Acid Mine Drainage. Mining & the Environment Mine overburden & waste soils (mine tailings) are waste products generated by the mining industry. When these.
Oxidizing Pyrite 1.FeS 2 + 3.5 O 2 + H 2 O Fe 2+ + 2 SO 4 2- + 2 H + 2.FeS 2 + 14 Fe 3+ + 8 H 2 O 15 Fe 2+ + 2 SO 4 2- + 16 H + 3.14Fe 2+ + 3.5 O 2.
