaminated by the dumping of mine railings. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Vertebral centra of white suckers with lake chemical variables, | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | [Mn] in water is highly pH dependent and the bioavailability of Mn may be affected by dissolved organics. | no | NA | NA | Bone Mn Conc | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Bone+concentration+of+manganese+in+white+sucker+(Catostomus+commersoni)+from+acid,+circumneutral+and&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Hedin LT and Ranangen H. 2017. Community involvement and development in Swedish mining. The Extractive Industries and Society. 4: 630-639. | Sweden | Regional | Regional | Regional | 63.84547635 | 16.70831521 | Copper; Zinc; Lead; Gold; Silver | Open pit | operation | Boliden Group mines in Sweden | I/A only | Reflect critically on why and how a Swedish mining company and their representatives are committed to community involvement and development and how this can be furthered. A case study method was selected, with data being collected via interviews and documentation. | No control | Social Science | in situ | Swedish mining and metals company community involvement | Social | 5-Societies | 5B-Economic | 5B-Other | Corporate Social Responsibility | no | NA | NA | Understanding of the community’s expectations and allow citizens to become more involved in decision-making processes | Community | Qualitative | Section 4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Community+involvement+and+development+in+Swedish+mining+&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesEconomicOther |
| Hedlund U, Jarvholm B, and Lundback B. 2004. Respiratory symptoms and obstructive lung diseases in iron ore miners: Report from the obstructive lung disease in northern Sweden studies. European Journal of Epidemiology 19: 953–958 | Sweden | Norrbotten | Malmberget and Kiruna | Malmberget | 67.173325 | 20.654169 | Iron | Underground mine | operation | NA | CI | This is a population-based study on the prevalence of respiratory symptoms assessed by a mail questionnaire. | Reference site/population | Social Science | in situ | The exposed group consisted of 114 previous or current male miners. Referents, 2472 males from the province, | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Health/Safety | Employment at an undergroung iron ore mine leading to respiratory issues | no | NA | NA | The prevalence of respiratory symptoms and obstructive lung diseases among underground miners | Cancer rates/disease/mortality | Quantitative | Table 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Respiratory+symptoms+and+obstructive+lung+diseases+in+iron+ore+miners:+Report+from+the+obstructive+l&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingHealthSafety |
| Hedlund U, Jarvholm B, and Lundback B. 2006. Persistence of respiratory symptoms in ex-underground iron ore miners. Occupational Medicine. 56: 380-385. | Sweden | Norrbotten | Regional | Regional | 67.01628935 | 20.18730118 | Iron | Underground mine | operation | NA | CI | Population-based cross-sectional study using a postal questionnaire comparing prevalence of symptoms between ex-miners who had stopped mining at least 1 year before the study and referents not occupationally exposed to irritants or dust | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Ex-miners from underground iron mines in sweden and referents participated | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Health/Safety | Occupationally exposed to irritants or dust in underground mines | no | NA | NA | Prevalence (%) of respiratory symptoms and conditions | Cancer rates/disease/mortality | Quantitative | Table 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Persistence+of+respiratory+symptoms+in+ex-underground+iron+ore+miners&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingHealthSafety |
| Hegadoren DB and Day JC. 1981. Socioeconomic mine termination policies. A case study of mine closure in Ontario. Resource Policy: 265-272. | Canada | Ontario | Marmora | Marmoraton Mining Company | 44.4813087 | -77.6610232 | Iron | Surface mine | postclosure | NA | BA | Documents and evaluates government and non-government arrangements to ameliorate detrimental socioeconomic impacts of the Marmoraton Mining closure | Same site/pop- Before | Social Science | ex situ | The mining town of Marmora, a resource-based economy | Social | 5-Societies | 5B-Economic | 5B-Jobs (new employments) | Closure of the Marmoraton Mining Company | yes | Local hiring policies; Assistance securing alternative employment | Loss of annual payroll and trade | Marmoraton closure planning | Community | Qualitative | All | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Socioeconomic+mine+termination+policies.+A+case+study+of+mine+closure+in+Ontario&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesEconomicJobs |
| Heikkinen PM and Raisanen ML. 2009. Trace metal and As solid-phase speciation in sulphide mine tailings - Indicators of spatial distribution of sulphide oxidation in active tailings impoundments. Applied Geochemistry. 24: 1224-1237. | Finland | Northern Ostrobothnia | Nivala | Hitura | 63.837498 | 25.0117213 | Nickel; Copper | Open pit | postclosure | NA | Correlative | Investigate the intensity and spatial variation of sulphide oxidation and associated chemical reactions in active sulphide tailings impoundments using selective extractions | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Drill cores were collected from border zones and midimpoundment locations | Environmental | 2-Water | 2B-Groundwater | 2B-Quality | Two active sulphide mine tailings impoundments | no | NA | NA | pH and metal concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Trace+metal+and+As+solid-phase+speciation+in+sulphide+mine+tailings+-+Indicators+of+spatial+distribu&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterGroundwater Quality |
| Heikkinen PM, Raisanen ML, and Johnson RH. 2009. Geochemical Characterisation of Seepage and Drainage Water Quality from Two Sulphide Mine Tailings Impoundments: Acid Mine Drainage versus Neutral Mine Drainage. Mine Water Environ. 28: 30-49 | Finland | Northern Savonia | NS | Hitura; Luikonlahti | 62.9358964 | 28.7081743 | Nickel; Copper | Surface mine | operation | NA | Correlative | Seepage water and drainage water geochemistry were studied at two active sulphide mine tailings impoundments in Finland. Data were used to assess the factors influencing tailings seepage quality and to identify constraints for water treatment. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Seepage water and drainage water from mines | Environmental | 2-Water | 2B-Groundwater | 2B-Quality | Active sulphide mine tailings impoundment | no | NA | NA | Water quality data | Water quality | Quantitative | Table 1-3, Figure 5 | Seasonal variation at two differing sites | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Geochemical+Characterisation+of+Seepage+and+Drainage+Water+Quality+from+Two+Sulphide+Mine+Tailings+I&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterGroundwater Quality |
| Herbert JR RB, 1997. Partitioning of heavy metals in podzol soils contaminated by mine drainage waters, Dalarna, Sweden. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 96: 39-59 | Sweden | Dalarna | Kambamyran | Rudolfsgruvan | 61.1184661 | 14.6520517 | Copper; Iron; Nickel | Surface mine | abandonment | NA | CI | The discharge of acidic mine drainage waters onto a hillslope in Dalarna has lead to the contamination of the podzol soils from contaminated and reference soils have been collected. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Podzol soils | Environmental | 1-Soil/Geology | 1A-Soil surface | 1A-Quality | Acidic mine drainage | no | NA | NA | Soil concentrations of Fe, Cu, Zn, Ni and Pb | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 3-5 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Partitioning+of+heavy+metals+in+podzol+soils+contaminated+by+mine+drainage+waters,+Dalarna,+Sweden&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SoilGeologySoilsurfaceQuality |
| Herbert JR RB. 1994. Metal transport in groundwater contaminated by acid mine drainage. Nordic Hydrology. 25: 193-212. | Sweden | Dalarna | Kambamyran | Rudolfsgruvan | 61.1184661 | 14.6520517 | Copper; Iron; Nickel | Surface mine | abandonment | NA | CI | Investigation is to explain the observed spatial variations in groundwater chemistry | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Groundwater wells | Environmental | 2-Water | 2B-Groundwater | 2B-Quality | Acid mine drainage | no | NA | NA | Water quality parameters | Water quality | Quantitative | Table 2; Figure 2-3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Metal+transport+in+groundwater+contaminated+by+acid+mine+drainage&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterGroundwater Quality |
| Hill CE, Langis WJ, Petherick JE, Campbell DM, Haines T, Andersen J, Conley KK, White J, Lightfoot NE and Bissett RJ. 2001. Assessment of hand-arm vibration syndrome in a northern Ontario base metal mine. Chronic Diseases in Canada. Health Canada. 22(3/4): 88-92. | Canada | Ontario | Regional | Regional | 51.5287961 | -86.60802086 | Not stated | Unclear | operation | "miners at a northern Ontario base metal mine" | CI | Workers who were employed at the mine between 1989 and 1994 and who continued to live within a 100 km radius of the mine were sent a self-reported questionnaire to identify individuals with possible vibration-induced symptoms in their upper extremities. | Background values | Social Science | in situ | Workers who were employed at the mine between 1989 and 1994 and who continued to live within a 100 km radius of the mine | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Health/Safety | Handarm vibration syndrome (HAVS) or as Raynaud’s Phenomenon of occupational origin, vibration-induced white finger (VWF), dead finger, traumatic vasospastic disease and vibration syndrome. | no | NA | NA | Diagonsis rate; self-reported histories | Cancer rates/disease/mortality | Quantitative | Table 2 + 4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Assessment+of+hand-arm+vibration+syndrome+in+a+northern+Ontario+base+metal+mine&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingHealthSafety |
| Hobday J and Fletcher WK. 2003. Dispersion of gold in Slesse Creek, British Columbia. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis. 3: 73-78. | Canada | British Columbia | Slesse Cree | Red Mountain | 49.0074065 | -121.6273077 | Gold | Unclear | operation | NA | CI | Overcome the effects of anomaly dilution and ensure detection of geochemical anomalies with sediment samples that represent large drainage basins. Here this problem is studied and tested using the dispersion of Au and associated elements from the Red Mountain Mine, in the Cascade Mountains of the USA–Canada border | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Stream sediments from Slesse Creek and other tributaries | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Tributaries that drain Red Mountain Mine | no | NA | NA | Gold and other metal concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 3; Table 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Dispersion+of+gold+in+Slesse+Creek,+British+Columbia&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Holmstrom H, Salmon UJ, Carlsson E, Petrov P and Ohlander B. 2001. Geochemical investigations of sulfide-bearing tailings at Kristineberg, northern Sweden, a few years after remediation. Science of the Total Environment. 273: 111-133. | Sweden | Västerbotten | Kristineberg | Kristineberg | 65.0644996 | 18.5627685 | Copper | Open pit | remediation | NA | BA | Characterise the tailings with respect to mineralogy, the chemical composition of both the tailings and the pore water, and to try to identify the significant reactions that may have occurred before and after remediation. | Same site/pop- Before | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Tailings pore waters | Environmental | 2-Water | 2B-Groundwater | 2B-Quality | Acid drainage from mining waste | yes | Combination of raising the groundwater table, where this was possible, by sealing of intercepting and draining ditches, and dry cover application on the remaining regions of the impoundment | Acid mine drainage leachate into groundwater | Concentrations of Al, Ca, Fe, Mg, Mn, Si and Ti | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 2-4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Geochemical+investigations+of+sulfide-bearing+tailings+at+Kristineberg,+northern+Sweden,+a+few+years&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterGroundwater Quality |
| Holopainen IJ, Holopainen A-L, Hamalainen H, Rahkola-Sorsa M, Tkatcheva V, and Viljanen M. 2003. Effects of mining industry waste waters on a shallow lake ecosystem in Karelia, north-west Russia. Hydrobiologia. 506-509. | Russia | Karelia | Kostomuksha | Komsomolsk | 64.675889 | 30.6971453 | Iron | Open pit | operation | NA | CI | Overview of the effects of changed water chemistry on biota from bacteria to fish based on results of one quantitative sampling in two successive years. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | All the three lakes were sampled in early August 2000 and 2001 for water chemistry, phytoplankton, zoobenthos and fish | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Industrial waste waters may changewater chemistry of recipient lake basins in a number of ways, which may subsequently impact on primary production and food web structure | no | NA | NA | Water chemistry | Water quality | Quantitative | Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Effects+of+mining+industry+waste+waters+on+a+shallow+lake+ecosystem+in+Karelia,+north-west+Russia&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Holopainen IJ, Holopainen A-L, Hamalainen H, Rahkola-Sorsa M, Tkatcheva V, and Viljanen M. 2003. Effects of mining industry waste waters on a shallow lake ecosystem in Karelia, north-west Russia. Hydrobiologia. 506-509. | Russia | Karelia | Kostomuksha | Komsomolsk | 64.675889 | 30.6971453 | Iron | Open pit | operation | NA | CI | Overview of the effects of changed water chemistry on biota from bacteria to fish based on results of one quantitative sampling in two successive years. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | All the three lakes were sampled in early August 2000 and 2001 for water chemistry, phytoplankton, zoobenthos and fish | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species groups | Industrial waste waters may changewater chemistry of recipient lake basins in a number of ways, which may subsequently impact on primary production and food web structure | no | NA | NA | Abundance; distribution | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Bacterioplankton and phytoplankton; Zooplankton; Macrozoobenthos and Fish sections | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Effects+of+mining+industry+waste+waters+on+a+shallow+lake+ecosystem+in+Karelia,+north-west+Russia&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesgroups |
| Holopainen IJ, Holopainen A-L, Hamalainen H, Rahkola-Sorsa M, Tkatcheva V, and Viljanen M. 2003. Effects of mining industry waste waters on a shallow lake ecosystem in Karelia, north-west Russia. Hydrobiologia. 506-509. | Russia | Karelia | Kostomuksha | Komsomolsk | 64.675889 | 30.6971453 | Iron | Open pit | operation | NA | CI | Overview of the effects of changed water chemistry on biota from bacteria to fish based on results of one quantitative sampling in two successive years. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | All the three lakes were sampled in early August 2000 and 2001 for water chemistry, phytoplankton, zoobenthos and fish | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Industrial waste waters may changewater chemistry of recipient lake basins in a number of ways, which may subsequently impact on primary production and food web structure | no | NA | NA | Perch gill histology | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Table 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Effects+of+mining+industry+waste+waters+on+a+shallow+lake+ecosystem+in+Karelia,+north-west+Russia&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Hozhina EI, Khramov AA, Gerasimov PA and Kumarkov AA. 2001. Uptake of heavy metals, arsenic, and antimony by aquatic plants in the vicinity of ore mining and processing industries. Journal of Geochemical Exploration. 74: 153-162 | Russia | Kemerovo Oblast | Salair | Komsomolsk; Salair | 54.2462042 | 85.7785177 | Lead; Zinc | Open pit | operation | NA | CI | Uptake patterns of heavy metals by aqautic plants by sampling above and under ground at two impacted sites and a reference site | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Sediment samples where main root mass was located | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Industrial collection ponds of metal mining | no | NA | NA | Heavy metal concentartions (Pb, CU, Cd and Zn) | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Uptake+of+heavy+metals,+arsenic,+and+antimony+by+aquatic+plants+in+the+vicinity+of+ore+mining+and+pr&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Hozhina EI, Khramov AA, Gerasimov PA and Kumarkov AA. 2001. Uptake of heavy metals, arsenic, and antimony by aquatic plants in the vicinity of ore mining and processing industries. Journal of Geochemical Exploration. 74: 153-162 | Russia | Kemerovo Oblast | Salair | Komsomolsk; Salair | 54.2462042 | 85.7785177 | Lead; Zinc | Open pit | operation | NA | CI | Uptake patterns of heavy metals by aqautic plants by sampling above and under ground at two impacted sites and a reference site | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Aquatic plants (fluvial horsetail, platyphyllous cattail etc.) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species groups | Industrial collection ponds of metal mining | no | NA | NA | Heavy metal concentartions (Pb, CU, Cd, Zn, AS, Sb, Fe and Mn) | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 2 & 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Uptake+of+heavy+metals,+arsenic,+and+antimony+by+aquatic+plants+in+the+vicinity+of+ore+mining+and+pr&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesgroups |
| Hruska KA, and Dube MG. 2004. Using artificial streams to assess the effects of metal-mining effluent on the life cycle of the freshwater midge (Chironomus tentans) in situ. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 23(11): 2709-2718 | Canada | Ontario | Copper Cliff | Copper Cliff | 46.4794757 | -81.0856697 | Nickel; Copper | Open pit | postclosure | NA | CI | Describe briefly the development of the life-cycle bioassay using C. tentans in artificial streams and to use the developed bioassay to test the effects of a metal mine effluent in situ. | Reference site/population | Lab Experiment | in situ | Reference water and effluent | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Effluent from the Copper Cliff Waste Water Treatment Plant | no | NA | NA | Metal concentrations; water quality variables | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Using+artificial+streams+to+assess+the+effects+of+metal-mining+effluent+on+the+life+cycle+of+the+fre&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Hruska KA, and Dube MG. 2004. Using artificial streams to assess the effects of metal-mining effluent on the life cycle of the freshwater midge (Chironomus tentans) in situ. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 23(11): 2709-2718 | Canada | Ontario | Copper Cliff | Copper Cliff | 46.4794757 | -81.0856697 | Nickel; Copper | Open pit | postclosure | NA | CI | Describe briefly the development of the life-cycle bioassay using C. tentans in artificial streams and to use the developed bioassay to test the effects of a metal mine effluent in situ. | Reference site/population | Lab Experiment | in situ | Freshwater midge (Chironomus tentans) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Effluent from the Copper Cliff Waste Water Treatment Plant | no | NA | NA | Survival; condition; Number of eggs | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Figure 3-6 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Using+artificial+streams+to+assess+the+effects+of+metal-mining+effluent+on+the+life+cycle+of+the+fre&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Hulshof AHM and Macdonald AS. 1998. Dispersion of tailings from the Stirling Zn-Pb-Cu mine site, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Atlantic Geology. 34: 159-170. | Canada | Nova Scotia | Strachans Brook | Mindamar | 45.7284457 | -60.4388247 | Zinc; Lead; Copper | Open pit | abandonment | NA | CI | Quantify this dispersion, to determine the effectiveness of neutralization of acid generation in the tailings, and to evaluate levels of downstream contamination | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Stream sediment and tailings samples | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Acid mine drainage | no | NA | NA | Element concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1-2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Dispersion+of+tailings+from+the+Stirling+Zn-Pb-Cu+mine+site,+Cape+Breton+Island,+Nova+Scotia&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Hulshof AHM and Macdonald AS. 1998. Dispersion of tailings from the Stirling Zn-Pb-Cu mine site, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Atlantic Geology. 34: 159-170. | Canada | Nova Scotia | Strachans Brook | Mindamar | 45.7284457 | -60.4388247 | Zinc; Lead; Copper | Open pit | abandonment | NA | CI | Quantify this dispersion, to determine the effectiveness of neutralization of acid generation in the tailings, and to evaluate levels of downstream contamination | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Streams, ponds, and seepages were measured directly for pH, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, and temperature | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Acid mine drainage | no | NA | NA | pH, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, and temperature | Water quality | Quantitative | Table 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Dispersion+of+tailings+from+the+Stirling+Zn-Pb-Cu+mine+site,+Cape+Breton+Island,+Nova+Scotia&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Husson E, Lindgrem F and Ecke F. 2014. Assessing Biomass and Metal Contents in Riparian Vegetation Along a Pollution Gradient Using an Unmanned Aircraft System. Water Air Soil Pollut. 225 (1957): 1-14 | Sweden | Västerbotten | River Vormbäcken | Kristineberg | 65.0644996 | 18.5627685 | Copper | Open pit | operation; abandonment | Mining continues in the area but do address some abandoned sites also impact the area | Correlative | Quantifying plant biomass and related processes such as element allocation is a major challenge at the scale of entire riparian zones using remote sesing in combination with field samples | Control | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Water chemistry moving downstream from impact | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Pollution gradient from mine site | no | NA | NA | Concentrations of Cd, Cu and Zn | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 3 | Spatial correlation moving downstream of site | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Assessing+Biomass+and+Metal+Contents+in+Riparian+Vegetation+Along+a+Pollution+Gradient+Using+an+Unma&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Husson E, Lindgrem F and Ecke F. 2014. Assessing Biomass and Metal Contents in Riparian Vegetation Along a Pollution Gradient Using an Unmanned Aircraft System. Water Air Soil Pollut. 225 (1957): 1-14 | Sweden | Västerbotten | River Vormbäcken | Kristineberg | 65.0644996 | 18.5627685 | Copper | Open pit | operation; abandonment | Mining continues in the area but do address some abandoned sites also impact the area | Correlative | Quantifying plant biomass and related processes such as element allocation is a major challenge at the scale of entire riparian zones using remote sesing in combination with field samples | Control | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Riparian vegetation | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species groups | Pollution gradient from mine site | no | NA | NA | Concentrations of Cd, Cu and Zn in riparian vegetation | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 4 and 5 | Spatial correlation moving downstream of site | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Assessing+Biomass+and+Metal+Contents+in+Riparian+Vegetation+Along+a+Pollution+Gradient+Using+an+Unma&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesgroups |
| Husson E, Lindgrem F and Ecke F. 2014. Assessing Biomass and Metal Contents in Riparian Vegetation Along a Pollution Gradient Using an Unmanned Aircraft System. Water Air Soil Pollut. 225 (1957): 1-14 | Sweden | Västerbotten | River Vormbäcken | Kristineberg | 65.0644996 | 18.5627685 | Copper | Open pit | operation; abandonment | Mining continues in the area but do address some abandoned sites also impact the area | Correlative | Quantifying plant biomass and related processes such as element allocation is a major challenge at the scale of entire riparian zones using remote sesing in combination with field samples | Control | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Riparian vegetation | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Habitat | Pollution gradient from mine site | no | NA | NA | Area of vegetation classes; biomass; | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Table 2 and 3 | Spatial correlation moving downstream of site | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Assessing+Biomass+and+Metal+Contents+in+Riparian+Vegetation+Along+a+Pollution+Gradient+Using+an+Unma&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraHabitat |
| Iakovleva E, Makila E, Salonen J, Sitarz M, Wang S, and Sillanpaa M. 2015. Acid mine drainage (AMD) treatment: Neutralization and toxic elements removal with unmodified and modified limestone. Ecological Engineering. 81: 30-40 | Finland | NS | NS | NS | 64.18242973 | 26.96954594 | Copper | Unclear | NA | CI | Investigate the performance of limestones for simultaneously AMD neutralization and the removal of metals, tested flotation fines and filter sands as potential absorbents | Control | Lab Experiment | ex situ | Mine wastewater | Environmental | 2-Water | 2B-Groundwater | 2B-Quality | Acid mine drainage | yes | Limestones and their modifications flotation fines (FF) and filter sand (FS) as potential adsorbents for AMD | Metal content of Acid mine drainage | Adsorption efficients; pH; Metal removal % | Mitigation measure/change in measure | Quantitative | Table 4; Figure 4, 6 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Acid+mine+drainage+(AMD)+treatment:+Neutralization+and+toxic+elements+removal+with+unmodified+and+mo&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterGroundwater Quality | |
| Il'in VB. 1991. Heavy-metal pollution of vegetable-garden soils and crops in the cities of the Kuzbass. Agrokhimiya. 7: 67-77 | Russia | Kemerovo Oblast | Salair | Salair | 54.2462042 | 85.7785177 | Lead; Zinc | Open pit | operation | NA | CI | Heavy-metal pollution of soils and crops in private vegetable gardens located within city limits was studied | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Soils within city limits of mining cities | Environmental | 1-Soil/Geology | 1A-Soil surface | 1A-Quality | Mining complex near city limits | no | NA | NA | Content of heavy metals | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Heavy-metal+pollution+of+vegetable-garden+soils+and+crops+in+the+cities+of+the+Kuzbass&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SoilGeologySoilsurfaceQuality |
| Il'in VB. 1991. Heavy-metal pollution of vegetable-garden soils and crops in the cities of the Kuzbass. Agrokhimiya. 7: 67-77 | Russia | Kemerovo Oblast | Salair | Salair | 54.2462042 | 85.7785177 | Lead; Zinc | Open pit | operation | NA | CI | Heavy-metal pollution of soils and crops in private vegetable gardens located within city limits was studied | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Crops in private vegetable gardens locted within city limits | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species groups | Mining complex near city limits | no | NA | NA | Content of Zn and Pb in vegetable crops | Metal concentration | Quantitative | pg 108 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Heavy-metal+pollution+of+vegetable-garden+soils+and+crops+in+the+cities+of+the+Kuzbass&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesgroups |
| Ivanter EV and Medvedev NV. 2015. Impact of Industrial Contamination on the Populations of Small Forest Rodents. Doklady Biological Sciences. 464: 254-256. | Russia | Karelia | Kostomuksha | Komsomolsk | 64.675889 | 30.6971453 | Iron | Open pit | operation | NA | CI | Investigations performed for monitoring the impact of industrial contamination from the Kostomuksha ore mining and processing enterprise (northern Karelia) on the populations of forest mouse-like rodents. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Bank and Field voles | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species groups | Impact of industrial contamination from the Kostmuksha ore mining and processing enterpris | no | NA | NA | Liver metal concentrations; embryonic resorption | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1; Figure 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Impact+of+Industrial+Contamination+on+the+Populations+of+Small+Forest+Rodents&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesgroups |
| Jackson FJ. 1997. Trace metal concentrations of effluent from two goldmines discharging into Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories. Proceedings of the Hydro-Ecology Workshop on the Arctic Environmental Strategy. 16: 195-214. | Canada | Northwest Territories | Great Slave Lake | Con; Giant | 62.4981407 | -114.3602867 | Gold | Open pit | postclosure | NA | CI | A study to determine what effects the liquid effluent have on the water, sediment and fish at the two mine outlets, recreational areas and a control site. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Water and sediment sample | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Gold mine effluents | no | NA | NA | Arsenic, Hg concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 3-16 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Trace+metal+concentrations+of+effluent+from+two+goldmines+discharging+into+Great+Slave+Lake,+Northwe&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Jackson FJ. 1997. Trace metal concentrations of effluent from two goldmines discharging into Great Slave Lake, Northwest Territories. Proceedings of the Hydro-Ecology Workshop on the Arctic Environmental Strategy. 16: 195-214. | Canada | Northwest Territories | Great Slave Lake | Con; Giant | 62.4981407 | -114.3602867 | Gold | Open pit | postclosure | NA | CI | A study to determine what effects the liquid effluent have on the water, sediment and fish at the two mine outlets, recreational areas and a control site. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Water and sediment sample | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Gold mine effluents | no | NA | NA | Arsenic, Hg concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 3-16 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Trace+metal+concentrations+of+effluent+from+two+goldmines+discharging+into+Great+Slave+Lake,+Northwe&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Jambor JL, Martin AJ and Gerits J. 2009. The post-depositional accumulation of metal-rich cyanide phases in submerged tailings deposits. Apllied Geochemistry. 24: 2256-2265. | Canada | Ontario | Balmer Lake | NR | 51.074934 | -93.7429232 | Gold | Underground mine | operation | Mining-related discharges for two underground Au mines since 1960 | Correlative | Characterization and accumulation pathway of metal-rich cyanide phases in mine-contaminated Balmer Lake (Ontario, Canada) were assessed through detailed examination of sediment mineralogy and porewater composition. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Balmer Lake sediment cores | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Discharges for two underground Au mines since 1960 | no | NA | NA | Profile qualities; concentrations | Water quality | Quantitative | Figure 5 + 8 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=The+post-depositional+accumulation+of+metal-rich+cyanide+phases+in+submerged+tailings+deposits&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| James GI and Courtin GM. 1985. Stand structure and growth form of the birch transition community in an industrially damaged ecosystem, Sudbury, Ontario. Can. J. For. Res. 15: 809-817. | Canada | Ontario | Sudbury | Regional | 46.5830387 | -81.6395448 | Nickel | Unclear | operation; postclosure | NA | CI | Investigates the floristic composition and structure of an exposed ridge site and a protected woodland site in a industrially damagaed ecosystem. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Stems and roots from Betula papyrifera and Acer rubrum | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Individual species | A transition birch community exposed to mining and industrial impacts | no | NA | NA | Density and cover percent | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Table 2+5 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Stand+structure+and+growth+form+of+the+birch+transition+community+in+an+industrially+damaged+ecosyst&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraIndividualspecies |
| Jewett SC and Naidu AS. 2000. Assessment of Heavy Metals in Red King Crabs Following Offshore Placer Gold Mining. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 40(6): 478-490. | USA | Alaska | Norton Sound | Nome | 64.5120147 | -165.5594813 | Gold | Placer mine | operation | NA | Correlative | Examines the time-series changes in the concentration of eight heavy metals (As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Pb, Ni, Zn, and Hg) in red king crabs and surficial sediments relative to the mining activity, compares the heavy metal concentrations in the crabs from Norton Sound with those in red king crabs elsewhere, | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Red king crabs, Paralithodes camtschaticus. | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Mining was extended oÄffshore in 1986-1990. Heavy metal concentrations | no | NA | NA | Arsenic, Cd, Cr, Cu, Pb, Ni, Zn and Hg concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1-2, Figure 2-3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Assessment+of+Heavy+Metals+in+Red+King+Crabs+Following+Offshore+Placer+Gold+Mining&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Jewett SC. 1997. Assessment of the Benthic Environment Following Offshore Placer Gold Mining in Norton Sound, northeastern Bering Sea. University of Alaska Fairbanks. PhD Thesis | USA | Alaska | Norton Sound | Nome | 64.5120147 | -165.5594813 | Gold | Placer mine | operation | NA | CI | A 4-year study assessing the impacts of offshore placer gold mining on adult red king crabs, comparison between mined and unmined stations. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | benthic macroinvertebrates | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species distribution | Bucket-line mining dredge over variable substrate types | no | NA | NA | abundance of numerically predominant families | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Chapter 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Assessment+of+the+Benthic+Environment+Following+Offshore+Placer+Gold+Mining+in+Norton+Sound,+northea&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesdistribution |
| Jewett SC. 1997. Assessment of the Benthic Environment Following Offshore Placer Gold Mining in Norton Sound, northeastern Bering Sea. University of Alaska Fairbanks. PhD Thesis | USA | Alaska | Norton Sound | Nome | 64.5120147 | -165.5594813 | Gold | Placer mine | operation | NA | CI | A 4-year study assessing the impacts of offshore placer gold mining on adult red king crabs, comparison between mined and unmined stations. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Adult red king crabs Paralithodes camtschaticus in northeastern Bering Sea | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species distribution | Bucket-line mining dredge over variable substrate types | no | NA | NA | CPUE; Prey composition; Abundance | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Chapter 2 | Chapter 2 and 3 are duplicates of Jewett (1999 and 2000) | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Assessment+of+the+Benthic+Environment+Following+Offshore+Placer+Gold+Mining+in+Norton+Sound,+northea&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesdistribution |
| Jewett SC. 1997. Assessment of the Benthic Environment Following Offshore Placer Gold Mining in Norton Sound, northeastern Bering Sea. University of Alaska Fairbanks. PhD Thesis | USA | Alaska | Norton Sound | Nome | 64.5120147 | -165.5594813 | Gold | Placer mine | operation | NA | CI | A 4-year study assessing the impacts of offshore placer gold mining on adult red king crabs, comparison between mined and unmined stations. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Adult red king crabs Paralithodes camtschaticus in northeastern Bering Sea | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Bucket-line mining dredge over variable substrate types | no | NA | NA | Heavy Metal Concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Chapter 3 | Chapter 2 and 3 are duplicates of Jewett (1999 and 2000) | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Assessment+of+the+Benthic+Environment+Following+Offshore+Placer+Gold+Mining+in+Norton+Sound,+northea&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Jewett SC. 1999. Assessment of Red King Crabs Following Offshore Placer Gold Mining in Norton Sound. Alaska Fishery Research Bulletin. 6(1): 1-18. | USA | Alaska | Norton Sound | Nome | 64.5120147 | -165.5594813 | Gold | Placer mine | operation | NA | CI | A 4-year study assessing the impacts of offshore placer gold mining on adult red king crabs, comparison between mined and unmined stations. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Adult red king crabs Paralithodes camtschaticus in northeastern Bering Sea | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species distribution | Bucket-line mining dredge over variable substrate types | no | NA | NA | CPUE; Prey composition; Abundance | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Table 2-5 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Assessment+of+Red+King+Crabs+Following+Offshore+Placer+Gold+Mining+in+Norton+Sound&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesdistribution |
| Johansen P, Hansen MM, Asmund G and Nielsen PB. 1991. Marine organisms as indicators of heavy metal pollution--experience from 16 years of monitoring at a lead zinc mine in Greenland. Chemistry and Ecology. 5(1): 35-55. | Greenland | Qaasuitsup | Uummannaq fjord | Black Angel | 71.1167 | -51.25 | Zinc; Lead | Unclear | postclosure | NA | CI | Environmental studies in connection with the mining operation were initiated in 1972, when baseline studies were conducted. These studies continued in 1973 before the start of the operation in the fall of 1973. Since then monitoring studies have been carried out on sea water, sediments, lichens and a variety of marine organisms. This paper concentrates on presenting the results from the monitoring of sea water, fish, prawns, seaweed and mussels. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Sea water of the fjords at Maarmorilik | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | The largest metal source is the tailings discharge, but metals from waste rock and dust also contribute | no | NA | NA | Metal concentrations present | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 2-4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Marine+organisms+as+indicators+of+heavy+metal+pollution--experience+from+16+years+of+monitoring+at+a&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Johansen P, Hansen MM, Asmund G and Nielsen PB. 1991. Marine organisms as indicators of heavy metal pollution--experience from 16 years of monitoring at a lead zinc mine in Greenland. Chemistry and Ecology. 5(1): 35-55. | Greenland | Qaasuitsup | Uummannaq fjord | Black Angel | 71.1167 | -51.25 | Zinc; Lead | Unclear | postclosure | NA | CI | Environmental studies in connection with the mining operation were initiated in 1972, when baseline studies were conducted. These studies continued in 1973 before the start of the operation in the fall of 1973. Since then monitoring studies have been carried out on sea water, sediments, lichens and a variety of marine organisms. This paper concentrates on presenting the results from the monitoring of sea water, fish, prawns, seaweed and mussels. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Fish and prawns | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species groups | The largest metal source is the tailings discharge, but metals from waste rock and dust also contribute | no | NA | NA | Metal concentrations present | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 5-9; Table 2 Figure 10-11 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Marine+organisms+as+indicators+of+heavy+metal+pollution--experience+from+16+years+of+monitoring+at+a&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesgroups |
| Johansen P, Hansen MM, Asmund G and Nielsen PB. 1991. Marine organisms as indicators of heavy metal pollution--experience from 16 years of monitoring at a lead zinc mine in Greenland. Chemistry and Ecology. 5(1): 35-55. | Greenland | Qaasuitsup | Uummannaq fjord | Black Angel | 71.1167 | -51.25 | Zinc; Lead | Unclear | postclosure | NA | CI | Environmental studies in connection with the mining operation were initiated in 1972, when baseline studies were conducted. These studies continued in 1973 before the start of the operation in the fall of 1973. Since then monitoring studies have been carried out on sea water, sediments, lichens and a variety of marine organisms. This paper concentrates on presenting the results from the monitoring of sea water, fish, prawns, seaweed and mussels. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Transplanted blue mussels | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | The largest metal source is the tailings discharge, but metals from waste rock and dust also contribute | no | NA | NA | Metal concentrations present | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 16 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Marine+organisms+as+indicators+of+heavy+metal+pollution--experience+from+16+years+of+monitoring+at+a&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Johansen P, Hansen MM, Asmund G and Nielsen PB. 1991. Marine organisms as indicators of heavy metal pollution--experience from 16 years of monitoring at a lead zinc mine in Greenland. Chemistry and Ecology. 5(1): 35-55. | Greenland | Qaasuitsup | Uummannaq fjord | Black Angel | 71.1167 | -51.25 | Zinc; Lead | Unclear | postclosure | NA | CI | Environmental studies in connection with the mining operation were initiated in 1972, when baseline studies were conducted. These studies continued in 1973 before the start of the operation in the fall of 1973. Since then monitoring studies have been carried out on sea water, sediments, lichens and a variety of marine organisms. This paper concentrates on presenting the results from the monitoring of sea water, fish, prawns, seaweed and mussels. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Seaweed | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species groups | The largest metal source is the tailings discharge, but metals from waste rock and dust also contribute | no | NA | NA | Metal concentrations present | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 12-15 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Marine+organisms+as+indicators+of+heavy+metal+pollution--experience+from+16+years+of+monitoring+at+a&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesgroups |
| Johnson CJ, Boyce MS, Case RL, Clluff HD, Gau RJ, Gunn A, and Mulders R. 2005. Cumulative Effects of Human Developments on Arctic Wildlife. Wildlife Monographs. 160: 1-36 | Canada | Northwest Territories | Contwoyto Lake | Lupin | 65.7571994 | -111.2556299 | Gold | Surface mine | exploration; construction; operation | NA | BA | Used a geographic information system to extrapolate seasonal resource-selection models to the study area and quantified the reduction in habitat effectiveness as a function of modeled and hypothetical disturbance coefficients. | Same site/pop- Before | Modelling | ex situ | Resource-selection models for barren-ground caribou, gray wolves, grizzly bears, and wolverines | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Habitat | Cumulative effects associated with unprecedented levels of mineral exploration, development and extraction | no | NA | NA | Modelled distribution of poor, low good and high quality habitat | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Table 5 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Cumulative+Effects+of+Human+Developments+on+Arctic+Wildlife&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaHabitat |
| Johnson RH, Blowes DW, Robertson WD, and Jambor JL. 2000. The hydrogeochemistry of the Nickel Rim mine tailings impoundment, Sudbury, Ontario. J. Contam. Hydrol. 41: 49-80 | Canada | Ontario | Sudbury | Nickel Rim | 46.6625545 | -80.8025149 | Nickel; Copper | Underground mine | remediation; abandonment | Abandoned with some revegetation later | Correlative | Describes the groundwater-flow system in the tailings and underlying sediments, the distribution of sulfide-oxidation products, the geochemistry of the tailings pore-water and the mechanisms controlling the concentrations of dissolved constituents. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Pore-water samples distributed across the tailings deposit | Environmental | 2-Water | 2B-Groundwater | 2B-Quantity | High concentrations of dissolved constituents and by the discharge of acidic water from the margins of the tailings impoundment | yes | In 1976, a revegetation program was initiated on the impoundment | Control of acidic drainage | Groundwater flow-net | Flow/landscape change | Quantitative | Figure 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=The+hydrogeochemistry+of+the+Nickel+Rim+mine+tailings+impoundment,+Sudbury,+Ontario&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterGroundwater Quantity |
| Johnson RH, Blowes DW, Robertson WD, and Jambor JL. 2000. The hydrogeochemistry of the Nickel Rim mine tailings impoundment, Sudbury, Ontario. J. Contam. Hydrol. 41: 49-80 | Canada | Ontario | Sudbury | Nickel Rim | 46.6625545 | -80.8025149 | Nickel; Copper | Underground mine | remediation; abandonment | Abandoned with some revegetation later | Correlative | Describes the groundwater-flow system in the tailings and underlying sediments, the distribution of sulfide-oxidation products, the geochemistry of the tailings pore-water and the mechanisms controlling the concentrations of dissolved constituents. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Pore-water samples distributed across the tailings deposit | Environmental | 2-Water | 2B-Groundwater | 2B-Quality | High concentrations of dissolved constituents and by the discharge of acidic water from the margins of the tailings impoundment | yes | In 1976, a revegetation program was initiated on the impoundment | Control of acidic drainage | Water Quality | Water quality | Quantitative | Figure 4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=The+hydrogeochemistry+of+the+Nickel+Rim+mine+tailings+impoundment,+Sudbury,+Ontario&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterGroundwater Quality |
| Johnson SW, Rice SD, and Moles DA. 1998. Effects of submarine mine tailings disposal on juvenile yellowfin sole (Pleuronectes asper): A laboratory study. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 36(4): 278-287. | USA | Alaska | Juneau | Alaska-Juneau | 58.2630977 | -134.341188 | Gold | Unclear | operation | Pilot plant for a gold mine near Juneau, Alaska | CI | Laboratory study to determine whether juvenile yellowfin sole avoid mine tailings produced by pilot plant operations for the AJ mine and to examine influence of age of tailings and previous exposure | Control | Lab Experiment | ex situ | Juvenile yellowfin sole (Pleuronectes asper) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Tailings produced by pilot plant operations | no | NA | NA | Behavioural response; Survival; Growth | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Figure 3-7; Table 4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Effects+of+submarine+mine+tailings+disposal+on+juvenile+yellowfin+sole+(Pleuronectes+asper):+A+labor&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Johnson SW, Stone RP and Love DC. 1998. Avoidance behavior of ovigerous Tanner crabs Chionoecetes bairdi exposed to mine tailings: A laboratory study. Alaska Fishery Research Bulletin. 5(1): 39-45. | USA | Alaska | Juneau | Alaska-Juneau | 58.2630977 | -134.341188 | Gold | Unclear | abandonment | NA | CI | Avoidance behavior was examined in ovigerous Tanner crabs exposed to mine tailings produced in a pilot plant associated with a proposed gold mine near Juneau. | Control | Lab Experiment | ex situ | Tanner crabs (Chionoecetes bairdi) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Exposure to mine tailings | no | NA | NA | Sediment selection; avoidance behaviour | Other | Quantitative | Figure 3; Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Avoidance+behavior+of+ovigerous+Tanner+crabs+Chionoecetes+bairdi+exposed+to+mine+tailings:+A+laborat&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Johnston M and Lorch B. 1996. Community distinctiveness and company closure in a Northern Ontario mining town. The Great Lakes Geographer. 3(1): 39-52. | Canada | Ontario | Manitouwadge | Noranda | 49.159594 | -85.8012277 | Copper; Zinc | Unclear | postclosure | NA | I/A only | Explore the distinct local context and its role in shaping the reactions and coping strategies adopted by residents of Manitouwadge to the announced closure of its primary employer. | No control | Social Science | in situ | Manitouwadge local community | Social | 5-Societies | 5B-Economic | 5B-Jobs (new employments) | Announced closure of its primary employer the Noranda mine | no | NA | NA | Economic characteristics | Employment/Economy | Quantitative | Table 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Community+distinctiveness+and+company+closure+in+a+Northern+Ontario+mining+town&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesEconomicJobs |
| Johnston M and Lorch B. 1996. Community distinctiveness and company closure in a Northern Ontario mining town. The Great Lakes Geographer. 3(1): 39-52. | Canada | Ontario | Manitouwadge | Noranda | 49.159594 | -85.8012277 | Copper; Zinc | Unclear | postclosure | NA | I/A only | Explore the distinct local context and its role in shaping the reactions and coping strategies adopted by residents of Manitouwadge to the announced closure of its primary employer. | No control | Social Science | in situ | Manitouwadge local community | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Other | Announced closure of its primary employer the Noranda mine | no | NA | NA | Community attachment | Community | Quantitative | Table 3 + 5 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Community+distinctiveness+and+company+closure+in+a+Northern+Ontario+mining+town&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingOther |
| Johnston M and Lorch B. 1996. Community distinctiveness and company closure in a Northern Ontario mining town. The Great Lakes Geographer. 3(1): 39-52. | Canada | Ontario | Manitouwadge | Noranda | 49.159594 | -85.8012277 | Copper; Zinc | Unclear | postclosure | NA | I/A only | Explore the distinct local context and its role in shaping the reactions and coping strategies adopted by residents of Manitouwadge to the announced closure of its primary employer. | No control | Social Science | in situ | Manitouwadge local community | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Wellbeing | Announced closure of its primary employer the Noranda mine | no | NA | NA | Quality of Life | Community | Quantitative | Table 4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Community+distinctiveness+and+company+closure+in+a+Northern+Ontario+mining+town&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingWellbeing |
| Jokinen M, and Kantola LA. 2019. Mining and local society in Kittila. Busk presentation | Finland | Lapland | Kittila | Kittila | 67.7693992 | 23.9297358 | Gold | Open pit | operation | NA | CI | Open on-line survey for residents and leisure time residents in Kittilä. | Reference site/population | Social Science | in situ | Residents and leisure time residents in Kittilä | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Wellbeing | Impacts of Kittilä gold mine on local experience | no | NA | NA | Improved personal well-being | Community | Qualitative | Slide 6 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Mining+and+local+society+in+Kittila&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingWellbeing |
| Jokinen M, and Kantola LA. 2019. Mining and local society in Kittila. Busk presentation | Finland | Lapland | Kittila | Kittila | 67.7693992 | 23.9297358 | Gold | Open pit | operation | NA | CI | Open on-line survey for residents and leisure time residents in Kittilä. | Reference site/population | Social Science | in situ | Residents and leisure time residents in Kittilä | Social | 5-Societies | 5B-Economic | 5B-Local bussines (e.g. local shops) | Impacts of Kittilä gold mine on local experience | no | NA | NA | Worry about negative impacts on other livelihoods | Community | Qualitative | Slide 8 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Mining+and+local+society+in+Kittila&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesEconomicLocalbussines |
| Jokinen M, and Kantola LA. 2019. Mining and local society in Kittila. Busk presentation | Finland | Lapland | Kittila | Kittila | 67.7693992 | 23.9297358 | Gold | Open pit | operation | NA | CI | Open on-line survey for residents and leisure time residents in Kittilä. | Reference site/population | Social Science | in situ | Residents and leisure time residents in Kittilä | Social | 5-Societies | 5B-Economic | 5B-Other | Impacts of Kittilä gold mine on local experience | no | NA | NA | Tourism | Community | Qualitative | Slide 8, 12-20 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Mining+and+local+society+in+Kittila&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesEconomicOther |
| Jokinen M, and Kantola LA. 2019. Mining and local society in Kittila. Busk presentation | Finland | Lapland | Kittila | Kittila | 67.7693992 | 23.9297358 | Gold | Open pit | operation | NA | CI | Open on-line survey for residents and leisure time residents in Kittilä. | Reference site/population | Social Science | in situ | Residents and leisure time residents in Kittilä | Social | 5-Societies | 5B-Economic | 5B-Traditional livelihoods | Impacts of Kittilä gold mine on local experience | no | NA | NA | Reindeer herding | Community | Qualitative | Slide 8 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Mining+and+local+society+in+Kittila&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesEconomicTraditionallivelihoods |
| Jonsson H, Bergdahl IA, Akerblom G, Eriksson K, Andersson K, Kagstrom L, Jarvholm B, and Damber L. 2010. Lung cancer risk and radon exposure in a cohort of iron ore miners in Malmberget, Sweden. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 67(8): 519-525. | Sweden | Norrbotten | Malmberget | Malmberget | 67.173325 | 20.654169 | Iron | Underground mine | operation | NA | CI | A cohort study that examines the dose response, relationship in a Swedish iron ore mine where two other studies have previously reached diferent risk estimates. | Reference site/population | Social Science | in situ | Male workers employed from 1923-1996. | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Health/Safety | Cumulative radon exposures | no | NA | NA | Lung cancer risk | Cancer rates/disease/mortality | Quantitative | Table 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Lung+cancer+risk+and+radon+exposure+in+a+cohort+of+iron+ore+miners+in+Malmberget,+Sweden&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingHealthSafety |
| Jung JKH, Feinstein SG, Lazgare LP, Macleod JS, Arrandale VH, McLeod CB, Peter A and Demers PA. 2018. Examining lung cancer risks across different industries and occupations in Ontario, Canada: the establishment of the Occupational Disease Surveillance System. Occup. Environ. Med. 75:545-552 | Canada | Ontario | NS | Regional | 51.5287961 | -86.60802086 | Unclear | Unclear | Occupational study indluces mining | CI | Aim of this study was to use Occupational Disease Surveillance System to identify high-risk industry and occupation groups for lung cancer in Ontario. | Reference site/population | Social Science | ex situ | Workers in the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board lost time claims database | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Health/Safety | Risk of lung cancer within one industry/occupation versus all other groups in the cohort. | no | NA | NA | Lung cancer risk rates | Cancer rates/disease/mortality | Quantitative | Table 4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Examining+lung+cancer+risks+across+different+industries+and+occupations+in+Ontario,+Canada:+the+esta&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingHealthSafety | |
| Jurjovec J, Ptacek CJ, Blowes DW, and Jambor JL. 2003. The effect of natrojarosite addition to mine tailings. Environ. Sci. Technol. 37: 158-164. | Canada | Ontario | Kidd Creek | Kidd Creek | 48.691036 | -81.3932428 | Iron | Open pit | operation; remediation | NA | CI | To evaluate further the effects of the co-disposal at Kidd Creek, a column experiment was conducted over a period of eight months to determine if natrojarosite dissolves under geochemical conditions and if the heavy metals that are associated with it are mobile under such conditions | Control | Lab Experiment | ex situ | Column experiment effluents | Environmental | 2-Water | 2B-Groundwater | 2B-Quality | Acid mine drainage | yes | Discard of wastes by combining them with mine tailings prior to disposing the blended material to a containment facility | Acid mine drainage | Concentrations of dissolved metals such as Pb and Cd | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 2-3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=The+effect+of+natrojarosite+addition+to+mine+tailings&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterGroundwater Quality |
| Kabir H, and Bilgi C. 1993. Ontario gold miners with lung cancer. Occupational exposure assessment in establishing work-relatedness. JOM. 35(12): 1203-1208 | Canada | Ontario | Regional | Regional | 51.5287961 | -86.60802086 | Gold | Underground mine | operation | NA | CI | Method of exposure assessment, scientific basis for the assessment and the biological plausibility of the identified chemcial and physical agents as lung carcinogens | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Dust concentration | Environmental | 3-Air | 3B-Atmosphere | 3B-Air Quality | Dusty gold mine exposure | no | NA | NA | Dust exposure months; arsenic index | Occupational hazards/risks/exposure | Quantitative | Table 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Ontario+gold+miners+with+lung+cancer.+Occupational+exposure+assessment+in+establishing+work-relatedn&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _AirAtmosphereAirQuality |
| Kabir H, and Bilgi C. 1993. Ontario gold miners with lung cancer. Occupational exposure assessment in establishing work-relatedness. JOM. 35(12): 1203-1208 | Canada | Ontario | Regional | Regional | 51.5287961 | -86.60802086 | Gold | Underground mine | operation | NA | CI | Method of exposure assessment, scientific basis for the assessment and the biological plausibility of the identified chemcial and physical agents as lung carcinogens | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Gold miners in Ontario | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Health/Safety | Dusty gold mine exposure | no | NA | NA | Combined risk of lung cancer | Cancer rates/disease/mortality | Quantitative | Table 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Ontario+gold+miners+with+lung+cancer.+Occupational+exposure+assessment+in+establishing+work-relatedn&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingHealthSafety |
| Kachhwal LK, Yanful EK, and Lanteigne L. 2011. Water cover technology for reactive tailings management: a case study of field measurement and model predictions. Water Air Soil Pollut. 214(1–4): 357–382 | Canada | Ontario | Shebandowan | Shebandowan | 48.6276805 | -90.0931168 | Nickel; Copper | Underground mine | postclosure | NA | Correlative | Study of wind-induced resuspension at the Shebandowan tailings storage facility, northwestern Ontario, Canada, is discussed. The study compares computer modeling of required water cover depths and resuspended tailings concentrations to observed field data. | Background values | Modelling | in situ | Suspended sediment in tailing pond | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Wind-induced tailings resuspension | yes | Computer modeling of required water cover depths | Limit resuspended tailings concentrations during wind-induced turbulence | Suspended solids | Water quality | Quantitative | Figure 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Water+cover+technology+for+reactive+tailings+management:+a+case+study+of+field+measurement+and+model&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Kalin M, Wheeler WN, and Olaveson MM. 2006. Response of phytoplankton to ecological engineering remediation of a Canadian Shield Lake affected by acid mine darinage. Ecological Engineering. 28: 296-310. | Canada | Ontario | Confederation Lake | South Bay | 51.0771513 | -92.7573567 | Copper; Zinc | Underground mine | abandonment | NA | BA | Report on phytoplankton populations in two Canadian Shield lakes, both low in buffering capacity and thus sensitive to acid rain, one affected by AMD from a Cu/Zn mine and the other not. | Same site/pop- Before | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Water chemistry | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Acid mine drainage | yes | Remediation in Boomerang Lake started in 1986 by gradually adding cut brush for the attachment for periphytic algae and the introduction of acid tolerant periphytic moss. | Acid mine drainage | Trends in chemistry | Water quality | Quantitative | Figure 2+5 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Response+of+phytoplankton+to+ecological+engineering+remediation+of+a+Canadian+Shield+Lake+affected+b&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Kalin M, Wheeler WN, and Olaveson MM. 2006. Response of phytoplankton to ecological engineering remediation of a Canadian Shield Lake affected by acid mine darinage. Ecological Engineering. 28: 296-310. | Canada | Ontario | Confederation Lake | South Bay | 51.0771513 | -92.7573567 | Copper; Zinc | Underground mine | abandonment | NA | BA | Report on phytoplankton populations in two Canadian Shield lakes, both low in buffering capacity and thus sensitive to acid rain, one affected by AMD from a Cu/Zn mine and the other not. | Same site/pop- Before | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Phytoplankton were sampled | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species distribution | Acid mine drainage | yes | Remediation in Boomerang Lake started in 1986 by gradually adding cut brush for the attachment for periphytic algae and the introduction of acid tolerant periphytic moss. | Acid mine drainage | Frequency | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Response+of+phytoplankton+to+ecological+engineering+remediation+of+a+Canadian+Shield+Lake+affected+b&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesdistribution |
| Kalubi KN, Michael P, and Omri A. 2018. Analysis of gene expression in red maple (Acer rubrum) and trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides) populations from a mining region. Genes & Genomics. 40: 1127-1136. | Canada | Ontario | Sudbury | Nickel Center | 46.4799367 | -80.8449027 | Nickel | Unclear | postclosure | NA | CI | Compare the expression of metal transporters and chelator gene in A. rubrum and P. tremuloides growing in field sites contaminated and uncontaminated with metals. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Roots from A. rubrum and P. tremuloides were collected at two different contaminated sites and one reference | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Individual species | Greater Sudbury Region (GSR) has been heavily affected by logging, mining and sulphide ore smelting | no | NA | NA | Gene expression | Other | Quantitative | Figure 2-7 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Analysis+of+gene+expression+in+red+maple+(Acer+rubrum)+and+trembling+aspen+(Populus+tremuloides)+pop&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraIndividualspecies |
| Kapoor A, Gould WD, Bedard P and Morin K. 2004. Application of biotechnology for treatment of nitrogen compounds in gold mill effluents. CIM Bulletin. 97 (1081): 84-90. | Canada | Ontario | NS | NS | 51.5287961 | -86.60802086 | Gold | Unclear | operation; abandonment | Water samples were obtained from mine sites located from closed mines in Northwest Territories and Yukon and an operating mine in Quebec | CI | Experimental testing of sequence batch reactor technology for treatment of nitrogen compounds present in gold mill effluents. | Control | Lab Experiment | ex situ | Gold mill effluents | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Nitrogen compounds in gold mill effluents (Thiocyanide (CNS) and ammonia (NH4-N) | yes | Biological treatment of effluents using a sequence batch reactor system | Concentrations of CNS and NH4-N in effluents | Concentration on CNS and nitrogen compounds | Water quality | Quantitative | Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Application+of+biotechnology+for+treatment+of+nitrogen+compounds+in+gold+mill+effluents&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Kasimov NS, Kosheleva NE, and Timofeev IV. 2016. Ecological and Geochemical Assessment of Woody Vegetation in Tungsten-Molybdenum Mining Area (Buryat Republic, Russia). IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science 41: 1-12 | Russia | Buryat Republic | Zakamensk | Dzhida | 50.6814127 |<PHONE_NUMBER> | Molybdenum | Unclear | operation | NA | CI | The study of the TE composition of assimilating (needles, leaves) and perennial (bark) organs of Asian white larch (Lárix sibírica Ledeb.) and Siberian birch (Bétula platyph_lla Sukacs) in the impact zone of the Dzhida tungsten–molybdenum factory (DTMF) in the Zakamensk city (the Buryat Republic, Russia), where the mining of nonferrous metals continued for more than 60 years. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Asian white larch and Siberian birch in the impact zone of the Dzhida tungsten–molybdenum | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Individual species | Impact zone of the Dzhida tungsten–molybdenum factory where the mining of nonferrous metals continued for more than 60 years. | no | NA | NA | Degree of geochemical transformation of the needles, bark and leaves; Accumulation of metals | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 2-3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Ecological+and+Geochemical+Assessment+of+Woody+Vegetation+in+Tungsten-Molybdenum+Mining+Area+(Buryat&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraIndividualspecies |
| Kathman RD, Brinkhurst RO, Woods RE, and Cross SF. 1984. Benthic studies in Alice Arm, B.C., following cessation of mine tailings disposal. Can. Tech. Rep. Hydrogr. Ocean Sci. 37: vii + 57p | Canada | British Columbia | Alice Arm | Amax/Kitsault | 55.474535 | -129.4872477 | Molybdenum; Lead; Zinc | Open pit | abandonment | NA | BACI | Benthic invertebrates were collected and identified from Alice Arm and Hastings Arm to determine the effect of mine tailings on benthic community one year after discharge from the mine ceased. | BACI (reference/control/before/after) | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Benthic invertebrates were collected and identified from Alice Arm and Hastings Arm | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species distribution | Mine discharge ceased one year ago. | no | NA | NA | Abundance; community composition | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Benthic+studies+in+Alice+Arm,+B.C.,+following+cessation+of+mine+tailings+disposal&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesdistribution |
| Kauppila T. 2006. Sediment-Based Study of the Effects of Decreasing Mine Water Pollutionon a Heavily Modified, Nutrient Enriched Lake. Journal of Paleolimnology. 35: 25-37. | Finland | Northern Ostrobothnia | Kalajoki River | Hitura | 63.837498 | 25.0117213 | Nickel; Copper | Open pit | operation | NA | CI | Employs analyses of sediment metal and nutrient concentrations and diatom species assemblages to estimate the effects of reduced metal loading from the Hitura Ni–Cu mine since 1979 on Lake Pidisja¨ rvi, located 3 km downstream of the mine. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Lake Pidisjarvi was cored from the ice in February 2004 | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Metal loading from the Hitura Ni–Cu mine since 1979 on Lake Pidisjarvi | no | NA | NA | Distribution of selected elements in the core. | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Sediment-Based+Study+of+the+Effects+of+Decreasing+Mine+Water+Pollutionon+a+Heavily+Modified,+Nutrien&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Kauppila T. 2006. Sediment-Based Study of the Effects of Decreasing Mine Water Pollutionon a Heavily Modified, Nutrient Enriched Lake. Journal of Paleolimnology. 35: 25-37. | Finland | Northern Ostrobothnia | Kalajoki River | Hitura | 63.837498 | 25.0117213 | Nickel; Copper | Open pit | operation | NA | CI | Employs analyses of sediment metal and nutrient concentrations and diatom species assemblages to estimate the effects of reduced metal loading from the Hitura Ni–Cu mine since 1979 on Lake Pidisja¨ rvi, located 3 km downstream of the mine. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Subsamples for diatom analyses | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species groups | Metal loading from the Hitura Ni–Cu mine since 1979 on Lake Pidisjarvi | no | NA | NA | Diatom taxa; abundance | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Figure 5 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Sediment-Based+Study+of+the+Effects+of+Decreasing+Mine+Water+Pollutionon+a+Heavily+Modified,+Nutrien&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesgroups |
| Kavalench JL. 2010. Effect of Tailings Mineralogy and Infiltration Water Chemistry on Arsenic Release from Historic Gold Mine Tailings. M.Sc. Thesis, Queen’s University, 219 p | Canada | Nova Scotia | Meguma Terrane | Goldenville; Montague | 45.0875508 | -62.0078687 | Gold | Underground mine | abandonment | NA | CI | Four tailings samples were selected to represent the geochemical variability from two tailings areas: Montague gold mines and Goldenville. These samples were characterized and subjected to column testing, in which each sample was leached with three different input solutions including synthetic rainwater, synthetic rainwater equilibrated with calcium carbonate, and a dilute organic acid solution. | Control | Lab Experiment | ex situ | Mine tailings leachate | Environmental | 2-Water | 2B-Groundwater | 2B-Quality | Acid mine drainage | yes | Simulated covers (crushed limestone and vegetative) | Acid mine drainage | Water quality | Water quality | Quantitative | Chapter 4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Effect+of+Tailings+Mineralogy+and+Infiltration+Water+Chemistry+on+Arsenic+Release+from+Historic+Gold&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterGroundwater Quality |
| Keller WB, Heneberry J, Gunn JM, Snucins E, Morgan G, and Leduc J. 2004. Recovery of acid and metal-damaged lakes near Sudbury, Ontario: trends and status. Cooperative Freshwater Ecology Unit, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ont. | Canada | Ontario | Sudbury | Regional | 46.4777747 | -80.7978187 | Nickel | Open pit | postclosure | NA | Correlative | Recent trends in the chemistry of Sudbury lakes for evidence of continuing chemical recovery, and summarizes the current status of these lakes with respect to acidity and metal contamination. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Lake water | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Atmospheric deposition of pollutants from over a century of operations at the Sudbury area metal smelters | no | NA | NA | Water quality | Water quality | Quantitative | Figure 2-7 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Recovery+of+acid+and+metal-damaged+lakes+near+Sudbury,+Ontario:+trends+and+status.&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Keller WB, Heneberry J, Gunn JM, Snucins E, Morgan G, and Leduc J. 2004. Recovery of acid and metal-damaged lakes near Sudbury, Ontario: trends and status. Cooperative Freshwater Ecology Unit, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ont. | Canada | Ontario | Sudbury | Regional | 46.4777747 | -80.7978187 | Nickel | Open pit | postclosure | NA | Correlative | Recent trends in the chemistry of Sudbury lakes for evidence of continuing chemical recovery, and summarizes the current status of these lakes with respect to acidity and metal contamination. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Surface sediments | Environmental | 1-Soil/Geology | 1A-Soil surface | 1A-Quality | Atmospheric deposition of pollutants from over a century of operations at the Sudbury area metal smelters | no | NA | NA | Metal Concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 8-9 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Recovery+of+acid+and+metal-damaged+lakes+near+Sudbury,+Ontario:+trends+and+status.&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SoilGeologySoilsurfaceQuality |
| Keller WB, Heneberry J, Gunn JM, Snucins E, Morgan G, and Leduc J. 2004. Recovery of acid and metal-damaged lakes near Sudbury, Ontario: trends and status. Cooperative Freshwater Ecology Unit, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ont. | Canada | Ontario | Sudbury | Regional | 46.4777747 | -80.7978187 | Nickel | Open pit | postclosure | NA | Correlative | Recent trends in the chemistry of Sudbury lakes for evidence of continuing chemical recovery, and summarizes the current status of these lakes with respect to acidity and metal contamination. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Walleye | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Atmospheric deposition of pollutants from over a century of operations at the Sudbury area metal smelters | no | NA | NA | Abundance | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Figure 11 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Recovery+of+acid+and+metal-damaged+lakes+near+Sudbury,+Ontario:+trends+and+status.&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Keller WB, Heneberry J, Gunn JM, Snucins E, Morgan G, and Leduc J. 2004. Recovery of acid and metal-damaged lakes near Sudbury, Ontario: trends and status. Cooperative Freshwater Ecology Unit, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ont. | Canada | Ontario | Sudbury | Regional | 46.4777747 | -80.7978187 | Nickel | Open pit | postclosure | NA | Correlative | Recent trends in the chemistry of Sudbury lakes for evidence of continuing chemical recovery, and summarizes the current status of these lakes with respect to acidity and metal contamination. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Invertabrates (zooplankton, benthic, etc) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species distribution | Atmospheric deposition of pollutants from over a century of operations at the Sudbury area metal smelters | no | NA | NA | Number of species | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Figure 12-13 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Recovery+of+acid+and+metal-damaged+lakes+near+Sudbury,+Ontario:+trends+and+status.&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesdistribution |
| Kemp ALW, Williams JDH, Thomas RL, and Gregory ML. 1978. Impact of man's activities on the chemical composition of the sediments of lakes superior and Huron. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution. 10: 381-402 | Canada | Ontario | Lake Superior | Regional | 47.76469833 | -86.90974293 | Copper; Nickel | Surface mine | NA | Correlative | The concentrations of organic matter, major elements and trace elements were determined at 15 core locations in Lake Superior and Huron | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Superficial lake sediments | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Anthropogenic and natural loadings of trace elements | no | NA | NA | Elemental concentrations in the surface sediment | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table II | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Impact+of+man's+activities+on+the+chemical+composition+of+the+sediments+of+lakes+superior+and+Huron&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality | |
| Kennedy BW, and Langley DE. 2007. Assessment of Hydrology, Water Quality, and Trace Elements in Selected Placer-Mined Creeks in the Birch Creek Watershed near Central, Alaska, 2001-05. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5124: 50p | USA | Alaska | Birch Creek | Birch Creek | 66.2596141 | -145.8213907 | Gold | Placer mine | operation | NA | CI | Assessment covered one site on upper Birch Creek and paired sites, upstream and downstream from mined areas, to provide baseline information to evaluate watershed water quality and plan reclamation efforts. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Water samples were collected from ten sites | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Placer mine operation and historic in the watershed | no | NA | NA | Water Quality; Trace-element-concentration | Water quality | Quantitative | Table 2 + 6; Figure 6 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Assessment+of+Hydrology,+Water+Quality,+and+Trace+Elements+in+Selected+Placer-Mined+Creeks+in+the+Bi&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Kennedy BW, and Langley DE. 2007. Assessment of Hydrology, Water Quality, and Trace Elements in Selected Placer-Mined Creeks in the Birch Creek Watershed near Central, Alaska, 2001-05. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5124: 50p | USA | Alaska | Birch Creek | Birch Creek | 66.2596141 | -145.8213907 | Gold | Placer mine | operation | NA | CI | Assessment covered one site on upper Birch Creek and paired sites, upstream and downstream from mined areas, to provide baseline information to evaluate watershed water quality and plan reclamation efforts. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Streambed-sediment samples were collected at six sites on Harrison Creek, two sites on Frying Pan Creek, and one site on upper Birch Creek | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Placer mine operation and historic in the watershed | no | NA | NA | Trace-element-concentration | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 7-8; Table 10 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Assessment+of+Hydrology,+Water+Quality,+and+Trace+Elements+in+Selected+Placer-Mined+Creeks+in+the+Bi&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Kennedy BW, and Langley DE. 2007. Assessment of Hydrology, Water Quality, and Trace Elements in Selected Placer-Mined Creeks in the Birch Creek Watershed near Central, Alaska, 2001-05. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5124: 50p | USA | Alaska | Birch Creek | Birch Creek | 66.2596141 | -145.8213907 | Gold | Placer mine | operation | NA | CI | Assessment covered one site on upper Birch Creek and paired sites, upstream and downstream from mined areas, to provide baseline information to evaluate watershed water quality and plan reclamation efforts. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Average annual streamflow | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quantity | Placer mine operation and historic in the watershed | no | NA | NA | Discharge | Flow/landscape change | Quantitative | Figure 4-5; Table 3-5 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Assessment+of+Hydrology,+Water+Quality,+and+Trace+Elements+in+Selected+Placer-Mined+Creeks+in+the+Bi&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuantity |
| Kerin EJ and Lin HK. 2010. Fugitive dust and human exposure to heavy metals around the Red Dog Mine. Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology Eds. Whitacre D.M. Springer. Vol. 206: 49-64 | USA | Alaska | Kotzebue | Red Dog | 68.0720076 | -163.1710781 | Zinc; Lead | Open pit | operation | NA | Correlative | Occurrence of blood lead levels | No control | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Red dog mine workers | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Health/Safety | Occupational exposure to dust-borne lead | no | NA | NA | Red Dog Mine blood lead levels | Occupational hazards/risks/exposure | Quantitative | Section 4.2 pg 60 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Fugitive+dust+and+human+exposure+to+heavy+metals+around+the+Red+Dog+Mine&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingHealthSafety |
| Kerin EJ and Lin HK. 2010. Fugitive dust and human exposure to heavy metals around the Red Dog Mine. Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology Eds. Whitacre D.M. Springer. Vol. 206: 49-64 | USA | Alaska | Kotzebue | Red Dog | 68.0720076 | -163.1710781 | Zinc; Lead | Open pit | operation | NA | Correlative | Identify possible pathways of human exposure to dust-borne heavy metals around Red Dog Mine | No control | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Red dog mine workers | Social | 3-Air | 3B-Atmosphere | 3B-Air Quality | Creation of fugitive dust by haul activities has been observed along the hauling road. fugitive dust having elevated metal concentrations constitutes a source of human exposure to lead and other metals | no | NA | NA | Dust-borne metal exposure pathways | Occupational hazards/risks/exposure | Qualitative | Section 3 pg 54 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Fugitive+dust+and+human+exposure+to+heavy+metals+around+the+Red+Dog+Mine&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _AirAtmosphereAirQuality |
| Kharuk VL, Ranson KJ, Im ST, and Fedotova EV. 2002. Impact of gold mining on Middle Siberian taiga landscapes from Landsat 7 data. Mapping Sciences and Remote Sensing. 39(2): 139-156. | Russia | Yenisey | Yenashimo, Vangash and Teya Rivers | NS | 60.3430626 | 90.0774683 | Gold | Unclear | operation | Impact of Gold Workings in Taiga Regions, no mine named | CI | Purpose of the present research was an analysis of the applicability of survey materials from the Alndsat 7 system for studying the transformation of taiga landscapes of the middle Yenisey region caused by long-term gold mining | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Taiga region: stands included larch, pine and birch | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4C-Ecosystems | 4C-Quality | Long-term exploitation of the gold-bearing resources of the Siberian taiga | no | NA | NA | Analysis of Landsat 7 satellite imagery | Other | Qualitative | All | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Impact+of+gold+mining+on+Middle+Siberian+taiga+landscapes+from+Landsat+7+data&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityEcosystemsQuality |
| Khokhryakov AV and Olkhovsky AM. 2000. Environmental problems of mining in the Ural region of Russia. Singhal & Mehrotra (eds). Environmental Issues and Management of Waste in Energy and mineral Production. 637-642 | Russia | Urals | Regional | Kachkanarsky; Visokogorsky | 58.7657468 | 59.4984463 | Iron | Open pit | operation | NA | CI | Landsacpe study of the environmental situation in one of the oldest mining areas of Russia | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Land disturbance | Environmental | 5-Societies | 5A-Landscapes | 5A-Other qualities | Industrial waste accumulation | no | NA | NA | Total land disturbances | Flow/landscape change | Quantitative | Figure 4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Environmental+problems+of+mining+in+the+Ural&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesLandscapesOtherqualities |
| Kihlman S and Kauppila T. 2012. Effects of mining on testate amoebae in a Finnish lake. J. Paleolimnol. 47: 1-15 | Finland | Ostrobothnia | Lake Pyhajarvi | Pyhäsalmi | 63.6643914 | 25.9144764 | Zinc; Copper | Underground mine | operation | NA | Correlative | Sediment geochemistry and testate amoebae were used to track the spatial extent and temporal evolution of mine loading and its impact on aquatic biota in Lake Pyhajarv using lake sediment cores upstream and downstream of the site | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Short sediment cores retrieved from Lake Pyhajarvi | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Mine loading to the lake comes mainly from wastewater | no | NA | NA | Spatial distribution of elements | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Effects+of+mining+on+testate+amoebae+in+a+Finnish+lake&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Kihlman S and Kauppila T. 2012. Effects of mining on testate amoebae in a Finnish lake. J. Paleolimnol. 47: 1-15 | Finland | Ostrobothnia | Lake Pyhajarvi | Pyhäsalmi | 63.6643914 | 25.9144764 | Zinc; Copper | Underground mine | operation | NA | Correlative | Sediment geochemistry and testate amoebae were used to track the spatial extent and temporal evolution of mine loading and its impact on aquatic biota in Lake Pyhajarv using lake sediment cores upstream and downstream of the site | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Thecamoebian specimens from Lake Pyhajarvi | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species groups | Mine loading to the lake comes mainly from wastewater | no | NA | NA | Spatial distribution of thecamoebian; faunal assemblages | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Figure 5 + 6 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Effects+of+mining+on+testate+amoebae+in+a+Finnish+lake&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesgroups |
| Kihlman SM and Kauppila T. 2009. Mine water-induced gradients in sediment metals and arcellacean assemblages in a boreal freshwater bay (Petkellahti, Finland). J Paleolimnol. 42: 533-550. | Finland | Northern Savonia | Petkellahti | Luikonlahti | 62.9351054 | 28.7092413 | Copper; Zinc | Underground mine | abandonment | NA | Correlative | Track spatial and temporal changes in the bay, 32 mine-impacted (top) and pre-impact (bottom) samples were analyzed from 16 short sediment cores taken along a transect extending from the pollution source | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Sediment chemistry and arcellacean community compositio | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Impact of historic waste rock and deposited tailings | no | NA | NA | Geochemical changes in the impacted and reference cores | Soil Characteristics | Quantitative | Figure 2 & 3 | spatial and temporal patterns | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Mine+water-induced+gradients+in+sediment+metals+and+arcellacean+assemblages+in+a+boreal+freshwater+b&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Kihlman SM and Kauppila T. 2009. Mine water-induced gradients in sediment metals and arcellacean assemblages in a boreal freshwater bay (Petkellahti, Finland). J Paleolimnol. 42: 533-550. | Finland | Northern Savonia | Petkellahti | Luikonlahti | 62.9351054 | 28.7092413 | Copper; Zinc | Underground mine | abandonment | NA | Correlative | Track spatial and temporal changes in the bay, 32 mine-impacted (top) and pre-impact (bottom) samples were analyzed from 16 short sediment cores taken along a transect extending from the pollution source | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Sediment chemistry and arcellacean community compositio | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species groups | Impact of historic waste rock and deposited tailings | no | NA | NA | Gradients in the arcellacean assemblages | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Figure 4 & 5 | spatial and temporal patterns | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Mine+water-induced+gradients+in+sediment+metals+and+arcellacean+assemblages+in+a+boreal+freshwater+b&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesgroups |
| Kikuchi R and Gorbacheva TT. 2009. A field survey-Staroe lake suffering from atmospheric deposition in the region north of the Arctic Circle. Environ Sci Pollut Res. 16: 431-438. | Russia | Kola Peninsula | Staroe lake | Bauman | 68.148919 | 33.2007333 | Iron | Open pit | operation | NA | CI | The research procedure chiefly involved the following tasks: (1) to determine the lake’s water quality; (2) to measure actual atmospheric disposition; (3) to survey the lake’s bottom sediment; (4) to collect background data; and (5) to process the obtained data according to principal component analysis | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Water samples were collected at a surface point and a deep point (near the bottom layer) | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Elevated metal levels a natural process (naturally abundant minerals) or an anthropogenic process (mining and metallurgy) | no | NA | NA | Water quality in Staroe lake | Water quality | Quantitative | Figure 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=A+field+survey-Staroe+lake+suffering+from+atmospheric+deposition+in+the+region+north+of+the+Arctic+C&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Kikuchi R and Gorbacheva TT. 2009. A field survey-Staroe lake suffering from atmospheric deposition in the region north of the Arctic Circle. Environ Sci Pollut Res. 16: 431-438. | Russia | Kola Peninsula | Staroe lake | Bauman | 68.148919 | 33.2007333 | Iron | Open pit | operation | NA | CI | The research procedure chiefly involved the following tasks: (1) to determine the lake’s water quality; (2) to measure actual atmospheric disposition; (3) to survey the lake’s bottom sediment; (4) to collect background data; and (5) to process the obtained data according to principal component analysis | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Lake-bottom sediment were collected | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Elevated metal levels a natural process (naturally abundant minerals) or an anthropogenic process (mining and metallurgy) | no | NA | NA | Elemental concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=A+field+survey-Staroe+lake+suffering+from+atmospheric+deposition+in+the+region+north+of+the+Arctic+C&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Kikuchi R and Gorbacheva TT. 2009. A field survey-Staroe lake suffering from atmospheric deposition in the region north of the Arctic Circle. Environ Sci Pollut Res. 16: 431-438. | Russia | Kola Peninsula | Staroe lake | Bauman | 68.148919 | 33.2007333 | Iron | Open pit | operation | NA | CI | The research procedure chiefly involved the following tasks: (1) to determine the lake’s water quality; (2) to measure actual atmospheric disposition; (3) to survey the lake’s bottom sediment; (4) to collect background data; and (5) to process the obtained data according to principal component analysis | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Atmospheric bulk deposition was collected using a set of three rainwater sampler | Environmental | 3-Air | 3B-Atmosphere | 3B-Air Quality | Elevated metal levels a natural process (naturally abundant minerals) or an anthropogenic process (mining and metallurgy) | no | NA | NA | Elemental concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Figure 4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=A+field+survey-Staroe+lake+suffering+from+atmospheric+deposition+in+the+region+north+of+the+Arctic+C&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _AirAtmosphereAirQuality |
| Klaverkamp JF, Palace VP, Baron CL, Evans RE, and Wautier KG. 2006. Cumulative Effects of Multiple Contaminants on Caged Fish. Water Qual. Res J: 41(3): 244-255 | Canada | Ontario | Balmer Creek | Placer Dome Campbell | 51.0655754 | -93.7523897 | Gold | Underground mine | operation | NA | CI | Study was to evaluate the use of a caged forage fish, pearl dace (Semotilus margarita), for assessing the effects of contaminants, including metals, metalloids and sewage. | Control | Lab Experiment | in situ | Stream water exposured | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quantity | Mine effluents, municipal wastewater effluents, a combination of the two, or to the combination | no | NA | NA | Water chemistry parameters | Water quality | Quantitative | Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Cumulative+Effects+of+Multiple+Contaminants+on+Caged+Fish&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuantity |
| Klaverkamp JF, Palace VP, Baron CL, Evans RE, and Wautier KG. 2006. Cumulative Effects of Multiple Contaminants on Caged Fish. Water Qual. Res J: 41(3): 244-255 | Canada | Ontario | Balmer Creek | Placer Dome Campbell | 51.0655754 | -93.7523897 | Gold | Underground mine | operation | NA | CI | Study was to evaluate the use of a caged forage fish, pearl dace (Semotilus margarita), for assessing the effects of contaminants, including metals, metalloids and sewage. | Control | Lab Experiment | in situ | Pearl dace (Semotilus margarita) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Mine effluents, municipal wastewater effluents, a combination of the two, or to the combination | no | NA | NA | Metal and cyanide concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 2; Figure 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Cumulative+Effects+of+Multiple+Contaminants+on+Caged+Fish&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Kleiv RA and Thornhill M. 2004. Adsorptive retention of copper from acidic mine water at the disused sulphide mine at Lokken, central Norway- initial experiments using olivine. Minerals Engineering. 17: 195-203. | Norway | Trondelag | Lokken | Løkken | 63.1232164 | 9.6804603 | Copper; Zinc; Silver; Gold | Underground mine | abandonment | NA | CI | Investigates the chemical potential of using forsterite olivine to remove copper from acidic mine water through the actions of neutralisation and adsorption as a remediation measure | Control | Lab Experiment | ex situ | Mine leachate | Environmental | 2-Water | 2B-Groundwater | 2B-Quality | Acidic mine water | yes | Using forsterite olivine | Remove copper through actions of neutralisation and absorption | pH; Cu rentention % | Mitigation measure/change in measure | Quantitative | Figure 2-5 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Adsorptive+retention+of+copper+from+acidic+mine+water+at+the+disused+sulphide+mine+at+Lokken,+centra&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterGroundwater Quality |
| Kline ER. 1998. Biological impacts and recovery from marine disposal of metal mining waste. PhD thesis, University of Alaska Fairbanks. | USA | Alaska | Juneau | Kensington | 58.8491308 | -135.0636794 | Gold | Surface mine | operation | NA | CI | Compare acute toxicity of gold mill effluent to early life stages of serveral marine apcies | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Mysid shrimp and sheepshead minnow | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species groups | Gold mine effluent toxicity | no | NA | NA | Immobility, paralysis, and lethality | Growth/condition/survival | Quantitative | Chapter 3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Biological+impacts+and+recovery+from+marine+disposal+of+metal+mining+waste&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesgroups |
| Knobblock E and Pettersson O. 2010. Restructuring and risk-reduction in mining: employment implications for northern Sweden. Fennia. 188 (1): 61-75. | Sweden | Västerbotten | Regional | Regional | 64.85354846 | 17.90809481 | Unclear | Placer mine | operation; postclosure | NA | Correlative | Assess the importance of mining for employment in the county of Västerbotten, northern Sweden, by focusing on the time period after 1990. | Reference site/population | Social Science | in situ | Number of persons employed in Vasterbotten, Sweden | Social | 5-Societies | 5B-Economic | 5B-Jobs (new employments) | Mining operations in the region | no | NA | NA | Employment of miners and mineral plant operators | Employment/Economy | Quantitative | Table 2 | Mining employment trends through time | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Restructuring+and+risk-reduction+in+mining:+employment+implications+for+northern+Sweden&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesEconomicJobs |
| Koch I, Wang L, Ollson CA, Cullen WR, and Reimer KJ. 2000. The predominance of inorganic arsenic species in plants from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. Environ. Sci. Technol. 34: 22-26 | Canada | Northwest Territories | Yellowknife | Con; Giant | 62.4981407 | -114.3602867 | Gold | Open pit | operation; abandonment | "from historic and recent gold mine operations" | Correlative | Study of arsenic in Yellowknife plants is a part of ongoing bioavailability and food chain research. A variety of plants from Yellowknife were analyzed for total arsenic and water soluble arsenic species | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Plants were collected during four sampling periods | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species groups | Elevated levels of arsenic in Yellowknife, NWT, Canada, from historic and recent gold mine operations | no | NA | NA | Arsenic concentration | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=The+predominance+of+inorganic+arsenic+species+in+plants+from+Yellowknife,+Northwest+Territories,+Can&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesgroups |
| Koch I, Wang L, Reimer KJ, and Cullen WR. 2000. Arsenic species in terrestrial fungi and lichens from Yellowknife, NWT, Canada. Applied Organomettalic Chemistry. 14: 245-252. | Canada | Northwest Territories | Yellowknife | Con; Giant | 62.4981407 | -114.3602867 | Gold | Open pit | abandonment | NA | Correlative | Levels of total arsenic and arsenic species were determined in fungi collected from Yellowknife, NWT, Canada, an area that has been affected by past mining activities and elevated arsenic levels. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Lichens (belonging to Cladonia and Cladina genera), as well as the mushrooms Coprinus comatus, Paxillus involutus, Psathyrella candolleana and Leccinum scabrum, | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species groups | Arsenic waste is generated during the smelting operation | no | NA | NA | Arsenic concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1-3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Arsenic+species+in+terrestrial+fungi+and+lichens+from+Yellowknife,+NWT,+Canada&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesgroups |
| Kock D and Schippers A. 2008. Quantitative Microbial Community Analysis of Three Different Sulfidic Mine Tailing Dumps Generating. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 74(16): 5211-5219. | Sweden | Västerbotten | Kristineberg | Kristineberg | 65.0644996 | 18.5627685 | Copper | Open pit | postclosure; remediation | acidic mine waste tailing dumps located in Botswana, Germany, and Sweden were included | CI | Microbial communities of three different sulfidic and acidic mine waste tailing dumps located in Botswana, Germany, and Sweden were quantitatively analyzed using quantitative real-time PCR | Reference site/population | Lab Experiment | ex situ | Microbial Community Analysis of tailings | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species distribution | Acid mine drainage | yes | Covered pyrite-containing tailings in impoundment 1 | Acid mine drainage | Bacterial community; pH | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Figure 1-2; Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Quantitative+Microbial+Community+Analysis+of+Three+Different+Sulfidic+Mine+Tailing+Dumps+Generating+&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesdistribution |
| Koivurova T, Masloboev V, Hossain K, Nygaard V, Petretei A, and Vinogradova S. 2015. Legal Protection of Sami Traditional Livelihoods from the Adverse Impacts of Mining: A Comparison of the Level of Protection Enjoyed by Sami in Their Four Home States. Arctic Review on Law and Politics. 6(1): 11-51. | Sweden | Regional | Regional | Regional | 63.84547635 | 16.70831521 | Not stated | Unclear | operation | National legislation surrounding mining impacts is analyzed in all the four countries where Sami are present | Correlative | Article examines how the rights of Sami indigenous people are protected against adverse impacts of mining activities. The relevant national legislation is analyzed in all the four countries where Sami are present. | Background values | Social Science | in situ | Rights of Sami people in Finland, Norway, Russia and Sweden | Social | 5-Societies | 5B-Economic | 5B-Traditional livelihoods | Different legal systems to examine how Sami people are currently protected against the harmful impacts of mining | no | NA | NA | Protection of traditional Sami livelihoods | Community | Qualitative | Section 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Legal+Protection+of+Sami+Traditional+Livelihoods+from+the+Adverse+Impacts+of+Mining:+A+Comparison+of&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesEconomicTraditionallivelihoods |
| Koski RA, Munk L, Foster AL, Chanks III WC, and Stillings LL. 2008. Sulfide oxidation and distribution of metals near abandoned copper mines in coastal environments, Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA. Applied Geochemistry. 23: 227-254. | USA | Alaska | Prince William Sound | Beatson; Ellamar; Threeman | 60.5548858 | -147.770426 | Copper | Open pit | operation | NA | Correlative | Recent field investigations revealed that acidic metal-rich fluids extend into intertidal gravels at the Ellamar and Threeman mine sites. This overview paper is the first of several reports that present new data and interpretations regarding the oxidation of source rocks (massive sulfides) and mobilization of environmentally important elements along fluid pathways at the Beatson, Ellamar, and Threeman mine sites. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Water samples from Prince William Sound near the three mine sites | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Sulfide-rich mine tailings | no | NA | NA | Chemical concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 5 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Sulfide+oxidation+and+distribution+of+metals+near+abandoned+copper+mines+in+coastal+environments,+Pr&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Koski RA, Munk L, Foster AL, Chanks III WC, and Stillings LL. 2008. Sulfide oxidation and distribution of metals near abandoned copper mines in coastal environments, Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA. Applied Geochemistry. 23: 227-254. | USA | Alaska | Prince William Sound | Beatson; Ellamar; Threeman | 60.5548858 | -147.770426 | Copper | Open pit | operation | NA | Correlative | Recent field investigations revealed that acidic metal-rich fluids extend into intertidal gravels at the Ellamar and Threeman mine sites. This overview paper is the first of several reports that present new data and interpretations regarding the oxidation of source rocks (massive sulfides) and mobilization of environmentally important elements along fluid pathways at the Beatson, Ellamar, and Threeman mine sites. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Sedmient samples from Prince William Sound near the three mine sites | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Sulfide-rich mine tailings | no | NA | NA | Chemical concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Sulfide+oxidation+and+distribution+of+metals+near+abandoned+copper+mines+in+coastal+environments,+Pr&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Kramer DM, Holness DL, Haynes E, McMillan K, Berriault C, Kalenge S, and Lightfoot N. 2017. From awareness to action: Sudbury, mining and occupational disease in a time of change. Work. 58: 149-162 | Canada | Ontario | Sudbury | Regional | 46.49905213 | -81.02009508 | Nickel; Copper | Surface mine | operation | NA | CI | Attempt to gain a deeper understanding of the impetus for change to reduce occupational exposures or toxins at the industry level. Conducted interviews with individuals who were part of or witness to the chnages in mining in Sudbury. | Reference site/population | Social Science | ex situ | Interviewees lived in Sudbury during 1970-1985 and had a connection to mining | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Health/Safety | Awareness of occupational disease | no | NA | NA | Themes in awareness of occupational exposures | Occupational hazards/risks/exposure | Qualitative | All | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=From+awareness+to+action:+Sudbury,+mining+and+occupational+disease+in+a+time+of+change&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingHealthSafety |
| Krupnova TG, Mashkova IV, Kostryukova AM, Egorov NO, and Gavrilkina SV. 2018. Bioconcentration of heavy metals in aquatic macrophytes of South Urals region lakes. Biodiversitas. 19(1): 296-302. | Russia | South Urals | Kisegach-Miassovo | NS | 57.78772691 | 59.00047298 | Unclear | Unclear | operation | "ferrous and non-ferrous industries as well as mining" | CI | Investigate bioaccumulation of heavy metals in macrophate from the lakes of South Ural; to study macrophyte species composition of the six South Urals region lake and to determine the heavy metal concentrations in chosen macrophyte species | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Macrophyte species composition of the six South Urals region lakes | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4A-Flora | 4A-Species groups | High concentration of heavy metal compounds | no | NA | NA | Heavy metal concentrations; Bioconcentration factor | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 1-3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Bioconcentration+of+heavy+metals+in+aquatic+macrophytes+of+South+Urals+region+lakes&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFloraSpeciesgroups |
| Kumpulainen S, Carlson L, and Raisanen M-L. 2007. Seasonal variations of ochreous precipitates in mine effluents in Finland. Applied Geochemistry. 22: 760-777. | Finland | Karelia | Hammaslahti | Hammaslahti; Paroistenjarvi | 62.451757 | 30.0228707 | Zinc; Copper; Silver | Open pit | abandonment | NA | CI | Ochreous precipitate and water samples were collected from the surroundings of seven closed sulphide mines in Finland. In the Hammaslahti Zn–Cu–Au mine, Otravaara pyrite mine and Paroistenja¨rvi Cu–W–As mine, the collection was repeated in different seasons to study mineralogical and geochemical variations of precipitates | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Precipitate samples were collected from the ditches and ponds surrounding the tailings and waste rock piles. | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Drainage ponds of the tailings and waste rock piles | no | NA | NA | Water chemistry; Precipitate mineralogy | Water quality | Quantitative | Table 2-3 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Seasonal+variations+of+ochreous+precipitates+in+mine+effluents+in+Finland&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Kuorinka I and Nurminen M. 1984. Arduousness of work, career, and disability pensioning of Finnish iron ore miners. Scand. J Sco. Med. 12: 69-74 | Finland | NS | Regional | Regional | 64.18242973 | 26.96954594 | Iron | Unclear | operation | NA | CI | The career and work arduousness of a population of retired iron ore miners and their contemporaries who continued to work were investigated to find out what aspects of work history were associated with disability pensioning | Reference site/population | Social Science | ex situ | Former iron mine workers retired due to disablement | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Wellbeing | Years of employment | no | NA | NA | Arduousness of the work; | Employment/Economy | Quantitative | Figure 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Arduousness+of+work,+career,+and+disability+pensioning+of+Finnish+iron+ore+miners&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingWellbeing |
| Kusiak RA, Ritchie AC, Springer J, and Muller J. 1991. Carcinoma of the lung in Ontario gold miners: possible aetiological factors. British Journal of Industrial Medicine. 48: 808-8017. | Canada | Ontario | Regional | Regional | 51.5287961 | -86.60802086 | Gold; Nickel | Unclear | operation | Table 1 includes list of many mines in different areas of ontario. Primiarily Gold and Nickel | CI | A cohort study of men who worked in Ontario mines was observed for mortality between 1955 and 1986. | Reference site/population | Social Science | in situ | A cohort of men who worked in Ontario between 1955 and 1986 | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Health/Safety | Role of radon decay products, arsenic, and mineral fibre exposure | no | NA | NA | Lung cancer mortality | Cancer rates/disease/mortality | Quantitative | Table 2-7 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Carcinoma+of+the+lung+in+Ontario+gold+miners:+possible+aetiological+factors&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingHealthSafety |
| Kusiak RA, Ritchie AC, Springer J, and Muller J. 1993. Mortality from stomach cancer in Ontario miners. British Journal of Industrial Medicine. 50: 117-126. | Canada | Ontario | Regional | Geraldton; Kirkland Lake; Red Lake; Timmins | 51.51512439 | -86.80577478 | Gold | Unclear | operation | Examine several different gold mines across Ontario | CI | Cohort study of mortality based on employment and reported data. Consider amount of exposure to mineral fibre, arsenic and chromium in inididual gold mines | Reference site/population | Social Science | in situ | Ontario gold miners | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Health/Safety | Exposure to arsenic, chromium and mineral fibre in gold mines | no | NA | NA | Stomach cancer rates | Cancer rates/disease/mortality | Quantitative | Table 5-8 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Mortality+from+stomach+cancer+in+Ontario+miners&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingHealthSafety |
| Kvale G, Bjelke E and Heuch I. 1986. Occupational exposure and lung cancer risk. Int. J. Cancer. 37: 185-193. | Norway | Regional | Regional | Regional | 61.94334958 | 9.441652497 | Not stated | Unclear | operation | Occupations including mining | CI | Assess the importance of occupational etiology in lung cancers among Norwegian men, utilizing information on occupation held longest in a nationwide prospective study | Reference site/population | Social Science | in situ | Nationwide prospective study among Norwegian men | Social | 5-Societies | 5E-Health/wellbeing | 5E-Health/Safety | Occupational exposure to respiratory carcinogens | no | NA | NA | Lung cancer by occupational exposure | Cancer rates/disease/mortality | Quantitative | Table III-V | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Occupational+exposure+and+lung+cancer+risk&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _SocietiesHealthwellbeingHealthSafety |
| Labaj AL, Kurek J, Eziorski A, and Smol JP. 2015. Elevated metal concentrations inhibit biological recovery of Cladocera in previously acidified boreal lakes. Freshwater Biology. 60: 347–359 | Canada | Ontario | Daisy, Middle and Clearwater lakes | Copper Cliff | 46.4794757 | -81.0856697 | Nickel; Copper | Open pit | postclosure | NA | CI | Assessed the current state of biological recovery (relative to pre-impact times) using multiproxy palaeolimnological records from two nearby lake districts (Sudbury and Killarney), both impacted by acidification | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Sedimentary cladoceran assemblage | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Species distribution | Exposed to intense acidification and metal contamination from nearby mining and smelting operations | no | NA | NA | Relative abundances | Species biomass/distribution | Quantitative | Figure 2-3 | Paleolimnology study of lakes varying distnace from mining | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Elevated+metal+concentrations+inhibit+biological+recovery+of+Cladocera+in+previously+acidified+borea&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaSpeciesdistribution |
| Laflamme J-S, Couillard Y, Campbell PGC, and Hontela A. 2000. Interrenal matallothionein and cortisol secretion in relation to Cd, Cu, and Zn exposure in yellow perch, Perca flavescens, from Abitibi lakes. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 57: 1692-1700. | Canada | Quebec | Abitibi | Regional | 48.4605313 | -78.9468985 | Copper; Zinc | Surface mine | operation; abandonment | NA | CI | Concentrations of Zn, Cu, and Cd in the interrenal tissue and liver of yellow perch, Perca flavescens, sampled in six lakes in the mining region of Abitibi (Quebec) revealed a gradient of contamination: reference lakes, intermediate-contaminated lakes, and highly contaminated lakes. | Reference site/population | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Tissue and liver of yellow perch (Perca flavescens) | Environmental | 4-Biodiversity | 4B-Fauna | 4B-Individual species | Cause–effect relationships between contamination by metals and interrenal dysfunction in yellow perch | no | NA | NA | Metal concentrations; cortisol levels | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 2-3; Figure 1-4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Interrenal+matallothionein+and+cortisol+secretion+in+relation+to+Cd,+Cu,+and+Zn+exposure+in+yellow+p&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _BiodiversityFaunaIndividualspecies |
| Langedal M. 1997. Dispersion of tailings in the Knabeana-Kvina drainage basin, Norway .1. Evaluation of overbank sediments as sampling medium for regional geochemical mapping. J. Geochem. Explor. 58: 157-172. | Norway | Agder | Knabeana-Kvina | Knaben | 58.6624273 | 7.0612238 | Molybdenum | Surface mine | abandonment | NA | Correlative | The study has been conducted along 55km reach of the Knabeana-Kvina rivers downstream of the Knaben Molybdenum Mines | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Stream sediments | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Eight million tons of tailing in two small lakes in the headwater area of Knabeana River | no | NA | NA | Cu and Mo concentrations | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 2; Figure 2-4 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Dispersion+of+tailings+in+the+Knabeana-Kvina+drainage+basin,+Norway+.1.+Evaluation+of+overbank+sedim&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |
| Laperdina TG. 2002. Estimation of mercury and other heavy metal contamination in traditional gold-mining areas of Transbaikalia. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis. 2: 219-223 | Russia | Transbaikalia | Regional | Baleyzoloto; Ksenyevsky; Lyubov; Tungir; Uryum | 52.0699393 |<PHONE_NUMBER> | Gold | Placer mine | operation | Lat/Long in central area of the region studied | Correlative | To estimate the placer gold-mining impact on the ecological quality of river waters, extensive investigations were carried out in two river basins of the Lake Baikal catchment. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Water samples were collected at background and impacted rivers | Environmental | 2-Water | 2A-Surface water | 2A-Quality | Contamination from the traditional gold-mining areas | no | NA | NA | Mercury content; water quality parameters | Water quality | Quantitative | Table 1 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Estimation+of+mercury+and+other+heavy+metal+contamination+in+traditional+gold-mining+areas+of+Transb&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSurfacewaterQuality |
| Laperdina TG. 2002. Estimation of mercury and other heavy metal contamination in traditional gold-mining areas of Transbaikalia. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis. 2: 219-223 | Russia | Transbaikalia | Regional | Baleyzoloto; Ksenyevsky; Lyubov; Tungir; Uryum | 52.0699393 |<PHONE_NUMBER> | Gold | Placer mine | operation | Lat/Long in central area of the region studied | Correlative | To estimate the placer gold-mining impact on the ecological quality of river waters, extensive investigations were carried out in two river basins of the Lake Baikal catchment. | Background values | Field + Lab analysis | in situ | Water samples were collected at background and impacted rivers | Environmental | 2-Water | 2D-Sediment | 2D-Quality | Contamination from the traditional gold-mining areas | no | NA | NA | Mercury concentration | Metal concentration | Quantitative | Table 2 | NA | http://scholar.google.co.uk/scholar?q=Estimation+of+mercury+and+other+heavy+metal+contamination+in+traditional+gold-mining+areas+of+Transb&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5 | _WaterSedimentQuality |